Australian Weather
National Summary
A moisture-laden trough in central Australia is causing rain and thunderstorms across inland QLD, NSW, and VIC, some severe. A slow-moving low with associated trough is generating light rain over southern SA and TAS. Onshore winds are driving showers to southern WA.
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Weather News
Increasing chances of La Nina rains for Australia
15:52 EST
The prospect of a wet and stormy spring is increasing for large parts of Australia, with the U.S.
Criterium du Dauphine riders scatter as hailstorm strikes final climb in Tour de France lead-up race
11:05 EST
Chaos has reigned over the professional peloton on the second stage of the Criterium du Dauphine as riders were caught in a massive hail storm in the closing stages.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/08 | Thu 13/08 | Fri 14/08 | |||
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26.6°C Cocos Island Ap, WA |
Hottest |
37.0°C Bradshaw, NT |
37.2°C Wyndham Airport, WA |
37.1°C Ngukurr, NT |
37.2°C Wyndham Airport, WA |
|
-0.5°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
Coldest |
-1.5°C Butlers Gorge, Tas |
-1.7°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
-14.2°C Liawenee, Tas |
|
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NW 44km/h Murrurundi Gap, NSW/ACT |
Windiest |
74km/h Mt Hotham, Vic |
68km/h Mt Hotham, Vic |
68km/h Richmond, Qld |
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0.8mm last hr Mullion, NSW/ACT |
Wettest |
31.8mm Falls Creek, Vic |
82.8mm Gray, Tas |
204.0mm Nowra, NSW/ACT |
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| Australia's Records for August | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 40.2°C at Cape Don, NT in 2014 Lowest -6.7°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 2005 |
Highest 28.7°C at Milikapiti, NT in 1973 Lowest -20.6°C at Charlotte Pass, NSW/ACT in 1968 |
Highest 529.2mm at Rainbow Beach, Qld in 2007 |
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