Australian Weather News -- 13 OCT 2005

Thursday 13 OCT 2005

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2005

Dec

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March

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2153 EST on 14/08/2006. 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

Victoria

014829

LAJAMANU

41.0

38.9

09/10/1956

Highest grass minimum temperature

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040428

BRIAN PASTURES

21.8

21.0

26/10/2004

Highest minimum temperature

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040428

BRIAN PASTURES

22.2

22.0

26/10/2004

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 21:34EST, 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	22.7	-1.7	4.5	-6.4	2.6	0.0	6.0	--	640 (26.7)	61/14
PERTH AIRPORT	20.4	-2.1	7.4	-2.8	4.2	0.0	4.6	11.6	464 (19.3)	45/18
ALBANY AIRPORT	16.0	-2.7	6.1	-3.0	5.0	0.8	3.8	7.5	372 (15.5)	37/13
BUNBURY	17.4	-3.3	3.4	-5.8	--	0.0	--	--	270 (11.3)	34/13
MANDURAH	18.2	--	8.4	--	--	0.0	--	--	435 (18.1)	44/17
DARWIN AIRPORT	36.3	+3.1	27.1	+2.1	27.0	0.0	8.0	9.8	431 (18.0)	48/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	28.2	-2.8	20.2	+5.4	19.6	0.0	11.8	4.8	396 (16.5)	80/16
WHYALLA AERO	23.4	-0.5	5.5	-5.0	--	0.0	8.0	--	245 (10.2)	48/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	18.4	-3.4	7.7	-3.7	3.1	0.0	1.2	12.0	186 ( 7.8)	43/10
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	16.9	-1.0	5.8	-1.3	3.9	0.0	2.2	10.6	376 (15.7)	63/10
MOUNT ISA AERO	32.4	-2.2	24.3	+5.7	22.1	0.0	5.8	0.5	208 ( 8.7)	52/16
CAIRNS AERO	32.1	+2.6	22.8	+2.2	20.5	0.0	7.2	10.9	343 (14.3)	37/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO	30.1	+0.7	23.0	+2.3	21.0	0.0	8.0	11.2	409 (17.0)	37/14
MACKAY MO	30.7	+3.1	22.1	+2.4	--	0.0	--	9.2	328 (13.7)	24/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.8	+2.1	21.1	+4.1	20.3	5.8	6.4	--	256 (10.7)	34/15
BUNDABERG AERO	29.6	+2.7	22.5	+5.9	--	0.0	6.4	--	456 (19.0)	37/10
NAMBOUR DPI	27.0	+0.3	19.4	+5.6	--	0.0	4.8	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT	25.1	+0.7	16.8	+0.6	--	4.8	--	--	299 (12.5)	35/23
BRISBANE AERO	26.6	+1.1	19.3	+3.6	17.6	0.0	6.4	7.2	380 (15.8)	35/22
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	27.3	+2.6	15.2	+2.4	--	0.0	--	--	737 (30.7)	65/20
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	29.8	+4.7	14.7	+2.6	8.7	0.0	5.6	--	203 ( 8.5)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	23.8	+0.2	14.7	+0.9	11.3	9.8	5.8	10.6	436 (18.2)	50/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	25.6	+1.6	12.5	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	27.5	+3.9	13.1	+1.1	10.7	2.0	2.6	10.6	326 (13.6)	37/15
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	24.3	+0.6	13.1	+2.4	13.2	8.4	--	--	81 ( 3.4)	24/09
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	20.5	+3.0	9.0	+2.4	5.0	0.0	4.0	8.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	29.4	+4.6	11.2	+1.8	--	0.2	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	24.0	+1.5	15.0	+1.9	12.2	1.2	3.6	8.1	397 (16.5)	48/20
RICHMOND RAAF	26.3	+1.3	13.6	+2.6	--	1.2	--	--	100 ( 4.2)	28/14
BELLAMBI AWS	21.1	-0.5	14.7	+0.8	--	0.6	--	--	367 (15.3)	46/12
CANBERRA AIRPORT	22.0	+2.6	8.0	+1.9	4.3	0.0	4.8	11.3	228 ( 9.5)	37/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	23.0	+1.6	4.3	-3.4	2.7	0.0	4.0	8.4	209 ( 8.7)	59/18
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	22.3	+0.7	5.0	-3.0	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	26.2	+2.4	8.4	-1.4	6.5	0.0	5.8	12.0	245 (10.2)	63/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	25.0	+4.1	6.2	-1.3	3.6	0.0	4.2	--	266 (11.1)	43/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT	23.8	+3.5	3.7	-2.6	--	0.0	--	--	213 ( 8.9)	54/16
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	25.1	+5.5	10.6	+1.1	8.5	0.0	4.4	--	135 ( 5.6)	48/13
GEELONG AIRPORT	22.5	+3.7	6.0	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	225 ( 9.4)	61/12
BALLARAT AERODROME	19.7	+3.1	4.6	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	404 (16.8)	54/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	17.6	-0.4	9.3	+2.4	--	0.2	--	--	289 (12.0)	48/17
HOBART AIRPORT	20.1	+2.8	7.8	+0.3	5.6	0.0	5.0	9.6	363 (15.1)	59/10
	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

40.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
39.7 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
39.5 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
39.2 CENTURY MINE Gulf Country QLD
39.1 BALGO HILLS Interior WA

+7.8 : 37.5 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD
+7.7 : 37.0 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
+7.2 : 36.1 BREWARRINA HOSPITAL Upper Darling NSW
+6.8 : 32.8 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
+6.7 : 25.5 MT NOWA NOWA E Gippsland VIC

28.1 DUM IN MIRRIE AWS N Rivers NT
28.0 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.4 DARWIN AIRPORT COMPARISON N Rivers NT
27.4 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
27.4 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA

+8.4 : 22.5 GAYNDAH POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
+7.3 : 21.0 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD
+7.2 : 22.2 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+7.1 : 24.9 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD
+7.0 : 20.8 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

6.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
7.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
8.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
8.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
8.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-12.3 : 22.9 ALI CURUNG N Plateau NT
-12.0 : 22.8 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
-10.5 : 24.6 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD
-8.3 : 25.0 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
-8.2 : 29.0 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT

-4.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.4 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.7 WANDERING Cent Wheatbelt WA

-8.3 : -0.1 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.8 : 1.3 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
-7.5 : 2.3 HAWKER Upper North SA
-7.4 : 3.3 EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-7.0 : 0.7 WAGIN Cent Wheatbelt 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.

75.0 WAMURAN POST OFFICE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
47.2 KARMOO Central Highlands QLD
43.0 WONGA Darling Downs E QLD
41.0 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT
39.0 SPRINGVALE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
41.0 LAJAMANU

QUEENSLAND
Central Highlands
47.2 KARMOO
Brisbane/SE Coast
75.0 WAMURAN POST OFFICE
39.0 SPRINGVALE
Darling Downs E
43.0 WONGA

12.0 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.0 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
11.6 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
11.5 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
11.3 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.3 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
11.3 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
11.3 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
11.3 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC

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5.4 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
4.8 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
2.1 LARRIMAH N Rivers NT
0.7 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
0.5 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

887 (37.0) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
858 (35.8) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
786 (32.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
776 (32.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
762 (31.8) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
755 (31.5) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
741 (30.9) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
737 (30.7) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
729 (30.4) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
721 (30.0) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
715 (29.8) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
706 (29.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
693 (28.9) OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD
686 (28.6) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
686 (28.6) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
685 (28.5) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
678 (28.3) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
665 (27.7) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
640 (26.7) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
628 (26.2) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
621 (25.9) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
621 (25.9) COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
620 (25.8) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
616 (25.7) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
609 (25.4) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
607 (25.3) CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
604 (25.2) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW

115/12 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
98/15 WULUNGURRU N Plateau NT
94/07 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
93/16 WALGETT AIRPORT AWS NW Plains W NSW
93/15 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
91/10 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
91/16 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers LAJAMANU 12.2mm in 1 hr to 01:30 12.2mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 02:30 6.3mm/h PORT KEATS AERO 15.0mm in 8 min to 11:14 112.5mm/h 33.6mm in 16 min to 11:30 126.0mm/h 78.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 26.0mm/h 29.4mm in 1 hr to 12:30 29.4mm/h 80.6mm in 1 hr 55 min to 12:30 42.1mm/h 83.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 13.8mm/h N Plateau TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT 16.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.3mm/h ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 10.0mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.0mm/h YULARA AERO 5.2mm in 15 min to 13:45 20.8mm/h TERRITORY GRAPE FARM 8.8mm in 12 min to 19:48 44.0mm/h WULUNGURRU 10.2mm in 4 min to 15:07 153.0mm/h 7.4mm in 3 min to 15:10 148.0mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 7.0mm/h QUEENSLAND Central Highlands EMERALD AIRPORT 7.4mm in 41 min to 20:41 10.8mm/h Wide Bay/Burnett GAYNDAH AIRPORT 17.4mm in 43 min to 21:43 24.3mm/h 19.6mm in 17 min to 22:00 69.2mm/h 37.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 37.0mm/h 10.6mm in 20 min to 22:20 31.8mm/h 13.2mm in 1 hr to 23:00 13.2mm/h Brisbane/SE Coast AMBERLEY AMO 19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON 2.2mm in 1 min to 18:24 132.0mm/h 6.4mm in 2 min to 18:26 192.0mm/h 13.8mm in 4 min to 18:30 207.0mm/h 11.8mm in 6 min to 18:36 118.0mm/h 10.4mm in 20 min to 19:00 31.2mm/h 48.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 48.0mm/h 55.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 18.3mm/h BEERBURRUM FOREST STN 21.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 21.4mm/h KINGAROY AIRPORT 7.6mm in 11 min to 19:05 41.5mm/h 32.6mm in 55 min to 20:00 35.6mm/h 47.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 15.7mm/h Darling Downs E INGLEWOOD FOREST 11.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 11.4mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h OAKEY AERO 5.2mm in 15 min to 18:49 20.8mm/h TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 18.8mm in 21 min to 19:00 53.7mm/h 19.8mm in 1 hr to 19:00 19.8mm/h 30.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 10.0mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES NW Plains W WALGETT AIRPORT AWS 7.8mm in 4 min to 16:45 117.0mm/h 5.6mm in 4 min to 16:49 84.0mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.7mm/h SW Slopes S WAGGA WAGGA AMO 6.8mm in 8 min to 18:21 51.0mm/h TASMANIA W Coast STRAHAN AERODROME 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h	NORTHERN TERRITORY N Plateau WULUNGURRU : 98(230/ 52 ) at 15:07 QUEENSLAND Brisbane/SE Coast UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON : 85(220/ 67 ) at 18:26 NEW SOUTH WALES NW Plains W WALGETT AIRPORT AWS : 93( 20/ 43 ) at 16:49 Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 95(320/ 76 ) at 07:36 VICTORIA W Coast COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 78(240/ 72 ) at 14:45 TASMANIA N Coast DEVONPORT AIRPORT : 82(290/ 65 ) at 17:52 CAPE GRIM BAPS : 93(280/ 69 ) at 17:00 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 113(330/ 96 ) at 13:00 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 91(320/ 76 ) at 11:45 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 89(290/ 69 ) at 14:35