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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0648 EST on 20/04/2013. 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

WA

N Kimberley

001019

KALUMBURU

14.7

15.0

02/10/2002

15

1 Y

NT

Roper-McArthur

014626

DALY WATERS AWS

9.9

10.0

02/10/2002

43

1 N

NT

Victoria

014829

LAJAMANU

9.0

10.0

13/10/2003

20

1 N

NSW

SW Slopes N

073007

BURRINJUCK DAM

0.0

0.0

13/10/2012

48

1 N 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 06:47EST, 20/04/2013.

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 22.6 -1.9 16.5 +5.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 372 (15.5) 35/16
PERTH AIRPORT 20.7 -1.9 15.3 +5.1 13.0 3.8 3.2 4.2 550 (22.9) 41/08
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 17.7 -1.0 11.5 +2.4 -- 3.6 -- -- 454 (18.9) 55/10
BUNBURY 20.1 -0.7 13.2 +4.0 -- 5.8 -- -- 608 (25.3) 63/02
MANDURAH 20.4 -1.2 14.9 +1.7 -- 2.8 -- -- -- 48/18
DARWIN AIRPORT 36.2 +3.0 23.4 -1.6 23.3 0.0 9.6 11.0 350 (14.6) 37/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 30.6 -0.3 6.7 -8.1 4.4 0.0 7.4 11.9 255 (10.6) 37/09
WHYALLA AERO 31.7 +7.9 7.8 -2.8 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 219 ( 9.1) 63/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 29.1 +7.3 10.7 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 140 ( 5.8) 50/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 23.6 +5.7 2.3 -4.8 -0.2 0.0 2.2 10.8 302 (12.6) 39/12
MOUNT ISA AERO 33.1 -1.5 9.5 -9.1 7.2 0.0 27.4 11.8 334 (13.9) 41/09
CAIRNS AERO 29.9 +0.4 22.7 +2.1 22.0 0.0 10.2 7.3 509 (21.2) 48/16
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.0 -0.4 17.7 -3.0 15.0 0.0 8.6 11.4 478 (19.9) 46/13
MACKAY M.O 25.2 -2.3 13.0 -6.7 -- 0.0 -- 11.5 352 (14.7) 30/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 28.8 -0.8 10.9 -6.1 8.4 0.0 6.4 -- 161 ( 6.7) 34/11
BUNDABERG AERO 26.8 -0.1 11.4 -5.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 165 ( 6.9) 35/14
COOLANGATTA 24.3 -0.1 9.4 -6.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 215 ( 9.0) 55/18
BRISBANE AERO 25.5 +0.1 10.5 -5.2 6.3 0.0 6.8 11.8 388 (16.2) 41/21
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.9 -1.4 7.4 -5.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 306 (12.8) 43/19
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 22.2 -2.9 7.1 -5.1 2.2 0.0 5.4 -- 106 ( 4.4) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 21.0 -2.6 8.9 -4.9 6.1 0.0 5.0 7.1 260 (10.8) 37/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.2 -2.6 9.3 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 211 ( 8.8) 39/11
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 20.0 -3.6 10.0 -2.0 3.4 7.4 3 10.4 -- 327 (13.6) 35/13
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 20.1 -3.5 8.5 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 80 ( 3.3) 22/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 16.0 -1.5 1.5 -5.1 -6.6 0.0 4.6 11.3 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 22.2 -2.4 3.3 -6.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 259 (10.8) 26/13
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 19.4 -3.1 12.4 -0.8 9.0 0.0 4.8 8.8 408 (17.0) 37/02
RICHMOND RAAF 22.5 -2.3 7.2 -3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 86 ( 3.6) 30/16
BELLAMBI AWS 18.7 -2.7 11.7 -2.2 -- 11.2 -- -- 296 (12.3) 37/00
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 21.8 +0.4 2.6 -5.1 0.3 0.0 4.0 11.7 235 ( 9.8) 26/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 21.0 -0.5 4.7 -3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 153 ( 6.4) 37/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 28.6 +4.8 6.0 -3.8 1.2 0.0 3.2 11.5 162 ( 6.8) 31/10
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 20.9 0.0 2.6 -4.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 209 ( 8.7) 31/11
BENDIGO AIRPORT 22.5 +2.2 0.3 -6.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 173 ( 7.2) 28/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 22.5 +2.8 8.3 -1.2 6.1 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 19.6 +3.0 0.9 -5.3 -- 0.4 -- -- 224 ( 9.3) 31/22
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 18.5 +0.5 5.4 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 135 ( 5.6) 31/14
HOBART AIRPORT 17.5 +0.2 5.2 -2.3 2.1 0.0 3.6 11.0 281 (11.7) 34/15
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

40.3 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
39.9 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
39.5 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
39.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
38.9 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
38.9 TELFER AERO Interior WA

+12.3 : 36.6 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+11.3 : 35.1 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+10.7 : 37.6 FORREST Eucla WA
+10.7 : 33.7 EUCLA Eucla WA
+9.7 : 29.8 EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+9.7 : 29.5 STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

26.4 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
26.4 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
26.3 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
26.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
25.8 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+11.0 : 22.2 EUCLA Eucla WA
+7.7 : 17.8 EYRE Eucla WA
+7.3 : 17.7 FORREST Eucla WA
+6.8 : 15.6 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
**S** +6.3 : 14.9 PEMBERTON Lower West WA

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

6.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
7.7 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
8.6 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
9.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
9.8 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
9.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-4.9 : 16.0 DORRIGO (OLD CORAMBA RD) MidNorth Coast N NSW
-4.8 : 20.8 KEMPSEY (WIDE STREET) MidNorth Coast N NSW
-4.6 : 20.8 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW
-4.6 : 19.8 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY Hunter Valley NSW
-4.2 : 23.5 NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes N NSW
-4.2 : 21.0 MAITLAND VISITORS CENTRE Hunter Valley NSW

-4.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.6 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.6 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-2.5 DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT) Upper NE VIC
-2.1 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-2.1 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-11.4 : 9.0 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT
-11.3 : 9.9 DALY WATERS AWS N Rivers NT
-10.9 : 11.5 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
-10.9 : 2.8 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
-10.7 : 7.8 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD

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.
35.0 BATEMANS BAY (CATALINA COUNTRY CLUB) South Coast NSW
27.0 NORNALUP Lower West WA
22.6 VERMEULEN Lower West WA
21.8 NORTHCLIFFE Lower West WA

12.1 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.9 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
11.9 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
11.8 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.8 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
11.8 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

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6.1 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
5.9 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
4.5 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
4.2 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
2.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1247 (52.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
972 (40.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
932 (38.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
853 (35.5) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
835 (34.8) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
765 (31.9) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
754 (31.4) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
722 (30.1) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
719 (30.0) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
702 (29.3) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
683 (28.5) NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
683 (28.5) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
665 (27.7) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
660 (27.5) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
646 (26.9) JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
636 (26.5) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
627 (26.1) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
613 (25.5) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
608 (25.3) BUNBURY Lower West WA
607 (25.3) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
606 (25.3) JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
89/00 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
85/00 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
74/13 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
72/10 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
70/09 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
70/22 NEPTUNE ISLAND 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

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
CAPE LEEUWIN : 89(270/ 70 ) at 01:49