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Real time data is compared to a records database as it is received, and possible records are put here. They are not checked in any way. Temperature records are to the nearest whole degree until replaced by readings to one decimal place mid-afternoon this day for minima and mid-afternoon next day for maxima.
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Prepared at 1454 EST on 07/05/2020.

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Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
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Comments and quality flags

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest daily rainfall

Lower West

009256

GARDEN ISLAND HSF

99.8

60.2

02/05/2005

1 N

Highest minimum temperature

NSW

Upper Darling

048079

WANAARING POST OFFICE

20.5

19.6

08/05/2016

1 N

Highest wind gust (km/h)

Lower West

009256

GARDEN ISLAND HSF

102

102.0

31/05/2008

N Equal to record.

SW & S Coast

009965

BUNBURY

05/05/2020

N Previous record set earlier this month.

Goldfields

012009

NORSEMAN AERO

81.0

21/05/2016

N Equal to record.

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Summary of observations

For notes on how to interpret the data and quality control issues, see Daily Weather Summary Help.
Data is as received at 14:53EST, 07/05/2020.

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	16.7	-5.1	11.3	+0.9	8.9	12.6	5.4	5.4	857 (35.7)	93/00
BUNBURY	16.0	-5.0	8.9	-0.3	--	24.6	--	--	913 (38.0)	98/00
MANDURAH	15.5	-5.6	--	--	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.6	+0.5	23.4	+1.2	22.5	0.0	6.8	10.8	318 (13.3)	34/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	29.9	+6.7	4.2	-4.0	--	0.0	--	--	310 (12.9)	30/11
WHYALLA AERO	23.9	+3.4	5.8	-3.0	--	--	--	--	321 (13.4)	59/10
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	20.7	+1.7	10.2	-0.1	--	0.0	--	--	137 ( 5.7)	39/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	18.9	+2.8	8.8	+1.4	--	0.0	--	--	371 (15.5)	41/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	29.8	+1.8	13.1	-0.8	--	0.0	--	--	385 (16.0)	46/11
CAIRNS AERO	26.5	-1.2	20.1	+0.1	--	8.2	--	--	522 (21.8)	48/20
TOWNSVILLE AERO	29.6	+1.9	19.5	+1.8	--	0.0	--	--	512 (21.3)	50/14
MACKAY M.O	24.5	+0.3	18.6	+1.4	--	11.6	--	--	610 (25.4)	54/08
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	27.0	+0.9	15.7	+1.4	--	0.0	--	--	356 (14.8)	46/11
BUNDABERG AERO	26.4	+1.6	14.7	+0.5	--	0.4	--	--	452 (18.8)	52/11
COOLANGATTA	24.6	+1.3	15.4	+1.4	--	6.4	--	--	412 (17.2)	37/12
BRISBANE AERO	24.0	+0.4	13.9	+0.9	13.0	0.2	--	7.7	366 (15.3)	35/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	20.4	+0.5	10.0	0.0	--	0.0	--	--	377 (15.7)	46/09
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	22.4	+0.7	12.2	+1.9	--	0.0	--	--	297 (12.4)	18/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	21.3	+0.9	11.8	+1.7	--	5.6	--	--	271 (11.3)	22/08
BATHURST AIRPORT AWS	17.6	+1.3	1.9	-1.2	--	0.2	--	--	155 ( 6.5)	13/01
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS	15.8	+1.7	0.6	-1.9	--	0.0	--	--	109 ( 4.5)	28/13
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	22.1	+2.0	8.1	+1.5	--	0.0	--	--	374 (15.6)	28/00
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	23.8	+3.6	11.2	+0.2	9.1	0.2	2.0	10.0	358 (14.9)	28/11
RICHMOND RAAF	22.6	+1.7	5.9	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	83 ( 3.5)	24/14
BELLAMBI AWS	22.5	+2.6	13.3	+0.2	--	0.0	--	--	336 (14.0)	31/11
CANBERRA AIRPORT	18.0	+1.2	0.1	-2.5	--	0.0	--	--	81 ( 3.4)	31/11
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	19.6	+2.2	6.5	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	199 ( 8.3)	17/00
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	17.9	+0.3	4.8	-0.8	--	0.0	--	--	51 ( 2.1)	13/11
MILDURA AIRPORT	21.3	+2.2	6.6	-0.8	--	0.0	3.8	--	195 ( 8.1)	37/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	18.5	+1.2	5.4	-0.4	--	0.0	--	--	177 ( 7.4)	26/09
BENDIGO AIRPORT	17.9	+1.2	5.9	+0.6	--	0.2	--	--	197 ( 8.2)	31/15
MELBOURNE AIRPORT	19.1	+2.4	9.5	+1.2	7.6	0.2	2.8	5.2	513 (21.4)	70/00
BALLARAT AERODROME	15.8	+2.1	8.7	+3.0	--	0.0	--	--	620 (25.8)	57/23
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	17.3	+1.5	7.3	+2.2	--	0.0	--	--	248 (10.3)	34/12
HOBART AIRPORT	16.3	+1.0	8.7	+2.0	4.5	0.0	2.2	--	293 (12.2)	41/10
	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 temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

36.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
35.6 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
35.6 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
35.5 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
35.5 MARDIE W Pilbara WA

+9.7 : 30.8 EUCLA Eucla WA
+8.7 : 30.2 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+8.4 : 29.6 RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
+8.2 : 30.5 FORREST Eucla WA
+6.9 : 31.4 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA

28.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
28.0 COCOS ISLAND NTC AWS Islands ISL
27.6 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
27.1 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
27.1 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+12.0 : 20.5 WANAARING POST OFFICE Upper Darling NSW
+10.7 : 19.8 EYRE Eucla WA
+8.0 : 16.1 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+7.9 : 19.3 RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
+7.6 : 14.5 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

4.4 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
5.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
5.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
6.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-7.4 : 12.7 WANDERING Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.1 : 14.0 GOOSEBERRY HILL Lower West WA
-7.1 : 12.8 NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.1 : 12.1 KATANNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.1 : 14.4 BEVERLEY Cent Wheatbelt WA

-2.2 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
-2.1 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-2.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.0 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-1.6 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-8.9 : 3.5 LANCELIN Lower West WA
-7.3 : 9.8 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA
-6.3 : 5.4 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
-5.6 : 10.3 DALY WATERS AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
-5.6 : 13.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA

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.

99.8 GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
83.4 MURRAY RIVER @ JINGELLIC SW Slopes S NSW
79.4 BALLINA AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW
66.0 MULLUMBIMBY (FAIRVIEW FARM) North Coast NSW
53.8 DENMARK Lower West WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
99.8 GARDEN ISLAND HSF
53.8 DENMARK

NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
79.4 BALLINA AIRPORT AWS
66.0 MULLUMBIMBY (FAIRVIEW FARM)
SW Slopes S
83.4 MURRAY RIVER @ JINGELLIC

10.8 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.0 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
8.0 WELLINGTON (D&J RURAL) CW Slopes S NSW
7.9 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW
7.7 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

.....

3.7 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
2.9 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
2.1 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
1.3 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.4 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS

1632 (68.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1528 (63.7) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1338 (55.8) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
1263 (52.6) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
1241 (51.7) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
1155 (48.1) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1104 (46.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
1087 (45.3) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
1075 (44.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1023 (42.6) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
1011 (42.1) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
1003 (41.8) JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
979 (40.8) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
946 (39.4) BUSSELTON AERO Lower West WA
913 (38.0) BUNBURY Lower West WA
908 (37.8) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
900 (37.5) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
886 (36.9) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
883 (36.8) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
865 (36.0) CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
857 (35.7) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
853 (35.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
838 (34.9) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
821 (34.2) PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
807 (33.6) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
805 (33.5) KATANNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
803 (33.5) WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
785 (32.7) NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
772 (32.2) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
771 (32.1) BICKLEY Lower West WA
765 (31.9) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
765 (31.9) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
761 (31.7) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
756 (31.5) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
752 (31.3) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
749 (31.2) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
746 (31.1) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
737 (30.7) NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
733 (30.5) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
733 (30.5) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
727 (30.3) JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
721 (30.0) GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
721 (30.0) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
720 (30.0) MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
720 (30.0) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
714 (29.8) LAKE GRACE Cent Wheatbelt WA
703 (29.3) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
679 (28.3) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
665 (27.7) BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
659 (27.5) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
655 (27.3) MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
653 (27.2) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
651 (27.1) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
650 (27.1) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
647 (27.0) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
641 (26.7) DWELLINGUP Lower West WA
641 (26.7) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
623 (26.0) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
622 (25.9) MINNIPA PIRSA W Agricultural SA
622 (25.9) NORTH WALPOLE Lower West WA
620 (25.8) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
617 (25.7) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
615 (25.6) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
614 (25.6) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
610 (25.4) MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
608 (25.3) SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
601 (25.0) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

128/03 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
117/04 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
102/04 GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
98/00 BUNBURY Lower West WA
98/22 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
94/03 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
94/04 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
94/02 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
93/00 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA

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 Lower West GARDEN ISLAND HSF 18.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.0mm/h 12.0mm in 1 hr to 02:00 12.0mm/h 14.6mm in 1 hr to 02:30 14.6mm/h 27.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 9.0mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 04:00 13.0mm/h 6.6mm in 14 min to 04:44 28.3mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 05:00 10.4mm/h 18.4mm in 1 hr to 05:30 18.4mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 12.6mm/h 36.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 12.0mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.3mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 10:30 10.6mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.7mm/h WITCHCLIFFE 16.8mm in 26 min to 11:30 38.8mm/h 20.0mm in 1 hr to 11:30 20.0mm/h 19.6mm in 1 hr to 12:00 19.6mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.7mm/h QUEENSLAND N Coast--Barron LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE 7.0mm in 8 min to 15:13 52.5mm/h 17.2mm in 1 hr to 15:30 17.2mm/h 13.8mm in 1 hr to 16:00 13.8mm/h N Coast--Herbert INNISFAIL 31.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 10.3mm/h SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN 11.6mm in 1 hr to 11:30 11.6mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h COWLEY BEACH (DEFENCE) 11.4mm in 1 hr to 11:30 11.4mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 12:00 13.0mm/h INNISFAIL AERODROME 18.0mm in 1 hr to 07:30 18.0mm/h 15.6mm in 1 hr to 08:00 15.6mm/h 26.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 8.7mm/h ISLANDS Islands CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 1.8mm in 1 min to 06:25 108.0mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West PERTH AIRPORT : 93(280/ 39 ) at 00:11 JANDAKOT AERO : 87(270/ 67 ) at 09:48 ROTTNEST ISLAND : 95(240/ 83 ) at 12:18 GOOSEBERRY HILL : 91(250/ 63 ) at 05:03 OCEAN REEF : 95(270/ 83 ) at 04:50 SWANBOURNE : 95(270/ 54 ) at 04:00 GARDEN ISLAND HSF : 102(260/ 76 ) at 04:30 HILLARYS BOAT HARBOUR NTC AWS : 91(250/ 54 ) at 12:00 CAPE LEEUWIN : 128(260/ 96 ) at 03:41 CAPE NATURALISTE : 121(250/ 98 ) at 00:00 ESPERANCE AERO : 83(270/ 65 ) at 12:00 BUSSELTON AERO : 80(250/ 65 ) at 00:34 BUSSELTON JETTY : 111(260/ 78 ) at 00:14 MANDURAH : 89(270/ 67 ) at 00:40 MOUNT HOWICK AG STATION : 100(280/ 63 ) at 03:18 Cent Wheatbelt RAVENSTHORPE AG STATION : 82(290/ 63 ) at 01:00 Goldfields CASCADE AG STATION : 91(290/ 46 ) at 03:41 SOUTH AUSTRALIA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 89(360/ 69 ) at 23:30 QUEENSLAND Central Coast E HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT : 83(140/ 74 ) at 01:20 TASMANIA Southeast KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) : 85(270/ 63 ) at 04:30 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 95(270/ 61 ) at 03:00 ISLANDS Islands MARION REEF : 76(130/ 67 ) at 20:36 FLINDERS REEF : 72(130/ 65 ) at 07:18 GANNET CAY : 74(130/ 63 ) at 16:05