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Noteworthy weather today
significant newsworthy major

TAS: Further gales as front passes. A front that tickled the southeast of the state as it passed this morning brought a freshening to gale force winds in coastal and mountain areas of the south. Maatsuyker Island's 24-hour wind run to 9am of 1922km (average 80.1km/h) was followed by a run of 2110km (average 87.9km/h) to 9am Saturday, or an average speed of 84.0km/h for the full 48-hour period. Gale force begins at 63km/h. Top wind gust on the island today was 115km/h recorded on several occasions, while the highest gust recorded in the state was 120km/h atop Mt Wellington. More wind data is below.


Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2026 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 Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Lowest minimum temperature

NSW

Goulburn/Monaro

070310

TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE

-9.0

-7.0

14/07/1985

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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 22:58EST, 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 27.4 +7.9 13.7 +4.2 12.1 0.0 6.6 -- 443 (18.5) 50/10
PERTH AIRPORT 22.5 +4.6 11.2 +3.1 6.7 0.0 2.6 9.1 -- 41/00
ALBANY AIRPORT 19.0 +3.2 5.5 -2.0 2.1 0.2 1.8 9.4 239 (10.0) 34/11
BUNBURY 19.9 +2.7 7.0 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 207 ( 8.6) 22/01
MANDURAH 20.9 -- 13.4 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 322 (13.4) 35/01
DARWIN AIRPORT 29.5 -1.0 17.6 -1.6 15.9 0.0 9.4 10.9 -- 50/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 18.2 -1.5 -0.7 -4.7 -4.7 0.0 4.0 10.4 300 (12.5) 39/13
WHYALLA AERO 14.9 -2.0 4.1 -1.2 -- 0.4 1.2 -- 136 ( 5.7) 24/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 14.4 -0.9 7.5 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.4 0.1 129 ( 5.4) 32/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 14.0 +0.9 8.5 +3.3 6.4 1.0 0.8 3.2 367 (15.3) 41/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 24.3 -0.4 7.6 -1.0 4.1 0.0 5.2 10.5 333 (13.9) 34/11
CAIRNS AERO 26.1 +0.4 19.4 +2.4 17.7 0.2 5.4 10.6 581 (24.2) 50/09
TOWNSVILLE AERO 26.3 +1.2 12.8 -0.8 7.0 0.0 4.0 10.7 345 (14.4) 41/11
MACKAY M.O 21.2 -0.1 11.8 -1.0 -- 0.4 -- 10.2 398 (16.6) 45/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 23.5 +0.4 9.2 -0.3 6.6 0.0 3.8 -- 183 ( 7.6) 30/13
BUNDABERG AERO 23.0 +1.0 10.4 +0.3 -- 0.0 3.0 -- 269 (11.2) --
NAMBOUR DPI 21.7 +0.6 5.2 -2.5 -- 0.0 1.6 -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 21.6 +1.1 11.9 +2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 31/13
BRISBANE AERO 21.5 +0.6 8.5 -0.3 -- 0.0 4.0 8.8 307 (12.8) 28/08
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 19.1 +2.5 5.2 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 347 (14.5) 45/05
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR) 16.7 +0.6 2.3 -2.4 -2.0 0.0 3.0 -- 14 ( 0.6) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 18.9 +0.2 5.6 -1.9 1.2 0.0 2.2 9.6 248 (10.3) 26/02
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.5 +0.8 7.4 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 17.8 +0.8 5.7 -0.6 3.4 0.0 3.4 9.8 433 (18.0) 46/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 17.3 -0.2 1.5 -3.1 -0.5 0.0 -- -- 100 ( 4.2) 21/10
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 7.6 -1.7 -0.4 -1.8 -4.0 0.4 0.0 7.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 13.2 -2.0 -1.8 -4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 17.1 +0.1 7.6 +0.5 3.5 0.0 3.4 9.7 498 (20.8) 39/20
RICHMOND RAAF 16.6 -0.8 -1.9 -5.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 91 ( 3.8) 24/18
BELLAMBI AWS 15.6 -1.2 9.4 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 402 (16.8) 48/08
CANBERRA AIRPORT 11.3 0.0 -2.3 -2.2 -6.1 0.0 2.0 6.2 310 (12.9) 37/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 11.4 -1.3 -0.5 -3.2 -3.1 0.0 0.6 0.1 215 ( 9.0) 35/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 11.7 -1.3 0.8 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 221 ( 9.2) 28/15
MILDURA AIRPORT 12.8 -2.5 1.0 -3.3 -2.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 249 (10.4) 28/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 13.4 +0.4 6.9 +4.0 -- 0.0 2.2 -- 296 (12.3) 37/11
BENDIGO AIRPORT 11.8 -0.7 5.1 +2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 217 ( 9.0) 30/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 14.2 +0.8 9.4 +3.4 6.5 0.0 1.8 -- 173 ( 7.2) 22/10
GEELONG AIRPORT 13.8 0.0 7.6 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 417 (17.4) 43/08
BALLARAT AERODROME 9.6 -0.4 5.4 +2.2 -- 0.4 -- -- 393 (16.4) 37/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 14.9 +2.3 1.3 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 201 ( 8.4) 41/15
HOBART AIRPORT 14.5 +2.1 8.4 +4.3 5.9 0.0 1.4 3.0 549 (22.9) 52/17
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

31.4 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
30.2 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
30.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
30.0 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
30.0 MANINGRIDA AERO N Rivers NT
30.0 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
30.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
30.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA

+8.0 : 29.7 KALBARRI Central West WA
+7.9 : 27.4 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
+6.6 : 28.4 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
+6.6 : 26.2 ENEABBA Central West WA
+6.4 : 28.7 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA

26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.7 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
23.6 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
22.8 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
22.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+5.4 : 10.6 FORREST Eucla WA
+5.2 : 11.6 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
+4.8 : 11.3 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD
+4.8 : 13.3 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
+4.7 : 8.1 CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS

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

-1.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-0.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-0.2 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
0.0 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
0.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-4.0 : 7.6 KHANCOBAN AWS SW Slopes S NSW
-3.8 : 0.0 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
-3.8 : 13.2 GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) Northeast SA
-3.8 : 11.7 LAKE CARGELLIGO AIRPORT Riverina W NSW
-3.6 : 26.0 DOONGAN N Kimberley WA

-9.0 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-8.0 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.9 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-6.3 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-6.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW

-9.2 : -9.0 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-8.6 : -2.7 EYRE Eucla WA
-6.2 : -7.9 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-6.1 : -2.1 DALBY AIRPORT Darling Downs E 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.
42.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
33.4 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) Central Plateau TAS
25.0 MOUNT LESLIE N Coast TAS
22.0 TULLAH (MEREDITH STREET) W Coast TAS
18.0 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION W Coast TAS

10.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.7 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.6 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

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0.0 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
0.0 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1922 (80.1) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1554 (64.8) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1448 (60.3) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1313 (54.7) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1122 (46.8) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
1108 (46.2) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1077 (44.9) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1071 (44.6) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
1062 (44.3) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
993 (41.4) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
984 (41.0) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
920 (38.3) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
855 (35.6) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
785 (32.7) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
777 (32.4) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
752 (31.3) LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
744 (31.0) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
742 (30.9) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
723 (30.1) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
721 (30.0) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
709 (29.5) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
699 (29.1) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
676 (28.2) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
672 (28.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
662 (27.6) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
646 (26.9) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
642 (26.8) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
638 (26.6) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
631 (26.3) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
610 (25.4) COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
121/04 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
115/02 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
107/06 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
94/01 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
94/23 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
91/23 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC

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.
No reports

VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 91(270/ 54 ) at 23:05
Western Plains
LOOKOUT HILL : 95(250/ 48 ) at 02:01
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS : 85(270/ 63 ) at 14:30
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 115(310/ 93 ) at 09:58
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 117(240/ 80 ) at 05:30
HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 108(260/ 65 ) at 06:30
CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 87(250/ 67 ) at 06:00
W Coast
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 87(290/ 63 ) at 15:00
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 91(260/ 70 ) at 23:40