Australian Weather News -- 03 MAY 2006

Wednesday 03 MAY 2006

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2006

Dec

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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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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 1713 EST on 12/01/2007. 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

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest daily rainfall

QLD

N Peninsula

027034

BATAVIA DOWNS STATION

24.8

24.4

01/05/2000

QLD

N Peninsula

027061

SOUTHWELL STATION

24.4

20.6

15/05/2003

QLD

S Peninsula

028025

PINNACLE

55.6

55.0

16/05/1977

TAS

Central Plateau

096069

DERWENT BRIDGE (DERWENT RIVER)

27.6

04/05/2004

Equal to record.

Highest wind gust (km/h)

TAS

W Coast

097072

STRAHAN AERODROME

104

95.0

04/05/2004

TAS

Flinders Is/Bass St

099005

FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT

113

100.0

02/05/2004

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 22:38EST, 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	27.6	+3.6	10.4	-2.5	6.8	0.0	6.4	--	520 (21.7)	50/22
PERTH AIRPORT	23.5	+1.8	6.1	-4.4	4.7	0.0	3.0	9.8	294 (12.3)	30/15
ALBANY AIRPORT	19.7	+0.8	11.8	+2.0	10.4	0.6	1.4	8.0	279 (11.6)	32/08
BUNBURY	20.5	-0.6	6.1	-3.4	--	0.0	--	--	139 ( 5.8)	21/16
MANDURAH	20.8	--	12.0	--	--	0.0	--	--	278 (11.6)	28/16
DARWIN AIRPORT	28.9	-3.1	18.4	-3.7	17.1	0.0	7.6	11.2	423 (17.6)	46/09
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	22.5	-0.5	7.3	-1.0	3.8	0.0	6.0	10.9	267 (11.1)	54/13
WHYALLA AERO	20.1	-0.4	13.1	+4.4	--	0.0	2.2	--	313 (13.0)	35/10
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	18.5	-0.5	13.2	+3.0	11.1	8.0	1.4	3.8	362 (15.1)	45/09
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	15.2	-0.9	11.7	+4.4	11.3	4.2	3.0	6.2	583 (24.3)	65/10
MOUNT ISA AERO	24.5	-3.4	10.7	-3.2	7.0	0.0	5.4	10.9	339 (14.1)	35/10
CAIRNS AERO	25.4	-2.2	21.5	+1.6	20.3	0.0	4.0	0.0	368 (15.3)	39/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO	25.8	-1.8	19.1	+1.5	15.9	0.0	4.0	0.0	237 ( 9.9)	26/08
MACKAY M.O	23.3	-0.9	16.4	-0.7	--	0.0	--	7.1	379 (15.8)	45/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	27.6	+1.6	11.7	-2.5	7.7	0.0	6.0	--	198 ( 8.3)	34/13
BUNDABERG AERO	25.8	+1.1	10.9	-3.3	--	0.0	5.0	--	355 (14.8)	--
NAMBOUR DPI	24.9	+1.2	11.5	-0.5	--	0.0	3.8	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	23.6	+0.5	9.3	-5.0	--	0.0	--	--	162 ( 6.8)	21/12
BRISBANE AERO	24.8	+1.2	10.0	-2.8	8.0	0.0	7.2	10.4	401 (16.7)	32/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	20.6	+0.6	7.2	-2.8	--	0.0	--	--	460 (19.2)	43/11
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	21.4	+1.1	6.1	-2.6	2.0	0.0	3.1	--	172 ( 7.2)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	22.8	+1.4	8.4	-3.3	4.6	0.0	3.8	10.3	332 (13.8)	28/00
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	23.0	+1.5	6.6	-3.9	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	23.0	+2.8	10.1	0.0	7.4	0.0	3.8	10.5	380 (15.8)	54/13
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	25.9	+5.5	7.6	-0.7	3.1	0.0	--	--	112 ( 4.7)	30/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	14.5	+0.3	4.6	-0.1	-2.0	0.0	1.6	7.3	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	21.8	+1.8	3.4	-3.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	26.0	+6.0	12.3	+1.4	7.4	0.0	2.2	10.5	468 (19.5)	54/16
RICHMOND RAAF	24.9	+4.3	4.2	-3.7	--	0.0	--	--	128 ( 5.3)	57/15
BELLAMBI AWS	24.3	+4.6	13.8	+0.7	--	0.0	--	--	333 (13.9)	63/15
CANBERRA AIRPORT	16.6	+1.0	6.8	+3.6	6.1	0.0	2.8	3.8	473 (19.7)	65/17
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	19.1	+1.8	6.2	+0.3	3.9	0.2	3.0	4.3	219 ( 9.1)	52/11
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	16.7	-1.0	11.0	+5.4	--	1.0	--	--	211 ( 8.8)	52/12
MILDURA AIRPORT	19.8	+0.8	10.3	+2.9	9.9	0.0	1.0	7.5	336 (14.0)	43/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	17.0	-0.3	11.7	+5.9	12.3	0.6	2.0	--	368 (15.3)	--
BENDIGO AIRPORT	16.2	-0.4	10.9	+5.7	--	4.8	--	--	414 (17.3)	55/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	17.6	+0.9	12.5	+3.9	9.1	6.4	3.0	--	204 ( 8.5)	35/11
GEELONG AIRPORT	16.2	-0.9	11.4	+3.7	--	0.2	--	--	595 (24.8)	72/14
BALLARAT AERODROME	14.0	+0.4	8.1	+2.4	--	3.0	--	--	603 (25.1)	57/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	10.2	-5.6	8.3	+3.2	--	4.0	--	--	454 (18.9)	70/14
HOBART AIRPORT	10.6	-4.6	6.3	-0.3	2.4	6.8	3.8	2.1	570 (23.8)	65/14
	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

35.0 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA
34.5 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
34.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
33.2 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
32.9 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA

+6.8 : 26.2 SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) Sydney--east NSW
+6.7 : 32.9 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
+6.0 : 26.0 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
+6.0 : 25.0 MERIMBULA AIRPORT AWS South Coast NSW
+6.0 : 25.6 RIVERVIEW OBSERVATORY Sydney--east NSW

28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
27.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.1 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
25.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
24.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.9 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL

+7.7 : 16.0 MAITLAND VISITORS CENTRE Hunter Valley NSW
+7.4 : 11.8 WANGARATTA AERO Lower NE VIC
+7.3 : 19.2 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley WA
+7.1 : 12.5 SHEPPARTON AIRPORT Upper North VIC
+6.8 : 12.5 COROWA AIRPORT Riverina E NSW
+6.8 : 13.1 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

0.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
2.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.9 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
3.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
3.2 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-6.2 : 8.1 MELTON MOWBRAY (NORTH STOCKMAN) Southeast TAS
-6.2 : 5.0 MOOGARA (UXBRIDGE BACK ROAD) Derwent Valley TAS
-6.1 : 7.0 MAYDENA POST OFFICE Derwent Valley TAS
-5.8 : 24.5 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
-5.6 : 10.2 LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) N Coast TAS
-5.6 : 8.0 SHEFFIELD SCHOOL FARM N Coast TAS
-5.6 : 9.5 BULL BAY (LAURISTON) Southeast TAS
-5.6 : 6.9 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS

-2.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-2.6 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-1.0 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-0.8 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW
-0.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
-0.7 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW

-9.1 : 2.7 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-7.1 : 2.4 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-6.6 : 1.8 KELLERBERRIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.1 : 5.7 WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY Illawarra 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.

106.6 BALURGA STATION N Peninsula QLD
98.0 PLANE CREEK SUGAR MILL Central Coast E QLD
76.6 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
65.0 THURSDAY ISLAND TOWNSHIP N Peninsula QLD
60.8 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
106.6 BALURGA STATION
76.6 HORN ISLAND
65.0 THURSDAY ISLAND TOWNSHIP
S Peninsula
60.8 PALMERVILLE
55.6 PINNACLE
N Coast--Barron
55.5 LIZARD ISLAND RESORT
Central Coast E
98.0 PLANE CREEK SUGAR MILL

11.2 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.9 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.8 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.8 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT

.....

0.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.0 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
0.0 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
0.0 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
0.0 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD

1640 (68.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1391 (58.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1333 (55.5) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1273 (53.0) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
1238 (51.6) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1231 (51.3) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1143 (47.6) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
1131 (47.1) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
1075 (44.8) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
1072 (44.7) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
1030 (42.9) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
997 (41.5) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
984 (41.0) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
977 (40.7) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
920 (38.3) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
919 (38.3) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
886 (36.9) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
882 (36.8) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
856 (35.7) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
849 (35.4) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
831 (34.6) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
825 (34.4) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
824 (34.3) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
816 (34.0) MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
786 (32.8) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
730 (30.4) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
703 (29.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
703 (29.3) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
696 (29.0) CAPE BORDA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
680 (28.3) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
678 (28.3) MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC
671 (28.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
667 (27.8) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
664 (27.7) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
647 (27.0) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
645 (26.9) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
642 (26.8) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
640 (26.7) CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
638 (26.6) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
635 (26.5) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
617 (25.7) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
617 (25.7) HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
608 (25.3) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
607 (25.3) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
603 (25.1) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC

139/14 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
135/10 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
128/09 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
124/14 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
113/15 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
106/18 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
106/16 SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
104/04 STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
100/03 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
100/00 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
98/05 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
97/06 LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
95/14 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
94/10 COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
93/06 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
91/12 MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
91/14 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S 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.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA W Agricultural NULLARBOR 29.6mm in 1 hr to 10:30 29.6mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula HORN ISLAND 17.6mm in 1 hr to 05:00 17.6mm/h 33.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 33.6mm/h 51.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 17.0mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 07:00 11.4mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.3mm/h COEN AIRPORT 11.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 11.8mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE 20.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.7mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 10:00 11.6mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h	NEW SOUTH WALES Goulburn/Monaro MOUNT GININI AWS : 100(280/ 50 ) at 13:49 Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 100(320/ 80 ) at 18:00 SW Slopes S CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS : 91(280/ 54 ) at 15:00 VICTORIA Upper NE FALLS CREEK : 87(300/ 67 ) at 07:41 MT HOTHAM : 100(320/ 58 ) at 03:30 W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 121(240/ 96 ) at 17:31 KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 96(263/ 76 ) at 16:40 E Central SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 91(280/ 61 ) at 16:58 W Coast CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE : 95(280/ 56 ) at 14:27 COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 95(280/ 70 ) at 11:00 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE : 82(270/ 67 ) at 07:35 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 135(260/109 ) at 10:14 LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) : 93(250/ 37 ) at 07:01 LOW HEAD : 95(270/ 83 ) at 06:18 E Coast SWAN ISLAND : 106(260/ 69 ) at 16:44 MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 76(300/ 63 ) at 01:56 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 121(300/106 ) at 09:22 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 85(240/ 63 ) at 12:31 TASMAN ISLAND : 83(300/ 63 ) at 09:31 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 100(300/ 69 ) at 00:31 DROUGHTY HILL (TERSS) : 106(270/ 78 ) at 12:50 W Coast STRAHAN AERODROME : 104(300/ 58 ) at 04:16 SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 106(300/ 72 ) at 10:00 Flinders Is/Bass St FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT : 113(250/ 82 ) at 15:37 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 139(270/106 ) at 14:16