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Tuesday, 24 JUL 2001 |
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A surface trough which has been developing through central southern Queensland and central and southeastern NSW over the past few days began to produce significant rainfall over the area today. Heaviest falls were on the NSW Central Western Plains and South Coast. Coonamble recorded 28mm between 9am and 3pm, while on the South Coast, Moruya Heads registered 36.2mm overnight to 9am, with a further 44mm falling to 6pm. In Queensland, light hail was reported from a thunderstorm at St George late afternoon, but rainfall totals were light. |
National
weather extremes for today |
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Quality control note: Data is not yet complete. It is as received in real time, and may contain errors. See Explanation of Extremes Pages for more information | |
Records set this day (none known) | |
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. 39.6 NAROOMA RVCP South Coast
NSW |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. Reports not yet available |
Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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Maximum | Minimum |
33.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 33.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 33.0 PORT KEATS AERO Darwin-Daly NT 32.8 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA 32.8 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT |
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 23.9 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands 23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.0 WILLIS ISLAND Islands |
0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 3.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 3.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 3.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 4.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS |
-5.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -3.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -2.9 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC -2.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -2.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
Maximum | Minimum |
+7.2 29.3 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA +6.5 28.0 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA +5.6 26.9 KALBARRI Central West WA +5.1 23.5 MULLEWA Central West WA +5.0 16.3 CORRYONG PARISH LANE Lower NE VIC +5.0 16.5 EDI UPPER Upper NE VIC |
+8.6 14.7 SPRINGSURE DAME ST Central Highlands QLD +8.3 22.0 MUSGRAVE S Peninsula QLD +8.1 11.8 MILES POST OFFICE Darling Downs W QLD +7.3 11.5 SURAT POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +7.2 20.9 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA +7.2 12.3 TAROOM POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD |
-5.1 21.0 BALGO HILLS Interior WA -4.8 17.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT -4.3 12.7 COONAMBLE COMPARISON CW Plains N NSW -3.8 12.3 MORUYA HEADS PILOT STATION South Coast NSW |
-6.7 -1.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA -5.8 -0.4 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA -5.8 0.3 EYRE Eucla WA -5.7 -0.7 CORRIGIN Gt Southern WA -5.6 -1.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA |
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. Reports not yet available |
Other extremes .. |