Records for Australia
These are current rankings among the stations reporting to us, not records. They change through the day. This is the most extreme figure we have observed since we started storing readings, not an official record.
Australia, answered from the data
Where is the hottest place in Australia right now?
Koolan Island, at 41.7°C. That is the highest reading today among the 527 stations we track in Australia, not a claim about every place in the country.
Our own observations, today
Where is the coldest place in Australia right now?
Mount Wellington, at 3.7°C, the lowest reading today among the stations we track in Australia.
Our own observations, today
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Australia?
50.7°C at Oodnadatta Airport, on 2 January 1960. That is the highest in the 478 station archives we hold for Australia. It is not an official national record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Australia?
−15.0°C at Crackenback, on 6 August 1994, the lowest in the archives we hold for Australia. The same caveat applies: it is the deepest figure in our archives rather than a certified national record.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
How many weather stations report from Australia?
527, of which 478 carry a historical archive. Every figure on this page is drawn from those stations, so it describes what the network saw rather than the whole country.
Our station register
Stations
- Abrolhos Island North Island Aws94405 · 10 m
- Adamsons Peak Aws94959 · 1070 m
- ADELAIDE (WEST TERRACE / NGAYIRDAPIRA)94648 · 29 m
- Adelaide AirportYPAD · 6 m
- Adelaide IntlYPAD · 2 m
- Adele Island Aws94210 · 5 m
- Aireys Inlet Aws94846 · 95 m
- Albany AirportYPAL · 71 m
- Albury Aeroport Aws95896 · 165 m
- Alice Springs AerodromeYBAS · 545 m
- Alice Springs ArptYBAS · 549 m
- ALVA BEACH95296 · 8 m
- Amberley AerodromeYBAM · 27 m
- AmberlyYAMB · 26 m
- APPLETHORPE94553 · 872 m
- Archerfield AerodromeYBAF · 23 m
- Armidale Airport Aws95773 · 1084 m
- Atherton Treatment Plant94288 · 752 m
- AUSTIN PLAINS94690 · 110 m
- Avalon ArptYMAV · 11 m
- Avalon Aws94854 · 11 m
- Ayers Rock ArptYAYE · 489 m
- Ayr Dpi Research Station95295 · 12 m
- Badgery's Creek Airport