Australian Weather
National Summary
A trough stretching from northern WA, across the interior, into QLD & NSW is generating showers and a few storms. A front crossing the southeast is bringing gusty, wintry showers to southern SA, VIC and TAS. Unstable tropical air is triggering storms over the Top End.
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Storms help to rapidly cool 40-plus degree heat in central Australia
14:04 EDT
A low pressure trough and a cold front moved into the southeast on Saturday, helping to drop the mercury from the scorching hot maximums in central Australia.
Outback Queensland miner says 'we're getting softer', as he recalls 1960s in Mt Isa heat
11:54 EDT
In outback Queensland air-conditioners run almost constantly in summer, with temperatures sitting above 40 degrees for days on end this week.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 03/12 | Fri 04/12 | Sat 05/12 | |||
|
44.5°C Longreach Ap, Qld |
Hottest |
45.2°C Windorah, Qld |
46.2°C Birdsville, Qld |
48.7°C Birdsville, Qld |
48.7°C Birdsville, Qld |
|
0.3°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
Coldest |
1.8°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
1.0°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
-47.6°C Bulman, NT |
-47.6°C Bulman, NT |
|
NW 105km/h Maatsuyker Island, Tas |
Windiest |
116km/h Coonamble Ap, NSW/ACT |
103km/h Mt Wellington, Tas |
144km/h Maatsuyker Island, Tas |
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| no rain last hr | Wettest |
165.0mm Kings Plains, NSW/ACT |
75.8mm Murganella Airstrip, NT |
47.0mm Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
47.0mm Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
| Australia's Records for December | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 49.5°C at Birdsville Police Station, Qld in 1972 Lowest -0.8°C at Mt Buller, Vic in 2006 |
Highest 35.0°C at Marble Bar, WA in 1902 Lowest -9.6°C at Cooma Ap, NSW/ACT in 1990 |
Highest 711.0mm at Munglinup West, WA in 2010 |
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