AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITY EXTREMES

HOTTEST DAYS

 ADELAIDE   47.6 C     117.7 F        12 Jan, 1939
 PERTH      46.2 C     115.2 F        23 Feb, 1991
 MELBOURNE  45.6 C     114.1 F        13 Jan, 1939
 SYDNEY     45.3 C     113.5 F        14 Jan, 1939
 BRISBANE   43.2 C     109.8 F        26 Jan, 1940
 CANBERRA   42.2 C     108.0 F         1 Feb, 1968
 HOBART     40.8 C     105.4 F         4 Jan, 1976
 DARWIN     40.5 C     104.9 F        17 Oct, 1892

COLDEST NIGHTS

 CANBERRA  -10.0 C      14.0 F        11 Jul, 1971
 HOBART     -2.8 C      27.0 F        11 Jul, 1981
 MELBOURNE  -2.8 C      27.0 F        21 Jul, 1869
 ADELAIDE   -0.4 C      31.3 F        24 Jul, 1908
 PERTH       0.0 C      32.0 F        15 Jul, 1997
 SYDNEY      2.1 C      35.8 F        22 Jun, 1932
 BRISBANE    2.3 C      36.1 F         2 Jul, 1896
 DARWIN     10.4 C      50.7 F        29 Jul, 1942

WETTEST MONTH

 BRISBANE 1026 mm       40.4 inches      Feb, 1893
 DARWIN   1014 mm       39.9 inches      Mar, 1977
 SYDNEY    643 mm       25.3 inches      Jun, 1950
 PERTH     476 mm       18.7 inches      Jun, 1945
 CANBERRA  312 mm       12.3 inches      Mar, 1950
 HOBART    255 mm       10.0 inches      Mar, 1946
 MELBOURNE 238 mm        9.4 inches      Feb, 1972
 ADELAIDE  218 mm        8.6 inches      Jun, 1916

WETTEST DAY

 BRISBANE  465 mm       18.3 inches   21 Jan, 1887
 SYDNEY    328 mm       12.9 inches    6 Aug, 1986
 DARWIN    296 mm       11.7 inches    7 Jan, 1897
 HOBART    156 mm        6.1 inches   15 Sep, 1957
 ADELAIDE  141 mm        5.6 inches    7 Feb, 1925
 PERTH     121 mm        4.8 inches    8 Feb, 1992
 MELBOURNE 108 mm        4.3 inches   29 Jan, 1963
 CANBERRA  105 mm        4.1 inches   21 Oct, 1959