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2008

Oct

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National Daily Weather Summary

Noteworthy weather today

significant

newsworthy

major

Descriptions of significant weather events appear here when reliable information is available and time permits. Information comes from many sources, and updates may be made well after the event! For weather news as it happens, your best sources are ABC News and the breaking weather forum on Weatherzone.

The graphics and statistical information on this page fill gradually as they become available. The page is updated every 30 minutes at about 15 and 45 minutes past the hour.

Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec

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 1344 EST on 23/06/2008. 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

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest wind gust (km/h)

QLD

S Peninsula

028008

LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT

67.0

14/06/2006

Equal to record.

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

Darwin-Daly

014015

DARWIN AIRPORT

23.5

23.0

21/06/2008

1 Previous record set earlier this month.

Barkly

015135

TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT

32.6

31.4

19/06/1995

Alice Springs

015590

ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT

26.2

20.1

21/06/2008

1 Previous record set earlier this month.

QLD

Gulf Country

029141

CLONCURRY AIRPORT

27.7

26.0

15/06/2006

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.
Data is as received at 13:43EST, 23/06/2008.

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	22.7	+1.9	9.4	-1.5	3.2	0.0	5.2	--	478 (19.9)	55/10
PERTH AIRPORT	21.5	+2.6	8.3	-0.7	2.8	0.0	3.0	9.2	391 (16.3)	37/10
ALBANY AIRPORT	18.3	+1.7	4.6	-3.6	1.0	0.0	2.4	9.0	287 (12.0)	37/10
BUNBURY	18.2	-0.2	2.2	-6.0	--	0.0	--	--	114 ( 4.8)	39/13
MANDURAH	18.3	--	13.0	--	--	0.0	--	--	366 (15.3)	39/11
DARWIN AIRPORT	30.4	-0.2	20.2	+0.3	19.0	0.0	9.8	6.5	563 (23.5)	48/11
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	17.0	-2.9	9.4	+4.3	9.2	0.0	4.0	8.2	628 (26.2)	52/09
WHYALLA AERO	15.7	-1.7	7.0	+1.0	--	0.2	--	--	258 (10.8)	21/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	15.2	-0.9	6.9	-1.3	5.3	1.0	--	--	137 ( 5.7)	21/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	14.7	+0.9	11.4	+5.7	10.1	1.4	1.2	5.3	419 (17.5)	35/12
MOUNT ISA AERO	22.5	-2.4	10.8	+0.7	8.8	0.0	7.2	10.4	595 (24.8)	44/10
CAIRNS AERO	25.4	-0.5	20.9	+3.1	19.5	0.0	8.0	8.4	665 (27.7)	52/08
TOWNSVILLE AERO	25.6	0.0	16.4	+1.8	12.9	0.0	7.4	10.7	431 (18.0)	39/07
MACKAY M.O	20.0	-1.9	10.5	-3.5	--	0.0	--	10.4	505 (21.0)	50/00
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	22.7	-0.8	10.8	-0.1	8.8	0.0	6.2	--	425 (17.7)	34/11
BUNDABERG AERO	20.9	-1.7	9.9	-1.6	--	0.0	4.0	--	509 (21.2)	39/08
NAMBOUR DPI	21.0	-0.6	11.0	+1.8	--	0.2	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	19.9	-1.2	7.1	-4.4	--	0.2	--	--	163 ( 6.8)	39/10
BRISBANE AERO	20.4	-0.9	6.9	-3.5	2.8	0.0	0.6	9.9	357 (14.9)	37/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	15.7	-1.4	3.4	-4.1	--	0.0	--	--	647 (27.0)	41/14
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	16.6	-0.2	6.2	+0.2	1.2	0.0	2.0	--	163 ( 6.8)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	19.2	-0.2	8.3	-0.7	4.4	0.0	2.2	9.6	327 (13.6)	35/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	18.5	-1.1	6.2	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	18.4	+0.8	9.0	+1.2	6.6	0.0	4.0	8.2	558 (23.3)	50/11
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	17.4	-0.5	6.9	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	175 ( 7.3)	30/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	6.0	-4.5	3.3	+0.8	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.6	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	12.9	-3.6	4.9	+0.5	--	1.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	16.4	-1.1	9.6	+1.1	5.7	0.0	3.4	9.3	543 (22.6)	57/11
RICHMOND RAAF	18.0	-0.2	2.7	-1.8	--	0.2	--	--	97 ( 4.0)	46/11
BELLAMBI AWS	16.4	-1.4	11.3	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	418 (17.4)	65/12
CANBERRA AIRPORT	14.0	+1.8	4.2	+3.3	1.8	0.0	1.4	7.6	373 (15.5)	34/05
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	13.6	-0.2	6.5	+2.8	6.1	0.0	1.6	2.8	473 (19.7)	41/02
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	17.1	+3.0	7.5	+3.7	--	0.0	--	--	344 (14.3)	31/01
MILDURA AIRPORT	18.1	+2.1	4.5	-0.7	2.1	0.0	2.4	7.6	320 (13.3)	31/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	15.3	+1.4	6.6	+2.9	--	0.0	--	--	406 (16.9)	35/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT	15.4	+2.2	9.1	+5.7	--	0.0	--	--	414 (17.3)	44/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	14.9	+0.9	11.4	+4.5	8.6	1.2	1.2	--	207 ( 8.6)	44/15
GEELONG AIRPORT	15.8	+1.1	9.2	+3.0	--	1.0	--	--	470 (19.6)	43/15
BALLARAT AERODROME	11.6	+0.9	7.4	+3.4	--	4.8	--	--	534 (22.3)	46/04
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	11.4	-1.7	-0.5	-3.3	--	0.2	--	--	153 ( 6.4)	21/14
HOBART AIRPORT	14.3	+1.4	2.9	-1.7	-2.8	0.0	2.2	4.4	410 (17.1)	70/23
	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

31.7 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
31.2 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
31.1 MUSGRAVE S Peninsula QLD
31.1 BLACK POINT N Rivers NT
31.0 MANINGRIDA AERO N Rivers NT

+4.0 : 21.2 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA
+3.6 : 20.9 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
+3.6 : 22.9 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
+3.6 : 21.0 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+3.6 : 20.8 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+3.6 : 21.0 KELLERBERRIN Cent Wheatbelt WA

26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.4 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.3 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT

+8.0 : 11.6 BEGA AWS South Coast NSW
+5.9 : 5.7 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+5.7 : 11.4 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
+5.7 : 5.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
+5.7 : 9.1 BENDIGO AIRPORT Upper North VIC
+5.7 : 9.9 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

-0.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.5 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
1.7 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.8 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
2.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW

-5.6 : 21.7 HALLS CREEK AIRPORT E Kimberley WA
-5.5 : 24.1 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
-5.3 : 24.3 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
-5.2 : 5.9 ORANGE AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands S NSW
-5.0 : 21.9 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT

-4.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-3.8 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
-3.6 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-2.7 ROSS (THE BOULEVARDS) Midlands TAS
-2.7 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-8.1 : 4.8 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-7.7 : 4.6 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
-7.1 : -0.7 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.0 : 0.6 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-6.5 : -0.6 CORRIGIN 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.

35.4 POINT HICKS (LIGHTHOUSE) E Gippsland VIC
33.8 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
32.8 MALLACOOTA E Gippsland VIC
22.8 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
22.2 PORT ARTHUR (STEWARTS BAY) Southeast TAS

10.7 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.6 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.5 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.4 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.4 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD

.....

0.6 ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE C Tablelands S NSW
0.5 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.0 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
0.0 COWRA RESEARCH CENTRE (EVANS ST) C Tablelands S NSW

1409 (58.7) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1359 (56.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1267 (52.8) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1239 (51.6) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
1198 (49.9) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
1092 (45.5) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
1081 (45.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
1076 (44.8) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
1021 (42.5) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
1006 (41.9) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
1004 (41.8) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
927 (38.6) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
922 (38.4) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
911 (38.0) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
867 (36.1) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
861 (35.9) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
843 (35.1) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
823 (34.3) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
816 (34.0) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
812 (33.8) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
793 (33.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
792 (33.0) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
783 (32.6) TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
774 (32.3) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
753 (31.4) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
742 (30.9) MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
731 (30.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
731 (30.5) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
711 (29.6) BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
696 (29.0) BURKETOWN AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
684 (28.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
684 (28.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
670 (27.9) TERRITORY GRAPE FARM N Plateau NT
670 (27.9) JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
668 (27.8) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
665 (27.7) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
665 (27.7) CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
665 (27.7) CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
665 (27.7) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
655 (27.3) GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
655 (27.3) EILDON FIRE TOWER N Central VIC
649 (27.0) BEGA AWS South Coast NSW
647 (27.0) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
647 (27.0) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
630 (26.3) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
629 (26.2) NORMANTON AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
628 (26.2) ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
624 (26.0) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
620 (25.8) WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
616 (25.7) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
615 (25.6) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
608 (25.3) WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
606 (25.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
603 (25.1) BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
603 (25.1) GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
600 (25.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD

135/22 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
120/19 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
104/23 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
100/22 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
98/23 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
94/00 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
91/23 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL

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.
VICTORIA E Gippsland MALLACOOTA 16.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.3mm/h	QUEENSLAND N Coast--Barron GREEN ISLAND : 70(160/ 63 ) at 11:00 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 93(230/ 78 ) at 03:00 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 100(260/ 80 ) at 22:30 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 121(320/ 98 ) at 20:00 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 132(270/100 ) at 23:00 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 98(270/ 48 ) at 23:30 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 91(290/ 72 ) at 23:30 MOUNT READ : 87(250/ 72 ) at 22:17 ISLANDS Islands LORD HOWE ISLAND WINDY POINT : 98(230/ 56 ) at 16:31 HOGAN ISLAND : 83(270/ 65 ) at 23:40