We all love summer. Or most of us do, anyway. Indeed, in a poll we conducted earlier this year, you told us that your favourite Australian seasons are (in order): summer, spring, autumn, winter.

But even here in Australia, where every corner of the country can bake in summer, we experience variable conditions.

Below are the summer extremes in your state or territory. Please note that in some cases, we've included the district or other relevant details like elevation to help you understand where and why the records were set.

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NSW

• Lowest min: -7°C (This record is shared. It has occurred three times, once at Perisher in 1979, once at Charlotte Pass in 1999, then again at Perisher earlier this month. All are in the Snowy Mountains)
• Highest max: Wilcannia 50.0°C
• Wettest day: Dorrigo 809.2 mm

VIC

• Lowest min: -5.4°C at Mt Hotham (Vic alps, earlier this month!)
• Highest max: Hopetoun Airport 48.8°C
• Wettest day: 274.6 mm Balook (in South Gippsland)

Image: This image of Mt Hotham was taken in December 2019, not the cold snap earlier this month. But it illustrates the fact that heavy snow and cold temps can occur in any season in the Australian Alps. Source: Author's pic.

QLD

• Lowest min: 2.2°C Kalpowar Forestry (elevation 355 m, southwest of Gladstone)
• Highest max: 49.5°C Birdsville Police Station
• Wettest day: 907 mm Crohamhurst (surprisingly, this record belongs to a location in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, not north Qld)

SA

• Lowest min: -4°C Kybybolite Research Centre (near the Vic border in SA's far southeast)
• Highest max: 50.7°C Oodnadatta Airport (Australia’s equal-hottest recorded temp)
• Wettest day: 241 mm Cordillo Downs (in SA's far northeast corner)

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WA

• Lowest min: 0.0°C Bridgetown Comparison (far southwest, elevation 150m)
• Highest max: 50.7 Onslow Airport (northwest WA in Jan this year, equalling the highest recorded Aus temp at Oodnadatta Airport in 1960)
• Wettest day: 567.9 mm Roebuck Plains (near Broome in the state's northwest)

TAS

• Lowest min: -5°C Mount Barrow
• Highest max: 42.2°C Scamander (coastal location in the state’s northeast)
• Wettest day: 289 mm Falmouth (northeast Tas)

NT

• Lowest min: 6.7°C Tempe Downs (southwest of Alice Springs)
• Highest max: 48.3°C Finke Post Office (a remote Indigenous community in the state's south)
• Wettest day: 562 mm Dum In Mirrie Airstrip (a small island near Darwin)

Image: Wherever you are, we hope you enjoy the 2022/23 summer weather as much as this kangaroo appears to be doing. Source: Pixabay.