Record
low Australian April temperature recorded?|
Australian Weather News |
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Thursday, 12 APR 2001 |
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| Record
low Australian April temperature recorded? |
| Following yesterday's wintry surge over SE Australia, Kosciuszko Chalet near Charlotte Pass, just east of the summit of Mt Kosciuszko, recorded a minimum temperature of -11.5 this morning. It's believed this is the lowest temperature recorded in Australia in April, the previous record belonging to the old Kiandra station in the northern Snowy Mountains, where -10.8 was recorded on 16 April 1963. The reading has yet to be verified, though the minimum of -6.0 at the nearby and more exposed Crackenback automatic weather station lends support. On the other hand, Perisher Valley's minimum was -3.0, light snow was reported overnight, and winds at 9am were reported to be around 20 to 30km/h. Temperatures were unseasonably low elsewhere in the southeast, with Jerrys Plains in the NSW Hunter Valley, Wagga Wagga NSW and Adelaide's Parafield Airport all reporting minima around 8 or 9 below average. |
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National
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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 | |
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set this day (previous
record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Lowest minimum temperature for April: Charlotte Pass (Kosciuszko Chalet) NSW: -11.5 (-10.1, 13). Also a national record for the month (see news item) |
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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. 39.0 TOPAZ ALERT N Coast--Barron
QLD |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. No reports of high short-duration rainfall |
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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| Maximum | Minimum |
| 37.1
NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA 37.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA 36.8 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA 36.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA 36.0 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 36.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA 36.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT 36.0 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 36.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA |
27.0
COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 26.8 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 26.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 26.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 26.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands |
| 3.7
MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 4.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 4.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 5.5 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 6.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC |
-11.5
CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -6.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -5.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -4.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC -4.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC |
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Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
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| Maximum | Minimum |
| +9.7
31.5 ALBANY AIRPORT SW & S Coast WA +9.3 34.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA +9.2 32.3 KARNET Lower West WA +9.2 31.9 KATANNING POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA +9.1 30.0 MANJIMUP SW & S Coast WA |
+8.3
19.0 MANJIMUP SW & S Coast WA +8.3 19.4 ONGERUP Gt Southern WA +8.1 18.4 KATANNING POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA +7.9 20.5 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA +7.8 20.6 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA +7.8 19.3 LAKE GRACE POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA |
| -7.6
16.2 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW -7.2 19.0 GUNNEDAH POOL NW Slopes S NSW -7.1 16.5 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW -7.0 17.8 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW -6.9 18.2 GUNNEDAH SCS NW Slopes S NSW |
-11.1
-11.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns
NSW -9.3 1.5 JERRYS PLAINS POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW -8.1 1.0 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW -7.9 4.2 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA -7.7 -6.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW |
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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. CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE
Coast QLD: 89 (150/ 76 ) at 18:00 |
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