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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2128 EST on 25/12/2006. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Comments
Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest daily rainfall

WA

Lower West

010302

GIDGIE SPRINGS

23.6

10.8

25/02/1997

18


The day in charts
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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 22:17EST, 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 35.5 +3.0 22.9 +3.8 19.9 0.0 11.2 -- 454 (18.9) 37/12
PERTH AIRPORT 32.3 +0.5 18.7 +1.3 18.4 9.8 6.2 12.3 386 (16.1) 32/15
ALBANY AIRPORT 33.3 +8.4 19.6 +5.2 17.1 0.2 9.8 8.6 518 (21.6) 43/00
BUNBURY 25.4 -4.4 19.5 +3.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 303 (12.6) 28/11
MANDURAH 27.4 -- 20.7 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 339 (14.1) 34/15
DARWIN AIRPORT 29.2 -2.2 23.4 -1.3 23.4 1.2 5.2 0.7 320 (13.3) 46/06
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 31.6 -3.5 24.1 +3.3 23.3 0.0 19.0 2.7 563 (23.5) 50/15
WHYALLA AERO 27.2 -2.4 18.1 +0.4 -- 0.0 7.2 -- 592 (24.7) 34/09
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 32.3 +3.0 14.8 -2.3 10.7 0.0 1.0 11.8 208 ( 8.7) 24/09
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 26.8 +1.7 14.8 +3.2 15.1 0.0 5.0 9.9 535 (22.3) 41/11
MOUNT ISA AERO 36.3 +1.0 26.7 +3.3 24.7 0.0 10.6 10.0 361 (15.0) 37/01
CAIRNS AERO 31.8 +0.6 24.8 +1.1 23.5 0.2 9.6 9.9 489 (20.4) 43/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 33.1 +2.0 25.1 +1.0 23.0 1.8 7.0 11.1 490 (20.4) 48/13
MACKAY M.O 30.0 +0.4 24.5 +1.1 -- 3.6 -- 4.8 451 (18.8) 59/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 33.3 +2.0 23.0 +0.9 22.4 0.4 10.0 -- 427 (17.8) 43/14
BUNDABERG AERO 31.4 +1.5 21.1 -0.3 -- 0.0 7.2 -- 464 (19.3) 55/16
NAMBOUR DPI 28.7 -0.1 20.5 +0.8 -- 16.6 4.2 -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 28.7 +0.5 22.0 +1.2 -- 25.8 -- -- 352 (14.7) 44/16
BRISBANE AERO 30.6 +1.5 21.7 +0.6 19.8 2.0 6.6 9.5 346 (14.4) 45/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 27.3 -0.1 18.1 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 645 (26.9) 54/15
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR) 32.7 +1.6 19.8 +1.2 16.9 0.0 10.0 -- 270 (11.3) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 27.6 +0.8 20.2 +0.7 18.1 3.6 5.6 10.7 306 (12.8) 26/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 28.1 +0.6 17.6 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 25.6 -1.9 17.8 -0.3 17.6 12.6 1.0 2.1 75 ( 3.1) --
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 26.8 -0.3 14.8 -2.3 13.3 0.0 -- -- 121 ( 5.0) 21/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 27.5 +1.7 12.1 -1.0 7.0 0.0 7.2 11.3 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 32.6 +0.6 18.8 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 26.8 +0.5 20.3 +1.3 13.9 0.0 7.8 8.1 367 (15.3) 32/15
RICHMOND RAAF 29.0 0.0 16.9 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 147 ( 6.1) 39/16
BELLAMBI AWS 26.5 +1.7 20.1 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 243 (10.1) 24/16
CANBERRA AIRPORT 31.1 +4.0 17.7 +4.6 16.5 0.0 6.8 10.3 344 (14.3) 45/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 35.8 +4.9 19.6 +3.3 18.7 0.0 8.2 12.5 267 (11.1) 50/22
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 35.8 +4.5 17.9 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MILDURA AIRPORT 35.9 +4.3 16.2 -0.2 14.3 0.0 7.8 11.1 321 (13.4) 34/17
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 32.3 +2.8 14.6 +0.3 13.5 0.0 7.4 -- 394 (16.4) 39/23
BENDIGO AIRPORT 30.8 +1.4 14.9 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 485 (20.2) 45/08
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 23.9 -1.9 17.1 +2.5 15.9 0.0 5.0 -- 178 ( 7.4) 24/10
GEELONG AIRPORT 21.0 -4.0 16.4 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 344 (14.3) 44/16
BALLARAT AERODROME 24.7 -0.3 13.3 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 707 (29.5) 59/21
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 25.2 +0.8 11.9 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 189 ( 7.9) 35/15
HOBART AIRPORT 17.0 -5.3 13.8 +1.8 13.0 0.0 4.6 0.9 532 (22.2) 35/16
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

40.4 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
39.8 BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD
39.6 KELLERBERRIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
39.4 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD
39.3 CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA

+14.6 : 40.4 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
+9.8 : 37.2 JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
+9.3 : 35.5 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
+9.3 : 37.2 ONGERUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
+9.1 : 37.5 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA

29.0 BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD
28.1 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
27.9 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
27.7 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
27.3 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD

+9.3 : 23.6 ONGERUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
+9.0 : 23.0 KATANNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
+8.8 : 21.9 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
+8.8 : 22.6 KATANNING COMPARISON Cent Wheatbelt WA
+8.5 : 23.0 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA

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

9.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
12.5 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
13.0 WARRA W Coast TAS
14.3 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
14.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-12.6 : 22.0 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
-11.6 : 25.0 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
-10.0 : 27.1 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT
-9.3 : 24.0 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
-9.1 : 27.4 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT

5.0 EYRE Eucla WA
5.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
6.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
7.6 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC

-11.1 : 5.0 EYRE Eucla WA
-6.1 : 9.4 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
-6.0 : 9.6 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
-5.8 : 8.8 ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE Adelaide/Lofty SA
-5.6 : 11.2 FORREST Eucla 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.
97.0 RUSSELL RIVER N Coast--Herbert QLD
95.6 PIRLANGIMPI AWS N Rivers NT
80.8 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
74.4 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
69.0 SOUTH ALLIGATOR RESORT N Rivers NT

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
W Pilbara
60.4 PANNAWONICA

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
95.6 PIRLANGIMPI AWS
80.8 MCCLUER ISLAND
74.4 JABIRU AIRPORT
69.0 SOUTH ALLIGATOR RESORT
52.3 JABIRU COUNCIL
52.0 POINT STUART

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
54.8 COCONUT ISLAND
50.0 HEATHLANDS NATIONAL PARK
S Peninsula
63.0 HICKS ISLAND
N Coast--Herbert
97.0 RUSSELL RIVER
Brisbane/SE Coast
51.6 TAROME

12.8 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.5 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
12.4 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
12.3 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
12.3 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA

.....

2.1 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
0.9 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
0.7 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
0.0 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
0.0 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS

1147 (47.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1144 (47.7) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
915 (38.1) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
833 (34.7) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
824 (34.3) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
797 (33.2) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
769 (32.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
732 (30.5) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
728 (30.3) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
727 (30.3) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
724 (30.2) WULUNGURRU N Plateau NT
712 (29.7) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
707 (29.5) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
705 (29.4) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
688 (28.7) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
677 (28.2) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
667 (27.8) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
664 (27.7) PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
656 (27.3) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
645 (26.9) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
640 (26.7) EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
632 (26.3) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
623 (26.0) ROBE AIRFIELD Lower SE SA
617 (25.7) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
614 (25.6) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
604 (25.2) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
603 (25.1) BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
602 (25.1) ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD
81/18 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
78/02 TOWN OF 1770 Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
70/23 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
67/17 CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
67/14 BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD
67/19 TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW
67/23 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
67/17 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral 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
N Kimberley
WYNDHAM AERO
22.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.3mm/h
KALUMBURU
12.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 12.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h
W Kimberley
DERBY AERO
17.6mm in 58 min to 15:00 18.2mm/h
18.2mm in 1 hr to 15:00 18.2mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.3mm/h
W Pilbara
BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT
6.6mm in 17 min to 00:00 23.3mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 12.0mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 00:30 13.2mm/h
Lower West
ALBANY AIRPORT
7.8mm in 6 min to 14:42 78.0mm/h
7.0mm in 14 min to 14:56 30.0mm/h
16.8mm in 1 hr to 15:00 16.8mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.7mm/h
16.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 16.0mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
CHANNEL ISLAND AWS
10.0mm in 20 min to 09:30 30.0mm/h
15.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 15.4mm/h
PIRLANGIMPI AWS
17.2mm in 44 min to 11:30 23.5mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 11:30 19.4mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 12:30 8.3mm/h
JABIRU AIRPORT
40.4mm in 1 hr to 00:30 40.4mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 5.3mm/h
19.8mm in 51 min to 01:21 23.3mm/h
50.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 16.7mm/h
MCCLUER ISLAND
46.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 15.3mm/h
28.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 9.3mm/h
WARRUWI
16.6mm in 1 hr to 02:30 16.6mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 8.0mm/h
GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS
21.2mm in 1 hr to 13:30 21.2mm/h
29.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 9.7mm/h
BULMAN AWS
7.0mm in 21 min to 17:02 20.0mm/h
18.6mm in 28 min to 17:30 39.9mm/h
25.8mm in 1 hr to 17:30 25.8mm/h
26.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 8.7mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
COCONUT ISLAND
34.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 11.3mm/h
HORN ISLAND
18.2mm in 1 hr to 10:00 18.2mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.3mm/h
N Coast--Herbert
INGHAM COMPOSITE
33.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 5.5mm/h
Central Coast E
MACKAY AERO
11.8mm in 1 hr to 15:00 11.8mm/h
Brisbane/SE Coast
BEERBURRUM FOREST STATION
16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h
COOLANGATTA
11.8mm in 14 min to 07:30 50.6mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 07:30 15.0mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 08:00 15.0mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.0mm/h
Far SW
THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT
9.2mm in 25 min to 02:00 22.1mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast N
SOUTH WEST ROCKS (SMOKY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE)
17.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.7mm/h

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 76(120/ 65 ) at 18:18