Australian Weather
National Summary
A monsoon low is generating flooding rain and storms in north QLD and eastern NT. Troughs are causing storms elsewhere in the NT, northern WA, central QLD and northeast NSW and drawing extreme heat across western NSW, VIC, SA and southern WA. A front is cooling southwest WA.
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Weather News
Flooding rain continues in Queensland
14:22 EDT
Rain and thunderstorms have continued to soak northern Queensland during the last 24 hours, with central Australia next in line.
Farmers waiting up to a year for drought loans to be assessed
13:28 EDT
Farmers across Australia battling drought are having to wait up to a year to see if they've been approved for a loan from the Federal Government.
Rain record broken near Townsville as a monsoonal low tracks across Queensland's north-west
13:26 EDT
Torrential rain in north Queensland has smashed a record as a tropical low in the Gulf Country brings heavy rain to northern and western parts of Queensland as it slowly moves towards the Northern Territory.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 27/01 | Tue 28/01 | Wed 29/01 | |||
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35.5°C Newman Ap, WA |
Hottest |
46.5°C Murchison, WA |
47.0°C Murchison, WA |
45.0°C Eucla, WA |
48.9°C Penrith, NSW/ACT |
|
9.1°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
Coldest |
4.8°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
5.2°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
-1.6°C Butlers Gorge, Tas |
|
|
WNW 77km/h Mt Wellington, Tas |
Windiest |
83km/h Mt Wellington, Tas |
105km/h Manjimup, WA |
98km/h Mt Wellington, Tas |
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2.4mm last hr Christmas Island Ap, WA |
Wettest |
403.0mm Inkerman, Qld |
227.0mm Victoria Sugar Mill, Qld |
600.0mm Arltunga, NT |
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| Australia's Records for January | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 50.7°C at Oodnadatta Ap, SA in 1960 Lowest 0.6°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 2012 |
Highest 36.9°C at Warragul Vcah, Vic in 1964 Lowest -7.7°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1975 |
Highest 627.4mm at Mackay, Qld in 1918 |
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