Australian Weather
National Summary
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Veronica is generating flooding rain and strong winds in the WA Pilbara. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Trevor is causing intense rain and wind in eastern NT and western QLD. A trough is drawing rain to northern NSW as a front brings wintry winds to VIC, TAS and SA.
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Cyclone Veronica downgraded, homes evacuated as floodwaters rise near Port Hedland
18:25 EDT
The Army has evacuated homes in WA's north-west which have been cut off by rising floodwaters in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Veronica, which has been downgraded to a low after lingering off the Pilbara coast.
Farmers call drought 'a natural disaster' as daily dust storms, gale-force winds strip farms bare
16:43 EDT
As gale-force winds create huge dust storms in Victoria's Central Gippsland, farmers say it is time to call the drought a natural disaster as the little remaining topsoil is blown away from paddocks.
Cyclone Veronica heralds baby boom in WA's Pilbara, with five bubs born in 24 hours
12:42 EDT
Five babies were born within 24 hours as severe Tropical Cyclone Veronica approached Western Australia's Pilbara coast, bringing destructive winds, torrential rainfall and mass flooding.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 23/03 | Sun 24/03 | Mon 25/03 | |||
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38.6°C Fitzroy Crossing Ap, WA |
Hottest |
42.3°C Rabbit Flat, NT |
41.0°C Rabbit Flat, NT |
41.3°C Gascoyne Junction, WA |
48.1°C Roebourne Ap, WA |
|
1.9°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
5.1°C Wandering, WA |
0.4°C Mt Read, Tas |
-2.8°C Mt Hotham, Vic |
-5.9°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
|
WSW 66km/h Mt Wellington, Tas |
Windiest |
157km/h Legendre Island, WA |
153km/h Roebourne Ap, WA |
159km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
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28.8mm last hr Croker Island Ap, NT |
Wettest |
282.0mm Westmoreland, Qld |
172.0mm Marqua, NT |
459.0mm Roebourne Ap, WA |
458.6mm Roebourne Ap, WA |
| Australia's Records for March | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 47.8°C at Roebourne, WA in 1998 Lowest -0.9°C at Mt Wellington, Tas in 1995 |
Highest 35.0°C at Pardoo, WA in 2016 Lowest -7.2°C at Kiandra Chalet, NSW/ACT in 1964 |
Highest 572.4mm at Yeppoon, Qld in 1990 |
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