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 18 February 2024 It was previously thought that the highest temperature in Australia was 53.1 °C (127.6 °F) in Cloncurry, Queensland, on 16 January 1889.
This record has been removed by the Bureau of Meteorology though as it was measured using a non-standard temperature screen.
It is believed that the temperature that day was most likely about 47 °C (117 °F).
[3][4][5] to 7 April 1924 Low: 15 August 1979