Australian Weather News -- 06 JUL 2011

Wednesday 06 JUL 2011

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2011

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2359 EST on 25/05/2012. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Previous monthly record

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Lowest grass minimum temperature

SW & S Coast

009812

HARVEY

-12.0

-1.8

03/07/2010

-5.0

18/08/2001

1 Y

Lowest maximum temperature

TAS

W Coast

094191

HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE)

-0.1

05/07/2011

1 Y Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

The day in charts
Surface charts	Satellite images	Rain & temperatures
4am EST		Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
		Week to 9am \| SE AUS detail
10am EST		Minimum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
4pm EST		Maximum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
10pm EST		Solar Radiation

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 23:58EST, 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	16.1	-3.4	4.5	-4.9	1.2	0.0	3.4	--	418 (17.4)	39/11
PERTH AIRPORT	17.3	-0.6	1.5	-6.5	-0.2	0.0	1.4	9.6	198 ( 8.3)	34/14
ALBANY AIRPORT	13.7	-2.1	9.2	+1.7	7.5	6.4	2.6	1.1	223 ( 9.3)	41/14
BUNBURY	15.5	-1.7	3.8	-3.3	--	0.0	--	--	106 ( 4.4)	31/15
MANDURAH	16.1	--	7.4	--	--	0.0	--	--	194 ( 8.1)	26/16
DARWIN AIRPORT	31.5	+1.0	18.8	-0.5	17.7	0.0	6.4	10.9	331 (13.8)	39/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	22.3	+2.6	2.3	-1.8	2.1	0.0	4.0	8.0	270 (11.3)	37/15
WHYALLA AERO	18.5	+1.6	5.9	+0.7	--	0.0	3.8	--	371 (15.5)	65/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	14.9	-0.4	10.2	+2.7	--	1.0	1.2	2.2	454 (18.9)	57/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	13.0	-0.2	6.4	+1.3	5.0	8.4	0.6	1.3	522 (21.8)	46/14
MOUNT ISA AERO	26.6	+1.9	9.5	+0.9	5.7	0.0	5.4	10.3	--	22/15
CAIRNS AERO	26.6	+0.9	11.4	-5.7	7.3	0.0	5.6	6.6	263 (11.0)	28/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO	26.0	+0.9	10.6	-3.0	6.2	0.0	3.6	9.4	121 ( 5.0)	21/12
MACKAY M.O	20.9	-0.4	12.8	-0.1	--	0.0	--	9.4	252 (10.5)	24/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	25.0	+1.9	8.2	-1.3	4.9	0.0	4.0	--	156 ( 6.5)	--
BUNDABERG AERO	22.4	+0.4	6.0	-4.2	--	0.0	--	--	280 (11.7)	34/10
NAMBOUR DPI	--	--	7.0	-0.8	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	20.3	-0.2	4.6	-5.4	--	0.0	--	--	206 ( 8.6)	26/16
BRISBANE AERO	21.5	+0.6	9.0	+0.1	2.9	0.0	8.2	9.9	560 (23.3)	48/01
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	14.8	-1.7	4.0	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	693 (28.9)	55/10
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	16.6	+0.5	6.6	+1.9	-1.1	0.0	3.0	--	251 (10.5)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	17.0	-1.7	3.3	-4.3	0.3	0.0	3.2	9.6	260 (10.8)	34/23
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	18.0	-0.7	4.0	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	17.4	+0.4	11.1	+4.7	8.8	0.0	7.6	7.6	812 (33.8)	72/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	--	--	3.8	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	102 ( 4.3)	--
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	5.6	-3.8	2.9	+1.4	0.0	2.4	0.8	6.8	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	12.8	-2.4	4.5	+1.4	--	0.0	--	--	371 (15.5)	43/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	18.3	+1.3	10.4	+3.3	6.7	0.0	5.6	9.4	813 (33.9)	68/01
RICHMOND RAAF	16.7	-0.7	8.3	+4.7	--	0.0	--	--	455 (19.0)	65/13
BELLAMBI AWS	16.5	-0.3	11.4	+1.4	--	0.0	--	--	777 (32.4)	87/02
CANBERRA AIRPORT	10.0	-1.4	5.0	+5.1	--	0.6	--	--	--	--
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	11.5	-1.2	7.5	+4.8	--	1.6	2.8	1.5	627 (26.1)	46/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	10.8	-2.2	7.0	+3.9	--	1.2	--	--	514 (21.4)	61/21
MILDURA AIRPORT	16.0	+0.7	6.9	+2.6	5.0	0.0	2.4	4.7	467 (19.5)	57/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	12.7	-0.3	5.8	+2.9	3.0	0.0	1.6	--	578 (24.1)	46/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT	11.7	-0.8	6.9	+4.5	--	0.8	--	--	516 (21.5)	57/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	14.2	+0.8	8.9	+2.9	5.4	1.8	1.0	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	9.1	-0.9	4.5	+1.3	--	1.8	--	--	696 (29.0)	52/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	12.6	0.0	1.9	-0.3	--	0.2	--	--	244 (10.2)	31/11
HOBART AIRPORT	11.1	-1.3	4.4	+0.3	0.7	0.6	2.4	5.2	580 (24.2)	52/23
	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 temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

32.9 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
32.4 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
32.3 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
32.2 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
32.2 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA

+4.4 : 24.2 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT
+4.3 : 26.3 YUENDUMU N Plateau NT
+3.7 : 26.2 TERRITORY GRAPE FARM N Plateau NT
+3.5 : 29.9 BALGO HILLS Interior WA
+3.0 : 19.0 NAROOMA RVCP South Coast NSW

26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
24.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
23.5 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
23.2 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT

+6.1 : 9.1 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW
+6.0 : 3.3 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+5.8 : 12.7 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+5.7 : 4.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
+5.7 : 11.0 MAITLAND VISITORS CENTRE Hunter Valley NSW
+5.7 : 7.9 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S NSW

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

-2.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-1.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-0.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-0.6 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-8.5 : 12.1 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT
-8.4 : 9.9 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
-8.1 : 12.0 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
-7.1 : 11.9 KULGERA N Plateau NT
-6.9 : 17.9 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
-6.9 : 16.1 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA

-6.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-4.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-7.0 : -0.5 BLACKALL AIRPORT Central West QLD
-6.5 : 1.5 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
-6.5 : 0.2 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
-6.5 : -3.0 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.

36.8 FALLS CREEK (ROCKY VALLEY) Upper NE VIC
35.0 JAMIESON LICOLA RD Upper NE VIC
33.2 WEEAPROINAH W Coast VIC
32.0 CHERRY GARDENS Adelaide/Lofty SA
30.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

10.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.8 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
10.6 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.4 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.4 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT

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1.1 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
1.1 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
0.3 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.0 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S NSW
0.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC

2039 (85.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1889 (78.7) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1602 (66.8) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1476 (61.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1378 (57.4) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
1247 (52.0) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
1213 (50.5) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
1179 (49.1) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
1137 (47.4) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
1109 (46.2) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
1081 (45.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
1068 (44.5) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
1067 (44.5) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
1038 (43.3) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
977 (40.7) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
962 (40.1) GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
951 (39.6) BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
947 (39.5) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
917 (38.2) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
910 (37.9) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
904 (37.7) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
880 (36.7) MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
877 (36.5) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
861 (35.9) BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
853 (35.5) ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW
843 (35.1) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
842 (35.1) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
841 (35.0) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
840 (35.0) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
828 (34.5) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
824 (34.3) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
814 (33.9) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
813 (33.9) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
812 (33.8) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
812 (33.8) AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
804 (33.5) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
789 (32.9) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
777 (32.4) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
776 (32.3) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
756 (31.5) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
742 (30.9) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
732 (30.5) ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
726 (30.3) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
720 (30.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
719 (30.0) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
718 (29.9) EILDON FIRE TOWER N Central VIC
713 (29.7) DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT) Upper NE VIC
705 (29.4) SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
698 (29.1) JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
696 (29.0) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
696 (29.0) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
695 (29.0) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
693 (28.9) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
686 (28.6) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
686 (28.6) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
678 (28.3) WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
673 (28.0) HORSHAM AERODROME Wimmera S VIC
672 (28.0) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
671 (28.0) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
655 (27.3) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
653 (27.2) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
647 (27.0) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
646 (26.9) NHILL AERODROME Wimmera N VIC
645 (26.9) COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
641 (26.7) SHEOAKS W Central VIC
636 (26.5) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
632 (26.3) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
627 (26.1) WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
620 (25.8) TELFER AERO Interior WA
619 (25.8) PATERSON (TOCAL AWS) Hunter Valley NSW
612 (25.5) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
603 (25.1) ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA

120/05 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
115/13 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
109/23 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
102/00 MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
102/01 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
100/14 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
100/00 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
94/16 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
93/20 NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS Illawarra NSW
91/14 MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
91/22 ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra 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.
QUEENSLAND Brisbane/SE Coast BRISBANE AERO 21.4mm in 30 min to 14:00 42.8mm/h 21.4mm in 1 hr to 14:00 21.4mm/h 21.4mm in 1 hr to 14:30 21.4mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE 15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h VICTORIA W Coast WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB 3.8mm in 11 min to 14:23 20.7mm/h SCOTTS PEAK DAM 17.8mm in 8 min to 06:30 133.5mm/h	SOUTH AUSTRALIA Adelaide/Lofty MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER : 91(270/ 52 ) at 14:46 NEW SOUTH WALES C Tablelands S MOUNT BOYCE AWS : 100(260/ 56 ) at 00:00 Illawarra NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS : 91(300/ 50 ) at 17:00 ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) : 78(290/ 63 ) at 21:15 Goulburn/Monaro GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS : 70(300/ 63 ) at 22:39 Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 117(*/ 91 ) at 05:30 VICTORIA Upper NE FALLS CREEK : 95(330/ 52 ) at 16:30 W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 100(260/ 50 ) at 14:49 KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 83(270/ 69 ) at 01:40 W Coast COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 72(310/ 63 ) at 12:00 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 93(210/ 74 ) at 23:30 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 100(310/ 87 ) at 03:00 TASMAN ISLAND : 109(210/ 63 ) at 23:13 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 80(250/ 63 ) at 20:12 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 115**(290/ 83 ) at 13:50