Australian Weather
National Summary
Severe Tropical Cyclone Owen and an associated trough are generating intense wind, rain and storms about the Gulf of Carpentaria. Other troughs and a cut-off low are causing damaging winds and showers in SA and heavy rain and storms in parts of TAS, VIC and NSW.
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Weather News
Cyclone Owen to reach category four today as it closes in on Queensland's coast
09:42 EDT
Severe Tropical Cyclone Owen and its wind gusts of nearly 200km/h are continuing to move slowly east towards Queensland's coast.
Severe thunderstorms batter east coast of NSW with flash flooding and power outages
09:36 EDT
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has warned NSW to "be prepared to batten down the hatches", forecasting more wild weather after a night of thunderstorms.
Victorian forecasters predicting more rain but not as 'intense' as yesterday
09:36 EDT
Flooding in Victoria's north-east yesterday has caused thousands of dollars' worth of damage to the North Wangaratta Football and Netball Club, leaving its clubrooms inundated — with more rain forecast.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 11/12 | Wed 12/12 | Thu 13/12 | |||
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34.4°C Marble Bar, WA |
Hottest |
45.6°C Marble Bar, WA |
47.1°C Rabbit Flat, NT |
46.0°C Marble Bar, WA |
47.4°C Marble Bar, WA |
|
7.6°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
0.0°C Curtin Springs, NT |
3.5°C Salmon Gums, WA |
-1.0°C Murray Bridge, SA |
-1.8°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
|
E 66km/h Hogan Island, Vic |
Windiest |
129km/h Forrest, WA |
170km/h Horsham Ap, Vic |
107km/h Coonamble Ap, NSW/ACT |
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30.0mm last hr Nambour, Qld |
Wettest |
76.0mm Hawkins Creek, Qld |
110.4mm Eldorado, Vic |
81.0mm Holsworthy, NSW/ACT |
81.0mm Holsworthy, 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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