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Noteworthy weather today
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Records set or equalled today

These records are as received at 2314 EST on 10/02/2006. 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 Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest minimum temperature

QLD

S Peninsula

028007

MUSGRAVE

21.9

21.8

05/07/1998

14

VIC

W Central

087168

SHEOAKS

10.0

10.0

07/07/1999

13

Equal to record.


The day in charts
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Week to 9am | SE AUS detail
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Actual temperatures
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Actual temperatures
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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 21:02EST, 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 18.7 -0.8 11.2 +1.7 11.5 3.0 3.2 -- 507 (21.1) 46/04
PERTH AIRPORT 16.2 -1.7 10.7 +2.6 8.5 17.6 3.6 5.8 544 (22.7) 58/13
ALBANY AIRPORT 12.2 -3.6 7.9 +0.4 6.2 12.0 2.6 5.2 494 (20.6) 50/14
BUNBURY 15.3 -1.9 10.2 +3.0 -- 18.8 -- -- 575 (24.0) 78/04
MANDURAH 15.8 -- 11.4 -- -- 12.0 -- -- 750 (31.3) 59/16
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.0 +2.5 20.8 +1.6 19.7 0.0 7.6 7.8 253 (10.5) 34/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 20.1 +0.4 0.2 -3.8 -3.7 0.0 5.4 10.7 262 (10.9) 22/10
WHYALLA AERO 19.0 +2.1 3.3 -2.0 -- 0.0 2.0 -- 142 ( 5.9) 44/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 17.8 +2.5 11.0 +3.5 7.7 0.0 0.6 9.3 209 ( 8.7) 35/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.1 +2.0 7.9 +2.7 5.5 0.4 0.4 5.9 300 (12.5) 52/11
MOUNT ISA AERO 26.3 +1.6 10.7 +2.1 6.0 0.0 5.4 10.4 389 (16.2) 34/12
CAIRNS AERO 26.0 +0.3 20.5 +3.5 19.7 0.6 7.0 1.3 659 (27.5) 50/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO 23.1 -2.0 18.8 +5.2 17.1 0.0 7.0 0.0 410 (17.1) 39/17
MACKAY MO 20.2 -1.1 16.2 +3.4 -- 0.0 -- 0.2 692 (28.8) 52/17
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 24.0 +0.9 10.8 +1.3 8.2 0.0 4.0 -- 234 ( 9.8) 41/12
BUNDABERG AERO 23.0 +1.0 12.1 +2.0 -- 0.0 2.8 -- 435 (18.1) 41/15
NAMBOUR DPI 20.8 -0.3 9.1 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT 20.6 +0.1 13.7 +3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 391 (16.3) 44/16
BRISBANE AERO 21.8 +0.9 9.8 +1.0 7.8 0.0 3.6 7.8 336 (14.0) 35/22
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 17.6 +1.0 6.6 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 439 (18.3) 46/10
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR) 16.9 +0.8 4.0 -0.7 -1.4 0.0 1.4 -- 54 ( 2.3) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 19.4 +0.7 11.6 +4.1 7.7 0.0 2.6 8.1 469 (19.5) 37/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.0 +0.3 9.8 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 17.8 +0.8 7.3 +1.0 5.6 0.0 2.2 2.3 369 (15.4) 28/08
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 18.4 +0.9 5.8 +1.2 4.0 0.0 -- -- 85 ( 3.5) 13/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 13.5 +4.2 1.0 -0.4 -2.0 0.4 0.0 7.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 18.0 +2.8 3.3 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.1 +1.1 8.3 +1.2 4.6 0.0 1.6 9.6 374 (15.6) 26/08
RICHMOND RAAF 19.2 +1.8 1.6 -1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 90 ( 3.8) 18/19
BELLAMBI AWS 17.3 +0.5 9.5 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 291 (12.1) 21/10
CANBERRA AIRPORT 14.5 +3.2 0.7 +0.8 -1.3 0.2 0.8 6.3 110 ( 4.6) 13/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 14.2 +1.5 2.0 -0.7 1.0 0.0 0.6 5.2 214 ( 8.9) 21/11
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 12.9 -0.1 4.4 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MILDURA AIRPORT 15.3 0.0 5.9 +1.6 3.2 0.0 1.0 7.0 194 ( 8.1) 28/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 13.1 +0.1 6.1 +3.2 8.6 3.43 2.8 -- 127 ( 5.3) 22/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT 12.7 +0.2 6.1 +3.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 129 ( 5.4) 26/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 13.7 +0.3 10.4 +4.4 9.6 0.0 1.8 -- 63 ( 2.6) 21/11
GEELONG AIRPORT 16.2 +2.4 10.9 +5.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 307 (12.8) 39/11
BALLARAT AERODROME 10.0 0.0 7.2 +4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 361 (15.0) 46/20
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 12.4 -0.2 1.4 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 80 ( 3.3) 21/13
HOBART AIRPORT 14.9 +2.5 3.9 -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 5.8 279 (11.6) 24/19
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 temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

34.4 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
34.3 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
34.0 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.5 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT
33.1 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT

+6.2 : 24.2 EUCLA Eucla WA
+5.7 : 11.9 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC
+5.3 : 23.9 FORREST Eucla WA
+5.2 : 9.0 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
+5.2 : 16.3 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
24.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.6 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 WILLIS ISLAND COMPARISON Islands ISL
24.0 WARRUWI N Rivers NT

+8.3 : 21.9 MUSGRAVE S Peninsula QLD
+6.6 : 18.5 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
+6.6 : 17.4 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
+6.4 : 20.0 CARDWELL EDEN ST N Coast--Herbert QLD
+6.1 : 16.2 ATHERTON SHIRE COUNCIL N Coast--Barron QLD

Coldest
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

3.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
3.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
4.5 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
4.6 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
4.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-4.5 : 16.4 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-4.0 : 11.5 LAKE CARGELLIGO AIRPORT Riverina W NSW
-3.9 : 10.8 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
-3.9 : 11.0 SHANNON Lower West WA
-3.6 : 18.2 WOOLSHED Central Coast E QLD
-3.6 : 12.2 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA

-9.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.2 BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION C Tablelands S NSW

-6.2 : -0.3 EYRE Eucla WA
-5.3 : 4.3 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
-4.4 : 1.5 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
-4.3 : 10.7 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
-4.1 : 6.4 TELFER AERO Interior 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.
61.8 NAMADGI NATIONAL PARK (GLENDALE CROSSING Goulburn/Monaro NSW
47.0 TOPAZ N Coast--Barron QLD
34.8 TALBINGO SW Slopes S NSW
33.9 WILLOWDALE Lower West WA
33.8 MOUNT WILLIAM

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
33.9 WILLOWDALE

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
47.0 TOPAZ

NEW SOUTH WALES
Goulburn/Monaro
61.8 NAMADGI NATIONAL PARK (GLENDALE CROSSING
SW Slopes S
34.8 TALBINGO

ISLANDS

33.8 MOUNT WILLIAM

10.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.6 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.5 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.5 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT

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0.4 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.2 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
0.1 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.0 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
0.0 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD

1384 (57.7) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1095 (45.6) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1084 (45.2) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
1031 (43.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
1028 (42.8) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
981 (40.9) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
976 (40.7) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
964 (40.2) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
885 (36.9) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
876 (36.5) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
864 (36.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
834 (34.8) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
781 (32.5) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
767 (32.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
753 (31.4) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
751 (31.3) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
750 (31.3) MANDURAH Lower West WA
738 (30.8) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
722 (30.1) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
692 (28.8) MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
681 (28.4) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
663 (27.6) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
659 (27.5) CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
658 (27.4) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
644 (26.8) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
636 (26.5) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
629 (26.2) COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
620 (25.8) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
617 (25.7) JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
617 (25.7) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
602 (25.1) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
87/04 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
85/03 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
78/04 BUNBURY Lower West WA
76/08 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
70/08 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
70/02 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA

Downpours High AWS wind reports
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less from AWS and synoptic reports. Storm force gusts (>89km/h) and 10-minute mean gales (>62km/h) reported by AWSs. Wind direction and mean windspeed are shown in brackets.
QUEENSLAND
    N Coast--Herbert
SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN
17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h
ISLANDS
    Islands
NORFOLK ISLAND AERO
14.4mm in 1 hr to 07:00 14.4mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 07:30 11.4mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 8.3mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    Lower West
CAPE LEEUWIN : 87(270/ 74 ) at 01:33