Australian Weather News -- 13 DEC 2006

Wednesday 13 DEC 2006

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2006

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1407 EST on 29/09/2007. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Site

Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
if equalled or broken

Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Lowest minimum temperature

TAS

King Island

098017

KING ISLAND AIRPORT

2.5

2.8

15/12/1995

1 Y

TAS

Flinders Is/Bass St

099005

FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT

2.5

2.8

03/12/1996

1 Y

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 23:45EST, 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	26.7	-2.8	19.7	+3.4	18.4	0.0	10.2	--	592 (24.7)	55/14
PERTH AIRPORT	29.8	+0.9	16.0	+1.2	14.1	0.0	12.4	12.5	--	45/15
ALBANY AIRPORT	20.9	-2.2	11.3	-1.1	9.0	0.0	8.0	5.7	316 (13.2)	45/13
BUNBURY	29.7	+2.6	12.2	-1.1	--	0.0	--	--	324 (13.5)	48/16
MANDURAH	25.3	--	17.5	--	--	0.0	--	--	465 (19.4)	52/15
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.4	+0.8	26.8	+1.5	26.5	0.0	7.6	8.5	279 (11.6)	74/19
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	40.7	+5.3	21.3	+1.1	17.9	0.0	15.2	12.0	286 (11.9)	46/10
WHYALLA AERO	38.5	+10.4	11.9	-3.9	--	0.0	13.0	--	333 (13.9)	61/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	34.2	+7.2	14.4	-1.1	9.8	0.0	8.2	10.7	312 (13.0)	45/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	30.5	+7.6	6.0	-3.9	1.9	0.0	6.2	11.2	413 (17.2)	45/14
MOUNT ISA AERO	39.6	+2.4	22.9	-0.2	19.3	0.0	13.4	12.7	373 (15.5)	43/11
CAIRNS AERO	30.9	-0.5	23.8	+0.4	21.7	1.2	6.2	11.4	546 (22.8)	43/09
TOWNSVILLE AERO	30.7	-0.8	23.1	-1.0	20.8	0.0	7.6	12.4	473 (19.7)	43/12
MACKAY M.O	28.7	-1.4	21.3	-1.6	--	0.6	--	10.6	320 (13.3)	34/08
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	32.2	+0.1	20.9	-0.3	19.9	0.0	8.8	--	292 (12.2)	34/16
BUNDABERG AERO	29.6	+0.2	19.7	-0.8	--	0.0	6.6	--	337 (14.0)	37/16
NAMBOUR DPI	28.1	-1.1	18.7	+0.5	--	0.2	6.4	--	93 ( 3.9)	41/12
COOLANGATTA	27.1	-0.1	20.0	+0.1	--	1.0	--	--	276 (11.5)	34/00
BRISBANE AERO	28.3	0.0	20.4	+0.3	19.7	0.0	6.0	10.9	401 (16.7)	34/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	26.8	-0.9	15.8	-0.9	--	25.6	--	--	609 (25.4)	46/21
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	34.1	+3.1	15.5	-2.0	11.0	1.4	5.4	--	318 (13.3)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	25.6	-0.7	19.0	+0.9	17.3	0.0	6.8	10.6	559 (23.3)	37/08
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	26.4	-0.2	17.4	+0.7	--	0.8	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	23.1	-4.1	15.9	-0.6	15.6	3.2	0.6	6.1	356 (14.8)	34/16
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	23.5	-3.4	14.5	-0.8	15.7	1.4	--	--	111 ( 4.6)	26/17
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	27.5	+3.1	10.5	-0.8	8.3	0.0	4.0	10.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	34.3	+2.8	15.7	-0.2	--	2.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	25.8	+0.1	16.8	-0.7	16.0	0.0	3.8	4.9	556 (23.2)	48/19
RICHMOND RAAF	27.1	-1.6	14.0	-2.0	--	0.4	--	--	240 (10.0)	39/17
BELLAMBI AWS	22.6	-1.5	15.1	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	421 (17.5)	43/18
CANBERRA AIRPORT	28.3	+2.2	10.9	-0.5	10.0	0.0	3.8	7.1	373 (15.5)	39/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	31.9	+2.5	14.6	+0.9	13.7	0.0	9.2	11.6	462 (19.3)	52/01
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	31.5	+2.1	13.3	-0.4	--	0.0	--	--	201 ( 8.4)	39/10
MILDURA AIRPORT	31.8	+1.7	12.6	-2.2	9.5	0.0	9.8	11.8	339 (14.1)	26/16
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	27.9	+0.5	8.3	-3.9	--	0.0	7.2	--	399 (16.6)	28/23
BENDIGO AIRPORT	27.2	+0.2	8.9	-2.6	--	0.0	--	--	462 (19.3)	30/16
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	26.3	+2.1	9.7	-3.2	7.8	0.0	5.4	--	173 ( 7.2)	17/00
GEELONG AIRPORT	28.1	+5.2	6.8	-4.1	--	0.0	--	--	343 (14.3)	30/13
BALLARAT AERODROME	25.6	+3.0	7.6	-1.8	--	0.0	--	--	673 (28.0)	52/01
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	21.2	-1.2	7.2	-3.4	--	0.0	--	--	204 ( 8.5)	39/13
HOBART AIRPORT	22.0	+1.4	6.7	-4.0	3.6	0.0	5.8	10.1	369 (15.4)	37/20
	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

43.0 WULUNGURRU N Plateau NT
42.9 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
42.7 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
42.6 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
42.2 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
42.2 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT

+12.2 : 37.0 EUCLA Eucla WA
+11.7 : 37.0 EYRE Eucla WA
+10.4 : 38.5 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
+9.8 : 33.4 EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+9.2 : 28.0 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC

29.9 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
29.4 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
28.9 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
28.8 WULUNGURRU N Plateau NT
28.2 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT

+7.9 : 29.9 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
+6.4 : 26.9 KULGERA N Plateau NT
+6.2 : 27.3 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+5.7 : 27.6 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
+5.0 : 18.8 YORK Cent Wheatbelt WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

13.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
14.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
15.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
15.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
15.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-7.1 : 31.8 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
-7.0 : 30.3 CARNEGIE Interior WA
-5.6 : 16.0 POINT WILSON W Central VIC
-5.5 : 34.7 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
-5.4 : 32.3 TOM PRICE W Pilbara WA

-1.6 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-1.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-0.6 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-0.4 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS

-9.3 : 2.5 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
-8.4 : 2.5 KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
-7.9 : 10.3 WILCANNIA (REID ST) Far Northwest NSW
-7.8 : 10.8 WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW
**S** -7.8 : 7.1 GULGONG POST OFFICE C Tablelands N NSW
-7.8 : -0.4 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
-7.8 : 0.8 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS

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.

79.0 SOUTHWELL STATION N Peninsula QLD
72.0 TOSARI Darling Downs E QLD
71.8 DEVERTON SAWPIT GULLY RD Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
67.0 BAMAGA N Peninsula QLD
65.0 NAVILLOWEEN Darling Downs E QLD

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
54.6 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
79.0 SOUTHWELL STATION
67.0 BAMAGA
Brisbane/SE Coast
71.8 DEVERTON SAWPIT GULLY RD
Darling Downs E
72.0 TOSARI
65.0 NAVILLOWEEN
62.0 CARRAMAR
62.0 MURRALAH
61.0 PITTSWORTH
56.0 PALGROVE
56.0 ROSALIE PLAINS
53.4 VICTORIA HILL
53.0 LEYBURN POST OFFICE
51.8 JONDARYAN POST OFFICE

NEW SOUTH WALES
N Tablelands W
58.4 GLEN INNES POST OFFICE

13.2 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
12.7 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
12.5 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
12.4 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
12.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT

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4.9 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
4.4 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
3.2 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
2.3 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.4 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC

1019 (42.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
866 (36.1) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
795 (33.1) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
773 (32.2) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
729 (30.4) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
714 (29.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
703 (29.3) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
673 (28.0) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
664 (27.7) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
655 (27.3) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
643 (26.8) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
622 (25.9) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
616 (25.7) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
609 (25.4) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
604 (25.2) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
604 (25.2) SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW

118/11 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
93/20 FORREST Eucla WA
85/21 GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes S NSW
80/22 NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes N NSW
74/19 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
74/20 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA

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 N Kimberley TRUSCOTT 14.4mm in 11 min to 15:35 78.5mm/h 6.6mm in 4 min to 15:39 99.0mm/h 7.6mm in 17 min to 16:00 26.8mm/h 33.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 33.4mm/h 34.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 11.3mm/h E Pilbara KARRATHA AERO 10.2mm in 1 hr to 21:30 10.2mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers MIDDLE POINT AWS 6.6mm in 8 min to 19:00 49.5mm/h 11.6mm in 30 min to 19:30 23.2mm/h 19.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 19.0mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h MANINGRIDA AERO 11.8mm in 10 min to 18:54 70.8mm/h 20.4mm in 36 min to 19:30 34.0mm/h 32.2mm in 1 hr to 19:30 32.2mm/h 32.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 10.7mm/h NGAYAWILI 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h BULMAN AWS 4.4mm in 6 min to 15:36 44.0mm/h 2.0mm in 1 min to 15:37 120.0mm/h 13.4mm in 1 hr to 16:30 13.4mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula COCONUT ISLAND 25.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 8.3mm/h Darling Downs E TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 24.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.0mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES North Coast BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) 10.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.8mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 01:00 10.0mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA N Kimberley TRUSCOTT : 96(170/ 65 ) at 15:39 Eucla FORREST : 93(210/ 74 ) at 21:56 NEW SOUTH WALES NW Slopes S GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS : 85(290/ 69 ) at 22:49