Australian Weather News -- 05 JUN 2001

Australian Weather News

Tuesday, 05 JUN 2001

"Warm wave" breaks records in Vic, Tas

Today was the warmest June day in nearly half a century across parts of Victoria and Tasmania. In Melbourne, the temperature rose to 20.9°, the highest reading for June since 1957, while a number of weather stations with shorter periods of record around Melbourne, and on Flinders Island and Tasmania, set new June highs (see below.) A prolonged period of deep northwesterlies has swept warm tropical air over the southeast of the continent.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 17:17 EDST on 06/06/01
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): Highest maximum temperature for June: Scoresby Research Institute Vic: 19.9 (19.5, 32) Phillip Island Penguin Reserve Vic: 20.4 (19.1, 13) Lake Eildon Vic: 19.9 (19.7, 31) Tarraleah Chalet Tas: 16.0 (15.5, 17) Flinders Island AP Tas: 20.0 (19.5, 39)
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. 71.0 GREENHAVEN ALERT N Coast--Barron QLD 47.3 CAPE LE GRAND NAT PARK SW & S Coast WA 38.8 WELCOME DOWNS SW & S Coast WA 35.2 MERIVALE FARM SW & S Coast WA 34.0 TOPAZ N Coast--Barron QLD *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *SW & S Coast* 47.3 CAPE LE GRAND NAT PARK 38.8 WELCOME DOWNS 35.2 MERIVALE FARM *QUEENSLAND* N Coast--Barron 71.0 GREENHAVEN ALERT 34.0 TOPAZ	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *SOUTH AUSTRALIA* *NE Pastoral* LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT 4.2mm in 3 min to 20:35 84.0mm/h *W Agricultural* NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE 5.8mm in 6 min to 20:38 58.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
34.2 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 34.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 33.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 33.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA 33.0 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA 33.0 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 33.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 33.0 MANGO FARM Darwin-Daly NT 33.0 PORT KEATS AERO Darwin-Daly NT 33.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT	27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 24.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.9 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 23.9 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD 23.9 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands
5.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 6.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 7.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 7.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 8.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 8.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW	-5.4 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW -4.6 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -4.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -4.4 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -4.3 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+9.1 24.0 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW +8.7 28.5 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT +7.9 27.5 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE COMPARISON Far SW QLD +7.8 24.2 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW +7.6 22.6 QUANDIALLA POST OFFICE SW Slopes N NSW	+9.3 16.4 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE COMPARISON Far SW QLD +8.6 13.8 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW +8.0 13.9 MARREE NE Pastoral SA +7.8 14.6 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD +7.6 14.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT
-6.5 11.3 BALLADONIA Eucla WA -6.5 14.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA -6.0 14.5 CARNEGIE Interior WA -5.4 13.4 LEONORA Goldfields WA -5.2 14.5 WILUNA Interior WA	-8.4 0.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA -7.8 2.0 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA -7.4 2.0 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA -7.2 3.1 JURIEN Lower West WA -7.1 1.0 MOORA Central West WA
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 ..