Australian Weather
National Summary
A trough over parts of NSW and QLD is drawing in a hot airmass, raising dust and triggering showers and storms. A cold front is leaving showers and highland snow in its wake in VIC and TAS. A trough over western WA is generating showers and thunderstorms, mainly just offshore.
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National Synoptic
Weather News
Heatwave grips Queensland as Roma and Brisbane suffer an unending run of scorchers
18:20 EDT
Severe heatwave conditions along the length of the Queensland coast have brought a record-breaking run of high temperatures to the southern inland town of Roma and unrelenting searing weather to Brisbane.
Fire, floods, dust and snow — how is this all happening at the same time?
18:11 EDT
There are fires in NSW, a heatwave in south-east Queensland, the dust is still settling on Sydney and Canberra, and it snowed in Tasmania overnight.
Townsville rental prices skyrocket after flooding crisis, families struggle to find homes
17:28 EDT
Some home rentals in Townsville are going for more than double their normal asking price as locals fight it out for rapidly dwindling housing stock.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 10/02 | Mon 11/02 | Tue 12/02 | |||
|
43.6°C Rabbit Flat, NT |
Hottest |
44.2°C Nyang, WA |
43.9°C Paraburdoo Ap, WA |
44.4°C Kintore, NT |
46.9°C Telfer Ap, WA |
|
2.7°C Mt Baw Baw, Vic |
Coldest |
0.0°C Narooma, NSW/ACT |
2.8°C Mt Read, Tas |
-3.0°C Mt Hotham, Vic |
-3.0°C Mt Hotham, Vic |
|
NNE 85km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
Windiest |
100km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
120km/h Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
127km/h Hogan Island, Vic |
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0.2mm last hr Horn Island, Qld |
Wettest |
68.0mm Coconut Island, Qld |
155.0mm Woodbine, Qld |
63.6mm Yalleen, WA |
47.2mm Ngukurr, NT |
| 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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