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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1723 EST on 25/05/2012. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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if equalled or broken
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Highest daily rainfall

QLD

Central Coast E

033292

MYUNA ALERT

82.0

42.0

12/03/2002

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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 17:22EST, 25/05/2012.

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 36.0 +5.0 19.7 +1.8 15.8 0.0 11.4 -- 450 (18.8) 44/12
PERTH AIRPORT 35.6 +5.9 21.8 +5.9 19.6 0.0 9.6 10.7 501 (20.9) 48/03
ALBANY AIRPORT 30.8 +6.7 11.3 -2.1 8.3 0.2 5.4 11.2 319 (13.3) 31/16
BUNBURY 31.9 +4.3 15.1 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 211 ( 8.8) 30/14
MANDURAH 30.6 -- 22.4 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 275 (11.5) 30/16
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.2 +0.3 23.6 -0.9 23.3 7.8 7.2 3.7 347 (14.5) 37/01
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 25.3 -7.4 9.0 -8.5 7.8 0.0 6.4 11.5 371 (15.5) 48/09
WHYALLA AERO 19.2 -8.1 13.5 -1.9 -- 1.0 5.0 -- 511 (21.3) 43/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 19.9 -6.5 13.4 -1.8 10.6 0.0 -- 6.3 288 (12.0) 41/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 18.2 -4.9 11.5 +1.0 11.2 0.4 3.6 3.7 422 (17.6) 37/12
MOUNT ISA AERO 30.3 -4.0 18.7 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 457 (19.0) 41/05
CAIRNS AERO 31.5 +0.9 24.1 +1.1 22.5 1.0 6.4 7.3 272 (11.3) 35/17
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.1 -1.6 23.4 +0.5 21.8 10.0 3.8 2.3 194 ( 8.1) 26/11
MACKAY M.O 26.1 -2.5 21.9 -0.4 -- 30.4 -- 0.0 336 (14.0) 43/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.6 -0.9 21.2 +0.4 20.4 0.4 8.4 -- 156 ( 6.5) 24/13
BUNDABERG AERO 30.0 +0.9 19.5 -0.4 18.4 0.0 -- -- 199 ( 8.3) 30/13
NAMBOUR DPI 29.0 +1.1 17.0 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 27.6 +0.3 19.3 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 230 ( 9.6) 46/11
BRISBANE AERO 27.3 -0.6 18.3 -1.1 13.0 0.0 8.0 10.7 372 (15.5) 41/16
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 24.6 -1.6 13.4 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 829 (34.5) 43/10
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 27.6 -1.5 10.4 -6.2 6.9 0.0 5.6 -- 177 ( 7.4) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 26.5 +0.6 16.8 -1.3 14.5 0.0 5.0 11.1 274 (11.4) 54/17
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 24.0 -2.3 16.0 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 22.9 -3.3 16.3 0.0 14.1 1.0 4.6 2.0 420 (17.5) 52/11
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 20.9 -5.1 16.7 +1.4 -- 0.2 -- -- 98 ( 4.1) 34/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 19.5 -3.2 7.9 -2.7 3.8 0.2 2.4 6.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 27.3 -1.7 7.4 -7.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 295 (12.3) 39/09
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 19.9 -5.3 17.9 +0.4 17.2 0.0 5.2 0.4 619 (25.8) 61/11
RICHMOND RAAF 22.6 -4.4 15.2 -0.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 188 ( 7.8) 41/08
BELLAMBI AWS 20.5 -3.5 17.0 -1.0 -- 0.8 -- -- 470 (19.6) 63/09
CANBERRA AIRPORT 20.0 -4.5 10.0 -0.7 10.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 23.7 -4.0 7.8 -5.6 6.0 0.0 2.8 9.5 214 ( 8.9) 22/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 24.2 -3.7 9.6 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 174 ( 7.3) 26/09
MILDURA AIRPORT 21.1 -7.3 8.5 -5.3 6.6 0.0 4.0 9.4 337 (14.0) 37/09
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 21.2 -5.1 9.7 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 490 (20.4) 37/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT 19.5 -6.4 10.1 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 452 (18.8) 39/23
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 18.0 -5.9 15.0 +1.8 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
GROVEDALE (GEELONG AIRPORT) 17.2 -6.1 13.6 +1.7 -- 0.2 -- -- 490 (20.4) 39/12
BALLARAT AERODROME 14.6 -7.6 9.0 -0.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 553 (23.0) 44/16
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 19.8 -2.8 8.1 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 296 (12.3) 24/16
HOBART AIRPORT 19.0 -1.7 11.5 +0.7 10.1 0.0 5.4 2.5 527 (22.0) 34/14
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

37.4 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
37.0 KALBARRI Central West WA
37.0 GOSNELLS CITY Lower West WA
36.7 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
36.3 LANCELIN Lower West WA

+9.7 : 34.1 PEMBERTON Lower West WA
+9.6 : 34.3 MANJIMUP Lower West WA
+9.3 : 32.6 WINDY HARBOUR Lower West WA
+8.6 : 33.4 SHANNON Lower West WA
+8.4 : 34.0 WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
+8.4 : 33.6 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA

28.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
27.5 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
27.3 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
27.2 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
27.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.0 LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA

+6.1 : 22.0 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
+5.9 : 21.8 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
**S** +5.2 : 24.0 BRIGALOW RESEARCH STN Central Highlands QLD
+5.2 : 21.1 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA
+5.0 : 20.0 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA

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

7.0 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
8.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
9.4 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
9.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-10.8 : 16.4 YONGALA Upper North SA
-10.4 : 21.2 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
-10.3 : 19.1 GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) Northeast SA
-10.3 : 18.5 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
-10.2 : 20.0 HAWKER Upper North SA
-10.2 : 21.5 WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW

1.1 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
1.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1.6 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.2 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-9.6 : 8.5 KULGERA N Plateau NT
-8.7 : 7.6 COBAR AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
-8.5 : 9.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
-8.5 : 11.1 TERRITORY GRAPE FARM N Plateau NT
-8.5 : 7.7 IVANHOE AERODROME AWS Southwest Plains 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.
126.0 ROLLINGSTONE N Coast--Herbert QLD
94.8 ALYANGULA POLICE N Rivers NT
82.0 MYUNA ALERT Central Coast E QLD
80.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
79.0 CREDITON Central Coast E QLD

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
94.8 ALYANGULA POLICE
60.6 PIRLANGIMPI
56.2 DUM IN MIRRIE AWS
53.6 GERIATRIC PARK

QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
72.4 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT
N Coast--Barron
60.5 HOPE VALE
60.0 WHYANBEEL VALLEY
60.0 GLEN ALLYN
53.0 MEADOWBANK
52.0 MOSSMAN CENTRAL MILL
N Coast--Herbert
126.0 ROLLINGSTONE
74.4 CRAIGS POCKET STATION
70.0 MENAVALE ALERT
64.0 CRAWFORDS LOOKOUT ALERT
52.0 POVERTY HILL ALERT
50.0 JAPOONVALE WARRAKIN RD
Central Coast E
82.0 MYUNA ALERT
80.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT
79.0 CREDITON
76.0 CANNONVALE WWTP
66.0 SHUTE HARBOUR
65.2 HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT
63.2 WILSON BEACH
58.0 BLOOMSBURY
53.4 MT JUKES
52.6 FARLEIGH CO-OP SUGAR MILL
50.8 LETHEBROOK

11.5 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.5 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
11.2 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
11.1 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW

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0.2 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
0.1 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.0 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
0.0 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
**W** 0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1233 (51.4) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1103 (46.0) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
992 (41.3) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
952 (39.7) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
874 (36.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
772 (32.2) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
755 (31.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
753 (31.4) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
750 (31.3) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
729 (30.4) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
696 (29.0) PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
695 (29.0) AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
693 (28.9) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
661 (27.5) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
632 (26.3) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
632 (26.3) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
625 (26.0) JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
620 (25.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
619 (25.8) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
619 (25.8) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
614 (25.6) EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
613 (25.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
606 (25.3) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
605 (25.2) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
604 (25.2) ULLADULLA AWS South Coast NSW
72/23 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
67/23 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
67/16 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
65/18 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
65/11 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS

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
NOONAMAH AWS
22.0mm in 30 min to 01:00 44.0mm/h
22.6mm in 1 hr to 01:00 22.6mm/h
29.0mm in 1 hr to 01:30 29.0mm/h
PIRLANGIMPI
24.0mm in 30 min to 05:00 48.0mm/h
24.0mm in 1 hr to 05:00 24.0mm/h
27.2mm in 30 min to 05:30 54.4mm/h
51.2mm in 1 hr to 05:30 51.2mm/h
30.4mm in 1 hr to 06:00 30.4mm/h
54.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 18.0mm/h
JABIRU AIRPORT
19.2mm in 1 hr to 21:30 19.2mm/h
POINT STUART AWS
35.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 11.7mm/h
DUM IN MIRRIE AWS
48.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 16.0mm/h
WARRUWI
16.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 16.4mm/h
MILINGIMBI AWS
22.6mm in 27 min to 18:30 50.2mm/h
27.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 27.8mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 13.0mm/h
42.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 14.0mm/h
22.6mm in 1 hr to 23:30 22.6mm/h
MANINGRIDA AERO
18.2mm in 30 min to 20:30 36.4mm/h
23.8mm in 1 hr to 20:30 23.8mm/h
14.8mm in 30 min to 21:00 29.6mm/h
33.0mm in 1 hr to 21:00 33.0mm/h
41.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 13.7mm/h
17.6mm in 1 hr to 21:30 17.6mm/h
ALYANGULA POLICE
90.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 15.0mm/h
GOVE AIRPORT
7.6mm in 13 min to 03:30 35.1mm/h
15.8mm in 1 hr to 04:00 15.8mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.7mm/h
5.0mm in 7 min to 16:37 42.9mm/h
GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS
10.0mm in 1 hr to 05:30 10.0mm/h
15.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 15.6mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.3mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
WEIPA AERO
7.8mm in 13 min to 13:52 36.0mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 14:00 11.6mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 14:30 13.0mm/h
COCONUT ISLAND
48.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 16.0mm/h
S Peninsula
LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 19.4mm/h
Gulf Country
KOWANYAMA AIRPORT
21.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.0mm/h
N Coast--Barron
COOKTOWN AIRPORT
8.0mm in 23 min to 11:29 20.9mm/h
MAREEBA AIRPORT
10.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 10.4mm/h
Central Coast E
HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT
10.6mm in 1 hr to 04:00 10.6mm/h
6.0mm in 7 min to 06:48 51.4mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast S
FORSTER - TUNCURRY R.V.C.P.
42.0mm in 6 hr to 16:00 7.0mm/h

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 70(140/ 63 ) at 23:55
NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney--east
WATTAMOLLA : 83(180/ 65 ) at 07:15