Australian Weather
National Summary
A slow-moving trough is generating rain and storms in eastern QLD and northeastern NSW, with the trough and c old front bringing a few showers in southeastern NSW. Other troughs are causing a few showers/storms in southern WA and the northern tropics.
Capital Cities
| NOW | MIN | MAX | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 20.9 | 20 | 24 | |
Possible shower |
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| Melbourne | 16.1 | 14 | 21 | |
Increasing sunshine |
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| Brisbane | 25.6 | 23 | 29 | |
Showers |
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| Perth | 21.8 | 20 | 27 | |
Mostly sunny |
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| Adelaide | 16.7 | 13 | 25 | |
Mostly sunny |
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| Canberra | 16.7 | 13 | 22 | |
Possible shower |
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| Hobart | 13.6 | 11 | 16 | |
Possible shower |
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| Darwin | 29.6 | 26 | 33 | |
Possible thunderstorm |
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Weather News
Darwin's dry wet season
20:37 EDT
Darwin is having its driest wet season in 28 years and one of its driest on record to this point in the season.
Craig Kelly says Australia had more rainfall in the first 20 years of this century than the first 20 years of last century. Is he correct?
14:39 EDT
The claim At the height of Australia's recent bushfire crisis, Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly made the rounds of national and international media outlets.
A week of rain and storms ahead for Queensland
13:01 EDT
After days of flooding rain, Queensland is likely to see widespread showers and thunderstorms each day for at least the next week.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 03/03 | Wed 04/03 | Thu 05/03 | |||
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35.7°C Telfer Ap, WA |
Hottest |
39.9°C Shark Bay Ap, WA |
41.0°C Gascoyne Junction, WA |
39.6°C Mandora, WA |
45.1°C Onslow Ap, WA |
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3.1°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
2.1°C Lake St Clair, Tas |
5.2°C Eyre, WA |
4.1°C Cummins, SA |
0.3°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
|
S 61km/h Cape Grim, Tas |
Windiest |
212km/h Bickley, WA |
111km/h Mt Hotham, Vic |
100km/h Mt Wellington, Tas |
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21.4mm last hr Mount Bundey North, NT |
Wettest |
152.0mm Pleystowe Sugar Mill, Qld |
136.1mm Jingellic, NSW/ACT |
164.0mm Juanita, Qld |
128.0mm Yeppoon, Qld |
| Australia's Records for March | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 47.8°C at Roebourne, WA in 1998 Lowest -0.9°C at Mt Wellington, Tas in 1995 |
Highest 35.0°C at Pardoo, WA in 2016 Lowest -7.2°C at Kiandra Chalet, NSW/ACT in 1964 |
Highest 572.4mm at Yeppoon, Qld in 1990 |
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