List of extreme temperatures in Australia
The highest temperature ever recorded in Australia is 50.7 °C (123.3 °F), which was recorded on 2 January 1960 at Oodnadatta, South Australia, and 13 January 2022 at Onslow, Western Australia. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Australia is −23.0 °C (−9.4 °F), at Charlotte Pass, New South Wales, on 29 June 1994.
Highest temperatures recorded in Australia
It was previously thought that the highest temperature in Australia was 53.1 °C (127.6 °F) in Cloncurry, Queensland, on 16 January 1889. This record has been removed by the Bureau of Meteorology though as it was measured using a non-standard temperature screen. It is believed that the temperature that day was most likely about 47 °C (117 °F).
Highest temperatures for each state and territory
Lowest temperatures recorded in Australia
Temperature
|
State or territory
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Location
|
Date recorded
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−23.0 °C (−9.4 °F)
|
New South Wales
|
Charlotte Pass
|
29 June 1994
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−20.6 °C (−5.1 °F)
|
14 August 1968
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−19.6 °C (−3.3 °F)
|
20 July 2010
|
−19.0 °C (−2.2 °F)
|
30 June 1994
|
1 July 1994
|
16 August 2004
|
−18.0 °C (−0.4 °F)
|
Perisher Valley
|
29 June 1994
|
Charlotte Pass
|
12 July 1998
|
−17.8 °C (0.0 °F)
|
Kiandra
|
8 July 1960
|
10 August 1965
|
21 July 1966
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Lowest temperatures for each state and territory
Miscellaneous records
Record
|
Temperature
|
State or territory
|
Location
|
Date recorded
|
Highest average monthly maximum temperature
|
41.5 °C (106.7 °F)
|
Western Australia
|
Marble Bar
|
December
|
Longest hot spell
|
160 days above 37.8 °C (100.0 °F)
|
31 October 1923
to 7 April 1924
|
Greatest diurnal temperature range
|
6.8 °C (44.2 °F) to 44.2 °C (111.6 °F)
|
Eyre Bird Observatory
|
5 March 2008
|
Greatest overall temperature range
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−8.3 °C (17.1 °F) to 47.8 °C (118.0 °F)
|
New South Wales
|
Richmond
|
Highest Daily Minimum Temperature
|
36.6 °C (97.9 °F)
|
New South Wales
|
Wanaaring
|
26 January 2019
|
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Source combines New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory into one group.
References
- ^ a b "Daily Extremes". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d Birch, Laura (13 January 2022). "Onslow in the Pilbara reaches 50.7C, equalling Australia's hottest day on record". ABC News. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Townshend, Ian (24 December 2003). "Queensland to bake on Christmas Day". ABC News. Archived from the original on 4 November 2009.
- ^ Trewin, Blair (December 1997). "Another look at Australia's record high temperature" (PDF). Australian Meteorological Magazine. 46 (4): 251–256.
- ^ Smith, Bridie (14 September 2012). "Hottest temperature on earth revised". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Rainfall and Temperature Records". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Climatic Extremes". Geoscience Australia. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/climate/extremes/daily_extremes.cgi?period=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fclimate%2Fextremes%2Fdaily_extremes.cgi&climtab=tmin_high&area=aus&year=2019&mon=1&day=26