Australian Weather
National Summary
A cold front is bringing brisk winds and isolated showers to southern WA. A trough is causing patchy rain over eastern WA, SA, TAS and southern NSW. Onshore winds about the northern NSW and QLD coasts is bringing showers. High pressure ridges are keeping elsewhere dry.
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Weather News
Australians among a record 50.8 million internally displaced people worldwide, report says
18:48 EST
Tens of thousands of Australians were among an all-time high number of people internally displaced in their countries due to natural disasters and conflict in 2019, newly released data has shown.
Victoria braces for rain, wind, snow and hail as Melbourne gets ready for a new rainfall record
17:09 EST
Melbourne is on track for one of its wettest four-month periods since records began with an icy blast from the Southern Ocean and heavy rainfall expected to arrive on Wednesday and hang around Victoria until Monday.
Rain, storms, snow and dust on the horizon
15:19 EST
An unusually strong cold-weather system for this time of year will cause heavy rain, thunderstorms, hail, snow, damaging winds, and dust storms over multiple states and territories this week.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 25/04 | Sun 26/04 | Mon 27/04 | |||
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36.8°C Mandora, WA |
Hottest |
42.4°C Pardoo, WA |
42.0°C West Roebuck, WA |
41.6°C Mandora, WA |
42.8°C Mardie, WA |
|
4.7°C Mt Read, Tas |
Coldest |
0.3°C Glen Innes Ap, NSW/ACT |
-3.0°C Cooma Ap, NSW/ACT |
-2.0°C Thredbo Village, NSW/ACT |
-4.0°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
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NNW 81km/h Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
Windiest |
127km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
122km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
109km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
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1.6mm last hr Nulla, NSW/ACT |
Wettest |
44.0mm Lobethal, SA |
88.0mm Low Isles, Qld |
51.0mm Blackmans Point, NSW/ACT |
47.0mm Mt Seaview, NSW/ACT |
| Australia's Records for April | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 48.1°C at Minnipa, SA in 2016 Lowest -5.6°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1978 |
Highest 32.0°C at Pannawonica, WA in 1981 Lowest -17.4°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 1991 |
Highest 800.9mm at Port Douglas, Qld in 1911 |
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