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National Daily Weather Summary

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that is unchecked and are likely to pick up errors as well as true records. They are limited to data received as at 1346 EST on 17/06/2008. 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

NSW

MidNorth Coast N

059040

COFFS HARBOUR MO

18.8

17.9

02/06/1993

56

1

Lowest minimum temperature

SA

Lower SE

026095

CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS)

1.5

1.5

07/06/2006

14

1 Equal to record.

Highest maximum temperature

TAS

W Coast

097085

MOUNT READ

11.4

11.2

04/06/2008

11

1 Previous record set earlier this month.


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Summary of observations

For notes on how to interpret the data and quality control issues, see Daily Weather Summary Help.
Data is as received at 13:46EST, 17/06/2008.

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 18.2 -2.6 12.8 +1.9 9.6 12.8 2.8 -- 534 (22.3) 46/15
PERTH AIRPORT 16.1 -2.8 8.2 -0.8 6.9 28.4 3.8 4.7 378 (15.8) 54/14
ALBANY AIRPORT 12.6 -4.0 7.5 -0.7 6.5 28.6 8.6 2.9 643 (26.8) 52/13
BUNBURY 15.8 -2.6 7.2 -1.0 -- 13.6 -- -- 289 (12.0) 37/09
MANDURAH 16.6 -- 10.3 -- -- 29.6 -- -- 461 (19.2) 55/06
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.5 +0.9 19.1 -0.8 17.2 0.0 5.4 10.6 287 (12.0) 34/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 20.4 +0.5 1.7 -3.4 -0.2 0.0 3.8 10.0 201 ( 8.4) 26/21
WHYALLA AERO 18.2 +0.8 2.2 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 163 ( 6.8) 39/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 18.3 +2.2 5.9 -2.3 2.7 0.0 4.0 9.2 213 ( 8.9) 30/22
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.0 +1.2 0.3 -5.4 -1.2 0.4 1.4 8.4 200 ( 8.3) 30/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 25.7 +0.8 6.6 -3.5 4.1 0.0 6.2 9.7 302 (12.6) 30/12
CAIRNS AERO 23.2 -2.7 17.7 -0.1 16.4 0.0 6.0 0.0 522 (21.8) 37/00
TOWNSVILLE AERO 21.2 -4.4 14.5 -0.1 13.6 0.0 6.2 0.0 274 (11.4) 26/13
MACKAY M.O 19.4 -2.5 11.0 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- 0.0 381 (15.9) 26/16
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 22.3 -1.2 6.8 -4.1 4.0 0.0 3.2 -- 144 ( 6.0) 15/14
BUNDABERG AERO 22.5 -0.1 9.2 -2.3 -- 0.0 2.8 -- 314 (13.1) 26/12
NAMBOUR DPI 23.0 +1.4 9.0 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 23.1 +2.0 14.4 +2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 379 (15.8) 48/07
BRISBANE AERO 23.9 +2.6 8.6 -1.8 5.3 0.0 3.0 9.8 336 (14.0) 34/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 19.0 +1.9 4.9 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 320 (13.3) 28/16
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 18.7 +1.9 9.0 +3.0 7.7 0.0 1.8 -- 236 ( 9.8) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 21.7 +2.3 18.8 +9.8 8.2 0.0 4.0 7.6 827 (34.5) 63/08
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 18.9 -0.7 13.9 +6.1 -- 1.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 17.7 +0.1 11.1 +3.3 13.0 8.8 1.2 1.6 586 (24.4) 50/03
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 16.5 -1.4 12.2 +5.9 -- 12.4 -- -- 192 ( 8.0) 22/05
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 13.8 +3.3 5.6 +3.1 1.6 0.0 0.8 8.6 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 18.3 +1.8 3.6 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 16.4 -1.1 13.3 +4.8 12.8 5.4 5.0 2.4 933 (38.9) 63/00
RICHMOND RAAF 17.9 -0.3 11.4 +6.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 376 (15.7) 37/11
BELLAMBI AWS 16.5 -1.3 12.4 +1.5 -- 2.8 -- -- 675 (28.1) 54/14
CANBERRA AIRPORT 16.9 +4.7 6.4 +5.5 3.4 0.0 2.6 5.9 346 (14.4) 26/09
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 17.5 +3.7 0.8 -2.9 -0.2 0.0 1.0 9.0 95 ( 4.0) --
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 17.9 +3.8 0.8 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 41 ( 1.7) 13/11
MILDURA AIRPORT 17.1 +1.1 -0.1 -5.3 -1.9 0.0 2.0 9.4 155 ( 6.5) 26/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 17.0 +3.1 0.6 -3.1 -- 0.0 4.4 -- 194 ( 8.1) 15/00
BENDIGO AIRPORT 14.7 +1.5 2.8 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 256 (10.7) 18/00
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 17.6 +3.6 7.9 +1.0 4.5 0.0 1.0 -- 97 ( 4.0) 13/14
GEELONG AIRPORT 15.0 +0.3 5.9 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 135 ( 5.6) 18/02
BALLARAT AERODROME 13.0 +2.3 -0.1 -4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 356 (14.8) 34/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 14.1 +1.0 1.7 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 35 ( 1.5) 13/14
HOBART AIRPORT 11.5 -1.4 1.8 -2.8 -2.1 0.0 0.8 8.3 263 (11.0) 26/04
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 temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

32.9 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
32.7 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
32.6 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
32.6 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
32.3 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA

+8.9 : 12.2 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
+7.9 : 9.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
+7.5 : 10.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
+7.3 : 10.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
+6.9 : 10.8 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
26.2 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

+9.8 : 18.8 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
+8.3 : 12.5 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW
+7.9 : 14.0 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
+7.7 : 12.6 BATEMANS BAY (CATALINA COUNTRY CLUB) South Coast NSW
+7.3 : 12.0 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+7.3 : 12.4 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW

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

7.5 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS
8.0 WARRA W Coast TAS
8.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
8.3 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
8.9 MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW

-7.9 : 22.0 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD
-5.4 : 12.6 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
-5.4 : 19.9 CHARTERS TOWERS AIRPORT Central Coast W QLD
-4.9 : 18.6 WALKAMIN DPI N Coast--Barron QLD
-4.7 : 20.6 CARDWELL MARINE PDE N Coast--Herbert QLD

-8.1 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-6.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.5 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-4.0 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
-3.7 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-3.7 CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS

-8.3 : 1.0 WINDY HARBOUR Lower West WA
-7.2 : -1.8 MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC
-7.1 : -1.6 COONAWARRA Lower SE SA
-7.1 : -0.1 PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
-6.7 : 1.1 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC

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.
36.6 WAROONA Lower West WA
36.4 MANJIMUP Lower West WA
34.6 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
34.0 PINJARRA SOUTH Lower West WA
33.0 FOREST EDGE Lower West WA

10.6 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.4 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.3 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.2 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA

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0.0 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
0.0 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
0.0 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
0.0 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
0.0 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW

1151 (48.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1026 (42.8) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
1007 (42.0) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
963 (40.1) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
945 (39.4) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
933 (38.9) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
920 (38.3) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
880 (36.7) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
847 (35.3) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
827 (34.5) COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
809 (33.7) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
801 (33.4) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
787 (32.8) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
771 (32.1) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
758 (31.6) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
754 (31.4) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
741 (30.9) ULLADULLA AWS South Coast NSW
731 (30.5) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
723 (30.1) JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
714 (29.8) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
693 (28.9) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
682 (28.4) MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
675 (28.1) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
656 (27.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
643 (26.8) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
638 (26.6) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
635 (26.5) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
617 (25.7) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
609 (25.4) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
608 (25.3) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
605 (25.2) EUCLA Eucla WA
602 (25.1) NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
600 (25.0) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
80/01 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
78/00 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
78/01 MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
72/03 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
68/05 ROTTNEST ISLAND 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.
None reported

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
CAPE LEEUWIN : 80(260/ 70 ) at 01:47
NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney--east
WATTAMOLLA : 80(170/ 65 ) at 00:00