Australian Weather News -- 15 FEB 2005

Tuesday 15 FEB 2005

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WA: Heat records fall as fire flares in Perth

Hot weather contracted north from the southern WA coast today as the effects of a weak SE change gave the area some respite. However, the trough down the west coast continued to drag hot northeasterlies across areas as far south as Perth, breaking some long-standing maximum temperature records in the process. All time highs were set in the Central West at Morawa with a recording of 47.4 and Mullewa with 46.5. A little farther south, new February records were set at Carnamah with 47.2 and, 175km N of Perth, Badgingarra Research Station recorded 46.0. All these stations have between 34 and 46 years of record.

Perth itself recorded a top of 42.1 at the airport, and humidity was down to 15% during the late afternoon in fresh easterly winds. A fire, believed to have been deliberately lit, burnt through 190ha of the Araluen Country Club Estate near Roleystone, 30km SE of Perth CBD. It, and a smaller fire lit nearby, were contained on Wednesday after threatening houses.

Records set or equalled today

These records are as received at 1257 EST on 09/02/2006. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

District

Site

Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
if equalled or broken

Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest daily rainfall

SW & S Coast

009752

DENBARKER

37.2

35.4

09/02/2000

SW & S Coast

009832

LOWER KALGAN

39.6

36.0

26/02/1979

Highest maximum temperature

Central West

008025

CARNAMAH

47.2

46.3

23/02/1991

Central West

008093

MORAWA

47.4

47.1

13/02/1998

47.2

23/01/1980

Central West

008095

MULLEWA

46.5

45.1

04/02/1962

46.0

03/01/1997

Lower West

009037

BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN

46.0

45.5

20/02/1985

The day in charts
Surface charts	Satellite images	Rain & temperatures
4am EST		Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
		Week to 9am \| SE AUS detail
10am EST		Minimum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
4pm EST		Maximum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
10pm EST		Solar Radiation

Summary of observations

For notes on how to interpret the data and quality control issues, see Daily Weather Summary Help.
**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 20:16EST, 14/05/2012.

Major centres

	Max ° C	+/- norm ° C	Min ° C	+/- norm ° C	Grass Min ° C	Rain to 9am mm	Evaporation to 9am mm	Sunshine hours	Wind Run to 9am km (24-hour average km/h)	Maximum Gust km/h / hour of occurrence
GERALDTON AIRPORT	31.2	-1.3	20.1	+1.0	17.6	0.0	7.6	--	315 (13.1)	46/14
PERTH AIRPORT	42.1	+10.3	22.5	+5.1	21.8	0.4	10.8	11.7	759 (31.6)	81/01
ALBANY AIRPORT	21.3	-3.6	16.3	+1.9	16.0	32.8	6.2	0.5	584 (24.3)	63/18
BUNBURY	37.5	+7.7	20.0	+4.4	--	0.0	--	--	598 (24.9)	50/22
MANDURAH	39.5	--	22.6	--	--	0.0	--	--	436 (18.2)	55/21
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.7	+2.3	25.7	+1.0	25.1	0.6	7.2	10.4	245 (10.2)	31/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	38.7	+3.6	16.3	-4.5	11.5	0.0	13.6	12.6	--	--
WHYALLA AERO	27.8	-1.8	21.3	+3.6	--	0.0	--	--	--	58/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	27.5	-1.8	20.5	+3.4	19.7	0.0	8.4	8.8	245 (10.2)	34/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	21.0	-4.1	14.8	+3.2	14.2	0.2	9.4	8.1	480 (20.0)	43/16
MOUNT ISA AERO	36.7	+1.4	24.1	+0.7	21.1	0.0	9.4	12.0	235 ( 9.8)	39/17
CAIRNS AERO	31.1	-0.1	24.7	+1.0	22.5	0.0	8.4	4.1	448 (18.7)	55/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO	34.0	+2.9	25.8	+1.7	23.2	0.0	10.8	3.3	411 (17.1)	52/13
MACKAY M.O	28.4	-1.2	22.3	-1.1	--	8.2	--	6.2	977 (40.7)	78/00
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	30.5	-0.8	23.4	+1.3	23.2	0.0	8.6	--	554 (23.1)	45/17
BUNDABERG AERO	28.6	-1.3	21.2	-0.2	--	2.0	5.8	--	645 (26.9)	48/11
NAMBOUR DPI	27.0	-1.8	17.6	-2.1	--	6.4	4.0	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	28.3	+0.1	18.9	-1.9	--	0.0	--	--	415 (17.3)	31/12
BRISBANE AERO	28.3	-0.8	17.0	-4.1	14.1	0.0	7.6	12.0	463 (19.3)	32/00
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	28.3	+0.9	15.3	-2.3	--	0.0	--	--	749 (31.2)	59/08
GUNNEDAH SCS	33.6	+2.5	16.7	-1.9	11.2	0.0	8.0	--	156 ( 6.5)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	26.4	-0.4	16.0	-3.5	14.6	0.0	6.4	12.5	228 ( 9.5)	48/17
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	28.5	+1.0	14.0	-4.3	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	34.4	+6.9	14.3	-3.8	10.0	0.0	5.0	12.2	136 ( 5.7)	--
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	35.9	+8.8	13.2	-3.9	13.5	0.0	--	--	99 ( 4.1)	43/20
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	29.8	+4.0	13.5	+0.4	7.0	0.0	5.4	8.9	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	35.9	+3.9	15.0	-2.7	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	36.6	+10.3	19.7	+0.7	16.7	0.0	8.4	10.8	501 (20.9)	63/20
RICHMOND RAAF	36.7	+7.7	13.2	-4.4	--	0.0	--	--	150 ( 6.3)	55/19
BELLAMBI AWS	31.1	+6.3	19.8	+0.7	--	0.2	--	--	454 (18.9)	57/17
CANBERRA AIRPORT	31.3	+4.2	12.4	-0.7	9.9	0.0	7.6	3.2	213 ( 8.9)	46/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	34.2	+3.3	15.7	-0.6	13.6	0.0	7.0	2.6	235 ( 9.8)	48/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	25.8	-5.5	17.5	+1.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	30.2	-1.4	21.2	+4.8	19.0	0.0	10.6	5.8	211 ( 8.8)	--
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	21.3	-8.2	17.8	+3.5	18.0	0.0	6.2	--	260 (10.8)	37/06
BENDIGO AIRPORT	24.2	-5.2	18.6	+4.5	--	0.0	--	--	306 (12.8)	43/04
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	21.2	-4.6	16.8	+2.2	15.8	2.4	9.8	--	167 ( 7.0)	26/16
GEELONG AIRPORT	19.1	-5.9	15.3	+1.9	--	0.0	--	--	416 (17.3)	50/01
BALLARAT AERODROME	18.5	-6.5	14.0	+2.6	--	0.4	--	--	456 (19.0)	43/02
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	22.1	-2.3	14.4	+2.4	--	1.0	--	--	343 (14.3)	46/16
HOBART AIRPORT	19.7	-2.6	11.4	-0.6	10.4	2.2	8.0	9.6	412 (17.2)	67/04
	Max ° C	+/- norm ° C	Min ° C	+/- norm ° C	Grass Min ° C	Rain to 9am mm	Evaporation to 9am mm	Sunshine hours	Wind Run to 9am km	Maximum Gust km/h / hour of occurrence

Hottest

Highest maximum temperature>

Greatest variation above normal maximum

Highest minimum temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

47.4 MORAWA Central West WA
47.2 CARNAMAH Central West WA
47.2 MORAWA AIRPORT Central West WA
47.1 ENEABBA Central West WA
46.5 MULLEWA Central West WA

+15.3 : 45.0 LANCELIN Lower West WA
+13.3 : 44.0 JURIEN BAY Lower West WA
+13.2 : 40.3 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
+12.4 : 42.6 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
+11.9 : 44.8 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA

29.7 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
28.9 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA
28.6 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne WA
28.4 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
28.2 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA

+7.8 : 28.6 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne WA
+7.6 : 27.7 MULLEWA Central West WA
+7.3 : 23.9 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
+6.9 : 29.7 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
+6.8 : 28.9 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

7.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
8.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
10.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
10.5 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
11.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-9.3 : 12.7 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
-9.2 : 13.4 DUNNS HILL E Central VIC
-8.7 : 18.2 EILDON FIRE TOWER N Central VIC
-8.4 : 18.1 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
-8.4 : 18.6 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC

0.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
2.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
3.4 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
5.7 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
6.0 WARRA W Coast TAS

-7.3 : 7.0 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-6.8 : 10.0 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-6.6 : 12.4 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-6.2 : 15.3 KULGERA N Plateau NT
-6.0 : 9.0 APPLETHORPE Darling Downs E QLD
-6.0 : 9.0 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW

Wettest

Sunniest & dullest

Windiest

Highest gusts

Todays highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am. It includes the top 5 totals nationally followed by all reported falls of 50mm or more.

Highest and lowest recordings of hours of sunshine for the 24 hours to midnight.

Highest wind run totals in kilometres for the 24 hours to 9am (average speed in brackets). All reported runs > =25km/h are shown.

Highest wind gusts in km/h for the 24 hours to midnight followed by the hour in which it occurred. All stations with gusts > 89km/h are shown.

68.0 ORPHEUS ISLAND RESORT N Coast--Herbert QLD
57.4 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
56.0 SUNNY CORNER (SNOW LINE) C Tablelands S NSW
54.0 FLYING FISH POINT N Coast--Herbert QLD
51.6 SAMUEL HILL AERO Central Coast E QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Herbert
68.0 ORPHEUS ISLAND RESORT
54.0 FLYING FISH POINT
Central Coast E
51.6 SAMUEL HILL AERO

NEW SOUTH WALES
C Tablelands S
56.0 SUNNY CORNER (SNOW LINE)

ISLANDS
Islands
57.4 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT

12.8 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
12.6 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
12.6 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
12.5 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
12.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

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2.9 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
2.6 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
0.9 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.5 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.0 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC

1160 (48.3) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
1141 (47.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
977 (40.7) MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
975 (40.6) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
967 (40.3) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
933 (38.9) GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD
909 (37.9) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
903 (37.6) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
869 (36.2) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
862 (35.9) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
842 (35.1) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
839 (35.0) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
819 (34.1) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
802 (33.4) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
759 (31.6) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
749 (31.2) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
726 (30.3) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
721 (30.0) PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
718 (29.9) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
707 (29.5) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
699 (29.1) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
679 (28.3) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
664 (27.7) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
661 (27.5) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
657 (27.4) GLADSTONE RADAR Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
650 (27.1) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
645 (26.9) BUNDABERG AERO Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
644 (26.8) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
629 (26.2) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
629 (26.2) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
627 (26.1) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
618 (25.8) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
615 (25.6) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
611 (25.5) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
609 (25.4) ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
607 (25.3) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS

113/04 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
106/22 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
100/03 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
98/04 MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
93/03 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
91/03 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC

Downpours	Gales & Gusts
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.	Highest wind gusts above 89km/h (storm force) or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.
NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers MIDDLE POINT AWS 10.8mm in 9 min to 21:56 72.0mm/h 13.4mm in 1 hr to 22:30 13.4mm/h JABIRU AIRPORT 23.6mm in 41 min to 20:11 34.5mm/h 23.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 23.6mm/h 25.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 8.3mm/h POINT STUART AWS 14.0mm in 20 min to 23:39 42.0mm/h QUEENSLAND S Peninsula PALMERVILLE 14.6mm in 1 hr to 17:00 14.6mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h N Coast--Barron CAIRNS AERO 10.4mm in 1 hr to 22:30 10.4mm/h N Coast--Herbert SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN 12.8mm in 1 hr to 13:00 12.8mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 14:00 11.2mm/h 25.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 8.3mm/h Central Coast E SAMUEL HILL AERO 15.0mm in 1 hr to 07:00 15.0mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.7mm/h Wide Bay/Burnett LADY ELLIOT ISLAND 20.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.7mm/h	QUEENSLAND N Coast--Barron GREEN ISLAND : 76(140/ 63 ) at 23:19 Wide Bay/Burnett RUNDLE ISLAND : 76(150/ 65 ) at 10:30 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 85(260/ 63 ) at 04:00 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 95(220/ 87 ) at 04:29 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 104(310/ 93 ) at 23:19 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 111(230/ 82 ) at 06:00 TASMAN ISLAND : 93(220/ 48 ) at 04:55 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 89(230/ 67 ) at 04:30 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 83(240/ 67 ) at 03:16 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 80(250/ 63 ) at 04:30