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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1645 EST on 19/01/2010. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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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 04:40EST, 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 19.4 -0.1 7.4 -2.1 3.0 0.0 3.0 -- 338 (14.1) 37/11
PERTH AIRPORT 17.4 -0.5 3.3 -4.8 0.9 0.0 2.2 9.4 272 (11.3) 35/11
ALBANY AIRPORT 14.2 -1.6 10.7 +3.2 10.0 0.6 2.2 1.0 212 ( 8.8) 21/16
BUNBURY 16.2 -1.0 1.4 -5.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 66 ( 2.8) 24/11
MANDURAH 17.9 -- 6.7 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 189 ( 7.9) 30/11
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.3 +1.8 18.5 -0.7 17.1 0.0 4.0 10.6 260 (10.8) 41/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 17.9 -1.8 2.2 -1.8 -0.5 0.0 2.2 10.3 290 (12.1) 34/10
WHYALLA AERO 15.7 -1.2 7.8 +2.5 -- 1.6 4.0 -- 411 (17.1) 54/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 11.9 -3.4 7.1 -0.4 7.4 10.2 1.8 2.3 313 (13.0) 37/00
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 12.2 -0.9 4.9 -0.3 4.3 1.0 0.8 3.7 281 (11.7) 26/09
MOUNT ISA AERO 22.2 -2.5 11.7 +3.1 10.2 0.0 7.0 10.4 410 (17.1) 43/08
CAIRNS AERO 27.2 +1.5 15.7 -1.3 11.6 0.0 4.6 10.7 145 ( 6.0) 31/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.5 +2.4 14.2 +0.6 13.2 0.0 4.4 9.3 221 ( 9.2) 34/11
MACKAY M.O 26.8 +5.5 15.1 +2.3 -- 0.0 -- 10.6 259 (10.8) 43/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.6 +3.5 10.7 +1.2 8.4 0.0 4.0 -- 185 ( 7.7) 35/11
BUNDABERG AERO 23.4 +1.4 13.3 +3.2 -- 0.0 2.6 -- 346 (14.4) 28/10
NAMBOUR DPI 21.0 -0.1 11.0 +3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 20.5 0.0 9.4 -0.5 -- 1.2 -- -- 266 (11.1) 30/12
BRISBANE AERO 20.2 -0.7 9.7 +0.9 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.8 340 (14.2) 34/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 14.5 -2.1 8.6 +2.3 -- 2.8 -- -- 482 (20.1) 39/01
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 14.8 -1.3 7.2 +2.5 1.5 1.6 1.0 -- 259 (10.8) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 17.5 -1.2 10.1 +2.6 7.5 0.0 2.2 9.1 252 (10.5) 35/00
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 17.9 -0.8 4.6 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 17.2 +0.2 4.4 -1.9 0.9 0.0 2.8 8.2 378 (15.8) 55/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 17.4 -0.1 7.8 +3.2 4.4 0.0 -- -- 81 ( 3.4) 37/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 7.8 -1.5 3.6 +2.2 0.3 4.2 1.8 5.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 14.7 -0.5 3.3 +0.3 -- 0.8 -- -- 213 ( 8.9) 54/15
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 17.8 +0.8 9.2 +2.1 2.8 0.0 3.2 9.7 -- 52/11
RICHMOND RAAF 17.4 0.0 5.7 +2.2 0.8 0.0 -- -- 163 ( 6.8) 43/15
BELLAMBI AWS 16.3 -0.5 10.5 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 290 (12.1) 54/08
CANBERRA AIRPORT 10.2 -1.1 4.5 +4.6 1.8 0.0 3.0 5.9 502 (20.9) 39/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 14.4 +1.7 6.6 +3.9 -3.0 4.2 2.2 -- 240 (10.0) 31/16
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 11.0 -2.0 6.9 +3.7 -- 6.8 -- -- 153 ( 6.4) 30/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 12.9 -2.4 4.7 +0.4 2.5 0.6 1.6 4.4 377 (15.7) 26/01
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 11.4 -1.6 5.0 +2.1 -- 3.8 1.0 -- 266 (11.1) 22/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT 9.5 -3.0 3.7 +1.3 -- 1.2 -- -- 202 ( 8.4) 22/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 13.9 +0.5 8.1 +2.1 5.0 1.0 1.4 -- 92 ( 3.8) 24/13
GROVEDALE (GEELONG AIRPORT) 13.1 -0.7 5.4 0.0 -- 2.4 -- -- 358 (14.9) 31/13
BALLARAT AERODROME 9.7 -0.3 2.8 -0.4 -- 3.4 -- -- 363 (15.1) 30/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 13.4 +0.8 1.3 -0.9 -- 0.1 -- -- 123 ( 5.1) 11/16
HOBART AIRPORT 13.1 +0.7 2.5 -1.6 0.1 0.0 2.0 7.5 420 (17.5) 24/09
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

33.9 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
33.6 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
33.3 PORT KEATS AERO N Rivers NT
33.2 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.0 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
33.0 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
33.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
33.0 TRUSCOTT N Kimberley WA
33.0 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT

+5.6 : 28.1 MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
+5.5 : 26.8 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
+5.0 : 29.9 INGHAM COMPOSITE N Coast--Herbert QLD
+4.8 : 23.8 YAMBA PILOT STATION North Coast NSW
+4.8 : 29.1 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
24.1 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
23.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+7.0 : 9.8 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
+7.0 : 8.9 PINDARI DAM NW Slopes N NSW
+6.5 : 10.0 TEXAS POST OFFICE Darling Downs E QLD
+6.4 : 10.4 MILES CONSTANCE STREET Darling Downs W QLD
+6.4 : 9.5 INJUNE POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD

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

-2.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.4 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-1.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-1.1 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.1 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-5.6 : 10.6 MURRAY BRIDGE COMPARISON Murray Valley SA
-4.6 : 17.2 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
**S** -4.2 : 9.1 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-4.1 : 14.3 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
-4.0 : 14.3 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
-4.0 : 11.5 KIMBA W Agricultural SA

-4.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-3.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.1 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.1 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-3.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-8.1 : 0.4 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
-8.0 : 1.5 JURIEN BAY Lower West WA
-7.3 : -1.0 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
-6.8 : -0.4 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-6.3 : 1.5 PERTH METRO Lower West WA
-6.3 : -0.8 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior 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.
37.8 FALLS CREEK (ROCKY VALLEY) Upper NE VIC
37.4 MOUNT BUFFALO CHALET Upper NE VIC
35.0 MOUNT BOLD RESERVOIR Adelaide/Lofty SA
33.0 BALFOUR W Coast TAS
31.8 CHERRY GARDENS Adelaide/Lofty SA

10.7 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.7 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
10.6 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.6 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.6 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.6 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.6 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD

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2.3 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
2.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
1.7 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
1.5 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
1.0 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA

1003 (41.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
981 (40.9) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
917 (38.2) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
878 (36.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
820 (34.2) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
809 (33.7) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
769 (32.0) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
734 (30.6) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
717 (29.9) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
709 (29.5) COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
675 (28.1) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
664 (27.7) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
651 (27.1) FORREST Eucla WA
649 (27.0) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
631 (26.3) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
629 (26.2) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
627 (26.1) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
620 (25.8) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
619 (25.8) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
603 (25.1) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
76/06 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
76/05 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
74/02 NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
72/05 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
70/12 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA

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
Adelaide/Lofty
NOARLUNGA
11.6mm in 1 hr to 07:30 11.6mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 08:00 15.2mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.7mm/h
None reported