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Nimbin has been described in literature and mainstream media as 'the drug capital of Australia', 'a social experiment', and 'an escapist sub-culture'. Nimbin has become an icon in Australian cultural history, with many of the values first introduced there by the counterculture becoming part of modern Australian culture.
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
Autumn lasts between March and May and experiences changeable weather, where summer weather patterns gradually take on the shape of winter patterns. [ 48 ] The highest recorded maximum temperature in Tasmania was 42.2 °C (108.0 °F) at Scamander on 30 January 2009, during the 2009 south-eastern Australia heat wave .
On June 28, 2021, weather stations at the Sol Duc River near Forks and the Mayfield Power Plant in Lewis County recorded temps of 118 degrees, tying the previous record reached in 1928 and 1961.
-The cold air will deepen behind another winter storm, named Winter Storm Kingston by The Weather Channel, that will bring snow and/or ice to parts of the central and eastern states Monday night ...
Snow in Australia is rare at sea level, but is common on the highlands of the southeast, in the states of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and in the Australian Capital Territory. Snow has been recorded in every state and territory, though among the state capitals only Canberra , Hobart and Melbourne have recorded snow.
In mid-December 2024, Australia experienced an intense heatwave affecting multiple states and territories, with temperatures exceeding 40 °C (104 °F) in numerous locations. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) defined this event as a severe to extreme heatwave throughout Northern Australia and severe to low-intensity in southeastern regions. [1]
The majority of Australia's weather radars are operated by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), an executive agency of the Australian Government.The radar network is continually being upgraded with new technology such as doppler and dual polarisation to provide better now-casting.