Australian Weather
National Summary
A trough over northern parts of WA, NT and QLD is generating a few thundery showers, with rain extending to southeastern QLD and northeastern NSW. A cold front moving away from the southeast is leaving showers and light highland snowfalls in its wake over VIC and TAS.
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Weather News
Port Macquarie pummelled by 'life-threatening' tennis ball-sized hailstones
12:16 EDT
Rollands Plains and Kundabung on the New South Wales mid-north coast were pummelled by "life-threatening" hailstones measuring up to 9 centimetres on Wednesday afternoon.
Wintry weather returns to southeastern Australia
09:56 EDT
A large area of southeastern Australia has experienced a brief relapse into winter during the last 48 hours, with rain, snow, hail and some of the lowest November temperatures in decades.
Hardy African sheep breed provides opportunity for drought-stricken graziers
07:02 EDT
An African sheep breed which calls the Kalahari desert home is proving its worth to a growing number of Australia's drought-stricken graziers.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 05/11 | Tue 06/11 | Wed 07/11 | |||
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40.7°C Fitzroy Crossing Ap, WA |
Hottest |
43.7°C Windorah, Qld |
43.3°C Phosphate Hill, Qld |
43.7°C Fitzroy Crossing Ap, WA |
44.3°C Birdsville Ap, Qld |
|
0.0°C Mt Baw Baw, Vic |
Coldest |
2.9°C Wandering, WA |
-1.5°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
-5.9°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
-5.9°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
|
S 62km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
Windiest |
118km/h Tarcoola Ap, SA |
116km/h White Cliffs Ap, NSW/ACT |
112km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
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1.0mm last hr Taree Ap, NSW/ACT |
Wettest |
48.2mm Tarcoola Ap, SA |
66.2mm Cabramurra, NSW/ACT |
52.0mm Timber Creek, NT |
39.0mm Pt Perpendicular, NSW/ACT |
| Australia's Records for November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 48.7°C at Birdsville Police Station, Qld in 1990 Lowest -3.1°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1967 |
Highest 38.0°C at Balgo Hills, WA in 2015 Lowest -20.6°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 1990 |
Highest 400.0mm at Orange, NSW/ACT in 2016 |
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