Australian Weather
National Summary
A trough over parts of western QLD and western NSW is triggering showers and thunderstorms. A high over the Tasman Sea is directing onshore winds and showers to the east coast. Another broad high pressure system is keeping the interior and western regions mostly dry and clear.
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National Synoptic
Weather News
Behind the ongoing El Nino threat
16:33 EST
There have been signs that El Nino could soon develop for the last several weeks.
Downpour fills dams, soaks paddocks in drought-hardened far western NSW over Easter
14:31 EST
After two years of crippling drought, graziers in far western New South Wales had their prayers answered at the Easter long weekend.
Welcome rain in outback QLD, NSW
13:59 EST
The best rain in a few years has fallen in parts of northwest NSW and southwest Queensland during the last couple of days.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 20/04 | Sun 21/04 | Mon 22/04 | |||
|
32.1°C Bradshaw, NT |
Hottest |
39.0°C Fitzroy Crossing Ap, WA |
39.1°C Fitzroy Crossing Ap, WA |
39.3°C Wyndham Ap, WA |
43.3°C Mardie, WA |
|
6.1°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
0.4°C Jarrahwood, WA |
1.2°C Jarrahwood, WA |
-2.4°C Liawenee, Tas |
-7.3°C Liawenee, Tas |
|
ESE 50km/h Double Is Pt, Qld |
Windiest |
98km/h Mount William, Vic |
83km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
75km/h Cloncurry Ap, Qld |
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8.4mm last hr Roma Ap, Qld |
Wettest |
81.2mm Imbil, Qld |
65.0mm Wilcannia Ap, NSW/ACT |
138.4mm Bendalong Jacaranda Av, NSW/ACT |
61.0mm Mackay, Qld |
| Australia's Records for April | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 48.1°C at Minnipa, SA in 2016 Lowest -5.6°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1978 |
Highest 32.0°C at Pannawonica, WA in 1981 Lowest -17.4°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 1991 |
Highest 800.9mm at Port Douglas, Qld in 1911 |
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