National
weather extremes for today
Data provided
by the Bureau
of Meteorology
Last updated at 20:18 EDST on 11/03/01
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Quality
control note: Data is complete, and has been visually checked by AWN for
gross errors. Less obvious errors may remain. See Explanation
of Extremes Pages for more information |
Records
set this day (previous
record and years of computerised record shown in brackets):
Highest 24-hour rainfall for
any month:
Muirne Tabulam NSW: 109.0 (105.2, 30) |
Todays highest rainfall
totals for the 24 hours to 9am. It includes the top 5 totals received,
and/or all reported falls of 50mm or more.
364.0 LOWANNA (CAVANAGHS ROAD) MidNorth
Coast N NSW
329.0 DORRIGO (OLD CORAMBA RD) MidNorth Coast N NSW (See
note in news report above)
235.4 POINT LOOKOUT N Tablelands E NSW
231.0 BOWRA SUGARLOAF MidNorth Coast N NSW
207.0 GRAFTON OLYMPIC POOL North Coast NSW
ISLANDS
Islands
69.4 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
90.0 BOOBY ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
86.0 CAPE KEERWEER
76.0 COCONUT ISLAND
73.0 HORN ISLAND
57.0 BATAVIA DOWNS STATION
Brisbane/SE Coast
77.4 GLEN CAIRN
67.0 DARLINGTON TM
61.2 DARLINGTON
55.0 WILSONS PEAK ALERT
53.0 BINNA BURRA ALERT
Darling Downs E
62.0 THE HEAD
50.0 WALLANGARRA TM
NEW SOUTH WALES
N Tablelands W
62.1 TENTERFIELD (WOOD
ST)
N Tablelands E
235.4 POINT LOOKOUT
150.2 DRAKE GENERAL STORE
146.2 MALLANGANEE (SANDILANDS ST)
109.0 TABULAM (MUIRNE)
108.0 BONALBO POST OFFICE
106.6 LOWER CREEK (CEDAR PARK)
102.4 TABULAM POST OFFICE
69.5 GLEN ELGIN
64.0 WOLLOMOMBI (WOLLOMOMBI RIVER)
60.0 YARROWITCH (MARETTO)
58.3 NEWTON BOYD (ABBEY GREEN)
North Coast
207.0 GRAFTON OLYMPIC
POOL
172.8 WHIPORIE POST OFFICE
165.4 ROCK VALLEY (LEYCESTER CREEK)
159.4 YAMBA PILOT STATION
156.8 WOODBURN POST OFFICE
153.0 EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE
143.0 CASINO AIRPORT AWS
140.4 SOUTH GRAFTON (DIVINES STATE FOREST)
136.6 LISMORE (CENTRE STREET)
133.8 LILLIAN ROCK (WILLIAMS ROAD)
122.6 BUSBY FLAT
116.0 WIANGAREE POST OFFICE
106.0 NIMBIN POST OFFICE
84.0 BALLINA AIRPORT AWS
80.0 BALLINA (CROWLEY VILLAGE)
59.0 BENTLEY (BACK CREEK)
MidNorth Coast N
364.0 LOWANNA (CAVANAGHS
ROAD)
329.0 DORRIGO (OLD CORAMBA RD)
231.0 BOWRA SUGARLOAF
201.6 THORA POST OFFICE
189.0 GIRRALONG
172.0 DORRIGO POST OFFICE
170.0 BELLINGEN HYDE STREET
141.6 BELLBROOK (MAIN STREET)
137.0 MILLBANK (FAIRLIE DOWNS)
122.6 COFFS HARBOUR MO
104.0 WITTITRIN
103.5 BOWRAVILLE COHALAN ST
84.0 KEMPSEY AIRPORT AWS
78.0 NAMBUCCA HEADS BOWLING CLUB
76.0 EUROKA (ALDAVILLA)
75.0 MACKSVILLE COUNTRY CLUB
74.6 KEMPSEY (WIDE STREET)
56.6 SOUTH WEST ROCKS (SMOKY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE)
MidNorth Coast S
144.8 GLOUCESTER (UPPER
BOWMAN)
124.4 COMBOYNE POST OFFICE
117.0 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW)
108.0 UPPER PAPPINBARRA (HILLCREST)
96.2 GLOUCESTER POST OFFICE
80.0 CRAVEN (LONGVIEW)
77.0 NOWENDOC (GREEN HILLS)
76.0 LONG FLAT POST OFFICE
74.4 ELANDS (BLACK SANDS CREEK)
74.0 FORBES RIVER (BIRDWOOD)
71.0 ROCKS CROSSING (NOWENDOC RIVER)
67.2 UPPER ROLLANDS PLAINS (GREENACRES)
51.0 BULAHDELAH POST OFFICE
Hunter Valley
142.2 UPPER ALLYN TOWNSHIP
127.2 SALISBURY (BARRINGTON GUEST HOUSE)
111.0 HUNTER SPRINGS (WONDECLA)
103.0 UPPER CHICHESTER (SIMMONDS)
101.6 CARROW BROOK
82.4 LOSTOCK DAM SITE
81.0 WYONG (OLNEY FOREST)
80.0 CLARENCE TOWN (GREY ST)
80.0 ELDERSLIE (INGLEBRAE)
73.0 GRESFORD POST OFFICE
72.0 WYONG (KULNURA (JEAVONS))
64.2 WATAGAN CENTRAL
63.0 UPPER ROUCHEL (MOUNT VIEW)
61.0 MUSWELLBROOK (LOWER HILL ST)
57.0 DUNGOG POST OFFICE
54.0 MILL DAM FALLS (WILLIAMS RIVER)
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High rainfall for periods
of 6 hours or less.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N
Kimberley
WYNDHAM AERO
7.6mm in 18 min to 22:33 25.3mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Darwin-Daly
JABIRU AIRPORT
29.8mm in 1 hr to 00:30 29.8mm/h
39.0mm in 3 hr to 02:30 13.0mm/h
21.0mm in 1 hr to 21:30 21.0mm/h
32.0mm in 3 hr to 23:30 10.7mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE
Coast
ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT
17.0mm in 30 min to 16:30 34.0mm/h
47.2mm in 30 min to 17:00 94.4mm/h
64.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 64.2mm/h
29.8mm in 30 min to 17:30 59.6mm/h
77.0mm in 1 hr to 17:30 77.0mm/h
39.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 39.2mm/h
105.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 35.0mm/h
116.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 19.3mm/h
NAMBOUR DPI
129.2mm in 47 min to 19:47 164.9mm/h
24.0mm in 13 min to 20:00 110.8mm/h
153.2mm in 1 hr to 20:00 153.2mm/h
183.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 61.0mm/h
189.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 31.5mm/h
BEERBURRUM FOREST STN
44.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 44.4mm/h
28.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 28.8mm/h
74.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 24.7mm/h
84.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 14.0mm/h
87.8mm in 1 hr to 22:00 87.8mm/h
40.6mm in 1 hr to 23:00 40.6mm/h
GOLD COAST SEAWAY
11.8mm in 17 min to 15:27 41.6mm/h
13.6mm in 6 min to 15:33 136.0mm/h
29.2mm in 20 min to 15:53 87.6mm/h
6.0mm in 4 min to 15:57 90.0mm/h
6.6mm in 14 min to 16:11 28.3mm/h
74.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 24.7mm/h
78.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 13.0mm/h
BRISBANE AERO
5.4mm in 11 min to 19:11 29.5mm/h
26.0mm in 19 min to 19:30 82.1mm/h
32.4mm in 1 hr to 19:30 32.4mm/h
26.6mm in 30 min to 20:00 53.2mm/h
58.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 58.0mm/h
34.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 34.2mm/h
70.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 23.3mm/h
75.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 12.5mm/h
MAROOCHYDORE AERO
20.6mm in 30 min to 20:30 41.2mm/h
28.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 28.4mm/h
TEWANTIN RSL PARK
26.6mm in 47 min to 20:47 34.0mm/h
22.0mm in 13 min to 21:00 101.5mm/h
48.6mm in 1 hr to 21:00 48.6mm/h
49.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 16.3mm/h
40.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 40.0mm/h
BRISBANE
16.4mm in 30 min to 17:00 32.8mm/h
48.8mm in 24 min to 17:24 122.0mm/h
35.0mm in 36 min to 18:00 58.3mm/h
83.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 83.8mm/h
101.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 33.7mm/h
22.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 22.6mm/h
36.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 12.0mm/h
137.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 22.8mm/h
Darling Downs E
WARWICK
32.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 10.7mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
N
Tablelands W
TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST)
45.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 15.0mm/h
GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS
35.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 11.7mm/h
North Coast
CASINO AIRPORT AWS
37.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 12.3mm/h
EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE
30.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 10.0mm/h
13.2mm in 18 min to 09:00 44.0mm/h
26.4mm in 39 min to 14:00 40.6mm/h
28.0mm in 1 hr to 14:00 28.0mm/h
MidNorth Coast N
COFFS HARBOUR MO
17.4mm in 26 min to 07:30 40.2mm/h
22.6mm in 1 hr to 08:00 22.6mm/h
34.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 11.3mm/h
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Todays highest &
lowest temperatures
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Maximum |
Minimum |
40.0
BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
39.7 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA
39.7 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
39.1 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD
39.1 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD
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28.0
DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT
28.0 CAPE FOURCROY Islands ISL
27.7 CHANNEL POINT Darwin-Daly NT
27.5 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT
27.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR
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13.0
THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
14.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
14.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
15.1 MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
15.8 NULLO MOUNTAIN AWS C Tablelands N NSW
15.8 KATOOMBA (NARROW NECK RD) C Tablelands S NSW
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2.8
THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
5.5 STRATHALBYN Mt Lofty Ranges SA
6.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
6.7 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
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Todays greatest temperature
variations from normal
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Maximum |
Minimum |
+15.1
35.6 CAPE NORTHUMBERLAND Lower SE SA
+13.6 35.7 GOOLWA (HINDMARSH ISLAND MARINA) Mt Lofty
Ranges SA
+13.1 36.0 HEYWOOD FORESTRY W Coast VIC
+13.0 36.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
+13.0 31.1 WEEAPROINAH W Coast VIC
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+8.8
22.4 CAPE BORDA Kangaroo Is SA
+8.7 23.4 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA
+8.6 18.0 WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
+8.5 22.5 LAKE VICTORIA STORAGE Lower Darling NSW
+8.1 22.5 MAITLAND Yorke Peninsula SA
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-7.4
25.4 LEONORA Goldfields WA
-6.9 18.2 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA
-6.3 17.7 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA
-6.0 31.2 BALGO HILLS Interior WA
-5.7 20.8 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA
-5.7 23.7 BALGAIR Eucla WA
-5.7 18.2 GLEN INNES POST OFFICE N Tablelands W
NSW
-5.7 16.8 LITHGOW (BIRDWOOD ST) C Tablelands S NSW
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-6.6
5.5 STRATHALBYN Mt Lofty Ranges SA
-5.8 16.0 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-4.6 13.9 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron
QLD
-3.9 18.0 SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN N Coast--Herbert
QLD
-3.6 16.0 WILUNA Interior WA
-3.6 15.9 WALKAMIN DPI N Coast--Barron QLD
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Highest wind gusts above
89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean
windspeed shown in brackets.
None reported
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Other
extremes
Flood peaks in NSW:
Richmond at Wiangaree: 11.9 about 5am with minor flooding
Wilsons at Lismore: 8.34m at 7.45pm with moderate flooding
Nymboida at Nymboida: 12.38m at 3pm
Bellinger at Thora: 6.4m about 6am with major flooding (Press reports
state 8.0m)
Bellinger at Bellingen: 7.96m at 11.15pm with major flooding (to
be confirmed -- automatic gauge ceased operation soon after. Press reports
state 8.6m early this morning)
Kalang at Kooroowi: 7.10m at 2.30pm, just below moderate flood
level
Nambucca at Bowraville: 8.86 at 5.45pm with moderate flooding
Nambucca at Macksville: 2.38m at 11.15pm with moderate flooding
Hastings at Kindee Bridge: 6.73m about 3am with moderate flooding
Manning at Wingham: 9.57m at 2.30pm with moderate flooding
Manning at Taree: 2.97m at 3.45pm with moderate flooding
Manning at Taree (flood gauge): 3.2m during the evening with moderate
flooding
Gloucester at Doon Ayre: 9.21m at 6am with minor flooding
Williams at Dungog: 7.5m about noon with minor flooding
Williams at Milldam Falls: 8.1m at noon with moderate flooding
Paterson at Gostwyck: 13.45m at 2pm with major flooding
Hunter at Belmore Bridge, Maitland: 7.24m at 10.15pm with minor
flooding
Hunter at Raymond Terace: 2.68m around midnight this evening with
moderate flooding
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