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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2304 EST on 19/04/2013. 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
Lowest minimum temperature

NSW

Hunter Valley

061363

SCONE AIRPORT AWS

-3.0

-2.9

15/05/2011

19

1 Y


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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 23:04EST, 19/04/2013.

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 24.7 +0.7 10.4 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 263 (11.0) 39/13
PERTH AIRPORT 20.5 -1.2 9.8 -0.6 8.6 0.8 1.0 4.6 235 ( 9.8) 24/13
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
BUNBURY 20.3 -0.8 10.0 +0.6 -- 0.4 -- -- 96 ( 4.0) 31/13
MANDURAH 20.1 -1.2 13.3 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 169 ( 7.0) 22/10
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.7 -0.3 21.6 -0.5 20.9 0.0 7.2 10.1 451 (18.8) 46/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 19.8 -3.2 0.6 -7.6 -0.8 0.0 4.4 10.2 304 (12.7) 41/11
WHYALLA AERO 17.4 -3.1 2.9 -5.8 -- 0.0 3.6 -- 296 (12.3) 30/00
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 17.3 -1.7 6.9 -3.3 -- 0.0 1.8 -- 77 ( 3.2) 21/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.4 -0.7 9.8 +2.5 9.4 0.2 1.2 0.6 262 (10.9) 18/07
MOUNT ISA AERO 25.2 -2.6 13.0 -0.8 11.1 0.0 9.0 10.7 495 (20.6) 41/02
CAIRNS AERO 28.2 +0.6 20.3 +0.4 18.3 0.0 8.0 9.0 533 (22.2) 50/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO 26.9 -0.7 15.8 -1.8 10.1 0.0 9.0 10.3 305 (12.7) 35/12
MACKAY M.O 22.5 -1.7 12.6 -4.5 -- 0.0 -- 10.6 420 (17.5) 39/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 24.8 -1.2 8.0 -6.2 4.9 0.0 5.6 -- 201 ( 8.4) 26/14
BUNDABERG AERO 24.4 -0.2 9.7 -4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 284 (11.8) 31/15
COOLANGATTA 22.1 -1.0 7.1 -7.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 250 (10.4) 31/10
BRISBANE AERO 22.1 -1.4 7.1 -5.7 5.5 0.0 5.4 9.5 300 (12.5) 34/08
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 19.0 -0.8 4.6 -5.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 253 (10.5) 22/12
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 18.8 -1.5 1.9 -6.8 -2.4 0.0 3.0 -- 50 ( 2.1) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 20.3 -1.1 6.8 -4.9 2.8 0.0 3.2 10.1 355 (14.8) 31/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 20.1 -1.3 8.7 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 343 (14.3) 30/03
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 19.0 -1.3 6.6 -3.5 5.2 0.0 3.2 9.8 458 (19.1) 35/06
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 18.8 -1.5 4.0 -4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 82 ( 3.4) 24/05
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 13.0 -1.2 0.5 -4.2 -5.5 0.0 1.8 9.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 19.3 -0.6 1.0 -5.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 245 (10.2) 26/08
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.2 -1.8 8.6 -2.3 4.2 0.0 3.2 9.9 -- 41/12
RICHMOND RAAF 19.4 -1.1 1.8 -5.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 111 ( 4.6) 34/12
BELLAMBI AWS 18.1 -1.5 10.2 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 367 (15.3) 41/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 17.7 +0.4 -0.4 -6.3 -3.1 0.0 2.6 9.2 173 ( 7.2) 28/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 17.5 -0.1 0.4 -5.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 39 ( 1.6) 17/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 17.7 -1.3 5.1 -2.3 3.2 0.0 2.8 9.4 296 (12.3) 28/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 17.0 -0.2 5.3 -0.4 0.0 0.0 2.8 -- 359 (15.0) 34/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT 16.6 0.0 4.6 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 243 (10.1) 35/11
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 18.2 +1.5 10.6 +2.0 8.5 2.6 0.2 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 12.8 -0.8 4.9 -0.8 -- 0.8 -- -- 412 (17.2) 31/10
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 17.8 +2.0 1.3 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 99 ( 4.1) 21/17
HOBART AIRPORT 16.2 +1.0 3.5 -3.1 0.5 0.0 0.8 4.6 303 (12.6) 37/10
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

36.6 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
35.7 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
35.2 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
34.2 THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA

+7.7 : 29.0 EYRE Eucla WA
+6.7 : 36.6 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
+6.1 : 28.2 FORREST Eucla WA
+6.0 : 35.2 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
+6.0 : 29.5 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA

27.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
27.0 NORTH EAST ISLAND Islands ISL
26.2 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
26.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
26.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
26.0 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL

+9.0 : 19.0 WILUNA Interior WA
+5.8 : 15.0 EYRE Eucla WA
+5.8 : 16.3 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
+5.3 : 13.5 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+4.5 : 10.1 CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS

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

0.6 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.5 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
2.9 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
3.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-4.7 : 21.7 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
-4.6 : 20.7 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
-4.5 : 20.8 SPRINGSURE COMET ST Central Highlands QLD
-4.5 : 19.2 THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT Far SW QLD
-4.4 : 6.4 DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT) Upper NE VIC

-6.9 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-6.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-5.3 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.0 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-11.1 : -3.2 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD
**S** -11.0 : 1.0 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
-10.0 : -1.6 DALBY AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
-9.8 : -3.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
-9.6 : -3.0 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley 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.
30.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
22.2 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
17.4 STRATHGORDON (GORDON POWER STATION) W Coast TAS
16.0 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
15.2 CRADLE MOUNTAIN VISITORS CENTRE Central Plateau TAS

11.0 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.8 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.7 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

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4.6 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
4.6 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
4.6 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
1.9 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
1.1 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
0.6 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA

1483 (61.8) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1239 (51.6) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1193 (49.7) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
1180 (49.2) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1120 (46.7) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1054 (43.9) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1003 (41.8) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
958 (39.9) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
926 (38.6) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
911 (38.0) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
907 (37.8) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
825 (34.4) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
811 (33.8) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
792 (33.0) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
790 (32.9) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
788 (32.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
780 (32.5) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
779 (32.5) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
736 (30.7) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
717 (29.9) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
688 (28.7) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
686 (28.6) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
673 (28.0) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
622 (25.9) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
607 (25.3) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
605 (25.2) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
98/03 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
89/07 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
85/01 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
83/05 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
78/00 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL

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
N Peninsula
COCONUT ISLAND
12.4mm in 30 min to 13:00 24.8mm/h
14.8mm in 1 hr to 13:00 14.8mm/h
17.0mm in 1 hr to 13:30 17.0mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.7mm/h

VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 82(250/ 74 ) at 02:09
TASMANIA
Southeast
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 98(230/ 78 ) at 03:32
HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 83(230/ 65 ) at 08:01
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 80(250/ 67 ) at 00:00