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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 2216 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
Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest daily rainfall

NT

Darwin-Daly

014035

MANTON DAM

245.0

129.5

03/04/1948

46

220.2

04/02/1956

55

NT

Darwin-Daly

014092

ADELAIDE RIVER POST OFFICE

187.0

121.9

05/04/1959

41

NT

Darwin-Daly

014183

DARWIN RIVER DAM

118.2

99.2

13/04/1985

36

NT

Darwin-Daly

014215

BERRY SPRINGS RANGERS

216.0

88.0

16/04/1990

22

207.8

04/01/1997

26

NT

Darwin-Daly

014222

ELIZABETH VALLEY

192.2

81.0

28/04/1989

21

NT

Darwin-Daly

014226

HUMPTY DOO COLLARD ROAD

160.6

150.0

13/04/1985

26

NT

Darwin-Daly

014240

LAKE BENNETT

210.4

188.4

10/04/1996

13

188.4

10/04/1996

17

NT

Darwin-Daly

014253

CHANNEL POINT

116.2

84.2

04/04/2006

16

Previous record set earlier this month.

NT

Darwin-Daly

014264

TERRITORY WILDLIFE PARK

205.0

84.2

02/04/2006

15

Previous record set earlier this month.

NT

Darwin-Daly

014272

BATCHELOR AERO

125.6

102.0

11/04/2000

12

NT

Darwin-Daly

014275

WILDMAN RANGERS

170.4

123.2

02/04/2001

11

139.6

10/01/2001

15

NT

Darwin-Daly

014901

DOUGLAS RIVER

101.0

74.6

02/04/2006

34

Previous record set earlier this month.

NT

Darwin-Daly

014925

TIPPERARY

138.0

128.3

06/04/1953

38

Lowest maximum temperature

WA

Lower West

009193

ROTTNEST ISLAND

16.6

16.7

01/04/2005

15

WA

SW & S Coast

009542

ESPERANCE AERO

15.4

15.5

29/04/2000

13

ISL

Islands

200839

LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO

19.9

20.0

29/04/1996

18


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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 22:36EST, 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 22.1 -5.5 15.7 +0.3 13.8 3.4 4.0 -- 395 (16.5) 45/08
PERTH AIRPORT 17.4 -8.1 9.8 -3.1 9.0 15.0 2.6 5.5 275 (11.5) 37/15
ALBANY AIRPORT 15.2 -6.6 8.6 -3.0 7.6 19.4 4.4 4.9 349 (14.5) 28/01
BUNBURY 18.8 -5.3 8.0 -3.5 -- 3.4 -- -- 192 ( 8.0) 48/13
MANDURAH 17.7 -- 11.3 -- -- 5.4 -- -- 355 (14.8) 37/13
DARWIN AIRPORT 29.6 -3.1 24.1 +0.1 24.3 49.8 1.6 4.8 741 (30.9) 54/02
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 32.4 +4.2 8.2 -4.4 5.1 0.0 7.8 9.6 186 ( 7.8) 34/00
WHYALLA AERO 27.3 +3.7 5.2 -6.4 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 193 ( 8.0) 30/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 25.8 +3.2 8.8 -3.6 3.8 0.0 2.0 10.4 219 ( 9.1) 30/20
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 20.7 +1.3 4.1 -4.6 1.0 0.0 1.4 10.0 153 ( 6.4) 28/11
MOUNT ISA AERO 29.9 -2.0 15.5 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 195 ( 8.1) 30/12
CAIRNS AERO 28.8 -0.4 21.9 +0.3 20.2 0.0 6.2 9.5 476 (19.8) 43/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.4 -1.2 18.7 -1.8 15.6 0.0 5.4 9.7 418 (17.4) 39/17
MACKAY M.O 26.2 -0.5 19.9 -0.2 -- 0.4 -- 8.6 399 (16.6) 43/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.7 -1.1 17.0 -0.8 14.6 0.0 4.8 -- 281 (11.7) 30/09
BUNDABERG AERO 26.2 -1.2 15.0 -2.5 -- 0.0 4.4 -- 388 (16.2) 30/13
NAMBOUR DPI 24.4 -1.7 11.8 -3.6 -- 0.0 7.4 -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 24.4 -0.9 14.7 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 399 (16.6) 35/09
BRISBANE AERO 24.2 -1.8 11.9 -4.3 9.5 0.0 2.6 10.3 371 (15.5) 26/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.1 -0.3 10.5 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 480 (20.0) 34/00
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR) 21.9 -3.2 11.1 -1.7 7.1 0.0 4.0 -- 223 ( 9.3) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 22.6 -1.4 13.8 -1.4 11.1 0.0 3.6 10.5 550 (22.9) 41/16
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.8 -2.2 13.3 -0.4 -- 1.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 21.0 -2.6 11.4 -1.8 10.8 27.0 5.6 6.8 385 (16.0) 50/16
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 20.3 -3.3 10.9 -1.0 7.3 0.2 -- -- 169 ( 7.0) 28/17
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 15.4 -3.1 4.8 -2.4 -1.0 0.0 2.4 10.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 22.5 -2.0 7.2 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.7 -4.2 12.2 -1.9 8.8 1.2 3.0 6.4 566 (23.6) 52/16
RICHMOND RAAF 21.1 -2.8 6.7 -4.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 181 ( 7.5) 31/12
BELLAMBI AWS 19.1 -3.0 12.7 -2.7 -- 0.6 -- -- 406 (16.9) 54/15
CANBERRA AIRPORT 20.0 0.0 1.0 -5.7 -2.3 0.0 2.6 10.2 154 ( 6.4) 26/17
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 22.7 +0.2 4.5 -4.6 2.2 0.0 3.0 10.5 165 ( 6.9) 21/10
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 22.1 -0.3 4.4 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 63 ( 2.6) 18/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 25.0 +1.5 3.2 -6.9 -0.5 0.0 2.0 10.3 165 ( 6.9) 18/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 21.7 +0.1 2.4 -5.8 4.3 0.0 6.3 -- 188 ( 7.8) 26/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 20.9 -0.3 6.8 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 244 (10.2) 30/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 22.1 +1.8 7.7 -3.1 5.2 0.0 1.0 -- 98 ( 4.1) 17/14
GEELONG AIRPORT 20.5 +0.5 4.5 -4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 116 ( 4.8) 24/16
BALLARAT AERODROME 19.2 +1.6 1.9 -5.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 198 ( 8.3) 34/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 17.9 -1.0 1.4 -6.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 22 ( 0.9) 18/18
HOBART AIRPORT 14.3 -3.8 3.2 -5.5 -1.7 0.0 1.8 9.8 250 (10.4) 26/15
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

37.3 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
37.1 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
36.3 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
35.5 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
35.2 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA

+7.2 : 30.8 EUCLA Eucla WA
+7.1 : 29.4 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
+5.8 : 30.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+5.4 : 27.4 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
+5.3 : 30.0 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA

29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
**S** 28.2 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
26.8 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
26.8 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
26.7 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA

+6.4 : 19.8 EUCLA Eucla WA
+5.7 : 17.7 FORREST Eucla WA
+4.9 : 24.7 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
+4.5 : 25.1 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
+4.4 : 23.2 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT

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

6.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
7.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
8.9 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
9.2 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
11.0 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
11.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-9.8 : 25.7 KIDMAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT
-9.5 : 14.0 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-9.4 : 17.0 GOSNELLS CITY Lower West WA
-9.2 : 26.0 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
-8.9 : 16.6 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA

-5.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-3.4 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.3 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS

-8.3 : -3.3 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
-7.9 : 0.2 NHILL Wimmera N VIC
-7.9 : 2.3 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC
-7.6 : 1.0 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
**S** -7.5 : 9.5 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD

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.
304.0 MAJESTIC ORCHIDS N Rivers NT
245.0 MANTON DAM N Rivers NT
230.0 BAN BAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT
230.0 POINT STUART N Rivers NT
216.0 BERRY SPRINGS RANGERS N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
304.0 MAJESTIC ORCHIDS
245.0 MANTON DAM
230.0 BAN BAN SPRINGS
230.0 POINT STUART
216.0 BERRY SPRINGS RANGERS
210.4 LAMBELL'S LAGOON
210.4 LAKE BENNETT
205.0 TERRITORY WILDLIFE PARK
192.2 ELIZABETH VALLEY
187.0 ADELAIDE RIVER POST OFFICE
182.2 UPPER ADELAIDE RIVER
174.2 DARWIN RIVER RIDGE
170.4 WILDMAN RANGERS
166.0 HUMPTY DOO FIRE STATION
160.6 HUMPTY DOO COLLARD ROAD
152.6 CHANNEL ISLAND
138.0 TIPPERARY
125.6 BATCHELOR AERO
118.2 DARWIN RIVER DAM
116.2 CHANNEL POINT
104.4 ROSEBERY
101.4 THE PINES
101.0 DOUGLAS RIVER
97.0 PINE CREEK COUNCIL
93.0 MARLOW LAGOON - FLOCKHART DVE
92.8 UPPER FERGUSSON RIVER
90.6 THE CHASE
89.0 HOWARD SPRINGS
87.4 JINDARE
84.0 BING BONG PORT
80.2 BONALBO
77.0 OOLLOO
77.0 CLARAVALE
76.6 PALMERSTON
73.0 LIMMEN RIVER
70.8 MANGO FARM
66.0 PINELANDS
66.0 BULEY ROCKHOLE
65.8 CENTRE ISLAND
63.0 DORISVALE
55.4 MICKET CREEK RIFLE CLUB
50.4 CSIRO BERRIMAH
50.2 WALKER CREEK

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
78.8 HORN ISLAND
50.0 BAMAGA

ISLANDS
Islands
87.2 HOME ISLAND
76.8 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT

11.8 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
10.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
10.7 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
10.6 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW

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3.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
3.3 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
3.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.0 LARRIMAH N Rivers NT
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

952 (39.7) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
870 (36.3) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
855 (35.6) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
834 (34.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
797 (33.2) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
787 (32.8) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
782 (32.6) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
772 (32.2) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
765 (31.9) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
761 (31.7) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
752 (31.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
743 (31.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
741 (30.9) DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
704 (29.3) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
696 (29.0) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
693 (28.9) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
643 (26.8) COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
611 (25.5) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
602 (25.1) LUCINDA POINT N Coast--Herbert QLD
602 (25.1) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
78/14 FORREST Eucla WA
68/17 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
67/05 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
65/18 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
65/16 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW

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
ESPERANCE AERO
7.4mm in 16 min to 04:30 27.8mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.0mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
POINT STUART AWS
22.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 7.3mm/h
46.0mm in 3 hr to 13:00 15.3mm/h
46.0mm in 3 hr to 14:00 15.3mm/h
57.8mm in 4 hr 26 min to 14:47 13.0mm/h
36.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 12.0mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 16:00 5.0mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 17:00 5.0mm/h
BATCHELOR AERO
26.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 8.7mm/h
MCCLUER ISLAND
16.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 5.3mm/h
26.0mm in 3 hr to 12:30 8.7mm/h
NGAYAWILI
19.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 6.3mm/h
35.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 11.7mm/h
CENTRE ISLAND
31.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 10.3mm/h
53.6mm in 2 hr 2 min to 15:50 26.4mm/h
39.8mm in 47 min to 16:37 50.8mm/h
12.6mm in 23 min to 17:00 32.9mm/h
85.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 28.3mm/h
131.0mm in * hr to 21:30 10.9mm/h
BORROLOOLA
15.4mm in 1 hr to 15:30 15.4mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 8.0mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 10.8mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 7.7mm/h
VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS
18.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 18.6mm/h
20.8mm in 1 hr to 21:00 20.8mm/h
39.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 13.0mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 12.4mm/h
13.8mm in 1 hr to 23:00 13.8mm/h
DOUGLAS RIVER
22.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 7.3mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 6.3mm/h
TINDAL RAAF
6.8mm in 19 min to 18:30 21.5mm/h
DELAMERE WEAPONS RANGE
10.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 10.4mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 15.2mm/h
13.4mm in 1 hr to 22:30 13.4mm/h
17.8mm in 1 hr 30 min to 23:00 11.9mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Darling Downs E
WARWICK
8.2mm in 3 min to 09:00 164.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
POINT FAWCETT
15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 5.0mm/h
No reports of wind gusts above 90km/h or sustained winds above 63km/h