Australian Weather
National Summary
A deep trough is generating intense rain, wind and storms over the NT interior and western QLD, spreading rain across NSW, the ACT, VIC, TAS and eastern SA, heavy in places. Other troughs are causing storms in tropical QLD, the Top End and northwest WA.
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Weather News
La Nina-like rain as tropical moisture plunges across Victoria
10:51 EDT
Parts of Victoria and southern NSW have picked up their heaviest rain since the 2011 La Niña as tropical moisture dives into southeastern Australia. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther and a deep low pressure trough have caused a large mass of tropical moisture to move over eastern and southeastern Australia this week.
Regional Australia cops brunt of rainfall from ex-tropical cyclone Esther
10:18 EDT
Heavy rain from ex-tropical cyclone Esther has fallen across regional Australia overnight, and it's set to continue.
Ex-tropical cyclone Esther hits Victoria, bringing heavy rain, flooding and damaging winds
10:12 EDT
Victorians have woken up to a month's worth of rain that has caused flash flooding, downed trees and prompted more than 100 calls to emergency services for help across the state.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 02/03 | Tue 03/03 | Wed 04/03 | |||
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31.8°C Cape Wessel, NT |
Hottest |
42.9°C Gascoyne Junction, WA |
39.9°C Shark Bay Ap, WA |
40.0°C Mandora, WA |
45.1°C Onslow Ap, WA |
|
10.3°C Mt Read, Tas |
Coldest |
0.3°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
2.1°C Lake St Clair, Tas |
6.1°C Maydena, Tas |
0.3°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
|
NNE 61km/h Montague Is, NSW/ACT |
Windiest |
107km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
212km/h Bickley, WA |
111km/h Mt Hotham, Vic |
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9.4mm last hr Walgett, NSW/ACT |
Wettest |
193.0mm Suplejack, NT |
152.0mm Pleystowe Sugar Mill, Qld |
128.0mm Thargomindah Ap, Qld |
128.0mm Thargomindah Ap, Qld |
| 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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