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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 1437 EST on 10/07/2016. 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

Central West

008237

TENINDEWA

25.2

23.6

31/07/2002

12

1 N

WA

Central West

008286

WUNDI

48.0

40.0

01/07/1978

36

1 N

WA

Central West

008308

TARDUN HILL

19.2

18.6

09/07/2009

12

1 N

WA

Central West

008310

SOUTH HOLMWOOD ALERT

33.0

26.6

11/07/2012

12

1 N

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010192

JOURERDINE

40.4

38.9

27/07/1940

65

1 N

WA

Goldfields

012152

KOORARAWALYEE

31.8

30.2

28/07/2008

22

1 N

WA

Goldfields

012295

COPPIN ROCK

28.0

26.8

25/07/1988

51

1 N

WA

Goldfields

012320

SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD

35.8

24.0

29/07/2001

17

1 N

Lowest maximum temperature

WA

Goldfields

012009

NORSEMAN AERO

8.9

10.1

10/07/2012

14

10.1

10/07/2012

16

1 N

Highest wind gust (km/h)

WA

Eucla

011052

FORREST

94

87.0

03/07/2004

11

N

WA

Interior

013011

WARBURTON AIRFIELD

68

63.0

09/07/2010

11

N

Highest daily average wind speed - anemometer above 3m (km/h)

WA

W Gascoyne

006105

SHARK BAY AIRPORT

27.0

26.4

05/07/2016

11

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.


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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 14:37EST, 10/07/2016.

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 13.5 -4.4 7.5 -0.5 6.2 18.0 3.0 3.1 400 (16.7) 50/15
BUNBURY 13.9 -3.3 5.8 -1.2 -- 3.4 -- -- 296 (12.3) 52/12
MANDURAH 13.7 -3.7 9.3 -1.3 -- 8.8 -- -- 383 (16.0) 50/15
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.4 +1.9 17.6 -1.7 16.8 0.0 6.6 10.9 302 (12.6) 34/17
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 26.8 +7.1 10.3 +6.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 272 (11.3) 46/22
WHYALLA AERO 16.8 -0.1 2.4 -2.8 -- 0.2 -- -- 209 ( 8.7) 43/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 14.4 -0.9 4.7 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 34 ( 1.4) 37/20
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 13.4 +0.2 1.6 -3.6 -- 0.4 -- -- 244 (10.2) 18/12
MOUNT ISA AERO 27.3 +2.6 8.0 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 271 (11.3) 30/11
CAIRNS AERO 27.1 +1.4 15.9 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 402 (16.8) 43/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 25.0 -0.1 11.5 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 129 ( 5.4) 35/14
MACKAY M.O -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 24.0 +0.9 7.4 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 155 ( 6.5) 21/11
BUNDABERG AERO 23.1 +1.1 10.4 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 270 (11.3) 22/07
COOLANGATTA 20.9 +0.4 8.3 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 224 ( 9.3) 35/09
BRISBANE AERO 21.6 +0.8 8.7 -0.3 6.6 0.0 3.4 9.6 268 (11.2) 28/12
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 16.3 -0.2 5.8 -0.6 -- 0.4 -- -- 374 (15.6) 30/15
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 15.9 -0.2 3.9 -0.8 -- 0.8 1.0 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.2 +0.6 7.8 +1.3 -- 5.2 -- -- 258 (10.8) 37/11
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 18.3 +1.3 9.6 +3.2 -- 7.4 -- -- 281 (11.7) 34/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 14.7 -0.6 3.8 +0.8 -- 1.8 -- -- 166 ( 6.9) 21/09
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 16.7 -0.3 8.8 +1.6 7.0 20.4 0.6 5.2 298 (12.4) 35/16
RICHMOND RAAF 18.0 +0.6 6.1 +2.5 -- 4.4 -- -- 159 ( 6.6) 21/13
BELLAMBI AWS 16.9 +0.1 10.3 +0.3 -- 3.2 -- -- 415 (17.3) 31/12
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 14.2 +1.5 9.2 +6.5 -- 6.8 -- -- 149 ( 6.2) 15/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 15.8 +2.7 7.0 +3.9 -- 2.0 -- -- 65 ( 2.7) 13/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 16.3 +0.9 2.5 -1.8 1.1 0.2 -- 6.5 144 ( 6.0) 30/21
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 13.9 +0.9 2.6 -0.3 -- 0.6 -- -- 58 ( 2.4) 17/22
BENDIGO AIRPORT 15.2 +2.7 0.6 -1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 40 ( 1.7) 15/10
BALLARAT AERODROME 11.8 +1.7 0.2 -3.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 124 ( 5.2) 50/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.1 +2.5 3.6 +1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 74 ( 3.1) 13/14
HOBART AIRPORT 13.8 +1.3 5.1 +1.0 3.5 0.4 1.2 7.9 172 ( 7.2) 24/10
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

35.3 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
35.0 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
34.8 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
34.6 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
34.5 MIDDLE POINT N Rivers NT

+8.0 : 28.1 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
+7.5 : 25.7 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
+7.3 : 27.8 YULARA AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+7.1 : 26.8 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+6.9 : 26.9 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA

26.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
25.5 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
25.3 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.2 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.2 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
25.2 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL

+9.2 : 15.3 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
+8.6 : 19.2 TELFER AERO Interior WA
+8.3 : 20.4 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
+6.8 : 4.0 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+6.8 : 19.1 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA

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

1.1 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.2 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
3.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
4.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-8.4 : 8.9 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
-7.0 : 17.8 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
-6.7 : 12.5 BULGA DOWNS Goldfields WA
-6.3 : 10.3 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
-6.1 : 12.4 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne WA
-6.1 : 10.2 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA

-2.5 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.2 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-1.5 GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) Northeast SA
-1.1 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-1.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-5.4 : 0.0 PADTHAWAY SOUTH Lower SE SA
-5.0 : -1.5 GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) Northeast SA
-4.7 : 2.0 MENINGIE Murray Valley SA
-4.7 : 1.5 KARNET Lower West WA
-4.6 : 1.9 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.
48.0 WUNDI Central West WA
46.0 NORTHAMPTON Central West WA
45.0 HOWATHARRA Central West WA
40.4 JOURERDINE Cent Wheatbelt WA
39.8 JURIEN BAY Lower West WA

Reports not yet available

1041 (43.4) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
902 (37.6) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
869 (36.2) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
795 (33.1) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
765 (31.9) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
757 (31.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
683 (28.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
667 (27.8) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
665 (27.7) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
662 (27.6) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
662 (27.6) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
662 (27.6) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
659 (27.5) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
649 (27.0) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
648 (27.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
633 (26.4) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
601 (25.0) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
94/21 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
94/13 FORREST Eucla WA
93/12 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
91/08 NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
91/23 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Central West
MURESK AG STATION
10.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.4mm/h
Lower West
SWANBOURNE
10.2mm in 1 hr to 19:30 10.2mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h
HOPETOUN NORTH
10.4mm in 1 hr to 05:30 10.4mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 06:00 11.2mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.3mm/h
Cent Wheatbelt
BONNIE ROCK AG STATION
14.8mm in 30 min to 03:00 29.6mm/h
15.8mm in 1 hr to 03:00 15.8mm/h
24.6mm in 1 hr to 03:30 24.6mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 04:00 11.6mm/h
NORTHAM AG STATION
10.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.0mm/h
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON)
10.8mm in 1 hr to 01:30 10.8mm/h
CAPE GRIM
6.2mm in 11 min to 01:00 33.8mm/h
4.4mm in 6 min to 01:06 44.0mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 01:30 12.2mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
ROTTNEST ISLAND : 95(220/ 69 ) at 21:34
CAPE LEEUWIN : 93(250/ 50 ) at 12:50
Eucla
FORREST : 95(330/ 50 ) at 13:09
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
W Agricultural
NEPTUNE ISLAND : 91( 30/ 69 ) at 23:30