Australian Weather News -- 02 DEC 2006

Saturday 02 DEC 2006

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2006

Dec

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These records are based on data received as at 2342 EST on 26/09/2007. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Date

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Highest grass minimum temperature

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Central West

036031

LONGREACH AERO

27.9

27.6

07/12/2005

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10am EST		Minimum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
4pm EST		Maximum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
10pm EST		Solar Radiation

Summary of observations

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**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 23:42EST, 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	36.0	+6.5	12.6	-3.7	10.7	0.0	13.8	--	747 (31.1)	63/15
PERTH AIRPORT	30.3	+1.4	14.0	-0.8	11.9	0.0	8.8	13.2	466 (19.4)	54/01
ALBANY AIRPORT	23.7	+0.6	10.8	-1.6	8.0	0.4	5.7	8.4	264 (11.0)	46/16
BUNBURY	26.5	-0.6	10.9	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	352 (14.7)	43/15
MANDURAH	28.2	--	14.2	--	--	0.0	--	--	397 (16.5)	41/07
DARWIN AIRPORT	34.5	+1.9	27.3	+2.0	27.4	0.0	10.8	10.7	415 (17.3)	41/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	24.1	-11.3	19.9	-0.3	19.2	7.4	11.0	0.8	--	52/01
WHYALLA AERO	21.2	-6.9	14.7	-1.1	--	0.0	20.0	--	554 (23.1)	54/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	20.2	-6.8	12.8	-2.7	6.2	0.0	8.0	11.5	391 (16.3)	50/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	18.4	-4.5	8.8	-1.1	6.0	0.2	7.4	11.4	631 (26.3)	55/16
MOUNT ISA AERO	41.8	+4.6	28.2	+5.1	23.7	0.0	16.8	--	378 (15.8)	59/18
CAIRNS AERO	29.9	-1.5	24.7	+1.3	24.0	2.6	8.8	1.0	293 (12.2)	26/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO	30.9	-0.6	25.4	+1.3	24.0	0.0	10.0	6.4	592 (24.7)	39/15
MACKAY M.O	31.4	+1.3	23.9	+1.0	--	0.0	--	11.6	334 (13.9)	32/16
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	33.8	+1.7	20.5	-0.7	19.4	0.0	7.6	--	248 (10.3)	39/17
BUNDABERG AERO	29.1	-0.3	19.7	-0.8	--	0.0	7.0	--	289 (12.0)	37/13
NAMBOUR DPI	28.8	-0.4	17.0	-1.2	--	0.0	--	--	86 ( 3.6)	32/12
COOLANGATTA	27.8	+0.6	19.9	0.0	--	0.0	--	--	415 (17.3)	44/07
BRISBANE AERO	27.8	-0.5	19.6	-0.5	17.8	0.0	9.8	10.0	468 (19.5)	48/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	30.6	+2.9	16.4	-0.3	--	0.0	--	--	442 (18.4)	46/19
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	35.4	+4.4	21.4	+3.9	16.5	0.0	2.0	--	107 ( 4.5)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	27.3	+1.0	20.2	+2.1	18.2	0.0	5.8	3.1	610 (25.4)	37/20
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	26.9	+0.3	19.5	+2.8	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	28.4	+1.2	19.5	+3.0	18.4	2.2	6.2	1.3	244 (10.2)	55/19
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	27.1	+0.2	19.4	+4.1	18.2	0.2	--	--	95 ( 4.0)	31/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	27.9	+3.5	13.8	+2.5	12.3	1.4	6.2	7.7	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	35.6	+4.1	22.0	+6.1	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	23.6	-2.1	19.4	+1.9	18.6	0.4	8.0	1.7	520 (21.7)	59/12
RICHMOND RAAF	29.7	+1.0	19.6	+3.6	--	0.2	--	--	205 ( 8.5)	50/12
BELLAMBI AWS	21.9	-2.2	18.2	+0.7	--	1.6	--	--	301 (12.5)	55/22
CANBERRA AIRPORT	26.2	+0.1	17.4	+6.0	12.9	0.0	11.4	5.0	456 (19.0)	54/01
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	26.3	-3.1	16.6	+2.9	15.6	1.8	9.8	9.6	373 (15.5)	45/16
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	24.8	-4.6	19.0	+5.3	--	0.2	--	--	297 (12.4)	43/13
MILDURA AIRPORT	23.9	-6.2	12.9	-1.9	11.7	0.6	12.6	12.6	392 (16.3)	43/10
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	21.6	-5.8	--	--	--	0.0	--	--	--	57/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT	20.6	-6.4	9.0	-2.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	50/10
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	19.1	-5.1	12.1	-0.8	10.4	0.0	7.0	--	172 ( 7.2)	28/08
GEELONG AIRPORT	18.8	-4.1	10.1	-0.8	--	0.0	--	--	518 (21.6)	57/07
BALLARAT AERODROME	17.1	-5.5	--	--	--	0.0	--	--	--	48/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	17.9	-4.5	9.2	-1.4	--	0.4	--	--	510 (21.3)	48/15
HOBART AIRPORT	16.1	-4.5	9.4	-1.3	6.4	0.6	8.6	9.5	727 (30.3)	63/10
	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

46.0 TOORAK RESEARCH STATION Gulf Country QLD
45.4 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
45.0 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
44.8 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
44.7 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD

+7.3 : 46.0 TOORAK RESEARCH STATION Gulf Country QLD
+6.7 : 43.6 WOLLOGORANG N Rivers NT
+6.6 : 41.8 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD
+6.5 : 44.7 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD
+6.5 : 36.0 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA

31.4 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD
31.3 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
31.0 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
30.9 THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT Far SW QLD
30.8 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD

+9.1 : 20.7 BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE) Illawarra NSW
+9.1 : 31.4 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD
+8.5 : 31.3 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
+8.2 : 30.6 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
+7.7 : 24.9 PEAK HILL POST OFFICE CW Plains S NSW
+7.7 : 31.0 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

3.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
3.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
4.9 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
5.2 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
7.5 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-12.2 : 24.0 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
-11.4 : 11.5 COMBIENBAR AWS E Gippsland VIC
-11.3 : 24.1 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
-9.9 : 4.9 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
-9.8 : 26.5 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT

-1.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-0.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
-0.1 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
0.1 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
0.7 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-9.2 : 3.1 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
-5.9 : 7.8 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
-5.9 : 4.7 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
-5.7 : -0.1 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-5.7 : 13.9 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA

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.

45.2 WELLINGROVE (BRYDONE) N Tablelands W NSW
38.0 MEREWETHER (BURWOOD BEACH WWTP) Hunter Valley NSW
34.0 KILTO STATION W Kimberley WA
33.0 ATITJERE N Plateau NT
31.5 EVERSFIELD Warrego QLD

13.5 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
13.2 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
12.9 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
12.6 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
12.5 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA

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1.3 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
1.2 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW
1.0 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
0.8 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1626 (67.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1189 (49.5) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
1188 (49.5) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1126 (46.9) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1117 (46.5) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
1031 (43.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1017 (42.4) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
968 (40.3) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
935 (39.0) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
914 (38.1) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
911 (38.0) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
903 (37.6) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
893 (37.2) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
890 (37.1) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
882 (36.8) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
881 (36.7) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
870 (36.3) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
851 (35.5) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
832 (34.7) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
826 (34.4) HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
777 (32.4) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
764 (31.8) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
753 (31.4) MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
752 (31.3) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
747 (31.1) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
747 (31.1) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
740 (30.8) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
738 (30.8) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
737 (30.7) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
735 (30.6) PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
727 (30.3) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
712 (29.7) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
707 (29.5) KYABRAM DPI Lower North VIC
700 (29.2) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
695 (29.0) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
693 (28.9) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
692 (28.8) CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
690 (28.8) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
688 (28.7) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
678 (28.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
672 (28.0) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
670 (27.9) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
666 (27.8) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
659 (27.5) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
657 (27.4) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
655 (27.3) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
655 (27.3) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
653 (27.2) EILDON FIRE TOWER N Central VIC
649 (27.0) LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
649 (27.0) MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
644 (26.8) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
641 (26.7) WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
631 (26.3) MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
626 (26.1) HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
623 (26.0) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
618 (25.8) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
618 (25.8) LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD
613 (25.5) LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
610 (25.4) COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
604 (25.2) BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
602 (25.1) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
602 (25.1) EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
602 (25.1) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS

131/16 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
126/07 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
122/01 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
121/00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
106/03 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
104/23 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
98/14 ST GEORGE AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
96/23 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
93/23 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
91/01 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA E Gascoyne NEWMAN AERO 5.4mm in 6 min to 16:36 54.0mm/h 1.4mm in 1 min to 16:38 84.0mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 10.0mm/h QUEENSLAND Darling Downs W MILES CONSTANCE STREET 13.8mm in 1 hr 5 min to 23:00 12.7mm/h Maranoa ROMA AIRPORT 8.2mm in 7 min to 17:25 70.3mm/h 14.4mm in 1 hr to 18:00 14.4mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES Hunter Valley SCONE AIRPORT AWS 7.6mm in 37 min to 18:31 12.3mm/h NORAH HEAD AWS 11.2mm in 30 min to 19:30 22.4mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 13.0mm/h 11.8mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.8mm/h MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS 12.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 12.6mm/h Sydney--west HORSLEY PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE AWS 11.8mm in 1 hr to 15:30 11.8mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA E Gascoyne NEWMAN AERO : 132(260/ 41 ) at 16:37 QUEENSLAND Maranoa ROMA AIRPORT : 126(330/ 87 ) at 17:18 ST GEORGE AIRPORT : 98(170/ 45 ) at 14:04 VICTORIA W Gippsland MT BAW BAW : 106(230/ 46 ) at 04:30 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 91(270/ 56 ) at 03:00 E Coast SWAN ISLAND : 76(270/ 63 ) at 08:08 MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 89(230/ 76 ) at 14:02 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 121(310/102 ) at 01:30 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 122(250/ 82 ) at 03:00 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 96(290/ 56 ) at 00:30 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 98(300/ 76 ) at 00:00 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 91(260/ 78 ) at 00:30