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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1331 EST on 19/01/2010. 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 Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest daily rainfall

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

008264

WANARRA

51.4

36.6

01/04/1975

34

1 y


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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 04:14EST, 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 25.3 -2.3 20.1 +4.7 18.6 0.0 7.2 -- 603 (25.1) 54/11
PERTH AIRPORT 22.1 -3.4 12.1 -0.8 10.1 0.0 5.0 8.4 354 (14.8) 55/10
ALBANY AIRPORT 17.2 -4.6 11.7 +0.1 10.0 11.0 5.0 5.6 325 (13.5) 54/08
BUNBURY 20.4 -3.7 10.1 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 217 ( 9.0) 52/12
MANDURAH 19.7 -- 15.9 -- -- 2.6 -- -- 331 (13.8) 54/12
DARWIN AIRPORT 34.4 +1.7 24.3 +0.3 22.9 0.0 6.0 10.8 369 (15.4) 37/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 33.5 +5.3 15.6 +3.0 13.3 0.0 8.0 11.2 -- 26/09
WHYALLA AERO 29.2 +5.6 10.0 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 191 ( 8.0) 35/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 28.5 +5.9 14.5 +2.1 7.4 0.0 3.8 10.4 267 (11.1) 35/22
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 24.3 +4.9 8.7 0.0 4.5 0.0 2.6 9.9 235 ( 9.8) 37/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 32.3 +0.4 13.2 -5.3 11.0 0.0 7.0 11.2 257 (10.7) 28/14
CAIRNS AERO 30.2 +1.0 20.2 -1.4 19.2 0.0 5.8 11.0 385 (16.0) 46/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.3 -0.3 18.3 -2.2 16.9 0.0 6.0 10.7 233 ( 9.7) 35/14
MACKAY M.O 26.6 -0.1 16.9 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 274 (11.4) 31/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.4 +0.6 15.9 -1.9 14.9 0.0 5.4 -- 203 ( 8.5) 30/10
BUNDABERG AERO 27.6 +0.2 16.2 -1.3 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 288 (12.0) 34/08
NAMBOUR DPI -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 25.2 -0.1 17.5 +0.5 -- 0.4 -- -- 427 (17.8) 46/13
BRISBANE AERO 26.2 +0.2 15.7 -0.5 13.4 3.0 4.2 9.8 463 (19.3) 37/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.1 -1.3 10.3 -3.0 -- 1.0 -- -- 272 (11.3) 28/15
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 23.9 -1.2 12.5 -0.3 9.4 0.0 4.4 -- 326 (13.6) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 21.7 -2.3 16.3 +1.1 14.4 11.2 2.4 4.3 621 (25.9) 41/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.9 -4.1 15.1 +1.4 -- 2.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 21.5 -2.1 13.4 +0.2 11.6 2.0 5.2 2.7 489 (20.4) 43/15
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 21.4 -2.2 13.3 +1.4 10.9 4.4 -- -- 78 ( 3.3) 44/06
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 16.7 -1.8 7.3 +0.1 2.4 0.0 3.0 8.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 23.6 -0.9 10.3 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 416 (17.3) 46/11
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.0 -0.9 15.6 +1.5 14.3 7.4 3.4 7.7 546 (22.8) 46/15
RICHMOND RAAF 21.9 -2.0 13.6 +2.3 -- 4.2 -- -- 226 ( 9.4) 39/15
BELLAMBI AWS 20.3 -1.8 15.7 +0.3 -- 19.6 -- -- 549 (22.9) 50/21
CANBERRA AIRPORT 17.8 -2.2 7.4 +0.7 4.2 0.0 3.8 7.7 306 (12.8) 35/12
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 24.2 +1.7 8.3 -0.8 -- 0.0 4.6 9.5 236 ( 9.8) --
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 22.7 +0.3 6.2 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 44 ( 1.8) 17/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 26.0 +2.5 10.3 +0.2 5.5 0.0 6.0 10.6 265 (11.0) 18/01
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 23.5 +1.9 3.6 -4.6 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 51 ( 2.1) 30/11
BENDIGO AIRPORT 23.2 +2.0 4.6 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 120 ( 5.0) 34/10
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 25.1 +4.8 9.8 -1.0 7.4 0.0 3.2 -- 129 ( 5.4) 21/13
GEELONG AIRPORT 25.0 +5.0 7.1 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 140 ( 5.8) 30/15
BALLARAT AERODROME 21.1 +3.5 3.1 -4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 203 ( 8.5) 41/10
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 19.9 +1.0 9.9 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 27 ( 1.1) 26/15
HOBART AIRPORT 20.1 +2.0 7.0 -1.7 3.3 0.0 1.4 9.4 280 (11.7) 21/14
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 temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

38.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
37.9 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA
37.4 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
37.3 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
37.3 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT

+9.7 : 32.0 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
+9.4 : 31.4 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
+8.1 : 28.9 STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+8.0 : 31.6 EUCLA Eucla WA
+7.9 : 32.1 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA

27.6 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
26.2 BLACK POINT N Rivers NT
26.0 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
25.6 CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
25.5 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT

+7.4 : 14.3 WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
+6.9 : 14.4 SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
+6.8 : 20.4 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
+6.8 : 20.5 KULGERA N Plateau NT
+6.6 : 18.7 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA

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

8.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
10.2 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
10.4 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
10.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
11.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW

-7.3 : 20.6 LEONORA Goldfields WA
-6.4 : 22.1 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
-5.7 : 18.0 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
-5.6 : 27.2 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
-5.6 : 17.7 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA
-5.6 : 15.5 MOUNT BARKER Lower West WA
-5.6 : 17.7 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA

-1.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.8 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-0.3 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.2 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

-7.4 : 2.8 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC
-6.2 : 9.8 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-5.7 : 11.6 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
-5.3 : 13.2 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-5.2 : 10.5 CLERMONT SIRIUS ST Central Highlands QLD

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.
52.0 WINGHAM (LANARK CLOSE) MidNorth Coast S NSW
51.4 WANARRA Central West WA
43.0 BALLINA (CROWLEY VILLAGE) North Coast NSW
38.2 DARKES FOREST (KINTYRE) Illawarra NSW
37.6 BALLINA AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Central West
51.4 WANARRA

NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
43.0 BALLINA (CROWLEY VILLAGE)
37.6 BALLINA AIRPORT AWS
MidNorth Coast S
52.0 WINGHAM (LANARK CLOSE)
Illawarra
38.2 DARKES FOREST (KINTYRE)

11.2 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.2 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.2 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
11.0 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
11.0 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

.....

4.6 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
4.6 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
4.3 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
3.2 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
3.0 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW
2.7 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW

1048 (43.7) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1032 (43.0) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
882 (36.8) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
872 (36.3) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
855 (35.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
843 (35.1) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
793 (33.0) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
787 (32.8) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
772 (32.2) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
753 (31.4) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
752 (31.3) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
747 (31.1) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
737 (30.7) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
734 (30.6) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
720 (30.0) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
682 (28.4) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
659 (27.5) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
635 (26.5) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
632 (26.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
621 (25.9) COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
617 (25.7) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
603 (25.1) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
83/19 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
80/17 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
76/11 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
72/11 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
72/14 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
72/20 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
72/21 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
72/23 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Eucla
EUCLA
5.0mm in 15 min to 17:30 20.0mm/h
FORREST
10.0mm in 1 hr to 21:00 10.0mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h
Goldfields
LEONORA AERO
5.8mm in 31 min to 03:00 11.2mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast N
COFFS HARBOUR MO
20.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.7mm/h
MidNorth Coast S
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS
10.2mm in 30 min to 16:00 20.4mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 14.2mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 16:30 19.4mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 8.3mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 19:30 11.4mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 10.0mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS (COCOS ISLAND AI
18.0mm in 3 hr to 16:00 6.0mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 19:00 7.3mm/h

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 76(150/ 65 ) at 17:00
ISLANDS
Islands
LORD HOWE ISLAND WINDY POINT : 109(200/ 43 ) at 18:59
LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO : 72( 80/ 65 ) at 00:46