Australian Weather News -- 09 OCT 2006

Monday 09 OCT 2006

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2006

Dec

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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

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Lowest grass minimum temperature

Lower SE

026091

COONAWARRA

-5.2

-5.0

28/10/1998

NSW

SW Slopes S

072023

HUME RESERVOIR

-4.5

-4.2

16/10/2000

Lowest minimum temperature

VIC

Lower NE

082138

WANGARATTA AERO

-3.1

-2.1

01/10/2006

N Previous record set earlier this month.

VIC

N Central

088043

MARYBOROUGH

-0.4

09/10/2003

1 N Equal to record.

VIC

Western Plains

089085

ARARAT PRISON

-3.8

-3.4

19/10/1997

1 N

VIC

W Coast

090173

HAMILTON AIRPORT

-0.3

08/10/1986

1 N Equal to record.

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 23:27EST, 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	28.1	+3.7	9.2	-1.7	6.0	0.0	8.0	--	485 (20.2)	39/12
PERTH AIRPORT	28.1	+5.6	11.7	+1.5	8.3	0.0	6.2	11.4	599 (25.0)	54/08
ALBANY AIRPORT	24.9	+6.2	10.6	+1.5	8.0	0.0	4.0	11.3	630 (26.3)	39/08
BUNBURY	23.6	+2.9	8.8	-0.4	--	0.0	--	--	354 (14.8)	52/03
MANDURAH	24.2	--	13.7	--	--	0.0	--	--	347 (14.5)	35/15
DARWIN AIRPORT	31.9	-1.3	22.2	-2.8	21.7	0.0	6.0	8.8	298 (12.4)	39/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	30.7	-0.3	11.5	-3.3	8.6	0.0	14.4	11.2	370 (15.4)	52/15
WHYALLA AERO	20.1	-3.8	9.7	-0.8	--	0.0	--	--	703 (29.3)	43/00
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	20.1	-1.7	7.9	-3.5	--	0.0	5.2	11.6	320 (13.3)	30/10
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	16.4	-1.5	1.8	-5.3	-0.7	0.0	3.4	9.2	399 (16.6)	37/10
MOUNT ISA AERO	36.3	+1.7	18.8	+0.2	12.4	0.0	11.2	11.4	304 (12.7)	37/14
CAIRNS AERO	29.1	-0.4	19.1	-1.5	16.8	0.0	9.2	10.9	431 (18.0)	43/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO	28.6	-0.8	15.8	-4.9	14.3	0.0	8.8	11.4	311 (13.0)	28/10
MACKAY M.O	28.3	+0.7	15.8	-3.9	--	0.0	--	10.5	245 (10.2)	30/23
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	32.4	+2.7	14.8	-2.2	13.1	0.0	7.6	--	233 ( 9.7)	41/23
BUNDABERG AERO	27.1	+0.2	17.7	+1.1	--	0.0	5.8	--	405 (16.9)	55/16
NAMBOUR DPI	22.9	-3.8	13.8	0.0	--	0.4	--	--	114 ( 4.8)	39/12
COOLANGATTA	22.8	-1.6	18.7	+2.5	--	0.0	--	--	632 (26.3)	76/05
BRISBANE AERO	25.6	+0.1	16.7	+1.0	13.0	0.0	7.8	4.4	562 (23.4)	52/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	21.7	-3.0	14.7	+1.9	--	0.0	--	--	490 (20.4)	68/20
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	24.6	-0.5	12.5	+0.4	10.1	0.0	9.0	--	376 (15.7)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	19.6	-4.0	15.7	+1.9	14.5	4.4	5.0	1.1	692 (28.8)	59/00
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	20.3	-3.7	14.1	+2.2	--	1.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	20.0	-3.6	12.8	+0.8	12.3	1.6	10.0	7.4	691 (28.8)	50/05
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	18.2	-5.5	10.7	0.0	11.8	3.8	--	--	285 (11.9)	31/03
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	18.1	+0.6	2.1	-4.5	7.0	0.0	4.0	11.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	24.3	-0.5	8.0	-1.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	17.0	-5.5	13.9	+0.8	12.4	0.0	9.6	10.7	928 (38.7)	58/03
RICHMOND RAAF	19.5	-5.5	12.5	+1.5	--	0.0	--	--	415 (17.3)	37/15
BELLAMBI AWS	16.3	-5.3	12.2	-1.7	--	0.0	--	--	919 (38.3)	57/03
CANBERRA AIRPORT	18.9	-0.5	2.7	-3.4	0.0	0.0	8.8	11.2	506 (21.1)	45/18
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	21.5	+0.1	4.0	-3.7	-0.6	0.0	8.6	12.0	491 (20.5)	46/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	20.4	-1.2	2.5	-5.5	--	0.0	--	--	356 (14.8)	34/16
MILDURA AIRPORT	21.0	-2.8	4.0	-5.8	2.1	0.0	8.6	11.8	487 (20.3)	41/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	18.5	-2.4	2.7	-4.8	--	0.0	16.8	--	544 (22.7)	41/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT	18.8	-1.5	0.1	-6.2	--	0.0	--	--	422 (17.6)	35/07
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	17.3	-2.3	7.6	-1.9	4.6	0.0	5.0	--	140 ( 5.8)	24/14
GEELONG AIRPORT	16.5	-2.3	2.6	-5.0	--	0.0	--	--	509 (21.2)	48/15
BALLARAT AERODROME	14.0	-2.6	-1.2	-7.4	--	0.0	--	--	477 (19.9)	43/10
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	18.2	+0.2	1.2	-5.7	--	0.0	--	--	241 (10.0)	37/11
HOBART AIRPORT	16.7	-0.6	7.4	-0.1	4.7	0.6	7.2	9.4	645 (26.9)	52/12
	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

42.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
41.7 TELFER AERO Interior WA
41.5 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
41.5 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
41.3 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA

+7.4 : 41.3 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
+7.1 : 27.0 DWELLINGUP Lower West WA
+7.0 : 25.7 MOUNT BARKER Lower West WA
+6.6 : 25.0 SHANNON Lower West WA
+6.6 : 29.5 EYRE Eucla WA

26.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.2 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
25.0 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
24.8 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
24.8 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL

+5.4 : 22.6 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
+4.1 : 9.8 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
+4.1 : 18.0 BALLINA AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW
+4.0 : 24.6 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
+3.9 : 11.1 GLEN INNES POST OFFICE N Tablelands W NSW
+3.9 : 16.9 GRAFTON RESEARCH STN North Coast NSW

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

2.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
4.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
4.8 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
6.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
6.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-8.3 : 19.2 CASINO AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW
-8.2 : 15.7 TABULAM (MUIRNE) N Tablelands E NSW
-7.9 : 20.0 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW
-7.8 : 13.5 DORRIGO (OLD CORAMBA RD) MidNorth Coast N NSW
-6.9 : 17.5 SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK (SYDNEY OLYMPIC PK A Sydney--east NSW

-8.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.4 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-9.8 : -3.8 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC
-9.6 : -8.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-9.4 : -3.1 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.

66.0 STRATHGORDON (GORDON POWER STATION) W Coast TAS
43.0 HINCHINBROOK ISLAND N Coast--Herbert QLD
27.5 DENISON RIVER W Coast TAS
20.6 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) Central Plateau TAS
19.9 BRONTE PARK HIGHLAND VILLAGE Central Plateau TAS

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Herbert
43.0 HINCHINBROOK ISLAND

TASMANIA
Central Plateau
20.6 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM)
19.9 BRONTE PARK HIGHLAND VILLAGE
W Coast
66.0 STRATHGORDON (GORDON POWER STATION)
27.5 DENISON RIVER

12.0 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
12.0 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
11.9 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.8 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
11.8 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
11.8 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
11.8 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

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8.8 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
7.4 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
4.4 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1.1 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
0.0 ALSTONVILLE TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH STAT North Coast NSW

1576 (65.7) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1343 (56.0) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1312 (54.7) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1290 (53.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1215 (50.6) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1151 (48.0) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
1105 (46.0) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
1101 (45.9) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
1032 (43.0) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1010 (42.1) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
951 (39.6) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
948 (39.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
932 (38.8) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
928 (38.7) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
919 (38.3) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
918 (38.3) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
893 (37.2) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
872 (36.3) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
866 (36.1) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
856 (35.7) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
826 (34.4) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
823 (34.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
803 (33.5) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
800 (33.3) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
789 (32.9) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
788 (32.8) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
769 (32.0) PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
768 (32.0) MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
762 (31.8) ULLADULLA AWS South Coast NSW
758 (31.6) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
754 (31.4) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
751 (31.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
749 (31.2) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
746 (31.1) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
734 (30.6) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
732 (30.5) HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
727 (30.3) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
727 (30.3) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
722 (30.1) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
722 (30.1) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
715 (29.8) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
709 (29.5) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
708 (29.5) YARRAWONGA Upper North VIC
706 (29.4) TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW
705 (29.4) NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
703 (29.3) WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
700 (29.2) PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
700 (29.2) BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
698 (29.1) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
697 (29.0) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
696 (29.0) FORREST Eucla WA
694 (28.9) EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
692 (28.8) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
692 (28.8) COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
691 (28.8) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
686 (28.6) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
686 (28.6) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
674 (28.1) MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
665 (27.7) EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
661 (27.5) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
656 (27.3) LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
653 (27.2) CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS
646 (26.9) DENILIQUIN AIRPORT AWS Riverina E NSW
645 (26.9) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
642 (26.8) YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
641 (26.7) LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
632 (26.3) COOLANGATTA Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
630 (26.3) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
630 (26.3) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
630 (26.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
623 (26.0) EUCLA Eucla WA
622 (25.9) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
619 (25.8) TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
617 (25.7) WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW
615 (25.6) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
611 (25.5) MINNIPA DPI W Agricultural SA
606 (25.3) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
605 (25.2) GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes S NSW

102/23 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
93/01 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
91/15 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
91/16 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
91/01 EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast 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.
None reported	QUEENSLAND Brisbane/SE Coast CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 91(150/ 82 ) at 13:30 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 91(160/ 72 ) at 17:06 GOLD COAST SEAWAY : 74(160/ 67 ) at 04:28 NEW SOUTH WALES North Coast BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) : 78(190/ 63 ) at 03:37 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 72(250/ 67 ) at 17:56 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 102(310/ 91 ) at 00:30 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 93(230/ 65 ) at 03:00