Australian Weather News -- 19 FEB 2005

Saturday 19 FEB 2005

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2005

Dec

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Records set or equalled today

These records are as received at 1355 EST on 09/02/2006. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
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Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Lowest minimum temperature

SW & S Coast

009542

ESPERANCE AERO

8.5

8.6

16/02/2002

Highest daily average wind speed - anemometer below 3m (km/h)

NSW

Lower Darling

047016

LAKE VICTORIA STORAGE

216.3

27.4

28/02/2002

39.0

07/08/1985

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 20:17EST, 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	36.7	+4.2	14.5	-4.6	11.7	0.0	9.2	--	619 (25.8)	54/13
PERTH AIRPORT	35.0	+3.2	13.9	-3.5	11.9	0.0	8.4	12.0	458 (19.1)	50/07
ALBANY AIRPORT	25.8	+0.9	10.8	-3.6	9.3	0.0	4.0	11.8	240 (10.0)	43/14
BUNBURY	31.6	+1.8	14.7	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	335 (14.0)	35/07
MANDURAH	29.9	--	18.3	--	--	0.0	--	--	385 (16.0)	34/08
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.8	+1.4	21.7	-3.0	23.6	18.4	5.2	11.8	312 (13.0)	34/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	31.4	-3.7	21.8	+1.0	21.6	0.0	19.0	11.8	773 (32.2)	46/08
WHYALLA AERO	22.5	-7.1	15.3	-2.4	--	0.4	--	--	571 (23.8)	48/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	19.9	-9.4	14.2	-2.9	12.0	0.4	1.8	3.6	274 (11.4)	39/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	18.5	-6.6	12.9	+1.3	11.1	2.0	2.0	3.7	358 (14.9)	35/19
MOUNT ISA AERO	38.2	+2.9	22.9	-0.5	20.7	0.0	9.4	11.4	217 ( 9.0)	54/18
CAIRNS AERO	32.1	+0.9	25.7	+2.0	23.8	1.4	9.0	10.1	570 (23.8)	46/16
TOWNSVILLE AERO	33.9	+2.8	24.2	+0.1	21.8	0.0	14.0	12.0	462 (19.3)	39/17
MACKAY M.O	29.9	+0.3	25.4	+2.0	--	0.0	--	11.0	570 (23.8)	41/01
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.5	+0.2	21.5	-0.6	19.8	0.0	8.0	--	326 (13.6)	32/17
BUNDABERG AERO	30.7	+0.8	19.8	-1.6	--	0.0	6.6	--	355 (14.8)	39/15
NAMBOUR DPI	29.5	+0.7	17.9	-1.8	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	28.4	+0.2	21.3	+0.5	--	0.0	--	--	260 (10.8)	26/17
BRISBANE AERO	30.0	+0.9	21.2	+0.1	17.8	0.0	7.8	12.0	349 (14.5)	32/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	30.2	+2.8	17.9	+0.3	--	0.0	--	--	685 (28.5)	48/22
GUNNEDAH SCS	36.3	+5.2	23.7	+5.1	17.0	0.0	8.8	--	240 (10.0)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	29.7	+2.9	21.7	+2.2	20.5	1.4	2.8	11.3	492 (20.5)	63/16
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	30.3	+2.8	21.3	+3.0	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	34.7	+7.2	19.5	+1.4	17.1	0.0	7.0	9.6	486 (20.3)	71/19
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	34.8	+7.7	17.7	+0.6	17.4	0.0	--	--	128 ( 5.3)	30/16
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	30.6	+4.8	15.8	+2.7	12.5	0.0	7.2	7.1	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	37.6	+5.6	21.9	+4.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	32.0	+5.7	21.2	+2.2	18.4	0.0	7.8	7.7	645 (26.9)	72/16
RICHMOND RAAF	38.7	+9.7	18.7	+1.1	--	0.0	--	--	140 ( 5.8)	61/15
BELLAMBI AWS	26.8	+2.0	20.1	+1.0	--	0.0	--	--	433 (18.0)	65/14
CANBERRA AIRPORT	31.5	+4.4	15.8	+2.7	12.2	0.0	8.0	4.3	237 ( 9.9)	52/18
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	33.6	+2.7	16.0	-0.3	14.1	0.0	7.8	6.4	316 (13.2)	46/22
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	29.3	-2.0	16.5	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	28.6	-3.0	15.1	-1.3	14.2	0.0	10.0	11.0	411 (17.1)	46/20
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	27.8	-1.7	16.7	+2.4	16.6	0.0	--	--	248 (10.3)	45/20
BENDIGO AIRPORT	29.0	-0.4	15.2	+1.1	--	0.0	--	--	261 (10.9)	46/19
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	21.0	-4.8	16.7	+2.1	13.8	0.0	5.0	--	143 ( 6.0)	17/22
GEELONG AIRPORT	20.2	-4.8	13.6	+0.2	--	0.0	--	--	228 ( 9.5)	35/14
BALLARAT AERODROME	21.0	-4.0	11.8	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	479 (20.0)	54/22
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	25.5	+1.1	12.4	+0.4	--	0.6	--	--	265 (11.0)	35/20
HOBART AIRPORT	25.2	+2.9	15.2	+3.2	13.9	0.4	3.4	12.9	539 (22.5)	48/10
	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

45.4 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA
44.0 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA
43.3 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
43.2 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA
43.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
43.0 TELFER AERO Interior WA

+9.7 : 36.0 PEATS RIDGE (WARATAH ROAD) Hunter Valley NSW
+9.7 : 38.7 RICHMOND RAAF Sydney--west NSW
+9.5 : 35.8 MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+9.2 : 33.7 BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE) Illawarra NSW
+8.6 : 37.8 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW

30.7 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
30.6 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
30.2 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
29.4 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
29.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+8.2 : 28.5 BREWARRINA HOSPITAL Upper Darling NSW
+7.3 : 26.2 COONAMBLE COMPARISON CW Plains N NSW
+6.9 : 28.3 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
+6.8 : 26.2 COONAMBLE AIRPORT AWS CW Plains N NSW
+6.8 : 27.8 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

11.3 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
11.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
12.0 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.4 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
13.5 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS

-11.5 : 18.3 CLARE HIGH SCHOOL Lower North SA
-10.8 : 16.2 MOUNT CRAWFORD (TOWER HILL) Adelaide/Lofty SA
-10.2 : 12.0 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA
-9.4 : 20.7 YONGALA Upper North SA
-9.4 : 19.9 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA

5.6 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
6.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
6.7 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
7.3 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
7.4 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC

-8.6 : 5.6 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
-7.8 : 6.7 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
-7.6 : 14.0 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
-7.2 : 13.3 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
-7.0 : 8.5 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA

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.

264.0 CORNDALE (WILLOW VALE) North Coast NSW
68.0 LAURA POST OFFICE S Peninsula QLD
63.0 WOMBEYAN CAVES C Tablelands S NSW
53.0 FAIRVIEW OUTSTATION S Peninsula QLD
51.2 WHEEO (BENALI PARK) Goulburn/Monaro NSW

QUEENSLAND
S Peninsula
68.0 LAURA POST OFFICE
53.0 FAIRVIEW OUTSTATION

NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
264.0 CORNDALE (WILLOW VALE)
C Tablelands S
63.0 WOMBEYAN CAVES
Goulburn/Monaro
51.2 WHEEO (BENALI PARK)

12.9 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
12.9 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
12.6 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
12.4 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
12.1 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
12.1 ALSTONVILLE TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH STAT North Coast NSW

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2.3 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
0.6 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
0.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.0 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC

1395 (58.1) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1370 (57.1) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1017 (42.4) GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD
928 (38.7) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
908 (37.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
843 (35.1) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
842 (35.1) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
803 (33.5) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
773 (32.2) ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
767 (32.0) OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
767 (32.0) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
755 (31.5) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
740 (30.8) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
708 (29.5) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
702 (29.3) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
699 (29.1) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
698 (29.1) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
693 (28.9) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
685 (28.5) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
681 (28.4) GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
678 (28.3) WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
672 (28.0) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
670 (27.9) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
664 (27.7) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
663 (27.6) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
650 (27.1) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
648 (27.0) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
647 (27.0) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
646 (26.9) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
645 (26.9) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
643 (26.8) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
643 (26.8) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
635 (26.5) MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
624 (26.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
620 (25.8) WILLIS ISLAND COMPARISON Islands ISL
619 (25.8) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
613 (25.5) ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
609 (25.4) NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes N NSW
606 (25.3) YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
603 (25.1) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
601 (25.0) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
600 (25.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA

118/03 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
115/04 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
109/18 NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
100/01 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
97/19 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW

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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA N Kimberley WYNDHAM AERO 13.2mm in 30 min to 22:00 26.4mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers JABIRU AIRPORT 7.8mm in 10 min to 19:24 46.8mm/h 38.6mm in 34 min to 19:58 68.1mm/h 15.8mm in 32 min to 20:30 29.6mm/h 63.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 21.0mm/h BATCHELOR AERO 4.0mm in 6 min to 19:10 40.0mm/h 22.6mm in 20 min to 19:30 67.8mm/h 26.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 26.6mm/h 10.2mm in 21 min to 19:51 29.1mm/h 39.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 13.0mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula WEIPA AERO 51.2mm in 30 min to 17:00 102.4mm/h 52.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 52.0mm/h 12.0mm in 30 min to 17:30 24.0mm/h 63.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 63.2mm/h 17.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 17.8mm/h 70.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 23.3mm/h COCONUT ISLAND 19.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.3mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES NW Plains W WALGETT AIRPORT AWS 5.6mm in 7 min to 16:49 48.0mm/h 12.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 12.4mm/h Hunter Valley NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS 17.8mm in 26 min to 19:56 41.1mm/h 5.2mm in 6 min to 20:10 52.0mm/h 33.8mm in 1 hr to 20:30 33.8mm/h 34.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 11.3mm/h PATERSON (TOCAL AWS) 19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS 18.0mm in 13 min to 19:54 83.1mm/h 31.6mm in 1 hr 6 min to 21:00 28.7mm/h 58.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 19.3mm/h NORAH HEAD AWS 13.2mm in 37 min to 21:30 21.4mm/h 15.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 15.4mm/h C Tablelands S KATOOMBA (NARROW NECK RD) 44.0mm in 6 hr to 18:00 7.3mm/h Sydney--east SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 10.2mm in 10 min to 17:00 61.2mm/h 12.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 12.4mm/h TERREY HILLS (TERREY HILLS RESERVE) 15.4mm in 1 hr to 18:00 15.4mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) 16.0mm in 30 min to 17:00 32.0mm/h 16.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 16.0mm/h 16.4mm in 1 hr to 17:30 16.4mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h CANTERBURY RACECOURSE AWS 12.0mm in 27 min to 16:57 26.7mm/h 12.4mm in 1 hr to 17:30 12.4mm/h Sydney--west RICHMOND RAAF 17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h HORSLEY PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE AWS 14.4mm in 30 min to 17:30 28.8mm/h 16.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 16.2mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h	NEW SOUTH WALES NW Plains W WALGETT AIRPORT AWS : 83(270/ 70 ) at 16:42 NW Plains E MOREE AERO : 96(230/ 67 ) at 19:16 NW Slopes N NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS : 82(190/ 67 ) at 18:44 Hunter Valley NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS : 109(200/ 65 ) at 19:12 SCONE AIRPORT AWS : 89(250/ 63 ) at 19:26 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 96(310/ 78 ) at 02:07 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 106(260/ 78 ) at 04:30 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 115(280/ 78 ) at 06:01 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 72(280/ 63 ) at 03:48