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Saturday, 31 MAR 2001 |
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Unusually cold minimum temperatures continued across much of the country, with Alice Springs recording its coldest March minimum temperature in 60 years this morning. 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: Alice Springs AP NT: 6.0 (6.1, 60) |
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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. 117.0 POVERTY HILL ALERT N Coast--Herbert
QLD |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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Maximum | Minimum |
38.0
MARDIE W Pilbara WA 37.9 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA 37.3 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA 37.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA 37.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT 37.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA |
27.4
TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 27.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 26.9 CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT 26.1 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT 26.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands |
11.2
MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 12.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 12.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 13.0 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS 13.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC |
0.3
LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS 1.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW 1.4 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 2.4 OMEO Upper NE VIC 2.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
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Maximum | Minimum |
+4.5
28.0 BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC +4.4 28.3 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC +3.6 27.0 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC +3.6 23.0 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC +3.6 24.4 SWANSEA POST OFFICE E Coast TAS |
+2.8
13.1 SWANSEA POST OFFICE E Coast TAS +2.5 8.4 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS +2.4 13.1 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA +2.1 23.5 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD +1.8 14.5 DONNYBROOK SW & S Coast WA |
-8.5
18.0 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA -8.2 15.8 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA -7.9 20.0 LAKE GRACE POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA -7.5 17.0 MANJIMUP SW & S Coast WA -7.3 19.4 KATANNING POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA |
-11.7
7.0 LEONORA Goldfields WA -11.5 6.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT -10.6 7.5 KULGERA Alice Springs NT -10.2 8.2 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT -9.5 8.7 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA |
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE
Coast QLD: 89 (110/ 70 ) at 07:11 |
Other extremes .. |