Australian Weather News -- 23 APR 2006

Sunday 23 APR 2006

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2006

Dec

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
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04	05	06	07	08	09	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

Nov

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Oct

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Sept

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August

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July

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June

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May

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April

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March

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February

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13	14	15	16	17	18	19
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January

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16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

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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 2211 EST on 07/01/2007. 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
District		Site		Reading	Reading	Date	Years	Reading	Date	Years	Comments
Lowest grass minimum temperature
QLD	Darling Downs E	041521	GOONDIWINDI AIRPORT	-2.8	-0.5	12/04/1996	15
NSW	NW Plains E	053115	MOREE AERO	-2.0	-1.5	28/04/1999	11
NSW	Hunter Valley	061087	GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	-2.3	0.6	27/04/1972	14
NSW	C Tablelands S	063005	BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION	-8.9	-7.9	22/04/2006	40				Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Sydney--east	066124	PARRAMATTA NORTH (MASONS DRIVE)	-1.0	-1.0	20/04/1996	35				Equal to record.
Highest minimum temperature
WA	E Pilbara	004028	PARDOO STATION	29.0	29.0	20/04/2006	13				Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month. Maximum of 31.0 reported for 2 days 21st, 22nd.
Lowest minimum temperature
QLD	Darling Downs E	041521	GOONDIWINDI AIRPORT	2.3	4.0	28/04/1999	15
NSW	Hunter Valley	061051	MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE	-2.1	-2.0	22/04/2006	42				Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Hunter Valley	061078	WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	2.1	3.9	19/04/1996	56
NSW	Hunter Valley	061087	GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	1.5	3.1	28/04/1978	23
NSW	Hunter Valley	061242	CESSNOCK (NULKABA)	0.5	1.0	29/04/1978	30
NSW	Hunter Valley	061250	PATERSON (TOCAL AWS)	1.3	3.8	23/04/1991	34
NSW	Hunter Valley	061260	CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS	-1.2	0.4	20/04/1996	15
NSW	Hunter Valley	061366	NORAH HEAD AWS	9.1	9.8	19/04/1996	12
NSW	Hunter Valley	061375	MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS	3.4	4.5	16/04/2006	12				Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	C Tablelands S	063005	BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION	-5.0	-4.8	22/04/2006	41				Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	C Tablelands S	063254	ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	-1.6	-1.4	27/04/1978	31
NSW	Sydney--east	066195	SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK (SYDNEY OLYMPIC PK A	6.8	7.8	20/04/1996	11
NSW	Sydney--west	067019	PROSPECT DAM	3.6	4.5	20/04/1996	42
NSW	Sydney--west	067105	RICHMOND RAAF	-0.4	1.9	22/04/2006	12				Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Sydney--west	067108	BADGERYS CREEK AWS	-0.1	0.3	19/04/1996	11
NSW	Sydney--west	067113	PENRITH LAKES AWS	3.6	3.7	19/04/1996	11
NSW	Illawarra	068192	CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS	-0.7	0.6	27/04/1986	31
NSW	South Coast	069132	BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS	-5.6	-5.0	13/04/2001	13
NSW	SW Slopes N	073138	YOUNG AIRPORT	-4.1	-4.1	22/04/2006	13				Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Riverina W	075032	HILLSTON AIRPORT	0.5	0.5	01/04/1973	49				Equal to record.
NSW	Riverina W	075041	GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS	0.0	0.2	27/04/1978	33
Highest wind gust (km/h)
NT	Arnhem	014508	GOVE AIRPORT	81	67.0	11/04/2000	22

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 22:35EST, 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	23.9	-3.7	11.6	-3.8	9.7	0.0	5.2	--	428 (17.8)	37/14
PERTH AIRPORT	22.8	-2.7	12.0	-0.9	9.9	0.0	3.2	8.1	278 (11.6)	34/14
ALBANY AIRPORT	19.8	-2.0	13.0	+1.4	11.9	3.6	3.6	8.6	385 (16.0)	32/06
BUNBURY	22.2	-1.9	11.1	-0.4	--	0.4	--	--	244 (10.2)	31/16
MANDURAH	21.5	--	16.0	--	--	0.0	--	--	242 (10.1)	34/04
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.6	-0.1	23.6	-0.4	22.2	0.0	7.2	10.0	389 (16.2)	46/11
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	24.3	-3.9	6.4	-6.2	2.0	0.0	8.0	11.1	309 (12.9)	39/14
WHYALLA AERO	18.7	-4.9	5.0	-6.6	--	0.0	5.2	--	248 (10.3)	28/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	18.6	-4.0	7.1	-5.3	3.2	0.0	3.2	5.1	149 ( 6.2)	21/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	15.3	-4.1	9.8	+1.1	7.5	2.4	1.0	2.1	344 (14.3)	35/11
MOUNT ISA AERO	28.8	-3.1	17.9	-0.6	--	0.0	--	--	456 (19.0)	35/05
CAIRNS AERO	27.1	-2.1	22.0	+0.4	21.3	4.6	1.0	1.5	415 (17.3)	39/06
TOWNSVILLE AERO	29.2	-0.4	21.3	+0.8	19.8	2.4	1.6	7.0	228 ( 9.5)	41/11
MACKAY M.O	26.5	-0.2	18.2	-1.9	--	0.0	--	9.7	409 (17.0)	41/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	29.4	+0.6	17.6	-0.2	16.9	0.0	4.8	--	166 ( 6.9)	26/10
BUNDABERG AERO	27.4	0.0	17.4	-0.1	--	0.0	5.2	--	392 (16.3)	34/10
NAMBOUR DPI	24.9	-1.2	13.2	-2.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	24.3	-1.0	15.5	-1.5	--	0.0	--	--	353 (14.7)	34/14
BRISBANE AERO	24.7	-1.3	14.2	-2.0	11.5	0.0	6.4	9.7	392 (16.3)	28/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	23.5	+0.1	11.8	-1.5	--	0.0	--	--	423 (17.6)	35/00
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	20.7	-4.4	4.5	-8.3	-0.1	0.0	4.4	--	120 ( 5.0)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	21.6	-2.4	8.9	-6.3	4.2	0.0	5.4	10.5	281 (11.7)	30/23
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	22.2	-1.8	5.9	-7.8	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	21.9	-1.7	2.1	-11.1	-0.5	0.0	3.8	10.7	--	37/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	21.1	-2.5	1.5	-10.4	-2.3	0.0	--	--	69 ( 2.9)	22/08
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	12.8	-5.7	-1.6	-8.8	-7.2	0.0	2.4	10.2	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	19.2	-5.3	0.1	-10.0	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	19.3	-3.6	8.2	-5.9	3.5	0.0	5.6	10.7	303 (12.6)	41/10
RICHMOND RAAF	21.7	-2.2	-0.4	-11.7	--	0.0	--	--	84 ( 3.5)	34/16
BELLAMBI AWS	19.4	-2.7	10.4	-5.0	--	0.0	--	--	288 (12.0)	39/01
CANBERRA AIRPORT	17.3	-2.7	-2.1	-8.8	-4.7	0.0	3.0	10.3	211 ( 8.8)	32/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	18.6	-3.9	2.0	-7.1	-1.0	0.0	3.6	7.4	253 (10.5)	39/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	17.0	-5.4	5.8	-2.2	--	0.0	--	--	159 ( 6.6)	30/13
MILDURA AIRPORT	17.3	-6.2	2.5	-7.6	-0.9	0.0	2.4	3.1	180 ( 7.5)	26/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	16.8	-4.8	4.1	-4.1	3.4	0.0	--	--	224 ( 9.3)	30/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT	15.8	-5.4	2.9	-4.5	--	0.0	--	--	177 ( 7.4)	30/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	16.3	-4.0	10.7	-0.1	9.5	0.0	2.4	--	177 ( 7.4)	22/00
GEELONG AIRPORT	14.7	-5.3	10.1	+0.8	--	0.0	--	--	516 (21.5)	41/00
BALLARAT AERODROME	13.2	-4.4	6.8	-0.6	--	1.0	--	--	411 (17.1)	35/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	15.3	-3.6	2.0	-5.5	--	0.0	--	--	180 ( 7.5)	21/13
HOBART AIRPORT	13.1	-5.0	6.6	-2.1	2.2	0.8	1.8	7.7	435 (18.1)	37/06
	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

37.9 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
35.8 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
35.3 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
35.2 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
35.1 MARDIE W Pilbara WA

+8.5 : 32.5 EYRE Eucla WA
+4.9 : 28.5 EUCLA Eucla WA
+4.7 : 37.9 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
+4.7 : 31.0 BALGAIR Eucla WA

29.0 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA
27.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.9 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
26.9 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
26.7 BLACK POINT N Rivers NT

+7.3 : 29.0 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA
+4.5 : 24.1 WOLLOGORANG N Rivers NT
+4.2 : 19.5 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+3.4 : 14.1 WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
+3.3 : 18.6 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

-0.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1.6 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
3.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
3.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-8.2 : 1.6 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-8.1 : -0.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-7.4 : 10.3 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.4 : 11.7 MT NOWA NOWA E Gippsland VIC
-7.4 : 1.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-6.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.6 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
-5.5 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.0 BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION C Tablelands S NSW
-5.0 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW

-12.4 : -3.0 PARKES AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes S NSW
-11.8 : -0.7 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW
-11.8 : -5.0 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW
-11.7 : -5.0 BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION C Tablelands S NSW
-11.7 : -0.4 RICHMOND RAAF Sydney--west NSW

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.

104.0 HEATHLANDS NATIONAL PARK N Peninsula QLD
100.0 BRAMWELL N Peninsula QLD
94.0 GRAHAM RANGE N Coast--Barron QLD
87.5 ALCAN MINESITE N Rivers NT
61.4 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
87.5 ALCAN MINESITE
61.4 GOVE AIRPORT
56.0 YIRRKALA TROPICAL GARDENS

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
104.0 HEATHLANDS NATIONAL PARK
100.0 BRAMWELL
50.8 HORN ISLAND
N Coast--Barron
94.0 GRAHAM RANGE

11.2 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
11.2 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.1 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

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0.8 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
0.5 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
0.0 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
0.0 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1484 (61.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1309 (54.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1111 (46.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1033 (43.0) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
1023 (42.6) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
972 (40.5) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
960 (40.0) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
831 (34.6) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
830 (34.6) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
821 (34.2) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
810 (33.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
792 (33.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
772 (32.2) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
769 (32.0) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
762 (31.8) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
744 (31.0) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
741 (30.9) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
725 (30.2) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
720 (30.0) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
714 (29.8) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
668 (27.8) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
667 (27.8) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
659 (27.5) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
651 (27.1) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
649 (27.0) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
647 (27.0) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
634 (26.4) TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
607 (25.3) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
601 (25.0) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC

100/06 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
91/02 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
87/00 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
81/05 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
78/04 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers GOVE AIRPORT 7.4mm in 16 min to 00:16 27.8mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 6.0mm/h 10.2mm in 1 hr to 01:00 10.2mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 6.7mm/h 6.0mm in 9 min to 04:24 40.0mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 5.0mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula HORN ISLAND 11.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.4mm/h 5.4mm in 7 min to 00:07 46.3mm/h 11.6mm in 5 min to 00:12 139.2mm/h 8.8mm in 48 min to 01:00 11.0mm/h 25.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 25.8mm/h 27.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 9.0mm/h Central Coast E YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE 14.0mm in 25 min to 00:55 33.6mm/h 18.2mm in 1 hr to 01:30 18.2mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.0mm/h ISLANDS Islands NORFOLK ISLAND AERO 15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 5.0mm/h 10.0mm in 17 min to 15:47 35.3mm/h 15.0mm in 1 hr to 16:00 15.0mm/h 14.6mm in 1 hr to 16:30 14.6mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 5.7mm/h NORTH EAST ISLAND 18.0mm in 3 hr to 05:00 6.0mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.3mm/h CAPE WESSEL 17.0mm in 3 hr to 08:00 5.7mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.0mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h 30.0mm in 3 hr to 19:00 10.0mm/h 50.0mm in 3 hr to 20:00 16.7mm/h CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 35.0mm in 3 hr to 19:00 11.7mm/h	VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 98(250/ 63 ) at 02:21 KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 74(283/ 63 ) at 00:30 TASMANIA Southeast TASMAN ISLAND : 91(250/ 41 ) at 02:31 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 85(250/ 78 ) at 00:00