Australian Weather
National Summary
A trough from WA, through the NT, to QLD and northeast NSW is generating showers and thunderstorms, some severe. The trough is also pushing heat into the southwest and northeast. Cool onshore winds in the wake of a front is bringing a few showers to TAS.
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Weather News
Severe storms ease in South-East Queensland
20:36 EDT
A number of severe storm cells that formed in South-East Queensland have eased but the Bureau of Meteorology has warned more were expected over the coming days.
Australia could see hottest day on record next week as Perth heatwave conditions travel east
20:22 EDT
Australia could experience its hottest day on record next week as a hot air mass building in Western Australia makes its way east.
Record-breaking heatwave hits hard in the Top End
18:49 EDT
The remote Kakadu town of Jabiru broke its December heat record four days in a row, as a heatwave continues to roll across the Top End.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10/12 | Wed 11/12 | Thu 12/12 | |||
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37.1°C Fitzroy Crossing Ap, WA |
Hottest |
46.5°C Birdsville Ap, Qld |
46.2°C Birdsville Ap, Qld |
46.0°C Fitzroy Crossing Ap, WA |
46.7°C Fitzroy Crossing Ap, WA |
|
0.1°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
1.0°C Butlers Gorge, Tas |
0.5°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
-4.0°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
|
|
WSW 61km/h Hogan Island, Vic |
Windiest |
83km/h Batchelor Ap, NT |
98km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
98km/h Wyndham Ap, WA |
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| no rain last hr | Wettest |
46.4mm Kimbolton Range Station, WA |
130.4mm Brisbane, Qld |
143.0mm North Head, Qld |
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| 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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