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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0522 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 daily rainfall

QLD

Central West

036006

EVERSLEIGH

27.6

24.8

24/10/2001

13

1 y

QLD

Central West

036011

MARENGO

17.8

16.0

09/10/2010

12

1 y

QLD

Maranoa

043045

WARRIE STATION

47.0

39.0

16/10/2005

13

1 y

QLD

Warrego

044143

HEATHER STATION

64.0

45.0

26/10/2009

12

1 y

NSW

Far Northwest

046032

WHITE CLIFFS (YALDA DOWNS)

32.0

23.0

15/10/2010

11

1 y

Highest minimum temperature

NT

Roper-McArthur

014609

NGUKURR

29.7

29.7

24/10/2005

17

1 N Equal to record.

Lowest maximum temperature

NSW

NW Slopes N

054104

PINDARI DAM

15.3

15.5

19/10/1997

41

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 05:22EST, 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 23.2 -1.3 9.4 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 295 (12.3) 39/16
PERTH AIRPORT 23.9 +1.3 8.3 -1.9 6.8 0.0 4.4 11.0 253 (10.5) 35/13
ALBANY AIRPORT 20.2 +1.5 8.8 -0.3 6.9 0.2 2.6 10.7 175 ( 7.3) 30/10
BUNBURY 20.5 -0.3 7.8 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 140 ( 5.8) 28/16
MANDURAH 22.4 +1.0 12.3 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 209 ( 8.7) 30/15
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.9 +0.7 24.5 -0.5 24.3 0.0 7.2 9.5 263 (11.0) 35/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 28.1 -2.8 12.4 -2.4 9.0 0.0 7.2 11.7 267 (11.1) 30/10
WHYALLA AERO 19.0 -4.8 14.5 +4.0 -- 0.0 0.2 -- 201 ( 8.4) 34/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 19.4 -2.4 13.6 +2.2 13.3 0.8 0.6 3.3 135 ( 5.6) 26/09
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 18.6 +0.7 10.8 +3.7 10.4 1.6 1.8 0.9 247 (10.3) 18/08
MOUNT ISA AERO 34.2 -0.4 17.3 -1.3 15.4 0.2 5.0 11.1 274 (11.4) 31/09
CAIRNS AERO 27.7 -1.8 19.9 -0.7 15.4 0.0 3.6 2.8 270 (11.3) 30/03
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.1 -1.3 21.6 +0.9 18.4 0.0 8.0 9.2 426 (17.8) 37/14
MACKAY M.O 28.1 +0.6 17.5 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 250 (10.4) 43/19
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 25.6 -4.0 16.5 -0.5 15.4 0.0 4.0 -- 200 ( 8.3) 34/16
BUNDABERG AERO 24.4 -2.5 13.6 -3.0 -- -- -- -- -- 30/09
NAMBOUR DPI 20.0 -6.6 13.0 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 20.6 -3.8 12.6 -3.6 -- 2.8 -- -- 154 ( 6.4) 41/17
BRISBANE AERO 21.0 -4.4 14.1 -1.6 10.8 4.6 1.8 0.0 161 ( 6.7) 30/17
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 15.0 -9.5 11.5 -1.3 -- 4.6 -- -- 339 (14.1) 31/19
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 16.4 -8.7 12.1 -0.1 11.6 2.0 2.0 -- 58 ( 2.4) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 20.4 -3.2 12.7 -1.1 10.9 0.0 3.2 0.6 267 (11.1) 31/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 18.1 -5.8 11.6 -0.4 -- 0.2 -- -- 104 ( 4.3) 13/08
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 19.5 -4.1 11.4 -0.6 10.9 0.0 3.0 -- 184 ( 7.7) 18/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 17.5 -6.2 10.2 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 33 ( 1.4) 13/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 11.5 -6.0 6.5 -0.1 6.8 9.4 2.8 1.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 14.7 -10.0 11.7 +2.3 -- 7.4 -- -- 279 (11.6) 26/07
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 20.6 -1.9 13.4 +0.2 9.2 0.0 3.0 0.9 263 (11.0) 34/10
RICHMOND RAAF 16.2 -8.7 11.4 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 73 ( 3.0) 18/10
BELLAMBI AWS 19.0 -2.5 12.6 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 152 ( 6.3) 37/13
CANBERRA AIRPORT -- -- 9.0 +2.9 8.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 14.0 -7.4 11.7 +4.0 10.6 0.8 2.6 0.0 254 (10.6) 24/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 16.0 -5.5 10.2 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 75 ( 3.1) 13/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 20.3 -3.5 13.3 +3.5 12.9 4.0 1.6 1.6 207 ( 8.6) 50/19
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 18.0 -2.9 12.0 +4.5 10.5 0.2 2.8 -- 257 (10.7) 21/01
BENDIGO AIRPORT 18.7 -1.6 11.4 +5.0 -- 2.6 -- -- 195 ( 8.1) 26/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 20.7 +1.0 12.8 +3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 16.5 -0.1 10.1 +3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 249 (10.4) 24/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 16.8 -1.2 9.9 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 137 ( 5.7) 15/17
HOBART AIRPORT 13.6 -3.7 10.0 +2.5 8.0 1.0 3.2 0.0 225 ( 9.4) 15/13
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

40.6 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
39.9 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
39.7 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
39.6 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA

+3.2 : 16.0 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
+3.0 : 21.8 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
+3.0 : 27.7 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+2.9 : 23.5 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA
+2.9 : 24.0 DONNYBROOK Lower West WA

29.7 NGUKURR N Rivers NT
26.4 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
26.2 DELAMERE WEAPONS RANGE N Rivers NT
26.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
25.6 BLACK POINT N Rivers NT

+7.0 : 29.7 NGUKURR N Rivers NT
+6.1 : 11.7 KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA
+5.7 : 11.7 YONGALA Upper North SA
+5.6 : 11.0 HORSHAM AERODROME Wimmera S VIC
+5.5 : 13.8 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA

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

4.7 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
5.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
5.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
6.6 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
7.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
7.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
7.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

-11.8 : 16.4 INGLEWOOD FOREST Darling Downs E QLD
-11.3 : 16.6 TEXAS POST OFFICE Darling Downs E QLD
-11.2 : 16.6 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
-10.5 : 16.8 GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes S NSW
-10.3 : 14.9 TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS CW Plains N NSW

-3.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
**S** 0.0 SINGLETON STP Hunter Valley NSW
1.0 EYRE Eucla WA
1.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
1.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-9.1 : 1.0 EYRE Eucla WA
**W** -7.3 : 9.4 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
-5.7 : 15.1 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
-5.6 : 14.0 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
-5.5 : 13.1 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
-5.5 : 9.5 KULGERA N Plateau NT

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.
64.0 HEATHER STATION Warrego QLD
56.5 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD
47.0 WARRIE STATION Maranoa QLD
44.2 ROSEHILL Warrego QLD
43.6 LAWN HILL GORGE NPWS Gulf Country QLD

QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
43.6 LAWN HILL GORGE NPWS
Maranoa
47.0 WARRIE STATION
Warrego
64.0 HEATHER STATION
56.5 BOLLON MARY ST
44.2 ROSEHILL

11.7 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.5 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
11.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.1 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

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0.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
0.0 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
0.0 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S NSW
0.0 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
0.0 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
0.0 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW

770 (32.1) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
707 (29.5) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
686 (28.6) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
678 (28.3) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
655 (27.3) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
621 (25.9) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
**S** 78/10 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
68/11 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
63/10 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
63/17 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
63/16 DALBY AIRPORT Darling Downs E 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Goldfields
SALMON GUMS RES.STN.
12.2mm in 47 min to 17:00 15.6mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 12.2mm/h
LEONORA AERO
6.8mm in 36 min to 13:47 11.3mm/h
SALMON GUMS AG STATION
11.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 11.4mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
CENTURY MINE
8.4mm in 9 min to 19:00 56.0mm/h
6.8mm in 6 min to 19:06 68.0mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 19:30 15.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h
Central Highlands
ROLLESTON AIRPORT
11.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 11.2mm/h
VICTORIA
E Central
COLDSTREAM
10.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 10.0mm/h
None reported