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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1609 EST on 23/05/2012. 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

SA

NW Pastoral

016028

GLENDAMBO (MILLERS CREEK)

52.0

42.8

22/04/1980

76

1 y

SA

NW Pastoral

016062

WIRRAMINNA HOMESTEAD

22.0

21.6

21/04/1903

25

1 y

SA

Upper North

019103

WILMINGTON (STONEHAVEN)

46.0

43.0

12/04/1998

38

1 y

SA

Lower North

021085

HALLETT (ULOOLOO)

57.4

42.6

30/04/1995

45

1 y

TAS

Derwent Valley

095046

BOTHWELL (CLYDE RIVER)

20.6

15.0

14/04/2003

14

1 n


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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 16:09EST, 23/05/2012.

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 25.2 -2.4 13.0 -2.4 9.9 0.0 5.2 -- 393 (16.4) 44/16
PERTH AIRPORT 24.8 -0.7 11.4 -1.5 10.5 0.0 4.2 5.0 284 (11.8) 37/19
ALBANY AIRPORT 19.9 -1.9 11.3 -0.3 9.3 0.2 2.2 2.5 219 ( 9.1) 37/13
BUNBURY 20.5 -3.6 11.2 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 169 ( 7.0) 43/14
MANDURAH 23.6 -- 16.7 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 243 (10.1) 39/18
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.1 +0.4 24.4 +0.4 23.6 0.0 5.4 9.6 298 (12.4) 26/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 29.8 +1.6 14.0 +1.4 13.0 0.0 5.6 11.2 207 ( 8.6) 34/13
WHYALLA AERO 25.7 +2.1 13.9 +2.3 -- 9.0 0.6 -- 168 ( 7.0) 22/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 28.6 +6.0 14.5 +2.1 11.1 0.0 2.6 10.6 138 ( 5.8) 24/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 22.9 +3.5 10.9 +2.2 10.1 2.8 0.2 7.4 156 ( 6.5) 21/09
MOUNT ISA AERO 32.6 +0.7 22.4 +3.9 20.4 0.0 6.6 -- 267 (11.1) 30/10
CAIRNS AERO 29.9 +0.7 23.4 +1.8 21.5 0.0 4.6 3.4 492 (20.5) 39/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.6 -1.0 21.7 +1.2 19.7 0.0 5.2 3.4 336 (14.0) 31/16
MACKAY M.O 26.0 -0.7 21.5 +1.4 -- 16.2 -- 5.7 618 (25.8) 50/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 28.9 +0.1 19.9 +2.1 18.6 0.2 5.2 -- 364 (15.2) 43/11
BUNDABERG AERO 27.7 +0.3 18.7 +1.2 -- 1.6 4.2 -- 429 (17.9) 46/13
NAMBOUR DPI 25.0 -1.1 19.0 +3.6 -- 18.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 23.7 -1.6 18.8 +1.8 -- 37.2 -- -- 264 (11.0) 35/16
BRISBANE AERO 22.8 -3.2 17.8 +1.6 16.7 13.6 2.4 0.0 309 (12.9) 31/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 18.3 -5.1 14.8 +1.5 -- 2.2 -- -- 617 (25.7) 54/14
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 27.4 +2.3 16.0 +3.2 11.8 0.0 4.8 -- 141 ( 5.9) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 24.8 +0.8 16.1 +0.9 14.5 11.0 1.2 8.4 221 ( 9.2) 22/16
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 25.8 +1.8 14.8 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 25.4 +1.8 11.0 -2.2 8.8 0.2 2.8 10.2 150 ( 6.3) 28/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 25.6 +2.0 11.8 -0.1 -- 0.6 -- -- 26 ( 1.1) 18/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 21.2 +2.7 9.2 +2.0 2.5 0.0 2.4 9.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 26.4 +1.9 13.0 +2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 269 (11.2) 24/00
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 26.4 +3.5 16.3 +2.2 14.5 0.0 3.4 10.3 281 (11.7) 31/14
RICHMOND RAAF 26.5 +2.6 11.8 +0.5 9.5 0.0 -- -- 62 ( 2.6) 21/17
BELLAMBI AWS 25.2 +3.1 18.1 +2.7 -- -- -- -- -- 39/15
CANBERRA AIRPORT 24.9 +4.9 7.3 +0.6 5.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 27.8 +5.3 12.0 +2.9 8.6 0.0 3.2 10.6 193 ( 8.0) 22/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 27.5 +5.1 12.3 +4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 70 ( 2.9) 21/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 29.7 +6.2 15.4 +5.3 13.5 0.0 3.4 9.9 181 ( 7.5) 34/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 25.7 +4.1 14.7 +6.5 -- 0.4 3.6 -- 230 ( 9.6) 26/05
BENDIGO AIRPORT 26.2 +5.0 12.8 +5.4 -- 5.6 -- -- 232 ( 9.7) 24/00
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 24.5 +4.2 17.3 +6.5 14.4 1.0 4.4 -- -- --
GEELONG AIRPORT 23.3 +3.3 13.2 +3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 215 ( 9.0) 26/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 23.6 +6.0 11.9 +4.5 -- 0.8 -- -- 348 (14.5) 28/09
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 23.0 +4.1 14.0 +6.5 -- 25.0 -- -- 82 ( 3.4) 24/16
HOBART AIRPORT 20.4 +2.3 13.4 +4.7 11.0 0.8 2.2 3.7 306 (12.8) 34/13
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

41.2 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
40.9 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
40.7 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
40.6 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
40.2 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA

**S** +12.7 : 36.7 EYRE Eucla WA
+9.3 : 35.5 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
+8.4 : 34.7 JURIEN BAY Lower West WA
+8.3 : 33.5 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
+8.0 : 41.2 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA

28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
26.5 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
26.4 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
26.1 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
26.1 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL

+8.7 : 17.3 SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
+8.4 : 17.9 OUYEN (POST OFFICE) Mallee N VIC
+8.1 : 17.4 KERANG Lower North VIC
+7.8 : 17.2 COMBIENBAR AWS E Gippsland VIC
+7.5 : 16.1 KYABRAM DPI Lower North VIC
+7.5 : 15.9 DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS

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

8.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
9.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
10.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
12.4 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
12.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-5.9 : 21.3 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-5.6 : 21.5 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-5.4 : 16.0 SHANNON Lower West WA
-5.1 : 18.3 TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
-4.9 : 21.0 REDLANDS HRS Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

2.7 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
3.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
3.4 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
3.8 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
4.0 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-3.8 : 12.4 KALBARRI Central West WA
-3.7 : 8.4 WINDY HARBOUR Lower West WA
-3.4 : 24.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
-3.3 : 10.4 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-3.3 : 11.9 ENEABBA Central West 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.
93.0 CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
67.2 WALLEN WALLEN Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
67.0 BAMAGA N Peninsula QLD
66.0 SOUTHPORT RIDGEWAY AVE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
63.0 LIZARD ISLAND RESORT N Coast--Barron QLD

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
NW Pastoral
52.0 GLENDAMBO (MILLERS CREEK)
Upper North
54.6 WILMINGTON
Lower North
57.4 HALLETT (ULOOLOO)

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
67.0 BAMAGA
N Coast--Barron
93.0 CAPE FLATTERY
63.0 LIZARD ISLAND RESORT
Brisbane/SE Coast
67.2 WALLEN WALLEN
66.0 SOUTHPORT RIDGEWAY AVE
63.0 COOMBABAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT
54.0 NUMINBAH

VICTORIA
E Central
52.4 MOOROODUC

11.2 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA

.....

3.1 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
2.5 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
2.4 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
2.4 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
0.0 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

1016 (42.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
924 (38.5) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
813 (33.9) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
805 (33.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
783 (32.6) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
695 (29.0) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
693 (28.9) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
685 (28.5) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
666 (27.8) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
658 (27.4) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
636 (26.5) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
618 (25.8) MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
617 (25.7) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
610 (25.4) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
68/06 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
67/07 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
65/11 HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
63/18 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
61/16 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
61/21 RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD

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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
MILINGIMBI AWS
10.0mm in 1 hr to 16:30 10.0mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
SCHERGER RAAF
62.0mm in 1 hr to 11:00 62.0mm/h
S Peninsula
LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT
19.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.3mm/h
N Coast--Barron
CAPE FLATTERY
18.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.0mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 07:00 14.0mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.0mm/h
Central Coast E
WOOLSHED
39.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 39.2mm/h
21.8mm in 1 hr to 20:00 21.8mm/h
62.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 20.7mm/h
Brisbane/SE Coast
REDLANDS HRS
32.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h
NAMBOUR DPI
13.0mm in 1 hr to 11:00 13.0mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 7.7mm/h
BEERBURRUM FOREST STATION
15.6mm in 1 hr to 10:00 15.6mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.0mm/h
COOLANGATTA
16.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.3mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h
BRISBANE AERO
16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h
MAROOCHYDORE AERO
7.0mm in 15 min to 08:25 28.0mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 08:30 11.8mm/h
17.4mm in 1 hr to 09:00 17.4mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.3mm/h
9.6mm in 13 min to 17:00 44.3mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 19.4mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 17:30 19.4mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.7mm/h
REDCLIFFE
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 12:30 10.0mm/h
VICTORIA
E Central
COLDSTREAM COMPARISON
10.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.0mm/h
COLDSTREAM
10.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.0mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.3mm/h
None reported