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Coastal town records hottest day ever but locals say BOM data is wrong

Keith Prest always has his eye on sea conditions. (ABC News: Jean Bell)

Warrnambool authorities say the regional city needs a weather station in the centre of town for accurate records and forecasts.

The area's weather station is 10 kilometres out of town and locals say it does not reflect conditions closer to the coast.

The Bureau of Meterology says there are no plans to move the weather station as it meets international guidelines and requirements.

If Keith Prest had a magic wand, the kite surfer from Victoria's south-west knows exactly what he would conjure into existence.

"I'd wish for an official weather station in central Warrnambool in a position that truly reflects the weather," he said.

Heavy rain soaks the Barkly and Central Australia, closing roads and inundating cattle stations

Flooding on Sunday at Lake Nash Cattle Station on the Barkly Tableland. (Supplied: Erin Gibson)

Heavy rain is lashing parts of the Barkly and Central Australia, with some areas of the Barkly recording hundreds of millimetres over the past few days.

Dozens of roads have been closed, impacting transport and freight across the Northern Territory, while cattle stations have been inundated by rain. 

BOM says locally intense rainfall that could lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding is possible across the southern Barkly and northern Simpson districts.

Heavy rain across large parts of the Barkly and Central Australia over the past three days has closed roads and inundated cattle stations, with more wet weather forecast to be on the way.

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On average, Australia’s driest town, Oodnadatta, gets just 172mm of rain a year. But the small town in inland South Australia is likely to get two years’ worth of rain in a single week.

Rainfall records are likely to topple across inland areas, as rains of 150–300mm are predicted this week, following heavy rains in recent days.

Heavy rains are lashing swathes of arid central Australia, as intensely humid tropical air from the Top End is pushed south. Alice Springs is on flood watch. The Trans-Australian rail line is cut amid track washouts. The Northern Territory’s main highway is closed.

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