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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that has been checked for gross errors but has not yet been fully validated. They are based on data received as at 1332 EST on 11/11/2009. 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 minimum temperature

SA

W Agricultural

018115

NEPTUNE ISLAND

19.5

19.5

27/11/2004

45

1 Equal to record.

SA

Kangaroo Is

022803

CAPE WILLOUGHBY

22.3

22.0

01/11/1987

42

1

VIC

E Central

086372

DUNNS HILL

22.4

21.8

23/11/1997

17

1

VIC

W Coast

090184

CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE

22.2

20.3

30/11/2003

13

1

TAS

N Coast

091259

LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY)

17.8

16.8

03/11/2005

14

1

Highest maximum temperature

QLD

N Peninsula

027054

COCONUT ISLAND

36.1

36.0

08/11/2000

13

1

VIC

Western Plains

089105

LOOKOUT HILL

32.0

30.8

21/11/2006

14

1 P

TAS

N Coast

091245

CAPE GRIM BAPS

27.2

24.2

09/11/2009

16

1 Previous record set earlier this month.


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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 07:24EST, 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 28.0 +0.9 15.7 +1.9 12.8 0.0 6.4 -- 378 (15.8) 35/13
PERTH AIRPORT 32.9 +7.1 17.1 +4.5 15.6 0.0 6.4 10.7 389 (16.2) 39/
ALBANY AIRPORT 27.1 +6.3 13.1 +2.3 11.6 0.0 3.8 6.1 486 (20.3) 37/14
BUNBURY 27.4 +3.2 15.2 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 293 (12.2) 37/14
MANDURAH 28.3 -- 18.2 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 290 (12.1) 41/15
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.5 +0.2 22.7 -2.6 23.0 7.2 8.0 5.5 370 (15.4) 52/02
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 35.5 +1.9 20.4 +2.5 17.0 0.0 14.4 12.7 461 (19.2) 55/09
WHYALLA AERO 38.5 +12.0 18.5 +4.6 -- 0.0 14.2 -- 282 (11.8) 31/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 38.9 +13.8 22.9 +8.9 17.0 0.0 10.8 12.5 275 (11.5) 37/18
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 33.9 +13.5 15.8 +7.4 -- 0.0 8.2 11.6 248 (10.3) 37/10
MOUNT ISA AERO 35.9 -0.5 23.4 +2.0 22.1 0.0 10.6 10.9 402 (16.8) 41/03
CAIRNS AERO 30.0 -0.6 22.1 -0.2 21.7 0.6 8.6 6.2 479 (20.0) 37/06
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.9 -0.9 21.5 -1.4 19.5 1.2 10.4 6.2 534 (22.3) 52/18
MACKAY M.O 24.8 -4.4 20.1 -1.6 -- 49.6 -- 1.4 504 (21.0) 55/05
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.1 -4.1 19.3 -0.2 19.0 1.6 5.6 -- 411 (17.1) 41/11
BUNDABERG AERO 27.0 -1.3 17.7 -1.2 -- 0.0 4.1 -- 560 (23.3) 46/14
NAMBOUR DPI 25.0 -3.0 17.0 +0.7 -- 1.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 25.8 0.0 15.7 -2.5 -- 3.0 -- -- 273 (11.4) 39/09
BRISBANE AERO 24.9 -1.9 17.0 -1.0 15.3 2.0 4.6 10.9 373 (15.5) 37/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.2 -3.5 12.8 -1.7 -- 1.6 -- -- 703 (29.3) 48/02
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 28.2 -0.1 14.3 -0.7 9.7 0.0 7.8 -- 174 ( 7.3) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 23.6 -1.3 13.0 -3.1 11.7 0.0 3.8 11.4 -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 23.9 -1.0 11.9 -3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 27.5 +2.1 9.6 -4.7 8.2 0.0 6.8 12.8 317 (13.2) 39/16
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 26.0 +0.9 9.8 -3.3 7.9 0.0 -- -- 77 ( 3.2) 24/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 27.0 +5.9 11.2 +2.1 6.0 0.0 5.8 12.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 32.2 +3.8 13.9 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 282 (11.8) 31/08
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 25.6 +1.6 16.5 +1.2 11.1 0.0 5.4 12.8 479 (20.0) 43/17
RICHMOND RAAF 29.9 +3.3 11.3 -2.6 7.2 0.2 -- -- 164 ( 6.8) 39/16
BELLAMBI AWS 21.6 -0.5 14.8 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 380 (15.8) 28/18
CANBERRA AIRPORT 33.0 +10.3 9.7 +0.9 5.3 0.0 9.0 12.8 198 ( 8.3) 41/17
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 35.7 +10.0 14.7 +4.0 12.2 0.0 9.8 13.3 255 (10.6) 46/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 35.2 +9.2 15.9 +4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 89 ( 3.7) 34/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 38.5 +11.1 17.9 +5.4 14.7 0.0 11.0 13.1 207 ( 8.6) 41/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 35.9 +11.3 13.1 +3.0 -- 0.0 7.2 -- 131 ( 5.5) 28/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT 37.0 +12.8 16.3 +6.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 261 (10.9) 43/16
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 36.3 +14.4 20.2 +9.0 16.8 0.0 8.6 -- -- --
GEELONG AIRPORT 33.6 +12.6 13.6 +4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 214 ( 8.9) 35/12
BALLARAT AERODROME 33.4 +13.8 13.0 +5.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 217 ( 9.0) 43/17
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 27.8 +7.4 13.6 +4.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 221 ( 9.2) 37/15
HOBART AIRPORT 17.9 -1.1 14.8 +5.6 11.3 0.0 7.4 2.4 328 (13.7) 34/17
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

41.9 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
41.5 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
41.5 ELLIOTT N Plateau NT
41.4 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
41.3 MURRAY BRIDGE COMPARISON Murray Valley SA
41.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

+15.7 : 41.3 MURRAY BRIDGE COMPARISON Murray Valley SA
+15.4 : 32.0 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
+15.1 : 33.0 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA
+15.0 : 41.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+15.0 : 37.9 MENINGIE Murray Valley SA
+15.0 : 39.8 HORSHAM POLKEMMET RD Wimmera S VIC

29.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
27.9 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
27.8 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
27.6 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT

+14.3 : 21.0 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
+13.3 : 22.4 DUNNS HILL E Central VIC
+12.8 : 21.1 WEEAPROINAH W Coast VIC
+12.2 : 25.2 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
+12.1 : 23.4 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC

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

14.5 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
15.6 CAPE BRUNY LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
16.0 WARRA W Coast TAS
16.0 BULL BAY (LAURISTON) Southeast TAS
16.2 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS

-9.3 : 24.0 MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT Central Coast W QLD
-8.5 : 25.5 CLERMONT SIRIUS ST Central Highlands QLD
-8.5 : 24.4 SPRINGSURE DAME ST Central Highlands QLD
-8.0 : 31.8 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
-7.5 : 26.0 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD

**S** -1.2 KHANCOBAN AWS SW Slopes S NSW
-0.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
2.9 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
3.0 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
3.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

**S** -10.6 : -1.2 KHANCOBAN AWS SW Slopes S NSW
-5.7 : 3.4 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-5.4 : 7.5 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-5.4 : 5.9 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW
-5.3 : 2.9 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.3 : 3.5 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW

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.
84.0 DUMBLETON ROCKS ALERT Central Coast E QLD
84.0 BYFIELD CHILDS ROAD Central Coast E QLD
81.0 TE KOWAI EXP STN Central Coast E QLD
80.0 SURBITON STATION Central West QLD
77.0 MACKAY ALERT Central Coast E QLD

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
W Kimberley
63.0 MOUNT HART STATION

QUEENSLAND
Upper Carpentaria
50.0 HILLVIEW STATION
N Coast--Barron
55.0 KOOMBOOLOOMBA DAM
Central Coast E
84.0 DUMBLETON ROCKS ALERT
84.0 BYFIELD CHILDS ROAD
81.0 TE KOWAI EXP STN
77.0 MACKAY ALERT
72.2 MACKAY AERO
70.0 ORKABIE WEST HILL
69.0 PLEYSTOWE SUGAR MILL
66.0 PLANE CREEK SUGAR MILL
66.0 MOUNT CHARLTON
64.0 MILLAROO ALERT
63.0 LINDEMAN ISLAND RESORT
60.9 THE VALLEY
54.0 SARICH'S ALERT
Central Coast W
52.0 SELLHEIM
Central Highlands
68.4 PEAKVALE STATION
Central West
80.0 SURBITON STATION
Darling Downs E
68.2 TEXAS POST OFFICE
61.0 TEXAS TM

13.7 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
13.3 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
13.2 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
13.1 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
13.1 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

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4.5 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
3.8 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
2.4 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
1.4 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
0.6 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS

969 (40.4) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
912 (38.0) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
879 (36.6) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
867 (36.1) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
852 (35.5) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
827 (34.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
759 (31.6) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
712 (29.7) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
712 (29.7) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
710 (29.6) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
703 (29.3) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
680 (28.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
666 (27.8) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
653 (27.2) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
647 (27.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
629 (26.2) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
600 (25.0) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
89/16 KATANNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
76/04 MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
74/15 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
72/15 CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
72/18 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA

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
Lower West
HOPETOUN NORTH
4.6mm in 6 min to 18:00 46.0mm/h
Cent Wheatbelt
KATANNING
9.2mm in 25 min to 16:45 22.1mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
NOONAMAH AWS
24.2mm in 1 hr to 03:30 24.2mm/h
BATCHELOR AERO
14.8mm in 30 min to 02:00 29.6mm/h
16.2mm in 1 hr to 02:00 16.2mm/h
17.0mm in 1 hr to 02:30 17.0mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.3mm/h
DUM IN MIRRIE AWS
23.6mm in 1 hr to 04:30 23.6mm/h
32.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 10.7mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Central Coast E
MACKAY AERO
10.8mm in 1 hr to 05:30 10.8mm/h
8.6mm in 25 min to 06:00 20.6mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 13.0mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.3mm/h
17.2mm in 1 hr to 06:30 17.2mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 08:00 10.8mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 08:30 10.2mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 8.0mm/h
HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT
18.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.0mm/h
MACKAY M.O
6.2mm in 31 min to 06:30 12.0mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 06:30 12.0mm/h
4.2mm in 12 min to 07:12 21.0mm/h
4.4mm in 13 min to 07:25 20.3mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 08:00 13.2mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.0mm/h
PROSERPINE AIRPORT
9.2mm in 21 min to 10:00 26.3mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 11.4mm/h
6.2mm in 36 min to 10:36 10.3mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 7.0mm/h
5.4mm in 11 min to 15:49 29.5mm/h
6.0mm in 33 min to 18:37 10.9mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 19:00 10.8mm/h
SAMUEL HILL AERO
11.8mm in 1 hr to 03:00 11.8mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h
Central West
BLACKALL AIRPORT
7.2mm in 13 min to 14:30 33.2mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Goldfields
LEONORA AERO : 80( 20/ 63 ) at 16:59