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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 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
Lowest grass minimum temperature

QLD

N Peninsula

027045

WEIPA AERO

12.8

15.1

08/10/2004

14

1 Y

QLD

N Coast--Herbert

032040

TOWNSVILLE AERO

12.8

13.3

01/10/2002

12

1 Y

Lowest minimum temperature

VIC

Lower NE

082011

CORRYONG (PARISH LANE)

-3.0

-1.2

01/10/1982

33

1 P

VIC

Lower NE

082042

STRATHBOGIE

-3.0

-2.1

15/10/1997

29

1 N

VIC

Lower NE

082138

WANGARATTA AERO

-2.1

-1.9

04/10/1997

19

N


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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 23:24EST, 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 24.7 +0.3 12.0 +1.1 8.6 0.0 5.6 -- 359 (15.0) 41/12
PERTH AIRPORT 22.5 0.0 7.8 -2.4 7.3 0.6 2.8 10.9 357 (14.9) 30/14
ALBANY AIRPORT 20.4 +1.7 9.4 +0.3 6.4 0.0 4.6 11.1 395 (16.5) 32/09
BUNBURY 19.4 -1.3 8.1 -1.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 288 (12.0) 24/13
MANDURAH 20.1 -- 13.4 -- -- 0.2 -- -- 311 (13.0) 28/16
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.2 0.0 22.5 -2.5 21.8 0.0 7.0 10.8 337 (14.0) 39/23
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 34.5 +3.5 14.1 -0.7 10.7 0.0 11.4 8.6 259 (10.8) 39/14
WHYALLA AERO 31.7 +7.8 13.6 +3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 283 (11.8) 68/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 26.0 +4.2 15.8 +4.4 -- 0.0 5.4 6.3 290 (12.1) 43/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 22.0 +4.1 7.2 +0.1 2.7 0.0 4.4 3.8 362 (15.1) 50/10
MOUNT ISA AERO 35.6 +1.0 19.0 +0.4 16.7 0.0 9.0 10.4 153 ( 6.4) 34/10
CAIRNS AERO 28.5 -1.0 17.0 -3.6 15.4 0.0 9.4 11.2 436 (18.2) 52/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.2 -1.2 16.0 -4.7 12.8 0.0 6.8 11.1 293 (12.2) 43/13
MACKAY M.O 25.5 -2.1 15.4 -4.3 -- 0.0 -- 10.5 321 (13.4) 35/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 28.1 -1.6 15.3 -1.7 13.6 0.0 7.8 -- 228 ( 9.5) 34/13
BUNDABERG AERO 25.9 -1.0 16.3 -0.3 -- 0.0 7.8 -- 302 (12.6) 43/13
NAMBOUR DPI 23.1 -3.6 15.9 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 84 ( 3.5) 30/09
COOLANGATTA 23.7 -0.7 17.0 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 391 (16.3) 34/12
BRISBANE AERO 23.6 -1.9 17.8 +2.1 16.7 0.0 6.4 10.0 403 (16.8) 35/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 21.9 -2.8 12.7 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 607 (25.3) 48/00
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 26.5 +1.4 11.3 -0.8 8.2 0.0 6.8 -- 222 ( 9.3) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 22.3 -1.3 11.8 -2.0 8.4 0.0 6.2 11.3 467 (19.5) 24/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.5 -2.5 7.7 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 21.1 -2.5 6.6 -5.4 3.9 0.0 5.4 11.0 397 (16.5) 34/13
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 22.0 -1.7 5.1 -5.6 2.5 0.0 -- -- 136 ( 5.7) 24/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 20.6 +3.1 2.8 -3.8 -2.5 0.0 4.4 9.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 27.5 +2.7 9.3 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.3 -0.2 10.8 -2.3 7.2 0.0 4.0 10.0 518 (21.6) 43/14
RICHMOND RAAF 24.1 -0.9 4.2 -6.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 158 ( 6.6) 30/16
BELLAMBI AWS 21.6 0.0 10.8 -3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 437 (18.2) 48/15
CANBERRA AIRPORT 22.7 +3.3 0.3 -5.8 -3.8 0.0 6.2 11.5 225 ( 9.4) 39/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 25.7 +4.3 1.8 -5.9 -1.9 0.0 5.4 11.7 218 ( 9.1) 28/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 25.4 +3.8 1.9 -6.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 87 ( 3.6) 26/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 31.8 +8.0 9.6 -0.2 4.2 0.0 5.2 8.1 248 (10.3) 71/17
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 25.5 +4.6 -0.2 -7.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 170 ( 7.1) 43/20
BENDIGO AIRPORT 25.3 +5.0 1.4 -4.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 178 ( 7.4) --
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 25.9 +6.3 7.1 -2.4 4.0 0.0 4.2 -- 135 ( 5.6) 32/10
GEELONG AIRPORT 27.7 +8.9 2.3 -5.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 157 ( 6.5) 52/17
BALLARAT AERODROME 22.2 +5.6 3.3 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 298 (12.4) 61/18
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 17.2 -0.8 6.5 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 184 ( 7.7) 35/12
HOBART AIRPORT 22.4 +5.1 2.2 -5.3 -0.7 0.0 3.8 10.2 323 (13.5) 50/17
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

41.2 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
40.9 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
40.7 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
40.2 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
40.1 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA

+9.6 : 35.8 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
+9.6 : 36.5 BALGAIR Eucla WA
+9.1 : 35.6 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW
+8.9 : 27.7 GEELONG AIRPORT W Central VIC
+8.7 : 26.8 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC

26.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.4 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
25.0 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
24.9 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
24.9 TELFER AERO Interior WA

+8.8 : 18.8 MINNIPA DPI W Agricultural SA
+8.3 : 19.9 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
+8.3 : 22.5 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
+8.2 : 18.1 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+8.0 : 22.8 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT

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

9.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
10.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
10.9 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
11.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
11.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-3.9 : 21.7 EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
-3.8 : 24.0 BEERBURRUM FOREST STATION Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-3.7 : 26.0 GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD
-3.7 : 23.8 CASINO AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW
-3.6 : 23.1 NAMBOUR DPI Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

-3.0 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-3.0 CORRYONG (PARISH LANE) Lower NE VIC
-3.0 STRATHBOGIE Lower NE VIC
-3.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

-9.7 : -3.0 CORRYONG (PARISH LANE) Lower NE VIC
-9.1 : -2.9 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW
-8.7 : -2.5 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC
-8.7 : -1.5 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW
-8.4 : -2.1 WANGARATTA AERO Lower NE 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.
14.0 YAKKAMUNGA W Kimberley WA
13.0 AIR SEA RESCUE ALERT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
8.0 BAMAGA N Peninsula QLD
7.6 LAKE ECHO POWER STATION Central Plateau TAS
7.2 HORSESHOE Cent Wheatbelt WA

12.0 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.8 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
11.7 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
11.6 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
11.5 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW

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5.2 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
3.8 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
1.6 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
0.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

821 (34.2) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
772 (32.2) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
762 (31.8) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
721 (30.0) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
704 (29.3) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
682 (28.4) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
643 (26.8) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
612 (25.5) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
607 (25.3) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
600 (25.0) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
89/21 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
85/22 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
83/22 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
80/12 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
74/04 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
74/19 TASMAN ISLAND 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
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 87(310/ 69 ) at 23:00
W Coast
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 85(300/ 74 ) at 23:54