Australian Weather News -- 08 FEB 2006

Wednesday 08 FEB 2006

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2006

Dec

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May

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March

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February

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2057 EST on 25/12/2006. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
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Date

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Lowest minimum temperature

Lower West

009240

BICKLEY

9.0

20/02/2002

Equal to record.

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 22:13EST, 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	30.3	-2.2	17.7	-1.4	17.6	0.0	5.2	--	705 (29.4)	63/16
PERTH AIRPORT	28.0	-3.8	12.7	-4.7	11.7	0.0	8.8	12.7	558 (23.3)	37/08
ALBANY AIRPORT	18.7	-6.2	13.1	-1.3	12.0	0.4	6.0	7.3	--	37/10
BUNBURY	25.8	-4.0	12.6	-3.0	--	0.0	--	--	345 (14.4)	43/10
MANDURAH	24.0	--	13.1	--	--	0.0	--	--	578 (24.1)	50/00
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.5	+1.1	25.0	+0.3	23.2	23.2	6.2	10.6	269 (11.2)	30/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	41.3	+6.2	23.0	+2.2	20.2	0.0	16.8	11.6	375 (15.6)	31/07
WHYALLA AERO	38.2	+8.6	13.0	-4.7	--	0.0	11.6	--	230 ( 9.6)	58/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	35.0	+5.7	16.1	-1.0	10.7	0.0	7.2	7.5	291 (12.1)	50/23
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	31.5	+6.4	9.7	-1.9	7.9	0.0	7.4	6.5	407 (17.0)	55/15
MOUNT ISA AERO	40.2	+4.9	25.7	+2.3	24.5	0.0	8.0	12.3	204 ( 8.5)	35/18
CAIRNS AERO	33.6	+2.4	25.4	+1.7	24.2	0.0	8.4	11.5	269 (11.2)	39/16
TOWNSVILLE AERO	33.2	+2.1	25.6	+1.5	23.8	0.0	9.4	11.5	398 (16.6)	41/14
MACKAY M.O	31.2	+1.6	26.5	+3.1	--	0.0	--	9.7	326 (13.6)	--
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	33.6	+2.3	24.4	+2.3	24.3	0.0	10.6	--	334 (13.9)	45/15
BUNDABERG AERO	30.3	+0.4	22.2	+0.8	--	6.8	8.4	--	273 (11.4)	--
NAMBOUR DPI	27.7	-1.1	22.0	+2.3	--	1.2	6.4	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	27.4	-0.8	20.7	-0.1	--	17.6	--	--	553 (23.0)	48/01
BRISBANE AERO	28.8	-0.3	21.8	+0.7	19.0	0.4	5.8	12.4	458 (19.1)	45/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	27.7	+0.3	17.0	-0.6	--	0.0	--	--	843 (35.1)	65/03
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	33.2	+2.1	15.0	-3.6	5.8	0.0	11.0	--	395 (16.5)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	26.1	-0.7	18.5	-1.0	14.7	0.2	7.6	8.7	762 (31.8)	37/07
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	26.6	-0.9	16.4	-1.9	--	1.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	28.0	+0.5	19.3	+1.2	17.1	0.0	10.4	11.6	564 (23.5)	52/16
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	25.9	-1.2	10.6	-6.5	10.1	0.8	--	--	196 ( 8.2)	30/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	--	--	8.5	-4.6	2.0	0.0	8.2	11.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	33.1	+1.1	15.9	-1.8	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	26.2	-0.1	18.5	-0.5	11.1	0.0	7.0	11.1	613 (25.5)	45/13
RICHMOND RAAF	28.6	-0.4	11.4	-6.2	--	0.0	--	--	234 ( 9.8)	37/11
BELLAMBI AWS	24.5	-0.3	18.7	-0.4	--	0.0	--	--	567 (23.6)	43/11
CANBERRA AIRPORT	28.0	+0.9	12.0	-1.1	8.0	0.0	8.8	12.8	373 (15.5)	30/08
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	31.4	+0.5	15.4	-0.9	14.0	0.0	10.0	12.9	403 (16.8)	48/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	31.7	+0.4	11.9	-4.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	35.5	+3.9	12.6	-3.8	6.8	0.0	8.0	12.7	327 (13.6)	37/23
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	31.0	+1.5	10.5	-3.8	8.8	0.0	7.4	--	419 (17.5)	41/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT	31.5	+2.1	8.9	-5.2	--	0.0	--	--	402 (16.8)	50/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	31.6	+5.8	10.9	-3.7	8.4	0.0	5.6	--	150 ( 6.3)	35/16
GEELONG AIRPORT	33.6	+8.6	7.3	-6.1	--	0.0	--	--	256 (10.7)	48/14
BALLARAT AERODROME	30.2	+5.2	4.4	-7.0	--	0.0	--	--	529 (22.0)	61/11
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	23.0	-1.4	8.6	-3.4	--	0.0	--	--	126 ( 5.3)	43/16
HOBART AIRPORT	26.8	+4.5	8.0	-4.0	4.5	0.0	1.2	8.8	319 (13.3)	55/13
	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

42.7 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
42.7 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD
42.4 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
42.3 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
42.1 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT

+11.2 : 34.2 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
+10.7 : 33.6 PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
+10.3 : 31.5 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
+9.7 : 37.8 PRICE Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+9.1 : 33.8 WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC

28.6 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
28.6 LUCINDA POINT N Coast--Herbert QLD
28.5 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
28.0 BURKETOWN POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD
28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL

+5.4 : 26.9 KULGERA N Plateau NT
+5.4 : 25.4 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
+5.0 : 27.4 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD
+5.0 : 24.1 INJUNE POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

13.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
14.0 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
15.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
15.4 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
16.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-10.3 : 22.3 FORREST Eucla WA
-10.0 : 21.8 BALGAIR Eucla WA
-9.3 : 24.0 KELLERBERRIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-8.9 : 18.4 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
-8.6 : 25.3 WONGAN HILLS Central West WA
-8.6 : 24.7 WONGAN HILLS RES.STATION Central West WA

-1.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
0.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.3 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-8.5 : 3.0 SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
-8.3 : 7.6 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
-8.2 : 3.6 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC
-8.1 : 5.3 ORBOST (COMPARISON) E Gippsland VIC
-8.1 : 1.7 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS

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.

116.2 COMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
65.0 TOOLARA FORESTRY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
54.0 ROBIN HOOD STATION Upper Carpentaria QLD
51.0 SOUTHWELL STATION N Peninsula QLD
50.0 ELSEY N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
50.0 ELSEY

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
51.0 SOUTHWELL STATION
Upper Carpentaria
54.0 ROBIN HOOD STATION
Central West
50.0 LANDSBOROUGH DOWNS
Brisbane/SE Coast
116.2 COMO
65.0 TOOLARA FORESTRY

12.9 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
12.9 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
12.8 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
12.7 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
12.7 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
12.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA

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5.2 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
5.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
3.6 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
3.0 ALSTONVILLE TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH STAT North Coast NSW
2.0 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
0.9 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA

1341 (55.9) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1050 (43.8) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
963 (40.1) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
949 (39.5) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
879 (36.6) EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
850 (35.4) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
843 (35.1) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
836 (34.8) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
826 (34.4) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
785 (32.7) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
771 (32.1) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
763 (31.8) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
762 (31.8) COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
755 (31.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
754 (31.4) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
742 (30.9) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
729 (30.4) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
711 (29.6) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
705 (29.4) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
700 (29.2) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
686 (28.6) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
662 (27.6) OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD
652 (27.2) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
643 (26.8) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
626 (26.1) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
621 (25.9) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
620 (25.8) GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes S NSW
613 (25.5) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
613 (25.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
607 (25.3) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
606 (25.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD

94/00 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
91/09 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
85/11 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
81/09 KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
81/09 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 W Kimberley BROOME AIRPORT 7.0mm in 31 min to 21:30 13.5mm/h WEST ROEBUCK 11.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 11.0mm/h E Gascoyne PARABURDOO AERO 14.6mm in 1 hr to 16:00 14.6mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h Goldfields LAVERTON AERO 12.4mm in 1 hr to 01:00 12.4mm/h SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD 12.2mm in 1 hr to 00:00 12.2mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.7mm/h Interior TELFER AERO 4.8mm in 13 min to 00:00 22.2mm/h 19.2mm in 1 hr to 00:00 19.2mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.7mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DELAMERE WEAPONS RANGE 10.4mm in 14 min to 18:37 44.6mm/h 12.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 12.4mm/h SOUTH AUSTRALIA Lower SE MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 6.4mm in 37 min to 23:00 10.4mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 10.0mm/h QUEENSLAND Upper Carpentaria HUGHENDEN AIRPORT 11.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 11.0mm/h Central West LONGREACH AERO 15.0mm in 17 min to 22:27 52.9mm/h 4.0mm in 12 min to 22:39 20.0mm/h 24.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 24.4mm/h VICTORIA W Coast CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE 10.8mm in 1 hr to 23:30 10.8mm/h	SOUTH AUSTRALIA Mallee/Upper SE LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS) : 82(220/ 65 ) at 17:59 QUEENSLAND Brisbane/SE Coast CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 91(150/ 78 ) at 00:30 VICTORIA E Central MELBOURNE AIRPORT : 87( 10/ 67 ) at 09:30 TASMANIA Southeast TASMAN ISLAND : 85(360/ 65 ) at 13:01