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Thursday 04 January 2001 |
| Temperature
contrasts in the East Widespread thunderstorms in the Southeast |
| Southeastern Australia's heatwave
entered its fifth day, with highest temperatures relative to average today
being recorded in SE South Australia, SW Victoria and Tasmania's
West Coast and southeast. Maximum temperatures in these areas were between
8 and 15° above average, while last night's minima in parts of South Australia
were 6 to 11 above. In Tasmania, maxima 11 to 12° above average were recorded
in the west and southeast, with Strahan and Hobart Airport both reaching
33°. By contrast, weather stations along the state's north coast were kept
cool by onshore breezes, Devonport, Cape Grim and Low Head only achieving
19° for the day, making them the coolest places to be in the country.
By contrast, minimum temperatures across central and southern Queensland both this morning and yesterday morning were an unusual 4 to 6 below, with Moranbah, 150km inland from Mackay, recording its lowest January minimum in 15 years yesterday, then breaking its new record again today (subject to confirmation). With humidity generally high across Queensland in January, minimum temperatures seldom stray far from average; the cause of this anomaly has been the arrival of drier southern air over the area allowing night time temperatures to fall significantly under clear skies. The heat trough lying through southeastern states again generated widespread though generally harmless thunderstorms in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales this afternoon. 2cm diameter hail was reported with storms at Mt Wilson in the NSW Blue Mountains, and 3cm at Laura, 30km east of Port Pirie in SA, |
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Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 77.2 McMinns Lagoon NT High falls for other periods: Western Australia: |
Today's highest & lowest temps |
Wind (mean refers to the average windspeed over 10 minutes; gust is the highest speed recorded): . Other extremes Flood peaks: Records set this day . |
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| Maximum | Minimum | ||
| 44.9 Nyang Station WA | 29.2
Oodnadatta AP SA 29.0 Marree PO SA |
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| 19.0
Devonport AP Tas 19.0 Cape Grim Tas 19.0 Low Head Tas |
4.0 Lake St Clair Tas | ||
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Greatest variations from normal |
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| Maximum | Minimum | ||
| +15.6 37.2 Cape Northumberland SA +15.5 37.0 Cashmere AP Portland Vic +13.2 36.6 Goolwa SA |
+11.3 27.5 Parafield AP SA +8.7 24.0 Cleve SA |
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| -5.3 22.9 Kairi Res Stn Qld |
-6.9 14.0 Cashmere Downs WA |
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