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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that has been checked for gross errors but has not yet been fully validated. They are based on data received as at 1438 EST on 21/03/2016. 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

WA

Lower West

009252

NOBLE FALLS

30.0

26.0

01/03/2011

13

1 N

Lowest grass minimum temperature

VIC

E Central

086375

CRANBOURNE BOTANIC GARDENS

-2.9

-2.6

12/03/2001

14

1 N


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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 14:37EST, 21/03/2016.

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
PERTH AIRPORT 32.3 +2.6 17.9 +2.0 15.8 2.0 2.0 10.9 307 (12.8) 28/09
BUNBURY 32.3 +4.5 16.9 +2.7 -- 0.4 -- -- 218 ( 9.1) 28/10
MANDURAH 29.2 +1.3 18.7 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 210 ( 8.8) 31/13
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.5 +1.6 24.1 -0.4 25.1 8.4 3.8 9.4 312 (13.0) 59/20
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 33.8 +1.2 20.6 +3.1 19.9 0.0 12.8 -- 374 (15.6) 37/16
WHYALLA AERO 23.7 -3.5 11.5 -3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 413 (17.2) 31/23
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 23.6 -2.7 12.0 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 127 ( 5.3) 28/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 18.2 -4.9 7.7 -2.8 5.4 0.0 2.6 0.6 289 (12.0) 37/16
MOUNT ISA AERO 34.5 +0.4 23.4 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 427 (17.8) 37/13
CAIRNS AERO 32.9 +2.4 22.8 -0.3 21.1 0.0 5.2 10.3 217 ( 9.0) 28/16
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.5 +0.8 25.3 +2.4 23.5 0.0 5.8 10.0 178 ( 7.4) 26/14
MACKAY M.O 29.9 +1.3 23.5 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 254 (10.6) 26/16
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 32.4 +1.9 23.7 +2.9 23.4 6.2 5.8 -- 207 ( 8.6) 26/18
BUNDABERG AERO 31.9 +2.8 21.7 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 259 (10.8) 44/16
COOLANGATTA 27.9 +0.6 21.3 +1.7 -- 0.4 -- -- 467 (19.5) 43/15
BRISBANE AERO 28.6 +0.7 20.5 +1.1 19.8 0.2 7.6 6.3 367 (15.3) 41/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 27.3 +1.3 17.8 +1.6 -- 0.2 -- -- 512 (21.3) 46/19
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 29.5 +0.4 15.1 -1.5 -- 0.0 6.8 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 25.1 -1.2 17.3 +0.5 -- 0.4 -- -- 355 (14.8) 31/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 24.1 -2.1 13.2 -3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 399 (16.6) 39/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 26.8 -2.1 10.8 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 403 (16.8) 46/09
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 21.0 -4.2 17.5 0.0 15.6 0.0 7.8 3.4 590 (24.6) 52/11
RICHMOND RAAF 24.8 -2.1 15.6 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 253 (10.5) 46/16
BELLAMBI AWS 20.7 -3.2 15.4 -2.6 -- 1.2 -- -- 561 (23.4) 61/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 24.4 -3.2 9.4 -4.0 7.2 0.0 4.8 6.5 272 (11.3) 28/09
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 24.2 -3.4 12.7 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 283 (11.8) 31/20
MILDURA AIRPORT 23.6 -4.7 10.2 -3.6 7.9 0.0 7.4 11.0 315 (13.1) 37/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 22.8 -3.4 8.8 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 300 (12.5) 31/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT 22.8 -2.9 9.6 -1.8 -- 0.2 -- -- 361 (15.0) 37/08
BALLARAT AERODROME 18.8 -3.4 9.4 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 456 (19.0) 41/20
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 21.8 -0.7 5.6 -4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 267 (11.1) 26/23
HOBART AIRPORT 17.3 -3.4 11.1 +0.3 12.0 0.8 2.0 0.6 475 (19.8) 30/15
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

39.2 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
39.2 TELFER AERO Interior WA
38.9 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
38.8 CARNEGIE Interior WA
38.4 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA

+7.9 : 33.8 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW
+4.9 : 38.2 BORROLOOLA AIRPORT N Rivers NT
+4.8 : 38.8 CARNEGIE Interior WA

29.1 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
29.0 MORNINGTON ISLAND AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
29.0 POINT FAWCETT Islands ISL
29.0 BROOME NTC AWS W Kimberley WA
28.8 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
28.8 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD

+4.9 : 20.7 KINGAROY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+4.9 : 27.1 LAJAMANU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
+4.3 : 17.2 DONNYBROOK Lower West WA
+4.1 : 29.0 POINT FAWCETT Islands ISL
+4.0 : 24.2 EMERALD AIRPORT Central Highlands QLD
+4.0 : 19.6 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD

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

5.6 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
6.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
7.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
8.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
8.5 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-7.5 : 5.6 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-7.0 : 12.0 DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT) Upper NE VIC
-6.9 : 19.1 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA
-6.8 : 17.0 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-6.6 : 6.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.6 : 15.4 MOUNT MOORNAPA W Gippsland VIC
-6.6 : 19.1 PADTHAWAY SOUTH Lower SE SA

-2.4 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.7 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-1.5 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
-1.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-1.3 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-7.3 : 8.9 COBAR AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
-7.2 : -1.0 DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT) Upper NE VIC
-7.1 : 11.4 ST GEORGE AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
-7.0 : 8.1 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW
-7.0 : 6.9 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S 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.
57.2 TEDDINGTON WEIR HW TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
53.4 TEDDINGTON WATERWORKS Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
51.0 BLACKWATER AIRPORT Central Highlands QLD
51.0 CHANNEL POINT N Rivers NT
47.8 LEONORA AERO Goldfields WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Goldfields
47.8 LEONORA AERO

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
51.0 CHANNEL POINT

QUEENSLAND
Central Highlands
51.0 BLACKWATER AIRPORT
Brisbane/SE Coast
57.2 TEDDINGTON WEIR HW TM
53.4 TEDDINGTON WATERWORKS

11.1 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
11.0 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
10.9 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
10.9 NURIOOTPA PIRSA Adelaide/Lofty SA
10.9 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC

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6.0 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
3.4 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
2.7 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
0.6 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.6 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS

944 (39.3) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
913 (38.0) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
850 (35.4) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
805 (33.5) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
803 (33.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
786 (32.8) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
757 (31.5) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
744 (31.0) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
725 (30.2) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
722 (30.1) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
692 (28.8) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
687 (28.6) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
680 (28.3) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
679 (28.3) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
676 (28.2) BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
658 (27.4) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
647 (27.0) ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
640 (26.7) PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA
619 (25.8) KIAMA (BOMBO HEADLAND) Illawarra NSW
600 (25.0) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
68/17 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
63/22 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
63/20 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
63/05 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
63/21 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Kimberley
HALLS CREEK AIRPORT
15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.0mm/h
Central West
DALWALLINU
10.6mm in 1 hr to 01:00 10.6mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
DARWIN AIRPORT
5.6mm in 14 min to 20:23 24.0mm/h
CHARLES POINT
6.4mm in 6 min to 21:06 64.0mm/h
16.8mm in 24 min to 21:30 42.0mm/h
24.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 24.4mm/h
30.8mm in 1 hr to 22:00 30.8mm/h
MIDDLE POINT
12.4mm in 30 min to 19:30 24.8mm/h
13.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 13.6mm/h
13.8mm in 1 hr to 20:00 13.8mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 5.0mm/h
PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT
10.0mm in 30 min to 14:00 20.0mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 14:00 10.0mm/h
19.8mm in 1 hr to 14:30 19.8mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 6.7mm/h
DUM IN MIRRIE AIRSTRIP
10.6mm in 26 min to 22:00 24.5mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 10.6mm/h
15.4mm in 1 hr to 22:30 15.4mm/h
NOONAMAH AIRSTRIP
4.4mm in 11 min to 20:00 24.0mm/h
12.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 12.6mm/h
DOUGLAS RIVER
9.4mm in 8 min to 17:30 70.5mm/h
5.6mm in 3 min to 17:33 112.0mm/h
9.4mm in 27 min to 18:00 20.9mm/h
24.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 24.8mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 18:30 15.0mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 8.3mm/h
PORT KEATS AIRPORT
8.6mm in 22 min to 13:52 23.5mm/h
7.4mm in 8 min to 14:00 55.5mm/h
16.0mm in 1 hr to 14:00 16.0mm/h
12.4mm in 8 min to 14:15 93.0mm/h
4.2mm in 2 min to 14:17 126.0mm/h
12.6mm in 13 min to 14:30 58.2mm/h
47.6mm in 1 hr to 14:30 47.6mm/h
34.4mm in 1 hr to 15:00 34.4mm/h
50.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 16.7mm/h
BRADSHAW
11.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.0mm/h
N Plateau
WALUNGURRU AIRPORT
9.4mm in 10 min to 02:40 56.4mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 03:00 14.2mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 03:30 11.6mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
SCHERGER RAAF
11.2mm in 1 hr to 21:00 11.2mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 21:30 12.0mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 11.4mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 22:30 10.6mm/h
S Peninsula
PALMERVILLE
5.8mm in 4 min to 21:00 87.0mm/h
24.4mm in 30 min to 21:30 48.8mm/h
30.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 30.4mm/h
25.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 25.2mm/h
N Coast--Barron
MAREEBA AIRPORT
27.4mm in 30 min to 18:30 54.8mm/h
27.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 27.8mm/h
33.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 33.0mm/h
33.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 11.0mm/h
Central Highlands
BLACKWATER AIRPORT
35.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 35.0mm/h
35.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 11.7mm/h
15.0mm in 30 min to 00:30 30.0mm/h
24.2mm in 1 hr to 00:30 24.2mm/h
15.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 15.8mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h
Brisbane/SE Coast
DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE
12.2mm in 1 hr to 06:00 12.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.0mm/h
SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT
13.2mm in 20 min to 02:59 39.6mm/h
18.2mm in 1 hr to 03:00 18.2mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.7mm/h
19.0mm in 1 hr to 03:30 19.0mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
GOSFORD AWS
10.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 10.0mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.0mm/h
Sydney--east
TERREY HILLS AWS
10.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.2mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 18:00 12.0mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.7mm/h
SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL)
10.0mm in 30 min to 22:00 20.0mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 10.4mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 22:30 11.6mm/h
CANTERBURY RACECOURSE AWS
6.0mm in 8 min to 20:00 45.0mm/h
15.8mm in 1 hr to 20:30 15.8mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h
8.4mm in 21 min to 23:30 24.0mm/h
SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK AWS (ARCHERY CENTRE)
10.8mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.8mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 21:00 11.6mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 22:30 10.2mm/h
Illawarra
BELLAMBI AWS
6.8mm in 10 min to 20:00 40.8mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO
15.4mm in 27 min to 09:27 34.2mm/h
15.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 15.4mm/h
None reported