List of extreme temperatures in Australia
The highest temperature ever recorded in Australia is 50.7 °C (123.3 °F), which was recorded on 13 January 2022 at Onslow, Western Australia, and 2 January 1960, in Oodnadatta, South 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[]
Temperature[1] | State or territory | Location | Date recorded |
---|---|---|---|
50.7 °C (123.3 °F) | Western Australia | Onslow[2] | 13 January 2022 |
South Australia | Oodnadatta | 2 January 1960 | |
50.5 °C (122.9 °F) | Western Australia | Roebourne[2] | 13 January 2022 |
Mardie Station[2] | 13 January 2022 | ||
19 February 1998 | |||
50.3 °C (122.5 °F) | South Australia | Oodnadatta | 3 January 1960 |
50.0 °C (122.0 °F) | New South Wales | Wilcannia | 11 January 1939 |
49.9 °C (121.8 °F) | South Australia | Nullarbor | 19 December 2019 |
49.8 °C (121.6 °F) | Western Australia | Eucla | 19 December 2019 |
Emu Creek Station | 21 February 1998 | ||
Forrest | 13 January 1979 | ||
Mundrabilla Station | 3 January 1979 | ||
49.7 °C (121.5 °F) | New South Wales | Menindee | 10 January 1939 |
49.6 °C (121.3 °F) | South Australia | Moomba | 12 January 2013 |
49.5 °C (121.1 °F) | Western Australia | Forrest | 19 December 2019 |
South Australia | Port Augusta | 24 January 2019 | |
Queensland | Birdsville | 24 December 1972 |
Highest temperatures for each state and territory[]
Temperature[3] | State or territory | Location | Date recorded |
---|---|---|---|
50.7 °C (123.3 °F) | South Australia | Oodnadatta | 2 January 1960 |
Western Australia | Onslow[2] | 13 January 2022 | |
50.0 °C (122.0 °F) | New South Wales[N 1] | Wilcannia | 11 January 1939 |
49.5 °C (121.1 °F) | Queensland | Birdsville | 24 December 1972 |
48.8 °C (119.8 °F) | Victoria | Hopetoun | 7 February 2009 |
48.3 °C (118.9 °F) | Northern Territory | Finke | 1 January 1960 |
2 January 1960 | |||
42.2 °C (108.0 °F) | Tasmania | Scamander | 30 January 2009 |
Highest temperatures for each capital city[]
Temperature | State or territory | City | Date recorded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
48.9 °C (120.0 °F) (including Western Sydney)[4] 45.8 °C (114.4 °F)[5] |
New South Wales | Sydney | 4 January 2020 (Western Sydney)[6] | The hottest temperature in Sydney was recorded in Penrith, in Greater Western Sydney during the Black Summer bushfires. |
46.6 °C (115.9 °F)[7] | South Australia | Adelaide | 24 January 2019 | |
46.4 °C (115.5 °F)[8] | Victoria | Melbourne | 7 February 2009 | Recorded during the Black Saturday bushfires |
46.2 °C (115.2 °F)[9] | Western Australia | Perth | 23 February 1991 | |
44.0 °C (111.2 °F)[10] | Australian Capital Territory | Canberra | 4 January 2020 | |
43.2 °C (109.8 °F)[11] | Queensland | Brisbane | 26 January 1940 | |
41.8 °C (107.2 °F)[12] | Tasmania | Hobart | 4 January 2013 | |
40.4 °C (104.7 °F)[13] | Northern Territory | Darwin | 17 October 1892 |
Lowest temperatures recorded in Australia[]
Temperature[1] | State or territory | Location | Date recorded |
---|---|---|---|
−23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) | New South Wales | Charlotte Pass | 29 June 1994 |
−20.6 °C (−5.1 °F) | 14 August 1968 | ||
−19.6 °C (−3.3 °F) | 20 July 2010 | ||
−19.0 °C (−2.2 °F) | 16 August 2004 | ||
1 July 1994 | |||
30 June 1994 | |||
−18.0 °C (−0.4 °F) | 12 July 1998 | ||
Perisher Valley | 29 June 1994 | ||
−17.8 °C (0.0 °F) | Kiandra | 21 July 1966 | |
10 August 1965 | |||
8 July 1960 |
Lowest temperatures for each state and territory[]
Temperature[3] | State or territory | Location | Date recorded |
---|---|---|---|
−23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) | New South Wales[N 1] | Charlotte Pass | 29 June 1994 |
−14.2 °C (6.4 °F) | Tasmania | Liawenee | 7 August 2020 |
−11.7 °C (10.9 °F) | Victoria | Falls Creek | 3 July 1970 |
Omeo | 15 June 1965 | ||
−10.6 °C (12.9 °F) | Queensland | The Hermitage | 12 July 1965 |
Stanthorpe | 23 June 1961 | ||
−8.2 °C (17.2 °F) | South Australia | Yongala | 20 July 1976 |
−7.5 °C (18.5 °F) | Northern Territory | Alice Springs | 17 July 1976 |
−7.2 °C (19.0 °F) | Western Australia | Eyre Bird Observatory | 17 August 2008 |
Lowest temperatures for each capital city[]
Temperature | State or territory | City | Date recorded |
---|---|---|---|
10.4 °C (50.7 °F)[14] | Northern Territory | Darwin | 29 July 1942 |
2.3 °C (36.1 °F)[11] | Queensland | Brisbane | 2 July 1896 |
2.1 °C (35.8 °F)[5] | New South Wales | Sydney | 22 June 1932 |
−0.4 °C (31.3 °F)[15] | South Australia | Adelaide | 8 June 1982 |
−0.7 °C (30.7 °F)[16] | Western Australia | Perth | 17 June 2006 |
−2.8 °C (27.0 °F)[17]−9.1 °C (15.6 °F)[18] (including Mount Wellington) | Tasmania | Hobart | 11 July 1981 (city) 3 September 1993[19] (Mount Wellington) |
−2.8 °C (27.0 °F)[8] | Victoria | Melbourne | 21 July 1869 |
−10.0 °C (14.0 °F)[20] | Australian Capital Territory | Canberra | 11 July 1971 |
Miscellaneous records[]
Record | Temperature | State or territory | Location | Date recorded |
---|---|---|---|---|
Highest average monthly maximum temperature[21] | 41.5 °C (106.7 °F) | Western Australia | Marble Bar | December |
Longest hot spell[21] | 160 days above 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) | 31 October 1923
to 7 April 1924 | ||
Greatest diurnal temperature range[21] | 6.8 °C (44.2 °F) to 44.2 °C (111.6 °F) | Eyre Bird Observatory | 5 March 2008 | |
Greatest overall temperature range[21] | −8.3 °C (17.1 °F) to 47.8 °C (118.0 °F) | New South Wales | Richmond |
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.
- ^ a b "Rainfall and Temperature Records". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ https://www.sbs.com.au/eds/news/article/sydney-s-penrith-the-hottest-place-on-earth-amid-devastating-bushfires/990f7843-278b-4973-90ab-b6dcb01c97aa
- ^ a b "SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ https://www.sbs.com.au/eds/news/article/sydney-s-penrith-the-hottest-place-on-earth-amid-devastating-bushfires/990f7843-278b-4973-90ab-b6dcb01c97aa
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