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2008

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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.

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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 1216 EST on 02/08/2008. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Date

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Highest maximum temperature

Roper-McArthur

014704

MCARTHUR RIVER MINE

34.8

07/07/2005

1 N Equal to record.

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 12:12EST, 02/08/2008.

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	15.8	-3.7	7.0	-2.4	4.7	6.4	4.0	--	717 (29.9)	52/00
PERTH AIRPORT	14.6	-3.2	1.9	-6.2	1.0	18.6	1.8	9.4	557 (23.2)	46/13
ALBANY AIRPORT	13.5	-2.3	6.7	-0.8	5.0	14.4	4.6	7.3	594 (24.8)	63/01
BUNBURY	14.4	-2.8	2.2	-4.8	--	7.2	--	--	458 (19.1)	39/14
MANDURAH	14.7	--	7.3	--	--	11.0	--	--	704 (29.3)	39/02
DARWIN AIRPORT	29.9	-0.6	21.4	+2.1	20.7	0.0	5.4	8.1	328 (13.7)	26/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	29.2	+9.6	12.9	+8.9	8.3	0.0	7.0	10.5	352 (14.7)	72/12
WHYALLA AERO	20.1	+3.2	7.3	+2.1	--	0.2	--	--	337 (14.0)	57/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	18.1	+2.8	9.3	+1.9	--	0.6	--	2.4	322 (13.4)	52/17
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	12.8	-0.3	4.6	-0.5	2.7	0.4	1.0	2.6	371 (15.5)	41/12
MOUNT ISA AERO	31.0	+6.3	8.1	-0.5	6.4	0.0	4.0	10.5	150 ( 6.3)	37/14
CAIRNS AERO	27.2	+1.5	20.9	+3.9	20.2	0.0	4.4	9.8	380 (15.8)	34/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO	25.5	+0.4	15.8	+2.2	14.5	0.0	4.8	8.9	268 (11.2)	30/15
MACKAY M.O	25.9	+4.6	14.6	+1.7	--	0.2	--	10.2	250 (10.4)	21/06
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	27.4	+4.3	11.8	+2.3	9.3	0.0	4.2	--	148 ( 6.2)	26/04
BUNDABERG AERO	25.3	+3.3	11.2	+1.0	--	0.0	3.2	--	338 (14.1)	26/12
NAMBOUR DPI	23.0	+1.9	8.0	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	21.7	+1.3	5.3	-4.8	--	0.0	--	--	220 ( 9.2)	24/14
BRISBANE AERO	22.9	+2.0	7.0	-1.9	2.2	0.0	3.2	9.8	272 (11.3)	41/12
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	18.2	+1.5	5.1	-1.4	--	0.0	--	--	511 (21.3)	43/11
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	16.7	+0.6	1.2	-3.5	-4.8	0.0	2.2	--	157 ( 6.5)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	18.7	0.0	3.1	-4.4	-1.2	0.0	3.2	9.9	281 (11.7)	24/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	18.1	-0.7	-0.7	-7.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	17.5	+0.5	5.6	-0.8	0.5	0.0	6.0	8.8	526 (21.9)	48/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	17.3	-0.2	2.2	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	138 ( 5.8)	26/10
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	9.1	-0.3	-0.4	-1.8	-5.0	0.0	1.2	5.5	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	15.9	+0.7	-2.8	-5.9	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	18.3	+1.4	8.3	+1.3	1.8	0.0	3.4	9.5	577 (24.0)	48/04
RICHMOND RAAF	17.8	+0.3	0.1	-3.4	--	0.2	--	--	271 (11.3)	30/13
BELLAMBI AWS	17.5	+0.6	9.1	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	496 (20.7)	70/01
CANBERRA AIRPORT	11.6	+0.3	2.4	+2.5	-1.2	1.0	2.2	8.1	442 (18.4)	35/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	14.3	+1.7	2.3	-0.4	--	0.6	0.4	7.6	231 ( 9.6)	28/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	13.6	+0.6	2.5	-0.8	--	1.4	--	--	182 ( 7.6)	28/13
MILDURA AIRPORT	18.0	+2.7	5.5	+1.2	3.1	0.0	2.2	1.1	338 (14.1)	50/23
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	13.5	+0.5	0.9	-2.0	--	1.4	--	--	264 (11.0)	46/22
BENDIGO AIRPORT	11.8	-0.7	0.3	-2.1	--	0.0	--	--	199 ( 8.3)	43/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	14.1	+0.7	6.4	+0.5	3.4	1.6	0.2	--	145 ( 6.0)	34/13
GEELONG AIRPORT	14.5	+0.7	1.4	-4.0	--	0.4	--	--	381 (15.9)	39/20
BALLARAT AERODROME	10.0	0.0	2.7	-0.5	--	0.6	--	--	454 (18.9)	57/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	12.2	-0.4	-0.4	-2.6	--	0.2	--	--	118 ( 4.9)	31/11
HOBART AIRPORT	11.3	-1.1	1.0	-3.1	-2.0	0.2	0.8	7.0	404 (16.8)	48/13
	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

35.3 BULMAN AWS N Rivers NT
35.0 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
35.0 ELLIOTT N Plateau NT
34.9 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
34.8 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE N Rivers NT

+10.2 : 29.7 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+9.6 : 29.2 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+8.6 : 28.0 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+8.6 : 25.0 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
+8.0 : 32.0 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
+8.0 : 25.8 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW

26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
24.6 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.4 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.2 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
24.1 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL

+9.0 : 12.6 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
+8.9 : 12.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+7.0 : 12.2 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
+6.5 : 13.3 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
+5.6 : 10.5 KULGERA N Plateau NT
+5.6 : 17.8 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

-1.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-0.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-0.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.5 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-6.0 : 12.6 BALGAIR Eucla WA
-5.8 : 11.6 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
-5.7 : 11.0 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA
-5.6 : 12.8 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne WA
-5.2 : 11.6 DALWALLINU Central West WA
-5.2 : 14.0 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
-5.2 : 11.3 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
-5.2 : 14.0 WILUNA Interior WA

-7.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-6.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.0 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.9 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW
-4.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-7.2 : -0.7 PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS MidNorth Coast S NSW
-6.4 : 2.5 GOSNELLS CITY Lower West WA
-6.2 : 1.9 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
-5.9 : -2.8 DUBBO AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes S NSW
-5.9 : 2.6 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
-5.9 : 0.8 JANDAKOT 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.

41.0 LANCELIN Lower West WA
37.5 KARRI VALLEY RESORT Lower West WA
34.6 BINDOON Lower West WA
32.8 PORT DAVEY (MELALEUCA) W Coast TAS
32.2 NORTH WALPOLE Lower West WA

10.8 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.5 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.5 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.4 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA

.....

2.3 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
1.4 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
1.1 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
0.3 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1306 (54.4) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
1213 (50.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1185 (49.4) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1103 (46.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1097 (45.7) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1037 (43.2) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
1028 (42.8) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
969 (40.4) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
920 (38.3) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
870 (36.3) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
868 (36.2) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
837 (34.9) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
814 (33.9) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
813 (33.9) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
809 (33.7) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
785 (32.7) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
761 (31.7) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
746 (31.1) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
743 (31.0) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
739 (30.8) MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
733 (30.5) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
729 (30.4) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
728 (30.3) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
726 (30.3) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
717 (29.9) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
714 (29.8) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
708 (29.5) NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
704 (29.3) MANDURAH Lower West WA
703 (29.3) LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
695 (29.0) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
684 (28.5) FORREST Eucla WA
677 (28.2) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
677 (28.2) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
662 (27.6) BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
652 (27.2) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
651 (27.1) KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
649 (27.0) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
638 (26.6) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
633 (26.4) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
632 (26.3) MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
629 (26.2) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
628 (26.2) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
625 (26.0) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
608 (25.3) LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA

98/00 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
98/05 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
96/00 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
91/15 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
91/05 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast 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.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA W Agricultural NEPTUNE ISLAND 9.8mm in 41 min to 17:30 14.3mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.6mm/h Yorke Pen/Kanga Is CAPE BORDA AWS 10.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 10.6mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West ROTTNEST ISLAND : 83(180/ 69 ) at 00:00 ESPERANCE AERO : 96(190/ 63 ) at 00:30 ESPERANCE : 95(190/ 58 ) at 01:00 HOPETOUN NORTH : 93(200/ 54 ) at 09:56 Eucla FORREST : 82(240/ 65 ) at 12:00 SOUTH AUSTRALIA W Agricultural NULLARBOR : 91(270/ 52 ) at 15:51 Yorke Pen/Kanga Is CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 82(340/ 63 ) at 20:17 VICTORIA Wimmera S GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 78( 30/ 63 ) at 20:00 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 83(310/ 63 ) at 06:00 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 82(*/ 65 ) at 05:30 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 91**(280/ 56 ) at 06:01