Australian Weather
National Summary
An intense low is generating large surf and brisk winds on the NSW coast and a few showers in eastern NSW, eastern VIC and TAS. Troughs are maintaining heat and a few showers and storms in the tropics and Australia's central-west. A high is keeping the south mostly clear.
Weather News
Queensland heatwave to worsen before getting better
15:37 EDT
A heatwave that has been gripping parts of Queensland since the weekend will become more intense and widespread during the coming days, before relief arrives next week.
Sydney weather subsides, storm clean-up begins with fish finding its way home in flash flooding
15:01 EDT
There was a bright spot amid the solemn storm clean-up that began in Sydney yesterday afternoon.
BOM's summer outlook expects above average temperatures and dry in the north
14:13 EDT
Get ready for a hot and dry summer, with the Bureau of Meteorology expecting warmer-than-normal days and nights for most of the country.
Extremes and Records
Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
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Mon 26/11 | Tue 27/11 | Wed 28/11 | |||
36.3°C Newman Ap, WA |
Hottest |
45.2°C Mount Stuart, Qld |
44.4°C Mount Stuart, Qld |
44.3°C Proserpine Ap, Qld |
45.7°C Roebourne Ap, WA |
4.1°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
Coldest |
0.0°C Curtin Springs, NT |
0.0°C Curtin Springs, NT |
0.0°C Curtin Springs, NT |
-5.9°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
S 55km/h Rottnest Island, WA |
Windiest |
98km/h Territory Grape Farm, NT |
92km/h Camooweal, Qld |
124km/h Lucinda Point, Qld |
- |
1.0mm last hr West Wyalong Ap, NSW/ACT |
Wettest |
24.8mm Howard Springs, NT |
109.8mm Bendalong Jacaranda Av, NSW/ACT |
189.0mm Beaumont, NSW/ACT |
124.0mm Katoomba, NSW/ACT |
Australia's Records for November | |||
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Max | Min | Rain | |
Highest 48.7°C at Birdsville Police Station, Qld in 1990 Lowest -3.1°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1967 |
Highest 38.0°C at Balgo Hills, WA in 2015 Lowest -8.5°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1973 |
Highest 630.0mm at Bellenden Ker Top Stn, Qld in 1989 |