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Daily temperatures in parts of the state in January and February can be up to 50 °C (122 °F). The highest maximum temperature was recorded as 50.7 °C (123.3 °F) at Oodnadatta on 2 January 1960, which is the highest official temperature recorded in Australia. The lowest minimum temperature was −8.0 °C (17.6 °F) at Yongala on 20 July 1976.
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
A coastal town in Western Australia hit 123.3°F (50.7°C) on Thursday, tying the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere.
Temperatures dropped on average more than 10 °C below the 1951-1990 average in parts of norther Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and in some parts of western Queensland. [17] On July 7 and 8, a strong cold front followed by a deep low-pressure system hit south-east Australia, leading to significantly below average temperatures during ...
Highest dew point temperature: A dew point of 35 °C (95 °F) — while the temperature was 42 °C (108 °F) — was observed at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, at 3:00 p.m. on 8 July 2003. [ 200 ] Highest heat index : In the observation above at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, the heat index ("feels like" temperature) was 81.1 °C (178.0 °F).
When this occurs the hot air from the inland is dragged right down over south-east Australia, occasionally even as far as southern Tasmania. As this air mass is carried entirely over the continental land mass it remains unmodified, i.e. it does not pick up additional moisture from a body of water and retains most if not all of its heat.
The maximum recorded temperature was 39 °C (102 °F) on 30 January 2009, with Launceston Airport reaching 40.4 °C (105 °F) on that same day, during the 2009 Southeastern Australia heat wave. Having 2,500 hours of annual sunshine, Launceston is sunnier than Melbourne , a northward city in mainland Australia , which only receives around 2,300 ...
The CSIRO predicts that the additional results in Australia of a temperature rise of between only 1 and 2 °C will be: [120] Southward spread of malaria receptive zones. Risk of dengue fever among Australians increases from 170,000 people to 0.75–1.6 million. 10% increase in diarrhoeal diseases among Aboriginal children in central Australia.