Thursday 28 SEP 2006

Home page

DWS ARCHIVE
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Before 2003

About the DWS

2006

Dec

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
        01 02 03
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

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
    01 02 03 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      

Oct

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
            01
02 03 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          

Sept

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
        01 02 03
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  

August

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
  01 02 03 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      

July

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
          01 02
03 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            

June

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
      01 02 03 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    

May

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
01 02 03 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        

April

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
          01 02
03 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

March

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
    01 02 03 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    

February

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
    01 02 03 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          

January

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
            01
02 03 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          

Monthly summaries:
from BoM

Find a place:
Google Maps |
Aust Gazetteer|
Geonames

Weather terms:
WeatherZone | BoM |
American Met Soc | NOAA | uk.sci.weather | India Meteorological Department

National Daily Weather Summary

Records set | Charts | Cities | Hottest | Coldest | Rain, sun & wind | Downpours & gales
State extremes | Noteworthy weather | Capital Cities | Regional Cities | Alpine Stations
Charts and data courtesy Bureau of Meteorology. MTSAT-1R operated by JMA
Noteworthy weather today
significant newsworthy major

Descriptions of significant weather events appear here when reliable information is available and time permits. Information comes from many sources, and updates may be made well after the event! For weather news as it happens, your best sources are ABC News and the breaking weather forum on Weatherzone.

The graphics and statistical information on this page fill gradually as they become available. The page is updated every 30 minutes at about 15 and 45 minutes past the hour.

Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec


Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1742 EST on 23/09/2007. 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

QLD

N Peninsula

027058

HORN ISLAND

4.4

2.4

14/09/2004

12

1 n

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040388

UPPER TENT HILL

38.8

35.6

15/09/1962

48

1 y

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040395

FORDSDALE

55.0

51.8

01/09/1975

54

1 y

QLD

Darling Downs E

041225

MIRRABOOKA

40.8

28.7

23/09/1970

45

1 y

QLD

Darling Downs E

041256

NAVILLOWEEN

55.0

45.2

16/09/1962

48

1 y

QLD

Darling Downs E

041275

GLENROY MASSIE

38.8

33.8

01/09/1975

48

1 y

QLD

Darling Downs E

041323

MANDALA FARM

42.4

35.2

25/09/1995

37

1 y

QLD

Darling Downs E

041344

KARARA

53.0

44.4

18/09/1976

38

1 y

QLD

Darling Downs E

041525

WARWICK

27.0

24.0

11/09/1998

13

1 y

Highest minimum temperature

NT

Alice Springs

015511

CURTIN SPRINGS

22.4

21.5

28/09/2005

41

1 Y

NT

Alice Springs

015635

YULARA AERO

24.2

20.9

25/09/2005

17

1 Y

Lowest minimum temperature

SA

W Agricultural

018191

COULTA (COLES POINT)

1.9

2.1

11/09/2002

13

1 Y


The day in charts
Surface charts Satellite images Rain & temperatures
4am EST Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
Available about 6am EST Available about 4am EST Available about 2pm EST
Week to 9am | SE AUS detail
10am EST Minimum temperature +/- normal
Available about noon EST Available about 10am EST Available about 2pm EST next day
Actual temperatures
4pm EST Maximum temperature +/- normal
Available about 6pm EST Available about 4pm EST Available about 2pm EST next day
Actual temperatures
10pm EST Solar Radiation
Available about midnight EST Available about 10pm EST Available about 2am EST next day

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 23:23EST, 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 29.1 +7.1 6.2 -3.1 3.2 0.0 6.8 -- 530 (22.1) 43/15
PERTH AIRPORT 25.6 +5.5 4.7 -4.2 3.9 0.0 4.2 11.1 266 (11.1) 28/10
ALBANY AIRPORT 18.9 +1.6 10.0 +2.0 7.0 0.0 3.8 8.1 332 (13.8) 24/14
BUNBURY 19.7 +1.5 5.5 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 146 ( 6.1) 28/16
MANDURAH 22.8 -- 11.2 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 166 ( 6.9) 35/13
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.4 -0.1 22.5 -0.5 21.8 0.0 8.4 10.7 263 (11.0) 37/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 28.1 +0.8 18.2 +7.8 15.0 0.0 15.4 0.3 445 (18.5) 37/14
WHYALLA AERO 22.3 +0.8 7.8 -0.2 -- 0.0 8.8 -- 342 (14.3) 43/22
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 20.9 +1.9 6.7 -3.0 1.8 0.0 4.0 10.3 182 ( 7.6) 26/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 16.6 +0.8 2.7 -3.6 -0.4 0.0 3.4 9.2 326 (13.6) 37/15
MOUNT ISA AERO 34.9 +3.7 15.3 +1.1 12.1 0.0 10.0 11.2 278 (11.6) 48/15
CAIRNS AERO 28.9 +0.9 20.1 +1.4 18.4 0.0 7.6 10.9 574 (23.9) 50/09
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.9 +1.2 16.0 -1.3 14.1 0.0 7.8 10.7 429 (17.9) 41/12
MACKAY M.O 25.4 +0.2 17.9 +1.3 -- 0.0 -- 10.4 333 (13.9) 24/08
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 30.7 +3.4 16.8 +3.2 15.2 0.0 5.6 -- 238 ( 9.9) 32/16
BUNDABERG AERO 27.4 +2.0 16.9 +3.2 -- 0.2 5.0 -- 274 (11.4) 34/13
NAMBOUR DPI 27.6 +2.7 13.8 +3.2 -- 23.4 2.8 -- 89 ( 3.7) 26/15
COOLANGATTA 24.3 +1.2 13.2 -0.2 -- 4.6 -- -- 170 ( 7.1) 41/13
BRISBANE AERO 26.9 +2.7 14.9 +2.2 12.0 10.8 6.8 10.3 379 (15.8) 34/16
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.8 +1.4 11.0 +0.4 -- 13.6 -- -- 481 (20.0) 45/18
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 25.6 +4.2 8.2 -0.3 6.2 10.6 0.8 -- 112 ( 4.7) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 22.5 +0.6 9.8 -1.1 7.9 12.8 1.4 10.8 173 ( 7.2) 30/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 23.3 +0.8 9.7 +0.3 -- 7.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 21.5 +0.3 8.0 -1.0 4.0 0.0 2.0 7.2 312 (13.0) 39/07
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 21.1 -0.2 8.5 +0.8 5.3 0.0 -- -- 147 ( 6.1) 28/08
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 22.6 +8.6 4.5 +0.3 0.0 0.0 6.0 11.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 28.6 +7.4 5.0 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 20.3 -0.2 15.3 +5.0 8.8 0.0 6.2 8.6 571 (23.8) 55/03
RICHMOND RAAF 22.3 -0.4 7.0 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 214 ( 8.9) 30/15
BELLAMBI AWS 22.4 +2.2 14.9 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 519 (21.6) 68/01
CANBERRA AIRPORT 23.5 +7.3 2.5 -0.7 -3.0 0.0 6.2 10.7 269 (11.2) 50/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 24.9 +7.3 2.2 -2.9 -0.2 0.0 4.6 11.0 176 ( 7.3) 48/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 23.1 +5.0 2.5 -3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 88 ( 3.7) 30/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 24.7 +4.3 5.4 -2.0 3.6 0.0 8.0 11.3 383 (16.0) 28/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 20.8 +3.4 1.3 -4.1 -- 0.0 7.2 -- 412 (17.2) 24/01
BENDIGO AIRPORT 20.3 +3.5 0.9 -3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 395 (16.5) 28/04
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 19.7 +2.5 6.0 -1.9 3.6 0.0 4.8 -- 150 ( 6.3) 18/11
GEELONG AIRPORT 19.0 +2.2 1.9 -4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 498 (20.8) 30/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 17.5 +3.6 -2.4 -7.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 431 (18.0) 28/09
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 14.1 -1.4 1.7 -3.4 -- 2.2 -- -- 363 (15.1) 46/12
HOBART AIRPORT 18.1 +2.8 7.7 +1.7 4.5 2.0 5.0 11.1 662 (27.6) 50/01
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

41.3 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
40.6 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
40.3 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
40.2 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA
40.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA

+10.7 : 34.5 KALBARRI Central West WA
+9.9 : 35.6 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA
+9.6 : 28.2 COWRA AIRPORT COMPARISON CW Slopes S NSW
+9.6 : 27.5 COWRA RESEARCH CENTRE C Tablelands S NSW
+9.5 : 29.0 PARKES (MACARTHUR STREET) CW Slopes S NSW

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.5 WULUNGURRU N Plateau NT
25.4 TELFER AERO Interior WA
25.4 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
25.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+13.3 : 24.2 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT
+12.4 : 22.4 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
+8.9 : 25.4 TELFER AERO Interior WA
+8.3 : 19.5 KULGERA N Plateau NT
+7.8 : 18.2 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT

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

4.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
6.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
7.4 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
8.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
9.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
9.0 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-4.6 : 15.6 BEGA AWS South Coast NSW
-2.8 : 24.0 TE KOWAI EXP STN Central Coast E QLD
-2.7 : 21.4 EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
-2.6 : 13.0 FRANKSTON AWS E Central VIC
-2.5 : 17.0 MERIMBULA AIRPORT AWS South Coast NSW
-2.5 : 18.0 MORUYA AIRPORT AWS South Coast NSW

-3.9 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC
-2.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-2.4 BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
-2.2 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.2 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC

-8.9 : -3.9 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC
-7.6 : -2.2 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC
-7.6 : -1.9 MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC
-7.5 : -1.0 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA
-7.4 : -2.0 NHILL Wimmera N VIC

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.
69.6 WEST HALDON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
63.0 PRATTEN Darling Downs E QLD
58.0 MEERSCHAUMVALE (MEERSCHAUM VALE (BARDEN) North Coast NSW
55.0 FORDSDALE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
55.0 NAVILLOWEEN Darling Downs E QLD

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
69.6 WEST HALDON
55.0 FORDSDALE
Darling Downs E
63.0 PRATTEN
55.0 NAVILLOWEEN
53.0 KARARA

NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
58.0 MEERSCHAUMVALE (MEERSCHAUM VALE (BARDEN)

11.7 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
11.6 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.4 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.3 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
11.3 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

.....

7.8 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
7.2 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
4.5 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
4.1 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT

1706 (71.1) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1203 (50.1) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1121 (46.7) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
1113 (46.4) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1085 (45.2) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
1043 (43.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
971 (40.5) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
898 (37.4) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
862 (35.9) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
851 (35.5) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
829 (34.5) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
823 (34.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
818 (34.1) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
807 (33.6) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
801 (33.4) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
773 (32.2) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
770 (32.1) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
769 (32.0) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
733 (30.5) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
728 (30.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
723 (30.1) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
709 (29.5) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
696 (29.0) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
688 (28.7) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
688 (28.7) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
672 (28.0) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
672 (28.0) HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
663 (27.6) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
662 (27.6) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
658 (27.4) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
655 (27.3) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
627 (26.1) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
622 (25.9) CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS
621 (25.9) BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS
602 (25.1) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
118/00 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
107/01 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
107/22 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
87/00 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
85/08 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.
None reported

TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 102(320/ 85 ) at 02:00
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 106(250/ 85 ) at 01:00
W Coast
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 91(320/ 70 ) at 22:01