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Thursday, 19 JUL 2001 |
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Taswegians experienced an unusually mild day for southwesterly winds today. A tongue of dry, warmer air circulating around a strong (1036hPa) high pressure system west of Adelaide arrived over the state overnight, lifting daytime temperatures to 4 to 6° above normal, even though the wind remained a fresh to strong souwester. The effects were most strongly felt in the north and northeast, where air descending after its passage over the Tasmanian Highlands dried and warmed with a föhn effect. Eddystone Point, the island's northeastern extremity, recorded its warmest July day in 42 years of computerised records, when the mercury soared to 19.0°. |
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): Highest maximum temperature for July: Eddystone Point Tas: 19.0 (18.1, 42) |
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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. 42.4 PORT ARTHUR (PALMERS LOOKOUT)
Southeast TAS |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. None reported |
Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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Maximum | Minimum |
33.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 33.0 PORT KEATS AERO Darwin-Daly NT 32.4 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT 32.3 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT 32.2 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA |
24.6 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 24.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 GOVE AIRPORT Arnhem NT 23.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands |
-1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 0.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 1.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 1.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 3.1 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW |
-4.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW -4.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -3.8 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW -3.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC -3.5 EYRE Eucla WA |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
Maximum | Minimum |
+6.1 19.0 EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS +4.6 17.0 LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) N Coast TAS +4.3 15.6 CORRYONG PARISH LANE Lower NE VIC +4.1 15.0 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS +3.8 16.4 BURNIE (ROUND HILL) N Coast TAS |
+8.4 22.4 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA +6.9 19.4 WARMUN E Kimberley WA +6.3 18.4 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD +6.0 4.8 BOMBALA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW +5.9 22.0 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD |
-7.9 13.6 YUENDUMU Alice Springs NT -6.2 13.6 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT -4.2 14.4 KULGERA Alice Springs NT -4.0 24.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA -4.0 25.2 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA |
-9.6 -3.5 EYRE Eucla WA -7.4 0.6 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA -6.9 -2.5 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA -6.7 -0.9 NARROGIN Gt Southern WA -6.5 -1.1 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA |
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC:
80 (180/ 65 ) at 11:00 |
Other extremes .. |