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Sunday, 02 SEP 2001 |
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Overnight temperatures were 8 to 13 below the September average across an area arcing from the WA Pilbara through central NT to central southern Qld. In WA's Kimberley region, Derby broke its 14-year record for the second night in a row, its reading of 9.1 this morning eclipsing yesterday's record-breaking 11.7. Marble Bar, with 7.3°, broke a 44-year record by 1 degree, while in Queensland, Mt Isa Airport possibly recorded its lowest September minimum on record with 1.0° (rounded). |
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 daily rainfall for September: Hawker SA: 55.6 (46.7, 115) Adelaide (Kent Town) SA: 43.2 (37.4, 24) Bowen AP Qld: 39.6 (23.4, 14) Lowest daily minimum temperature for September: Derby AP WA: 9.1 (11.7, 14) breaking record set yesterday Marble Bar Comparison WA: 7.3 (8.3, 44) Mt Isa AP Qld: 1.0 (1.1, 34) |
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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. 77.0 PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST
AWS) Mt Lofty Ranges SA |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. |
Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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Maximum | Minimum |
35.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS 35.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 34.9 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT 34.5 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT 34.3 MANGO FARM Darwin-Daly NT |
25.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR 23.9 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL 23.6 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT 23.5 GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD 23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT |
0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 0.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 1.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 2.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 2.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC |
-2.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW -2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -2.0 SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND E Central VIC -1.9 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW -1.0 HOLSWORTHY CONTROL RANGE Sydney--west NSW |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
Maximum | Minimum |
+4.6 14.3 WARATAH (WILLIAM STREET) W Coast TAS +4.0 26.3 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD +4.0 28.6 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD +3.8 18.5 GROVE RESEARCH STATION Southeast TAS +3.6 32.0 LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD +3.6 17.2 MARRAWAH N Coast TAS |
+6.0 11.0 WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS +5.2 11.8 BURNIE (ROUND HILL) N Coast TAS +5.2 11.8 SCAMANDER E Coast TAS +5.0 10.8 BEVERLEY Gt Southern WA +4.9 10.8 HYDEN Gt Southern WA |
-8.4 18.3 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
-7.9 15.2 LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA -7.4 22.4 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT -6.9 19.4 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA -6.7 26.2 TELFER AERO Interior WA -6.7 17.1 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW |
-13.4 1.0 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -11.5 2.0 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT -10.7 9.1 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA -10.5 4.0 JULIA CREEK POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD -10.4 8.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT |
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. None reported |
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