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Tasmania Station Records Highest Air Pressure Ever Measured in Australia
A weather station in Ouse, Tasmania, recorded 1044.5 hectopascals on July 6, 2026, surpassing the prior national record. An intense high-pressure system centered over the state produced the reading and widespread cold temperatures.
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A weather station in Ouse, Tasmania, recorded an air pressure of 1044.5 hectopascals at 9:50 a.m. on July 6, 2026, Abc reported. The value exceeds the previous Australian record of 1044.3 hectopascals set at Launceston on June 7, 1967.
Ouse lies 67 kilometres north-west of Hobart. An intense high-pressure system centred directly over Tasmania produced the reading and currently controls weather across most of Australia. The system tracked through the Bight on July 4, slowed while approaching Tasmania on July 5, and has since stalled.
Minimum temperatures fell well below freezing across inland Tasmania on the morning of July 6. Liawenee recorded -8.1 °C, Ouse reached -5.5 °C, Bushy Park fell to -3.0 °C, and Grove dropped to -2.3 °C. Coldstream on the outskirts of Melbourne recorded -2.7 °C, while Tullamarine Airport measured 0.1 °C.
The high-pressure system is forecast to move off the east coast of Tasmania on July 10. Abc reported that the stalled position allowed air to pile up over the region and that the winter timing contributed to the elevated pressure through dense cold air.
