Australian Weather News -- 21 DEC 2006

Thursday 21 DEC 2006

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2006

Dec

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1432 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
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Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest daily rainfall

Gt Southern

010909

FOLLANS

27.8

24.0

15/12/1998

1 y

Goldfields

012306

SPARKLE HILL

55.0

27.0

01/12/2001

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 23:47EST, 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	16.2	-0.1	14.9	0.0	10.2	--	588 (24.5)	55/17
PERTH AIRPORT	28.1	-0.8	18.3	+3.5	7.2	0.0	8.0	7.7	420 (17.5)	43/15
ALBANY AIRPORT	19.7	-3.4	13.7	+1.3	10.1	0.0	2.6	0.9	241 (10.0)	37/11
BUNBURY	25.5	-1.6	13.2	-0.1	--	0.0	--	--	370 (15.4)	44/12
MANDURAH	26.2	--	18.9	--	--	0.0	--	--	509 (21.2)	55/15
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.5	-0.1	27.2	+1.9	26.8	0.0	7.2	2.3	338 (14.1)	28/20
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	38.2	+2.8	27.0	+6.8	26.8	0.0	13.8	4.9	337 (14.0)	48/21
WHYALLA AERO	34.1	+6.0	24.2	+8.4	--	0.0	12.0	--	263 (11.0)	91/18
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	35.9	+8.9	26.5	+11.0	--	0.0	11.8	1.0	319 (13.3)	54/21
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	39.4	+16.5	13.7	+3.8	11.0	0.0	9.0	6.9	392 (16.3)	61/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	38.0	+0.8	24.6	+1.5	22.3	0.0	11.0	7.9	423 (17.6)	58/10
CAIRNS AERO	30.7	-0.7	21.8	-1.6	20.5	1.4	9.2	3.6	486 (20.3)	41/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO	31.0	-0.5	23.2	-0.9	21.5	0.0	11.2	12.2	562 (23.4)	48/20
MACKAY M.O	27.8	-2.3	21.6	-1.3	--	2.8	--	4.8	430 (17.9)	46/04
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	30.1	-2.0	21.2	0.0	20.5	0.0	10.2	--	416 (17.3)	46/13
BUNDABERG AERO	28.5	-0.9	19.3	-1.2	--	0.0	7.2	--	410 (17.1)	39/10
NAMBOUR DPI	26.9	-2.3	16.9	-1.3	--	0.0	5.2	--	102 ( 4.3)	28/09
COOLANGATTA	26.8	-0.4	18.7	-1.2	--	0.2	--	--	261 (10.9)	26/13
BRISBANE AERO	26.7	-1.6	21.3	+1.2	18.7	0.0	7.2	10.4	363 (15.1)	35/16
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	25.9	-1.8	15.0	-1.7	--	0.0	--	--	792 (33.0)	59/02
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	31.6	+0.6	19.1	+1.6	14.4	1.2	9.4	--	276 (11.5)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	26.3	0.0	18.4	+0.3	18.4	1.6	5.2	5.9	404 (16.8)	37/02
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	25.8	-0.8	16.6	-0.1	--	10.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	26.6	-0.6	17.9	+1.4	16.2	0.0	5.8	12.4	450 (18.8)	55/17
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	25.8	-1.1	14.9	-0.4	14.4	0.0	--	--	120 ( 5.0)	37/18
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	28.5	+4.1	11.7	+0.4	8.5	0.0	14.4	10.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	33.7	+2.2	18.4	+2.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	26.6	+0.9	18.6	+1.1	16.9	19.0	3.8	10.7	630 (26.3)	54/16
RICHMOND RAAF	28.1	-0.6	14.7	-1.3	--	0.0	--	--	192 ( 8.0)	43/15
BELLAMBI AWS	23.6	-0.5	16.5	-1.0	--	9.8	--	--	646 (26.9)	48/01
CANBERRA AIRPORT	29.4	+3.3	15.5	+4.1	14.0	0.0	3.2	11.6	399 (16.6)	48/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	36.3	+6.9	19.3	+5.6	18.3	0.0	11.2	12.8	674 (28.1)	59/20
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	35.9	+6.5	18.1	+4.4	--	0.0	--	--	205 ( 8.5)	57/22
MILDURA AIRPORT	39.0	+8.9	21.5	+6.7	18.6	0.0	11.4	8.5	330 (13.8)	58/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	36.3	+8.9	16.0	+3.8	--	0.0	8.2	--	292 (12.2)	39/07
BENDIGO AIRPORT	37.2	+10.2	15.7	+4.2	--	0.0	--	--	329 (13.7)	43/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	37.4	+13.2	15.0	+2.1	11.6	0.0	5.0	--	114 ( 4.8)	39/11
GEELONG AIRPORT	35.8	+12.9	9.9	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	302 (12.6)	37/16
BALLARAT AERODROME	35.2	+12.6	9.6	+0.2	--	0.0	--	--	435 (18.1)	58/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	24.8	+2.4	10.4	-0.2	--	0.0	--	--	227 ( 9.5)	41/14
HOBART AIRPORT	26.8	+6.2	10.7	0.0	5.9	0.0	8.0	12.6	425 (17.7)	55/16
	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 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
41.6 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
41.6 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
41.6 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA

+17.4 : 39.9 WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
+16.5 : 39.4 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
+16.4 : 39.0 HEYWOOD FORESTRY W Coast VIC
+15.7 : 33.5 WEEAPROINAH W Coast VIC
+15.6 : 38.9 MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC

29.7 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
29.6 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
29.0 PORT PIRIE ZINIFEX Lower North SA
29.0 PORT PIRIE AERODROME Lower North SA
29.0 TERRITORY GRAPE FARM N Plateau NT

+13.7 : 28.5 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
+13.2 : 25.4 SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA
+12.7 : 29.0 PORT PIRIE ZINIFEX Lower North SA
+12.5 : 24.8 CLARE HIGH SCHOOL Lower North SA
+11.7 : 25.6 KIMBA W Agricultural SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

16.0 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
17.7 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
18.1 FINGAL (LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
18.1 SCAMANDER E Coast TAS
18.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-7.7 : 19.0 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-7.3 : 23.8 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW
-6.9 : 24.4 FORREST Eucla WA
-6.7 : 24.3 BALGAIR Eucla WA
-6.7 : 20.3 TABULAM (MUIRNE) N Tablelands E NSW

-1.5 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
1.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
2.7 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
3.0 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
3.4 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS

-10.0 : 11.0 WILUNA Interior WA
-6.3 : -1.5 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-5.9 : 2.7 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
-5.1 : 3.5 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
-5.0 : 4.1 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) 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.

74.0 MOUNT HOUSE STATION W Kimberley WA
72.8 MOUNT HOUSE AIRSTRIP W Kimberley WA
64.0 MOUNT BARNETT W Kimberley WA
63.0 COUNTRY DOWNS W Kimberley WA
55.0 SPARKLE HILL Goldfields WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
51.6 HOME VALLEY
W Kimberley
74.0 MOUNT HOUSE STATION
72.8 MOUNT HOUSE AIRSTRIP
64.0 MOUNT BARNETT
63.0 COUNTRY DOWNS
Goldfields
55.0 SPARKLE HILL

12.9 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
12.8 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
12.6 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
12.5 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
12.4 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW

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0.5 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
0.4 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
0.3 ALSTONVILLE TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH STAT North Coast NSW
0.2 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.1 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA

1295 (54.0) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1132 (47.2) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1129 (47.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1016 (42.3) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
843 (35.1) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
804 (33.5) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
796 (33.2) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
792 (33.0) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
789 (32.9) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
772 (32.2) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
766 (31.9) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
737 (30.7) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
735 (30.6) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
726 (30.3) BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
726 (30.3) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
694 (28.9) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
692 (28.8) ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD
686 (28.6) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
674 (28.1) WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
671 (28.0) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
662 (27.6) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
662 (27.6) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
661 (27.5) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
651 (27.1) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
648 (27.0) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
646 (26.9) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
640 (26.7) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
633 (26.4) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
630 (26.3) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
613 (25.5) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
607 (25.3) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
604 (25.2) GLADSTONE RADAR Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
604 (25.2) COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
604 (25.2) WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS

109/15 CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
97/22 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
94/22 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
91/18 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
87/22 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 Kimberley KUNUNURRA AERO 14.0mm in 30 min to 06:00 28.0mm/h 17.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 17.6mm/h 15.6mm in 1 hr to 06:30 15.6mm/h ARGYLE AERODROME 6.6mm in 6 min to 03:06 66.0mm/h 19.6mm in 24 min to 03:30 49.0mm/h 26.2mm in 1 hr to 03:30 26.2mm/h 33.6mm in 1 hr to 04:00 33.6mm/h 38.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 12.7mm/h W Kimberley DERBY AERO 13.6mm in 16 min to 14:00 51.0mm/h 13.6mm in 1 hr to 14:00 13.6mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers CHANNEL POINT 53.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 8.8mm/h DUM IN MIRRIE AWS 22.0mm in 1 hr to 01:30 22.0mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.7mm/h VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS 17.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 17.6mm/h DOUGLAS RIVER 14.2mm in 12 min to 18:13 71.0mm/h 11.0mm in 17 min to 18:30 38.8mm/h 30.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 30.2mm/h 29.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 9.7mm/h DELAMERE WEAPONS RANGE 14.8mm in 30 min to 19:30 29.6mm/h 14.8mm in 1 hr to 19:30 14.8mm/h 19.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 19.0mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 20:30 7.3mm/h SOUTH AUSTRALIA NE Pastoral LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT 9.4mm in 9 min to 23:46 62.7mm/h W Agricultural WUDINNA AERO 13.4mm in 21 min to 15:29 38.3mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.7mm/h CLEVE AERODROME 10.6mm in 13 min to 17:20 48.9mm/h 15.8mm in 1 hr to 17:30 15.8mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h WHYALLA AERO 7.6mm in 7 min to 19:24 65.1mm/h 14.2mm in 1 hr to 20:00 14.2mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.7mm/h Lower North CLARE HIGH SCHOOL 6.8mm in 38 min to 21:30 10.7mm/h SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) 6.4mm in 13 min to 19:49 29.5mm/h 7.2mm in 10 min to 20:42 43.2mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 21:30 10.6mm/h Adelaide/Lofty EDINBURGH RAAF 7.4mm in 22 min to 21:27 20.2mm/h NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL 5.0mm in 11 min to 21:30 27.3mm/h MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER 7.6mm in 6 min to 22:31 76.0mm/h 13.2mm in 1 hr to 23:00 13.2mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES N Tablelands W ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS 16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.3mm/h Hunter Valley MURRURUNDI GAP AWS 8.0mm in 12 min to 19:39 40.0mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 20:00 10.8mm/h C Tablelands N NULLO MOUNTAIN AWS 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h 15.4mm in 8 min to 18:01 115.5mm/h 24.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 24.8mm/h MUDGEE AIRPORT AWS 5.8mm in 14 min to 16:48 24.9mm/h CW Slopes S PARKES AIRPORT AWS 14.0mm in 27 min to 17:00 31.1mm/h 14.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 14.8mm/h 1.8mm in 1 min to 17:01 108.0mm/h 5.6mm in 33 min to 17:34 10.2mm/h ISLANDS Islands POINT FAWCETT 39.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 13.0mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h	SOUTH AUSTRALIA W Agricultural CLEVE AERODROME : 109(360/ 54 ) at 16:57 WHYALLA AERO : 91(270/ 59 ) at 19:17 Lower North SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) : 83(270/ 70 ) at 19:36 Yorke Pen/Kanga Is KADINA AWS : 87(300/ 74 ) at 18:57 QUEENSLAND Channel Country BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT : 74(310/ 67 ) at 18:04 VICTORIA Wimmera S EDENHOPE AIRPORT : 87(310/ 65 ) at 18:54 W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 76( 50/ 67 ) at 00:30 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 85(100/ 67 ) at 11:00 E Coast MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 91( 10/ 72 ) at 19:32 Southeast TASMAN ISLAND : 95( 10/ 76 ) at 23:11