Australian Weather News -- 06 FEB 2006

Monday 06 FEB 2006

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2006

Dec

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Nov

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May

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March

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February

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January

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Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2052 EST on 25/12/2006. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Site

Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
if equalled or broken

Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest maximum temperature

QLD

Channel Country

038024

WINDORAH POST OFFICE

45.0

05/02/2006

Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

QLD

Warrego

044021

CHARLEVILLE AERO

43.4

05/02/2006

Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

The day in charts
Surface charts	Satellite images	Rain & temperatures
4am EST		Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
		Week to 9am \| SE AUS detail
10am EST		Minimum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
4pm EST		Maximum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
10pm EST		Solar Radiation

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 22:12EST, 14/05/2012.

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	41.5	+9.0	20.1	+1.0	19.2	0.0	11.8	--	596 (24.8)	55/15
PERTH AIRPORT	34.4	+2.6	19.5	+2.1	18.2	0.0	11.8	7.4	580 (24.2)	59/07
ALBANY AIRPORT	24.8	-0.1	15.2	+0.8	13.5	0.0	8.0	11.7	548 (22.8)	52/13
BUNBURY	35.7	+5.9	15.1	-0.5	--	0.0	--	--	434 (18.1)	46/00
MANDURAH	34.9	--	18.9	--	--	0.0	--	--	490 (20.4)	41/00
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.2	+0.8	25.8	+1.1	24.2	0.0	8.4	6.9	458 (19.1)	37/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	39.4	+4.3	28.3	+7.5	24.5	0.0	15.0	7.3	344 (14.3)	70/18
WHYALLA AERO	26.1	-3.5	19.8	+2.1	--	0.0	8.0	--	450 (18.8)	61/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	25.1	-4.2	16.2	-0.9	12.5	0.0	6.2	12.7	204 ( 8.5)	43/18
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	21.0	-4.1	11.4	-0.2	9.6	0.0	6.0	9.7	344 (14.3)	58/10
MOUNT ISA AERO	34.5	-0.8	22.3	-1.1	22.2	3.6	7.8	6.9	268 (11.2)	52/08
CAIRNS AERO	34.3	+3.1	25.5	+1.8	24.3	0.0	7.2	11.8	356 (14.8)	34/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO	33.9	+2.8	27.1	+3.0	25.7	0.0	8.8	9.7	391 (16.3)	39/16
MACKAY M.O	31.3	+1.7	24.9	+1.5	--	1.8	--	9.6	354 (14.8)	32/16
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	34.4	+3.1	25.7	+3.6	24.9	0.4	10.8	--	359 (15.0)	32/16
BUNDABERG AERO	31.2	+1.3	23.9	+2.5	--	0.0	6.4	--	275 (11.5)	--
NAMBOUR DPI	29.0	+0.2	23.1	+3.4	--	5.4	15.8	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	29.3	+1.1	23.6	+2.8	--	1.8	--	--	366 (15.3)	30/23
BRISBANE AERO	30.6	+1.5	24.0	+2.9	22.0	0.0	6.8	11.5	409 (17.0)	34/07
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	30.1	+2.7	20.1	+2.5	--	0.0	--	--	624 (26.0)	48/00
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	36.5	+5.4	21.5	+2.9	13.0	0.0	10.8	--	237 ( 9.9)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	28.9	+2.1	20.3	+0.8	17.6	0.0	6.6	11.0	338 (14.1)	55/06
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	29.6	+2.1	16.7	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	35.8	+8.3	17.4	-0.7	15.0	0.0	7.2	12.4	267 (11.1)	41/15
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	31.5	+4.4	16.2	-0.9	15.8	0.0	--	--	109 ( 4.5)	37/22
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	29.6	+3.8	14.0	+0.9	8.0	0.0	4.0	12.5	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	38.0	+6.0	20.5	+2.8	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	31.9	+5.6	20.3	+1.3	14.5	0.0	5.4	12.1	339 (14.1)	93/23
RICHMOND RAAF	38.4	+9.4	17.4	-0.2	--	0.0	--	--	172 ( 7.2)	54/22
BELLAMBI AWS	29.4	+4.6	20.0	+0.9	--	0.0	--	--	243 (10.1)	81/21
CANBERRA AIRPORT	32.5	+5.4	17.7	+4.6	16.1	0.0	7.2	11.1	303 (12.6)	55/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	35.3	+4.4	12.5	-3.8	11.8	0.0	8.4	12.8	194 ( 8.1)	59/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	33.7	+2.4	13.4	-2.7	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	30.8	-0.8	19.6	+3.2	17.9	0.0	10.4	12.9	233 ( 9.7)	50/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	29.0	-0.5	10.1	-4.2	10.6	0.0	23.2	--	215 ( 9.0)	59/16
BENDIGO AIRPORT	27.6	-1.8	10.7	-3.4	--	0.0	--	--	232 ( 9.7)	58/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	24.1	-1.7	14.0	-0.6	11.4	0.0	4.0	--	129 ( 5.4)	28/14
GEELONG AIRPORT	24.1	-0.9	10.3	-3.1	--	0.0	--	--	267 (11.1)	63/14
BALLARAT AERODROME	22.4	-2.6	9.4	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	339 (14.1)	59/16
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	21.0	-3.4	14.4	+2.4	--	0.0	--	--	256 (10.7)	61/16
HOBART AIRPORT	22.2	-0.1	14.5	+2.5	11.0	0.0	6.0	9.8	408 (17.0)	71/21
	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

46.5 BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD
45.3 THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT Far SW QLD
45.2 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
45.0 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD
44.6 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD

+10.8 : 39.6 PATERSON (TOCAL AWS) Hunter Valley NSW
+10.4 : 39.9 CESSNOCK (NULKABA) Hunter Valley NSW
+10.3 : 39.5 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+9.8 : 44.6 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD
+9.5 : 43.4 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
+9.5 : 37.4 PROSPECT DAM Sydney--west NSW

33.2 BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD
33.1 THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT Far SW QLD
32.2 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
32.2 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
31.4 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD

+8.7 : 33.1 THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT Far SW QLD
+8.2 : 32.2 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
+8.1 : 31.4 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD
+8.0 : 32.2 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
+7.9 : 29.3 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

7.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
9.5 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
12.5 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
13.3 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS

-9.2 : 23.4 FORREST Eucla WA
-8.0 : 9.5 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
-7.5 : 13.3 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
-6.9 : 7.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
-6.7 : 12.5 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

5.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
6.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
6.8 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
6.8 SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS

-5.2 : 8.7 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC
-5.1 : 20.2 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
-4.9 : 6.9 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC
-4.8 : 9.2 CERBERUS E Central VIC

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.

80.4 WYSEBY Central Highlands QLD
80.0 HEATHLANDS NATIONAL PARK N Peninsula QLD
72.0 CURRAJONG Central Highlands QLD
72.0 AUSTRAL PARK Central Highlands QLD
70.0 DAINTREE TEA N Coast--Barron QLD

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
60.0 MOUNT ELIZABETH
E Kimberley
51.2 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION
W Kimberley
53.8 KIMBERLEY COLOURSTONE

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
80.0 HEATHLANDS NATIONAL PARK
Gulf Country
63.2 PORMPURAAW TOWNSHIP
63.0 RUTLAND PLAINS STATION
50.2 MORNINGTON ISLAND
N Coast--Barron
70.0 DAINTREE TEA
Central Highlands
80.4 WYSEBY
72.0 CURRAJONG
72.0 AUSTRAL PARK

13.2 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.0 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
12.9 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.9 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
12.8 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW

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6.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
6.9 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
6.8 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
2.6 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

978 (40.8) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
794 (33.1) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
760 (31.7) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
756 (31.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
749 (31.2) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
709 (29.5) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
703 (29.3) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
693 (28.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
678 (28.3) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
672 (28.0) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
669 (27.9) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
662 (27.6) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
658 (27.4) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
650 (27.1) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
628 (26.2) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
627 (26.1) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
624 (26.0) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
620 (25.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS

121/09 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
120/15 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
115/15 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
115/15 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
111/17 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
106/20 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
102/11 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
98/09 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
96/17 BLACKALL AIRPORT Central West QLD
95/20 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
95/16 HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
94/18 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
94/10 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
93/23 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
93/05 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
93/16 SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
91/22 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

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 N Kimberley MOUNT ELIZABETH 21.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.0mm/h KALUMBURU 15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.0mm/h W Kimberley CURTIN AERO 10.8mm in 1 hr to 06:00 10.8mm/h E Pilbara MARBLE BAR 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h E Gascoyne PARABURDOO AERO 8.6mm in 10 min to 14:11 51.6mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h Lower West PERTH METRO 12.0mm in 20 min to 21:20 36.0mm/h 15.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 15.4mm/h 17.8mm in 1 hr to 22:00 17.8mm/h BICKLEY 11.0mm in 1 hr to 21:00 11.0mm/h Cent Wheatbelt WANDERING 11.2mm in 1 hr to 23:00 11.2mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DOUGLAS RIVER 21.4mm in 18 min to 17:00 71.3mm/h 26.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 26.2mm/h 27.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 9.0mm/h 13.4mm in 15 min to 18:50 53.6mm/h 8.4mm in 10 min to 19:00 50.4mm/h 21.8mm in 1 hr to 19:00 21.8mm/h 25.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 8.3mm/h N Plateau TERRITORY GRAPE FARM 9.4mm in 26 min to 18:56 21.7mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula WEIPA AERO 5.2mm in 13 min to 17:13 24.0mm/h Gulf Country CENTURY MINE 15.8mm in 25 min to 08:28 37.9mm/h 18.8mm in 1 hr to 08:30 18.8mm/h 19.2mm in 1 hr to 09:00 19.2mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.7mm/h Upper Carpentaria GEORGETOWN AIRPORT 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h RICHMOND AIRPORT 10.6mm in 23 min to 00:55 27.7mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h Central Highlands EMERALD AIRPORT 8.6mm in 9 min to 03:34 57.3mm/h 12.2mm in 26 min to 04:00 28.2mm/h 20.8mm in 1 hr to 04:00 20.8mm/h 25.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 8.3mm/h Central West BLACKALL AIRPORT 9.6mm in 10 min to 17:28 57.6mm/h 18.4mm in 1 hr to 18:00 18.4mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h Maranoa ROMA AIRPORT 15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West CAPE LEEUWIN : 72(110/ 63 ) at 00:00 QUEENSLAND Central West BLACKALL AIRPORT : 96(200/ 69 ) at 17:13 Maranoa ROMA AIRPORT : 95(220/ 70 ) at 18:42 NEW SOUTH WALES Sydney--east SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO : 93(190/ 69 ) at 23:19 Illawarra ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) : 74(190/ 63 ) at 20:48 KIAMA (BOMBO HEADLAND) : 95(200/ 74 ) at 21:00 South Coast MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 80(170/ 63 ) at 22:00 GREEN CAPE AWS : 85(220/ 67 ) at 19:33 ULLADULLA AWS : 80(190/ 70 ) at 19:27 Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 85(320/ 70 ) at 06:00 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 121(260/ 72 ) at 16:50 KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 109(237/ 87 ) at 18:20 E Central SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 83(230/ 65 ) at 15:22 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 111(260/ 98 ) at 18:21 LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) : 91(220/ 37 ) at 14:01 E Coast SWAN ISLAND : 87(270/ 67 ) at 17:30 MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 95(250/ 69 ) at 13:01 Southeast HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) : 83(260/ 65 ) at 17:41 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 117(310/ 95 ) at 15:00 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 115(240/100 ) at 16:47 TASMAN ISLAND : 102(220/ 35 ) at 12:21 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 95(270/ 45 ) at 11:55 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 106(260/ 89 ) at 21:01 DROUGHTY HILL (TERSS) : 113(240/ 78 ) at 17:40 Central Plateau LIAWENEE : 85(250/ 65 ) at 16:44 W Coast WARRA : 96(260/ 41 ) at 15:32 SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 98(310/ 78 ) at 10:23 Flinders Is/Bass St FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT : 85(250/ 63 ) at 18:44 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 113(240/ 96 ) at 16:00