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Summary of observations

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**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 04:31EST, 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 22.1 +1.2 5.9 -5.1 4.6 0.0 2.4 -- 324 (13.5) 31/08
PERTH AIRPORT 21.1 +2.2 4.7 -4.3 3.1 0.0 2.0 7.7 259 (10.8) 28/12
ALBANY AIRPORT 18.3 +1.7 12.3 +4.2 10.6 0.6 2.0 3.4 415 (17.3) 31/03
BUNBURY 16.5 -1.9 11.7 +3.6 -- 7.8 -- -- 395 (16.5) 39/04
MANDURAH 18.6 -- 13.2 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 473 (19.7) 39/12
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.4 +1.8 18.8 -1.1 17.9 0.0 4.0 10.2 265 (11.0) 44/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 17.0 -2.8 2.7 -2.4 1.1 0.0 3.8 9.5 274 (11.4) 39/12
WHYALLA AERO 17.4 +0.1 8.5 +2.4 -- 1.4 3.4 -- 314 (13.1) 21/00
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 17.4 +1.3 7.8 -0.3 -- 0.2 0.8 7.0 153 ( 6.4) 21/10
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.4 +1.6 1.2 -4.6 1.0 0.2 0.6 6.5 97 ( 4.0) 13/06
MOUNT ISA AERO 22.0 -2.9 4.4 -5.6 2.2 0.0 4.4 10.4 335 (14.0) 31/09
CAIRNS AERO 27.8 +1.8 17.7 -0.1 -- 0.0 0.6 9.3 275 (11.5) 35/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.9 +2.3 13.6 -1.0 11.4 0.0 6.0 10.5 285 (11.9) 43/10
MACKAY M.O 22.7 +0.8 12.8 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- 10.4 264 (11.0) 28/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 25.9 +2.4 11.6 +0.7 7.6 0.0 3.8 -- 166 ( 6.9) 26/13
BUNDABERG AERO 22.8 +0.2 14.1 +2.5 -- 5.6 2.6 -- 225 ( 9.4) 35/10
NAMBOUR DPI 22.0 +0.4 10.0 +0.7 -- 7.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 21.4 +0.3 7.9 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 155 ( 6.5) 31/11
BRISBANE AERO 21.6 +0.3 8.7 -1.8 4.0 1.6 0.6 9.8 182 ( 7.6) 28/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 16.9 -0.1 6.6 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 342 (14.3) 46/13
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 17.7 +0.9 5.7 -0.4 1.3 0.0 1.6 -- 121 ( 5.0) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 19.5 +0.1 7.7 -1.4 5.9 10.6 2.8 9.4 213 ( 8.9) 34/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.4 -0.1 7.2 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 14.2 -3.4 7.1 -0.8 4.3 0.0 3.0 1.6 348 (14.5) 39/23
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 14.9 -3.0 7.1 +0.6 2.9 0.0 -- -- 93 ( 3.9) 31/08
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 11.6 +1.1 0.7 -1.9 -5.5 0.0 1.0 5.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 17.2 +0.8 3.5 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 180 ( 7.5) 30/11
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 15.2 -2.4 8.5 0.0 4.0 0.0 3.0 0.5 416 (17.3) 57/07
RICHMOND RAAF 17.9 -0.1 2.8 -2.1 -0.3 0.0 -- -- 119 ( 5.0) 37/14
BELLAMBI AWS 15.1 -2.6 9.9 -1.1 -- 11.8 -- -- 328 (13.7) 50/12
CANBERRA AIRPORT 13.1 +0.9 1.3 +0.3 -2.6 0.0 1.2 5.9 109 ( 4.5) 31/10
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 16.2 +2.4 0.8 -2.9 -2.1 0.0 1.2 9.2 84 ( 3.5) 15/16
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 17.7 +3.5 1.2 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 38 ( 1.6) 17/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 15.9 -0.1 3.4 -1.8 1.0 0.0 1.2 8.9 228 ( 9.5) 17/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 15.0 +1.0 3.9 +0.2 -- 0.2 0.0 -- 216 ( 9.0) 48/23
BENDIGO AIRPORT 15.7 +2.5 2.4 -1.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 255 (10.6) 22/08
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 14.5 +0.5 7.2 +0.3 4.7 0.0 0.4 -- 130 ( 5.4) 15/01
GROVEDALE (GEELONG AIRPORT) 14.2 -0.4 3.7 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 130 ( 5.4) 15/07
BALLARAT AERODROME 11.8 +1.0 5.2 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 381 (15.9) 35/04
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 11.7 -1.4 -0.2 -3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 122 ( 5.1) 17/20
HOBART AIRPORT 12.6 -0.3 2.7 -1.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 7.8 257 (10.7) 28/12
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

33.3 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
32.9 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
32.8 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
32.6 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
32.4 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
32.4 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
32.4 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
32.4 MUSGRAVE S Peninsula QLD

+3.6 : 19.1 KATANNING COMPARISON Cent Wheatbelt WA
+3.5 : 25.0 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
+3.5 : 16.5 HUME RESERVOIR SW Slopes S NSW
+3.5 : 17.7 ALBURY AIRPORT AWS SW Slopes S NSW
+3.5 : 16.0 DARTMOUTH RESERVOIR Lower NE VIC

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.5 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
25.1 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.6 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL

**S** +6.8 : 20.0 KIDMAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT
+6.0 : 11.1 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
+5.2 : 12.8 BUSSELTON AERO Lower West WA
+5.2 : 9.0 BEGA AWS South Coast NSW
+4.8 : 13.6 WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA

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

0.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
3.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
3.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
3.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-4.6 : 8.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
-4.0 : 24.1 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
-3.9 : 8.0 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
-3.8 : 18.5 TERRITORY GRAPE FARM N Plateau NT
-3.5 : 25.0 ELLIOTT N Plateau NT
-3.5 : 22.9 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
-3.5 : 23.3 BRUNETTE DOWNS N Plateau NT

-4.4 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-3.6 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
-3.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-3.0 LITHGOW (COOERWULL) C Tablelands S NSW
-3.0 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS

-8.0 : -0.6 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-7.4 : 0.0 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-7.3 : -0.9 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.9 : 5.9 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
-6.7 : 5.6 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
-6.7 : -2.0 YEELIRRIE Goldfields 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.
58.0 TANILBA BAY WWTP Hunter Valley NSW
46.0 BELMONT WWTP Hunter Valley NSW
44.0 FOREST GROVE Lower West WA
41.9 COLLOMBATTI (BENBULLEN) MidNorth Coast N NSW
40.7 TAHLEE (CARRINGTON (CHURCH ST)) Hunter Valley NSW

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
44.0 FOREST GROVE

NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast N
41.9 COLLOMBATTI (BENBULLEN)
Hunter Valley
58.0 TANILBA BAY WWTP
46.0 BELMONT WWTP
40.7 TAHLEE (CARRINGTON (CHURCH ST))

10.6 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.5 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.4 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.4 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.4 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD

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1.6 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
1.4 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
0.5 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
0.4 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC

1004 (41.8) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
878 (36.6) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
792 (33.0) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
742 (30.9) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
692 (28.8) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
681 (28.4) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
670 (27.9) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
667 (27.8) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
663 (27.6) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
72/18 NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
70/17 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
70/22 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
68/00 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
65/00 MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
65/07 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW

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.
NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS
12.8mm in 30 min to 15:30 25.6mm/h
18.4mm in 1 hr to 15:30 18.4mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 16:00 14.0mm/h
NORAH HEAD AWS
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
Illawarra
JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS)
11.2mm in 1 hr to 05:00 11.2mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney--east
WATTAMOLLA : 96(170/ 70 ) at 07:25