Australian Weather
National Summary
A monsoon trough and low are generating flooding rain and damaging winds in north QLD and nearby NT. The trough is also bringing storms to northern inland WA. Another trough is causing storms over NSW, eastern VIC and SA, most intense in NSW and VIC. A front is cooling TAS.
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Weather News
Townsville flooding forces hundreds to evacuate, leaves police clinging to trees after dam gates fully opened
20:04 EDT
Authorities warn the worst is not over as another rain band descends on Townsville with hundreds of residents evacuated and thousands of homes inundated by floodwaters.
In pictures: How Townsville's one-in-100 year flood crisis unfolded
18:35 EDT
The North Queensland flood disaster has officially been declared a catastrophe after a slow moving monsoon dumped record-breaking rain over the Townsville region for days.
Townsville flooding leaves thousands of homes inundated
18:13 EDT
Days of torrential rain have saturated Townsville and parts of north Queensland as rainfall totals hit record highs and hundreds of residents are evacuated from suburbs inundated by floodwaters.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 01/02 | Sat 02/02 | Sun 03/02 | |||
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37.9°C Kintore, NT |
Hottest |
50.9°C Warra, Tas |
45.4°C Marble Bar, WA |
46.9°C Telfer Ap, WA |
50.9°C Warra, Tas |
|
5.6°C Mt Read, Tas |
Coldest |
2.8°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
6.7°C Collie East, WA |
6.5°C Mt Read, Tas |
-2.6°C Liawenee, Tas |
|
SSE 57km/h Sellicks Hill, SA |
Windiest |
103km/h Kowanyama Ap, Qld |
92km/h Lucinda Point, Qld |
98km/h Halls Creek, WA |
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0.6mm last hr Innisfail Aerodrome, Qld |
Wettest |
368.8mm Mingela, Qld |
506.0mm Ingham, Qld |
281.4mm Mount Stuart, Qld |
281.4mm Mount Stuart, Qld |
| Australia's Records for February | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 50.5°C at Mardie, WA in 1998 Lowest -2.7°C at Mt Wellington, Tas in 1994 |
Highest 35.1°C at Wittenoom, WA in 2015 Lowest -7.4°C at Mt Wellington, Tas in 1994 |
Highest 907.0mm at Crohamhurst, Qld in 1893 |
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