{"id":92339,"date":"2025-08-24T12:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T12:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/92339\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T12:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T12:55:15","slug":"wa-and-perth-weather-extreme-rain-batters-houses-as-more-downpours-and-possible-hail-on-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/92339\/","title":{"rendered":"WA and Perth weather: Extreme rain batters houses as more downpours and possible hail on way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Perth is on track to experience its wettest August on record, with more rain and possible hail expected to lash the city on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The city will also shiver through one of its coldest August days, with a maximum of 14C expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The previous record is 12.1C at the weather station based in Mt Lawley in 2020, with the all-time record at the old Perth regional office 9.9C in August 1951.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Rainfall in Perth is already above average for the month, with 150mm falling to date. The average is 122.7mm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">About 60mm of rain was expected to fall over Sunday and Monday, with a chance of hail on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWith a lot more rain forecast over the next few days, we could be approaching 200mm for the month,\u201d Weather Bureau senior forecaster Luke Huntington said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7cd2d72fb92f6a2e40eabc129abcfd7e7e9ee598.jpg\" alt=\"Reita Sheridan has shared images of the storm damage at her house on Harrington Waters Drive, Waikiki. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconReita Sheridan has shared images of the storm damage at her house on Harrington Waters Drive, Waikiki.  Credit: Reita Sheridan\/Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The previous highest August average was 186mm in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It comes as Waikiki copped what some residents initially thought could have been a tornado \u2014 which the Bureau has since ruled out \u2014 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">More than 30 people called for the State Emergency Service for help in Waikiki reporting roof damage and leaks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/b8915f34e1e74bd71171d80633b07e264e276c1c.jpg\" alt=\"Reita Sheridan has shared images of the storm damage at her house at 60 Harrington Waters Drive, Waikiki.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconReita Sheridan has shared images of the storm damage at her house at 60 Harrington Waters Drive, Waikiki. Credit: Reita Sheridan\/Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">At one home, on Harrington Waters Drive, the roof had caved in, leaving behind an awful mess in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">SES crews were also securing roofs in Windermere Way, where tiles had been ripped off by the wind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">More showers are expected on Tuesday in Perth, with a top of 16C and a minimum of 5C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Wednesday is expected to reach a maximum of 17C, with Thursday and Friday both expected to have highs of 18C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perth is on track to experience its wettest August on record, with more rain and possible hail expected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,45,1192],"class_list":{"0":"post-92339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-wa-news","12":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}