Australian Weather News -- 26 FEB 2009

Thursday 26 FEB 2009

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2009

Dec

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Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0201 EST on 13/01/2010. 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

SW & S Coast

009960

YOURDAMUNG LAKE

12.6

9.0

10/02/2003

1 n

Lowest grass minimum temperature

Gt Southern

010515

BEVERLEY

5.8

6.8

18/02/2007

1 Y

Highest minimum temperature

Eucla

011003

EUCLA

30.2

29.4

21/02/1997

29.5

24/11/1982

1 Y

Lowest minimum temperature

Central West

008251

KALBARRI

11.9

12.3

08/02/1994

1 Y

Central West

008296

MORAWA AIRPORT

11.3

12.0

20/02/2002

1 Y

Central West

008297

DALWALLINU

9.3

9.5

16/02/2007

1 Y

Lower West

009225

PERTH METRO

10.0

10.3

03/02/2003

1 Y

SW & S Coast

009569

BUSSELTON

8.6

8.8

24/02/2006

1 Y

Cent Wheatbelt

010311

YORK

6.8

6.9

18/02/2007

1 Y

Gt Southern

010626

PINGELLY

6.4

7.0

16/02/1974

1 Y

Goldfields

012320

SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD

9.3

9.8

20/02/2002

1 Y

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

Eucla

011003

EUCLA

27.4

27.2

18/02/2005

1 Y

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 03:57EST, 15/05/2012.

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	26.8	-5.7	12.2	-6.9	7.6	0.6	6.2	--	462 (19.3)	59/14
PERTH AIRPORT	23.9	-7.9	8.3	-9.1	7.5	4.8	3.8	11.3	357 (14.9)	37/11
ALBANY AIRPORT	18.5	-6.4	10.7	-3.7	8.9	8.2	3.7	1.4	396 (16.5)	44/14
BUNBURY	22.8	-7.0	8.5	-7.1	--	11.4	--	--	256 (10.7)	37/14
MANDURAH	22.6	--	13.0	--	--	8.2	--	--	375 (15.6)	35/17
DARWIN AIRPORT	31.7	+0.3	25.2	+0.5	24.9	1.6	2.8	4.0	326 (13.6)	43/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	39.3	+4.2	26.2	+5.4	24.7	0.0	14.8	11.5	476 (19.8)	39/11
WHYALLA AERO	40.7	+11.1	15.3	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	233 ( 9.7)	39/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	38.7	+9.4	22.5	+5.4	--	0.0	9.8	12.1	295 (12.3)	34/07
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	32.7	+7.6	10.0	-1.6	7.9	0.0	4.6	9.8	388 (16.2)	26/09
MOUNT ISA AERO	34.0	-1.3	22.2	-1.2	21.6	6.0	5.8	11.3	271 (11.3)	31/16
CAIRNS AERO	31.2	0.0	24.7	+1.0	22.9	0.0	7.0	3.0	372 (15.5)	35/17
TOWNSVILLE AERO	30.4	-0.7	23.5	-0.6	22.7	65.2	--	3.1	267 (11.1)	28/15
MACKAY M.O	29.0	-0.6	23.2	-0.2	--	15.0	--	7.7	446 (18.6)	44/22
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.4	+0.1	21.8	-0.3	20.6	0.0	3.2	--	266 (11.1)	37/14
BUNDABERG AERO	31.6	+1.7	22.8	+1.4	--	0.0	8.0	--	467 (19.5)	50/10
NAMBOUR DPI	29.0	+0.2	20.0	+0.3	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	28.8	+0.6	20.1	-0.7	--	0.0	--	--	194 ( 8.1)	54/15
BRISBANE AERO	28.8	-0.3	20.2	-0.9	18.1	0.0	3.6	10.1	257 (10.7)	44/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	26.2	-1.2	16.7	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	437 (18.2)	48/09
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	29.3	-1.8	18.7	+0.1	12.8	4.4	5.6	--	204 ( 8.5)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	26.1	-0.7	18.8	-0.7	17.0	2.4	4.8	4.5	388 (16.2)	50/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	24.9	-2.6	19.5	+1.2	--	5.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	25.7	-1.8	19.6	+1.5	18.0	0.0	5.2	5.5	433 (18.0)	41/13
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	24.9	-2.2	18.0	+0.9	16.9	0.0	--	--	98 ( 4.1)	30/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	25.7	-0.1	11.1	-2.0	4.2	0.0	7.6	11.8	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	31.5	-0.5	15.9	-1.8	--	0.0	--	--	302 (12.6)	50/22
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	23.0	-3.3	19.3	+0.3	18.2	0.0	7.6	6.8	530 (22.1)	48/10
RICHMOND RAAF	25.5	-3.5	18.8	+1.2	--	0.0	--	--	217 ( 9.0)	35/16
BELLAMBI AWS	22.7	-2.1	18.3	-0.8	--	0.0	--	--	385 (16.0)	48/13
CANBERRA AIRPORT	26.2	-0.9	11.0	-2.1	7.8	0.0	8.8	12.1	274 (11.4)	43/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	31.6	+0.7	14.0	-2.3	16.2	0.0	9.0	12.0	283 (11.8)	43/08
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	32.7	+1.4	15.0	-1.1	--	0.0	--	--	217 ( 9.0)	26/02
MILDURA AIRPORT	34.0	+2.4	14.8	-1.6	10.3	0.0	7.0	11.0	250 (10.4)	22/08
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	31.1	+1.6	12.5	-1.8	--	0.0	9.6	--	458 (19.1)	41/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT	31.6	+2.2	12.9	-1.2	--	0.0	--	--	429 (17.9)	34/01
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	31.2	+5.4	14.2	-0.4	12.6	0.2	4.2	--	152 ( 6.3)	18/18
GEELONG AIRPORT	26.4	+1.4	14.2	+0.8	--	0.0	--	--	302 (12.6)	48/09
BALLARAT AERODROME	30.2	+5.2	12.1	+0.7	--	0.0	--	--	615 (25.6)	55/03
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	26.4	+2.0	13.9	+1.9	--	0.0	--	--	330 (13.8)	37/15
HOBART AIRPORT	20.6	-1.7	13.4	+1.4	11.5	0.2	2.4	5.3	408 (17.0)	30/14
	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

44.1 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
43.6 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
43.3 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
43.3 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
42.6 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
42.6 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA

+15.4 : 43.3 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+15.4 : 43.6 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+14.4 : 40.0 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
+12.4 : 40.1 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
+12.4 : 40.1 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA

31.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
30.7 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT
30.3 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
30.2 EUCLA Eucla WA
29.5 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA

+13.2 : 30.2 EUCLA Eucla WA
+9.9 : 26.7 FORREST Eucla WA
+8.7 : 23.7 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+8.3 : 24.3 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+7.4 : 30.3 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

15.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
16.5 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
16.6 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
17.1 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
17.2 MOUNT BARKER Lower West WA

-9.7 : 20.7 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-9.3 : 25.6 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-8.8 : 17.2 MOUNT BARKER Lower West WA
-8.7 : 18.3 MANJIMUP Lower West WA
-8.7 : 21.0 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA

-3.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.6 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
1.5 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
2.2 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC

-9.8 : 7.9 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-9.8 : 6.1 BROOKTON Cent Wheatbelt WA
-9.6 : 7.6 CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
-9.6 : 6.8 YORK Cent Wheatbelt WA
-9.6 : 6.4 PINGELLY 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.

112.0 MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
75.6 CHANNEL POINT N Rivers NT
75.0 ELLIOTT N Plateau NT
74.6 GILNOCKIE N Rivers NT
70.0 KOUMALA HATFIELDS ROAD Central Coast E QLD

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
75.6 CHANNEL POINT
74.6 GILNOCKIE
58.2 BULEY ROCKHOLE
57.0 AUVERGNE
56.0 POINT STUART
51.6 WANDIE CREEK
N Plateau
75.0 ELLIOTT

QUEENSLAND
Upper Carpentaria
65.0 GEORGETOWN AIRPORT
57.0 MOUNT TURNER STATION
55.0 SPRING CREEK STATION
54.0 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE
N Coast--Herbert
65.2 TOWNSVILLE AERO
Central Coast E
70.0 KOUMALA HATFIELDS ROAD
68.0 POWERLINE TM

NEW SOUTH WALES
N Tablelands E
51.4 KOOKABOOKRA
MidNorth Coast N
60.2 KEMPSEY (WIDE STREET)

ISLANDS
Islands
112.0 MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND

12.3 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
12.1 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
12.1 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
12.1 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.1 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.1 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW

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2.5 WALKAMIN DPI N Coast--Barron QLD
1.8 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
1.4 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
1.0 LARRIMAH N Rivers NT
0.1 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

869 (36.2) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
851 (35.5) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
837 (34.9) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
810 (33.8) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
809 (33.7) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
807 (33.6) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
798 (33.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
789 (32.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
774 (32.3) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
768 (32.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
710 (29.6) FORREST Eucla WA
708 (29.5) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
694 (28.9) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
690 (28.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
688 (28.7) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
679 (28.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
678 (28.3) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
669 (27.9) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
658 (27.4) EUCLA Eucla WA
642 (26.8) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
630 (26.3) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
628 (26.2) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
625 (26.0) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
619 (25.8) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
615 (25.6) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
610 (25.4) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS

104/18 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA
83/14 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
78/19 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
76/22 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
74/16 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
74/22 CAPE GRIM BAPS N 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA N Kimberley WYNDHAM AERO 12.6mm in 1 hr to 03:00 12.6mm/h W Kimberley DERBY AERO 12.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 12.0mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 21:00 10.8mm/h 25.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 8.3mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 22:00 12.8mm/h CURTIN AERO 11.2mm in 30 min to 22:00 22.4mm/h 12.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 12.2mm/h 13.8mm in 30 min to 22:30 27.6mm/h 25.0mm in 1 hr to 22:30 25.0mm/h 14.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 14.0mm/h E Pilbara MARBLE BAR 16.8mm in 18 min to 17:53 56.0mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 7.0mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers JABIRU AIRPORT 15.0mm in 3 hr to 01:00 5.0mm/h GOVE AIRPORT 6.8mm in 19 min to 09:00 21.5mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 09:00 10.8mm/h 6.4mm in 17 min to 09:17 22.6mm/h 10.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 10.2mm/h 11.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 11.0mm/h BULMAN AWS 11.6mm in 1 hr 7 min to 15:30 10.4mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 16:00 6.7mm/h VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS 17.0mm in 3 hr to 01:00 5.7mm/h CENTRAL ARNHEM PLATEAU 23.0mm in 3 hr to 19:00 7.7mm/h TINDAL RAAF 5.2mm in 11 min to 16:30 28.4mm/h PINE CREEK COUNCIL 32.0mm in 6 hr to 16:00 5.3mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula WEIPA AERO 5.4mm in 6 min to 14:30 54.0mm/h HORN ISLAND 10.8mm in 23 min to 08:23 28.2mm/h 33.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 11.0mm/h Gulf Country KOWANYAMA AIRPORT 10.0mm in 1 hr to 18:00 10.0mm/h MORNINGTON ISLAND 14.8mm in 1 hr to 15:00 14.8mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h Central Coast E AYR DPI RESEARCH STN 39.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 13.0mm/h WOOLSHED 30.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 30.6mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 10.3mm/h Brisbane/SE Coast COOLANGATTA 13.0mm in 20 min to 20:20 39.0mm/h 17.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 17.2mm/h 14.8mm in 1 hr to 21:00 14.8mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.7mm/h 5.0mm in 15 min to 21:15 20.0mm/h ISLANDS Islands NORFOLK ISLAND AERO 16.0mm in 30 min to 19:00 32.0mm/h 19.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 19.6mm/h 11.6mm in 30 min to 19:30 23.2mm/h 27.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 27.6mm/h 18.4mm in 30 min to 20:00 36.8mm/h 30.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 30.0mm/h 27.0mm in 1 hr to 20:30 27.0mm/h 16.6mm in 30 min to 21:00 33.2mm/h 25.2mm in 1 hr to 21:00 25.2mm/h 12.2mm in 30 min to 21:30 24.4mm/h 28.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 28.8mm/h 75.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 25.0mm/h 21.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 21.6mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 22:30 11.4mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA E Pilbara PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT : 93(160/ 72 ) at 19:41 SOUTH AUSTRALIA W Agricultural NULLARBOR : 83(220/ 63 ) at 15:31 QUEENSLAND Brisbane/SE Coast CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 78(140/ 63 ) at 19:30 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 74( 50/ 69 ) at 22:30