Australian Weather News -- 20 October 2000

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Friday 20 October 2000

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Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 93.0 Dum In Mirrie NT 66.0 Delamere Weapons Range NT 61.2 Mango Farm Daly River NT 56.2 Emerald Springs Other heavy NT falls: 52.0 Larrimah 47.4 Timber Creek 46.8 Black Point 46.6 Nitmiluk High falls for other periods: .	Today's highest & lowest temps		*Wind (mean* refers to the average windspeed over 10 minutes; gust is the highest speed recorded): Other extremes . Records set this day Highest daily rainfall for October (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Timber Ck NT:** 47.4 (32.4, 19) Mango Farm Daly River NT: 61.2 (48.2, 20) Lowest minimum temperature for October (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Yuendumu NT: 4.5 (6.8, 33)
	Maximum	Minimum
	36.6 Gascoyne Jn WA	26.5 Galiwinku Elcho Is NT
	6.8 Mt Hotham Vic	0.2 Mt Hotham Vic
	Greatest variations from normal
	Maximum	Minimum
	+12.9 34.0 Esperance MO WA +12.8 34.0 Munglinup WA +10.9 34.0 Salmon Gums WA	+8.4 16.0 Salmon Gums
	-21.0 15.5 Brunette Downs NT -20.4 17.5 Elliott NT -19.7 15.0 Tennant Ck AP NT	-12.4 4.5 Yuendumu NT -9.9 7.0 Giles MO WA

Times stated are the clock time in force in the relevant state or territory
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Australian Weather News gratefully acknowledges the Bureau of Meteorology as the collector and main source of meteorological data in Australia, along with the thousands of observers who record the weather and rainfall daily. I also thank Don White, Blair Trewin and the many contributors to the Aussie Weather mailing list who routinely provide much appreciated information.