Australian Weather News

Thursday, 29 MAR 2001

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Cold nights continue to set records
Narrandera in southern NSW had its coldest March morning in over 30 years of computerised records this morning as unusually cold minimum temperatures continued across much of the country. See this special report.

National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 15:33 EDST on 30/03/01

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):
Lowest minimum temperature for March:
Narrandera Golf Club, NSW: 3.0 (3.9, 31)

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.

63.0 YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE Central Coast E QLD
61.8 YEPPOON PACIFIC HTS RD Central Coast E QLD
52.0 EAST MACKAY Central Coast E QLD
51.5 HAZELDEAN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
51.0 LAMBELL'S LAGOON Darwin-Daly NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Darwin-Daly
51.0 LAMBELL'S LAGOON

QUEENSLAND
    Central Coast E
63.0 YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE
61.8 YEPPOON PACIFIC HTS RD
52.0 EAST MACKAY
    Wide Bay/Burnett
51.5 HAZELDEAN

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Darwin-Daly
JABIRU AIRPORT
32.0mm in 1 hr 6 min to 17:30 29.1mm/h
38.0mm in 3 hr to 17:30 12.7mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
37.6 ENEABBA Central West WA
37.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
37.0 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
37.0 SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
36.8 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA
 28.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
26.3 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
26.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
26.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
26.0 LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
26.0 WILLIS ISLAND Islands
8.2 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
9.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
10.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
10.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
10.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
 -4.7 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.6 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.3 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+7.1   32.8 ONGERUP Gt Southern WA
+6.5   31.0 MANJIMUP SW & S Coast WA
+6.2   32.9 KATANNING POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA
+6.1   36.5 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
+6.1   32.6 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA
 +3.0   19.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
+3.0   22.9 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD
+2.7   24.0 AYR DPI RESEARCH STN Central Coast E QLD
+2.5   20.6 ENEABBA Central West WA
+2.4   23.9 JULIA CREEK POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD
-12.5   21.9 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT Barkly NT
-8.9   16.0 COONAWARRA Lower SE SA
-8.7   16.7 NARACOORTE Lower SE SA
-8.0   15.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
-7.8   16.6 CASTERTON SHOWGROUNDS W Coast VIC
 -11.2   3.0 NARRANDERA GOLF CLUB Riverina E NSW
-10.6   10.2 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
-10.5   7.7 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD
-10.4   4.8 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW
-10.3   8.4 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD

Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.

None reported

Other extremes

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