Australian Weather News |
Monday, 08 OCT 2001 |
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Cloud cover kept temperatures exceptionally low today over central and southern parts of the NT and northwestern SA. Temperatures were between 10 and 14° below the October average over the greater part of Central Australia. In the Territory's north, a series of heavy storms during the evening produced 26.2mm in 46 minutes to 6.30pm at Batchelor and 27mm in the hour to 7.30pm at Douglas River. |
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 (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. 36.4 SNOWY RIVER (D/S BASIN CREEK)
E Gippsland VIC TASMANIA
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High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. |
Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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Maximum | Minimum |
38.2 FLYING FOX Roper-McArthur NT 37.4 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD 37.3 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD 37.2 NORMANTON AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 37.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 37.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 37.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 37.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 37.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT |
27.5 MANINGRIDA Arnhem NT 27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR 26.4 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 26.3 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 25.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD |
-0.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 1.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 1.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 2.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC |
-5.0 GLEN INNES AG RESEARCH STN N Tablelands W NSW -5.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -4.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -3.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
Maximum | Minimum |
+5.2 35.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD +4.9 33.7 ST LAWRENCE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD +3.4 26.3 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD +3.3 28.5 REDCLIFFE COUNCIL Brisbane/SE Coast QLD +3.2 35.2 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD |
+4.7 27.5 MANINGRIDA Arnhem NT +4.1 11.8 BEVERLEY Gt Southern WA +3.8 14.0 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA +3.4 13.6 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA +3.0 19.5 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA |
-13.5 21.5 ALI CURUNG Alice Springs NT -12.5 22.1 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT Barkly NT -11.6 20.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA -11.5 18.7 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA -11.4 20.0 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT |
-12.1 -5.0 GLEN INNES AG RESEARCH STN N Tablelands
W NSW -11.7 -1.5 EYRE Eucla WA -9.2 1.0 PINDARI DAM NW Slopes N NSW -7.9 7.5 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD |
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country
QLD: 95 (150/ 17 ) at 14:30 |
Other extremes .. |