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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0417 EST on 26/05/2012. 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 minimum temperature

TAS

W Coast

097000

CAPE SORELL

13.0

13.0

04/09/2011

15

1 P Equal to record. 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 04:17EST, 26/05/2012.

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 COMPARISON 20.6 -1.4 9.3 +0.1 -- 1.6 -- -- 325 (13.5) 31/14
PERTH AIRPORT 16.9 -3.2 7.7 -1.2 6.5 12.6 2.2 2.1 367 (15.3) 24/00
ALBANY AIRPORT 14.1 -3.2 6.3 -1.7 4.7 5.2 3.0 5.3 364 (15.2) 37/00
BUNBURY 16.3 -2.0 4.4 -4.0 -- 0.8 -- -- 282 (11.8) 24/12
MANDURAH 17.7 -- 10.2 -- -- 11.4 -- -- 374 (15.6) 24/01
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.8 +0.3 24.5 +1.4 24.2 0.0 7.6 7.1 400 (16.7) 30/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 32.9 +5.7 7.8 -2.5 5.8 0.0 6.8 10.5 271 (11.3) 50/14
WHYALLA AERO 32.2 +10.8 12.0 +3.9 -- 0.0 7.2 -- 347 (14.5) 72/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 28.1 +9.2 11.8 +2.1 8.6 0.0 3.8 10.7 253 (10.5) 67/10
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 24.5 +8.7 9.0 +2.7 5.5 0.0 3.0 7.3 469 (19.5) 76/17
MOUNT ISA AERO 34.2 +3.0 7.7 -6.6 5.9 0.0 6.8 11.0 208 ( 8.7) 26/11
CAIRNS AERO 29.5 +1.4 19.0 +0.3 17.9 0.0 6.6 10.8 388 (16.2) 46/19
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.6 -0.1 19.3 +1.9 9.4 0.0 6.6 10.4 329 (13.7) 46/13
MACKAY M.O 24.9 -0.4 17.4 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- 9.1 285 (11.9) 30/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.9 -0.4 18.7 +5.0 17.0 0.0 5.0 -- 228 ( 9.5) 34/12
BUNDABERG AERO 25.8 +0.4 16.0 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 334 (13.9) 48/14
NAMBOUR DPI 24.0 -0.9 17.0 +6.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 23.3 +0.1 13.1 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 291 (12.1) 30/11
BRISBANE AERO 23.2 -1.0 15.4 +2.6 13.7 0.0 7.2 11.0 361 (15.0) 30/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 21.4 -0.9 11.7 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 569 (23.7) 50/07
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 26.4 +5.0 6.3 -2.3 0.8 0.0 5.4 -- 104 ( 4.3) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 23.1 +1.2 9.3 -1.7 4.9 0.0 5.4 11.2 271 (11.3) 46/16
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 23.5 +1.0 7.1 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 128 ( 5.3) 39/15
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 23.4 +2.1 6.9 -2.1 3.9 0.0 5.0 -- 260 (10.8) 37/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 24.1 +2.8 6.0 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 48 ( 2.0) 26/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 19.2 +5.2 1.4 -2.8 -4.6 0.2 4.2 11.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 26.0 +4.9 2.2 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 285 (11.9) 31/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.7 +2.2 12.0 +1.6 5.0 0.0 5.2 10.9 349 (14.5) 50/19
RICHMOND RAAF 24.6 +2.0 4.3 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 78 ( 3.3) 28/17
BELLAMBI AWS 24.0 +3.9 11.0 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 218 ( 9.1) 41/17
CANBERRA AIRPORT 22.0 +5.8 -3.0 -6.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 23.7 +6.1 4.0 -1.1 0.8 0.0 4.0 10.6 262 (10.9) 34/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 22.1 +4.1 4.4 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 84 ( 3.5) 30/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 28.7 +8.3 8.7 +1.3 4.0 0.0 4.8 11.2 235 ( 9.8) 55/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 24.6 +7.2 5.5 +0.1 1.5 0.0 2.4 -- 290 (12.1) 50/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT 24.3 +7.6 4.5 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 63/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 25.0 +7.8 12.4 +4.4 10.4 0.0 2.2 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 21.6 +7.8 6.6 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 458 (19.1) 74/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 17.8 +2.3 11.4 +6.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 350 (14.6) 39/13
HOBART AIRPORT 21.1 +5.8 9.7 +3.7 5.1 0.0 3.0 10.2 527 (22.0) 61/22
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

39.1 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
38.4 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
38.1 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
37.9 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
37.7 WOLLOGORANG N Rivers NT

+11.4 : 29.1 EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+10.9 : 29.8 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
+10.9 : 29.7 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA
+10.8 : 32.2 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
+10.6 : 28.8 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) Adelaide/Lofty SA

25.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
24.5 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
24.4 CHANNEL POINT N Rivers NT
24.0 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
24.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+8.7 : 16.5 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+7.6 : 15.8 MINNIPA PIRSA W Agricultural SA
+7.5 : 16.5 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
+7.5 : 11.9 GEEVESTON (CEMETERY ROAD) Southeast TAS
+7.1 : 14.5 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
+7.1 : 8.0 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS

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

6.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
6.5 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
7.5 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
8.7 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
9.4 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-6.2 : 14.7 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-5.8 : 16.4 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
-5.5 : 14.5 WONGAN HILLS RES.STATION Central West WA
-5.5 : 15.0 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA
-5.5 : 14.0 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA

-4.3 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.1 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-3.8 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-7.5 : 3.9 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT
-7.4 : -3.8 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-6.8 : -3.3 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS 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.
49.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
27.2 CRADLE MOUNTAIN VISITORS CENTRE Central Plateau TAS
24.4 STRATHGORDON (GORDON POWER STATION) W Coast TAS
23.8 KARRAGULLEN Lower West WA
23.6 SERPENTINE MAIN DAM Lower West WA

11.3 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.2 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
11.2 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
11.1 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
11.1 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC

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6.8 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
5.3 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
3.6 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
3.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
2.1 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA

1524 (63.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1233 (51.4) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1017 (42.4) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
961 (40.0) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
912 (38.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
897 (37.4) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
866 (36.1) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
865 (36.0) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
850 (35.4) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
837 (34.9) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
836 (34.8) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
833 (34.7) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
814 (33.9) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
748 (31.2) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
746 (31.1) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
740 (30.8) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
736 (30.7) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
728 (30.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
702 (29.3) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
687 (28.6) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
685 (28.5) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
679 (28.3) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
664 (27.7) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
655 (27.3) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
652 (27.2) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
640 (26.7) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
634 (26.4) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
629 (26.2) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
616 (25.7) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
615 (25.6) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
615 (25.6) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
606 (25.3) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
109/19 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
107/23 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
107/20 COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
102/10 NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
102/23 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
96/20 DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
96/23 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
94/23 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
93/23 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
91/11 NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) 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.
None reported

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
W Agricultural
NEPTUNE ISLAND : 102(310/ 80 ) at 10:44
NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) : 87(310/ 69 ) at 10:49
Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
EDITHBURGH : 87(340/ 63 ) at 12:30
CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 83(350/ 70 ) at 12:00
VICTORIA
Wimmera S
GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 96(260/ 56 ) at 23:00
Upper NE
MT HOTHAM : 96(360/ 76 ) at 23:00
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 95(270/ 80 ) at 23:51
W Coast
COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 108(330/ 85 ) at 20:08
CASTERTON : 95(320/ 30 ) at 16:53
CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE : 82(280/ 63 ) at 20:27
TASMANIA
N Coast
DEVONPORT AIRPORT : 96(250/ 35 ) at 20:48
CAPE GRIM BAPS : 91(280/ 72 ) at 23:00
LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) : 78(300/ 63 ) at 22:52
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 87(320/ 69 ) at 23:20
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 109(330/ 80 ) at 20:00
TASMAN ISLAND : 93(350/ 50 ) at 23:54
DROUGHTY HILL : 93(330/ 61 ) at 23:50
W Coast
CAPE SORELL : 87(350/ 70 ) at 18:30
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 85(340/ 67 ) at 23:23
MOUNT READ : 102(310/ 58 ) at 23:30