Australian Weather
National Summary
A monsoon trough is generating gusty winds and heavy showers and storms in the northern tropics, mainly near Tropical Cyclone Penny. A trough is maintaining heat over much of the interior and causing showers mainly in WA. A front is bringing showery winds to TAS.
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Weather News
Dust storms force New Year's Eve fireworks in Dubbo to be cancelled
12:36 EDT
It was a disappointing end to a difficult 2018 in drought-stricken Dubbo, after the regional city's New Year's Eve fireworks display was cancelled due to a dust storm.
Category one Tropical Cyclone Penny forms in the Gulf of Carpentaria
12:15 EDT
A category one cyclone has formed in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
New Year's Eve 2018 typo projected onto Sydney Harbour Bridge
12:05 EDT
Sydney is one of the first cities on earth to ring in the new year, but revellers around the famous harbour could last night have been forgiven for winding their clocks back.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 29/12 | Sun 30/12 | Mon 31/12 | |||
|
43.1°C Moomba Ap, SA |
Hottest |
47.0°C Rabbit Flat, NT |
46.9°C Curtin Springs, NT |
46.0°C Wiluna Airport, WA |
43.1°C Moomba Ap, SA |
|
9.3°C Mt Read, Tas |
Coldest |
-0.3°C Liawenee, Tas |
3.8°C Lake St Clair, Tas |
6.0°C Mortlake, Vic |
6.0°C Mortlake, Vic |
|
NNE 83km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
Windiest |
111km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
92km/h Kununurra Ap, WA |
100km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
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| no rain last hr | Wettest |
231.0mm Copperlode Dam, Qld |
148.0mm Hazelmere, Qld |
80.0mm Scherger RAAF, Qld |
64.0mm Mount Bundey South, NT |
| Australia's Records for January | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 50.7°C at Mildura, Vic in 1906 Lowest 0.6°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 2012 |
Highest 36.9°C at Warragul Vcah, Vic in 1964 Lowest -7.7°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1975 |
Highest 627.4mm at Mackay, Qld in 1918 |
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