List of extreme temperatures in Australia

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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[]

Climate of Australia

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Source combines New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory into one group.

References[]

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  5. ^ a b "SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  6. ^ 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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  10. ^ "CANBERRA AIRPORT". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  11. ^ a b "BRISBANE REGIONAL OFFICE". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  12. ^ "HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  13. ^ "DARWIN POST OFFICE". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  14. ^ "DARWIN AIRPORT". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  15. ^ "ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  16. ^ "PERTH METRO". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  17. ^ "HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  18. ^ http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_094087_All.shtml
  19. ^ http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_094087_All.shtml
  20. ^ "CANBERRA AIRPORT COMPARISON". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  21. ^ a b c d "Climatic Extremes". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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