Australian Weather News |
Thursday, 29 MAR 2001 |
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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 |
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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): Lowest minimum temperature for March: Narrandera Golf Club, NSW: 3.0 (3.9, 31) |
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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 |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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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 |
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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 .. |