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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1027 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
Highest maximum temperature

SA

NW Pastoral

016090

COOBER PEDY AIRPORT

45.1

44.9

19/12/2003

19

1 Y

SA

NW Pastoral

016098

TARCOOLA AERO

47.1

47.0

19/12/2003

16

1 Y

SA

W Agricultural

018014

CLEVE

43.3

43.3

30/12/2005

56

1 Y Equal to record.

SA

W Agricultural

018083

WUDINNA AERO

45.9

45.0

17/12/2002

14

1 Y

SA

W Agricultural

018120

WHYALLA AERO

44.9

44.5

31/12/2010

32

1 Y

SA

Yorke Peninsula

022031

MINLATON AERO

43.9

42.0

30/12/2005

12

1 Y

SA

Yorke Peninsula

022046

EDITHBURGH

43.2

41.9

11/12/1998

20

1 Y

SA

Mt Lofty Ranges

023842

MOUNT LOFTY

36.0

34.0

31/12/2009

21

1 P

SA

Mt Lofty Ranges

023875

PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS)

38.8

38.7

31/12/2007

19

1 N

Lowest maximum temperature

NT

Darwin-Daly

200731

POINT FAWCETT

28.0

28.0

09/12/1998

16

1 P Equal to record.


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Summary of observations

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**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 10:26EST, 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 27.9 -1.6 15.9 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 500 (20.8) 48/14
PERTH AIRPORT 27.1 -1.8 14.0 -0.9 12.9 0.0 9.0 13.0 422 (17.6) 46/15
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 22.6 -0.5 16.0 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 170 ( 7.1) 41/14
BUNBURY 24.7 -2.5 14.7 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 226 ( 9.4) 44/16
MANDURAH 24.8 -1.9 19.2 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 311 (13.0) 39/14
DARWIN AIRPORT 29.8 -2.8 24.0 -1.3 23.8 77.6 4.4 0.3 -- --
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 41.2 +5.8 22.9 +2.7 20.8 0.0 12.6 12.9 293 (12.2) 52/14
WHYALLA AERO 44.9 +16.7 15.9 0.0 -- 0.0 13.2 -- 270 (11.3) 57/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 42.0 +15.0 18.3 +2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 169 ( 7.0) 50/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 40.3 +17.4 12.8 +2.9 10.5 0.0 8.0 4.6 380 (15.8) 61/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 34.4 -2.7 21.9 -1.1 -- 2.8 3 20.4 -- 280 (11.7) 50/20
CAIRNS AERO 33.3 +1.9 24.3 +0.9 22.8 3.8 10.4 5.5 442 (18.4) 41/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.5 -1.0 25.9 +1.8 24.5 0.0 11.6 2.2 540 (22.5) 44/09
MACKAY M.O 25.9 -4.2 22.2 -0.8 -- 26.0 -- 0.0 420 (17.5) 44/17
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.7 -2.4 23.7 +2.5 23.5 0.6 9.6 -- 381 (15.9) 37/10
BUNDABERG AERO 31.5 +2.1 22.9 +2.4 -- 0.8 -- -- 420 (17.5) 44/14
COOLANGATTA 28.7 +1.5 21.1 +1.3 -- 0.8 -- -- 158 ( 6.6) 39/14
BRISBANE AERO 29.6 +1.5 22.6 +2.6 21.1 5.4 6.4 11.9 314 (13.1) 37/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 29.5 +2.2 18.5 +1.9 -- 0.4 -- -- 629 (26.2) 54/17
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 35.0 +4.1 19.9 +2.5 16.2 5.4 8.0 -- 125 ( 5.2) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 28.2 +1.9 20.0 +1.9 17.6 1.0 3.4 7.5 219 ( 9.1) 43/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 29.0 +2.5 19.5 +2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 209 ( 8.7) 44/15
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 33.8 +6.6 20.4 +3.9 17.1 0.0 19.0 -- 396 (16.5) 50/15
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 30.4 +3.6 17.5 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 65 ( 2.7) 30/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 29.2 +4.9 15.8 +4.6 10.6 0.0 7.0 11.4 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 36.9 +5.9 19.9 +4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 300 (12.5) 46/21
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 31.6 +5.9 21.6 +4.1 10.9 0.0 5.8 9.7 505 (21.0) 61/16
RICHMOND RAAF 37.0 +8.6 19.2 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 124 ( 5.2) 35/16
BELLAMBI AWS 26.6 +2.8 20.3 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 445 (18.5) 52/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 39.1 +9.8 21.7 +7.9 20.2 0.0 10.4 9.6 301 (12.5) 54/22
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 37.3 +8.1 16.9 +3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 116 ( 4.8) 54/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 41.8 +11.7 19.1 +4.3 12.9 0.0 11.0 12.7 225 ( 9.4) 39/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 37.6 +10.3 13.3 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 155 ( 6.5) 39/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT 38.0 +11.1 16.0 +4.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 159 ( 6.6) 35/10
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 38.3 +14.1 16.2 +3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 34.6 +12.0 12.7 +3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 245 (10.2) 54/09
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 27.5 +5.1 11.0 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 264 (11.0) 26/12
HOBART AIRPORT 25.5 +4.9 10.3 -0.4 6.9 0.0 6.6 6.3 298 (12.4) 31/17
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

47.3 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
47.1 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
46.6 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
46.3 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
45.9 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA

+19.6 : 43.2 EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+17.7 : 41.4 VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+17.4 : 38.8 PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+17.4 : 40.3 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
+17.2 : 41.7 NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA

**S** 33.4 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
30.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
29.7 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
28.8 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
28.4 NORTH EAST ISLAND Islands ISL

**S** +13.0 : 33.4 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
+9.9 : 23.6 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
+9.5 : 22.4 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
+8.9 : 22.4 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC
+8.9 : 23.0 MINNIPA PIRSA W Agricultural SA

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

17.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
18.8 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
19.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
19.2 SCAMANDER E Coast TAS
19.5 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS

-7.9 : 26.8 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
-7.5 : 28.7 NORMANTON AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
-6.6 : 30.7 CROYDON TOWNSHIP Gulf Country QLD
-6.4 : 25.6 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-5.8 : 29.0 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT

2.6 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
3.9 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
5.5 MAYDENA POST OFFICE Derwent Valley TAS
6.1 WARRA W Coast TAS
6.2 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS

-4.4 : 7.4 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
-4.0 : 21.0 BALGO HILLS Interior WA
-3.7 : 22.6 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
-3.3 : 10.7 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
-3.2 : 9.4 VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY) Adelaide/Lofty SA

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.
80.0 MARRARA N Rivers NT
79.4 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
79.2 DARWIN BOWLS CLUB N Rivers NT
77.6 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
75.8 DARWIN BOTANIC GARDENS N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
80.0 MARRARA
79.4 OENPELLI AIRPORT
79.2 DARWIN BOWLS CLUB
77.6 DARWIN AIRPORT
75.8 DARWIN BOTANIC GARDENS
74.0 OENPELLI
72.6 MAINORU OUTSTATION STORE
70.6 JABIRU AIRPORT
68.0 CDU KATHERINE RURAL CAMPUS
61.8 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM
61.2 EDITH FALLS RIDGE
60.0 BERRIMAH RESEARCH FARM
58.6 POINT STUART AWS
57.6 WARRUWI
57.4 YEURALBA RIDGE
55.0 DORISVALE
54.6 BULMAN AWS
53.2 LEANYER
53.0 NORTHLAKES
52.0 NIGHTCLIFF SPORTS CLUB
51.2 KATHERINE - BRAY RD
50.0 MOUNT FELIX
N Plateau
53.8 ALEXANDRIA

QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
54.8 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT
Central Coast E
64.0 ORKABIE WEST HILL
Warrego
60.0 BAYRICK

NEW SOUTH WALES
N Tablelands E
63.2 CANGAI (SMELTER CREEK)
MidNorth Coast S
60.0 BUNGWAHL

13.2 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
13.1 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
13.0 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
12.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
12.7 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

.....

3.1 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
2.2 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
1.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.3 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
0.0 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD

778 (32.4) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
736 (30.7) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
732 (30.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
719 (30.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
708 (29.5) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
700 (29.2) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
659 (27.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
659 (27.5) JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
632 (26.3) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
629 (26.2) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
624 (26.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
619 (25.8) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
617 (25.7) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
602 (25.1) GLADSTONE RADAR Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
104/19 TEMORA AIRPORT SW Slopes N NSW
96/17 FORBES AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes S NSW
89/13 TREPELL AIRPORT Northwest QLD
78/19 NARRANDERA AIRPORT Riverina E NSW
76/21 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
76/19 YANCO AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE Riverina E 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.
None reported None reported