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Records set | Charts | Cities | Hottest | Coldest | Rain, sun & wind | Downpours & gales
State extremes | Noteworthy weather | Capital Cities | Regional Cities | Alpine Stations
Charts and data courtesy Bureau of Meteorology. MTSAT-1R operated by JMA
Noteworthy weather today
significant newsworthy major

SA: Storms cause fires, blackouts. Overnight thunderstorms caused blackouts and sparked several small bushfires around Adelaide. Fires were reported from the southern Barossa Valley, Eden Valley and Murray regions, but were quickly controlled. Emergency services responded to 20 callouts, mostly to clear debris from streets, but also to secure the roof of a house in Clovelly Park. Downed trees and lightning cut power to some suburbs, including Clarence Gardens, Myrtle Bank, Fullarton, Waterloo Corner, Lonsdale, Black Forest, Daw Park and Novar Gardens.

QLD: Showers and storms bring heavy falls to FNQ. The Gulf and northern tropical coastal regions of Far North Queensland received some large rainfall totals today as a small low south of the Gulf of Carpentaria brought converging winds and instability. Georgetown Airport in the Gulf Country registered 101.6mm in 2 hours to 1am. Farther east, Babinda PO recorded 121mm in the 24 hours to 9am. (see wettest and downpours for more reports).

NSW: Patchy heavy rain and hail in afternoon storms. Yesterday's thunderstorms lingered in central eastern NSW throughout the morning and were only just dying out when widespread storms developed across all but the NE quarter of the state early this afternoon. Although the storms were slow-moving, falls were generally light, but Shooters Hill Alert, south of Oberon, recorded 45mm and Big Hill Alert, NE of Goulburn, registered 31mm, both in the 2 hours to 5pm. Police reported that hail on the Great Western Highway near Yetholme was causing traffic disabilities, and there was an unconfirmed report of marble-sized hail at Jindabyne.


Records set or equalled today

None known


The day in charts
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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 23:50EST, 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 27.6 -1.9 18.2 +1.9 17.3 0.0 11.0 -- 691 (28.8) 50/09
PERTH AIRPORT 29.8 +0.9 14.3 -0.5 13.0 0.0 8.8 13.3 512 (21.3) 41/13
ALBANY AIRPORT 23.8 +0.7 11.2 -1.2 8.9 0.0 6.6 8.2 333 (13.9) 35/12
BUNBURY 27.3 +0.2 9.9 -3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 327 (13.6) 43/15
MANDURAH 25.6 -- 17.2 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 519 (21.6) 48/14
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.6 +1.0 24.4 -0.9 24.4 4.6 5.0 7.2 351 (14.6) 37/11
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 38.1 +2.7 17.2 -3.0 13.3 0.0 11.2 13.3 261 (10.9) 41/16
WHYALLA AERO 31.8 +3.7 14.4 -1.4 -- 0.0 10.8 -- 420 (17.5) 52/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 34.6 +7.6 19.5 +4.0 14.5 5.2 9.8 12.0 544 (22.7) 67/03
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 30.7 +7.8 9.8 -0.1 6.0 0.0 6.4 8.7 383 (16.0) 50/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 37.9 +0.7 19.0 -4.1 16.1 0.0 10.0 9.3 246 (10.3) 32/17
CAIRNS AERO 32.0 +0.6 24.3 +0.9 23.6 14.2 4.2 6.9 470 (19.6) 41/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.3 -0.2 24.6 +0.5 23.4 0.0 10.8 8.7 640 (26.7) 50/11
MACKAY M.O 28.7 -1.4 24.0 +1.1 -- 0.2 -- 10.0 560 (23.3) 43/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 30.3 -1.8 19.8 -1.4 19.1 0.0 8.0 -- 390 (16.3) 39/15
BUNDABERG AERO 28.4 -1.0 17.5 -3.0 -- 0.0 7.0 -- -- --
NAMBOUR DPI 26.8 -2.4 14.3 -3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 107 ( 4.5) 32/14
COOLANGATTA 27.2 0.0 15.5 -4.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 242 (10.1) 35/15
BRISBANE AERO 26.8 -1.5 16.5 -3.6 -- 0.0 8.0 12.7 313 (13.0) 35/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 25.2 -2.5 14.4 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 607 (25.3) 48/21
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 28.3 -2.7 17.9 +0.4 14.2 0.0 8.0 -- 210 ( 8.8) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 25.8 -0.5 15.7 -2.4 13.8 0.0 6.4 9.2 346 (14.4) 34/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 26.7 +0.1 15.3 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 25.2 -2.0 16.4 -0.1 15.3 3.8 7.8 3.7 349 (14.5) 34/04
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 26.3 -0.6 16.8 +1.5 17.9 5.0 -- -- 122 ( 5.1) 24/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 24.7 +0.3 12.3 +1.0 10.1 0.2 9.0 5.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 28.6 -2.9 16.8 +0.9 -- 0.6 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 24.7 -1.0 18.3 +0.8 16.4 3.8 4.2 6.6 424 (17.7) 37/08
RICHMOND RAAF 26.5 -2.2 15.1 -0.9 -- 23.8 -- -- 184 ( 7.7) 35/14
BELLAMBI AWS 23.8 -0.3 16.4 -1.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 346 (14.4) 31/23
CANBERRA AIRPORT 24.7 -1.4 12.8 +1.4 10.2 10.6 6.4 5.8 332 (13.8) 41/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 32.5 +3.1 18.0 +4.3 16.9 0.0 13.2 10.3 500 (20.8) 63/18
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 32.9 +3.5 13.3 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 184 ( 7.7) 57/21
MILDURA AIRPORT 36.3 +6.2 18.3 +3.5 17.0 0.2 7.2 9.6 387 (16.1) 50/22
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 32.0 +4.6 12.2 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 265 (11.0) 26/21
BENDIGO AIRPORT 30.0 +3.0 13.6 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 329 (13.7) 46/21
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 30.4 +6.2 13.6 +0.7 11.5 0.0 4.2 -- 106 ( 4.4) 32/17
GEELONG AIRPORT 24.4 +1.5 12.8 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 367 (15.3) 39/09
BALLARAT AERODROME 27.9 +5.3 9.6 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 380 (15.8) 35/21
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 21.7 -0.7 13.5 +2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 189 ( 7.9) 30/17
HOBART AIRPORT 20.9 +0.3 11.7 +1.0 10.0 0.0 8.0 11.0 321 (13.4) 39/14
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

42.9 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
42.5 WILUNA Interior WA
42.3 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
42.2 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
42.1 CARNEGIE Interior WA
42.1 TELFER AERO Interior WA

+8.8 : 34.5 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
+7.9 : 26.2 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
+7.9 : 35.7 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA
+7.8 : 30.7 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
+7.7 : 30.2 WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
+7.7 : 35.4 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA

28.8 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
28.3 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
27.5 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
27.4 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
27.3 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE N Rivers NT

+8.6 : 20.1 YONGALA Upper North SA
+8.6 : 20.8 SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA
+8.0 : 22.3 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
+7.5 : 21.2 GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) Northeast SA

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

11.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
13.1 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
14.6 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
15.2 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
16.0 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
16.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-5.8 : 24.0 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
-5.2 : 16.3 FINGAL (LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
-5.0 : 20.0 BEGA AWS South Coast NSW
-4.8 : 26.4 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW
-4.7 : 25.6 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW

2.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
2.3 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
3.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
3.7 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
4.4 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-7.2 : 13.2 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT
-6.4 : 12.1 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-5.7 : 17.5 ALI CURUNG N Plateau NT
-5.6 : 8.9 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
-5.2 : 13.3 BEERBURRUM FOREST STATION Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-5.2 : 17.5 TOORAK RESEARCH STATION Gulf Country QLD
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.
121.0 BABINDA POST OFFICE N Coast--Barron QLD
117.8 GEORGETOWN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
111.0 GRAHAM RANGE N Coast--Barron QLD
109.0 TREE HOUSE CREEK N Coast--Barron QLD
108.0 HAPPY VALLEY N Coast--Barron QLD

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
81.8 GERIATRIC PARK
66.6 CAMP CREEK

QUEENSLAND
S Peninsula
54.6 MUSGRAVE
Upper Carpentaria
117.8 GEORGETOWN AIRPORT
97.3 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE
59.2 PRESTWOOD STATION
N Coast--Barron
121.0 BABINDA POST OFFICE
111.0 GRAHAM RANGE
109.0 TREE HOUSE CREEK
108.0 HAPPY VALLEY
71.0 DEERAL
70.0 DAINTREE TEA
63.0 MT SOPHIA
N Coast--Herbert
62.0 RUSSELL RIVER

ISLANDS
Islands
57.4 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO

13.3 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
13.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
13.3 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
13.1 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
12.9 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
12.9 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW

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5.5 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
4.4 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
3.7 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
0.7 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

 1276 (53.2) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1096 (45.7) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
968 (40.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
854 (35.6) ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE Adelaide/Lofty SA
839 (35.0) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
828 (34.5) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
817 (34.0) MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
799 (33.3) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
773 (32.2) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
757 (31.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
751 (31.3) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
722 (30.1) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
703 (29.3) NOARLUNGA Adelaide/Lofty SA
702 (29.3) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
700 (29.2) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
698 (29.1) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
697 (29.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
696 (29.0) ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD
693 (28.9) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
691 (28.8) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
682 (28.4) EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA
678 (28.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
669 (27.9) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
662 (27.6) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
661 (27.5) BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
651 (27.1) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
644 (26.8) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
643 (26.8) CAPE BORDA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
643 (26.8) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
640 (26.7) TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
640 (26.7) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
635 (26.5) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
616 (25.7) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
613 (25.5) PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
608 (25.3) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
607 (25.3) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
607 (25.3) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
603 (25.1) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
113/18 BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD
94/10 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
81/16 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
78/09 ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE Adelaide/Lofty SA
78/10 MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
78/22 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
78/22 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
MIDDLE POINT AWS
16.4mm in 19 min to 14:30 51.8mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 14:30 19.4mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 7.3mm/h
JABIRU AIRPORT
21.6mm in 44 min to 20:14 29.5mm/h
9.8mm in 16 min to 20:30 36.8mm/h
31.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 31.4mm/h
38.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 12.7mm/h
POINT STUART AWS
34.0mm in 3 hr to 22:30 11.3mm/h
47.6mm in 2 hr 15 min to 23:13 21.2mm/h
57.0mm in 3 hr to 23:30 19.0mm/h
CENTRE ISLAND
13.4mm in 13 min to 15:47 61.8mm/h
BORROLOOLA
5.8mm in 7 min to 12:18 49.7mm/h
 QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
SWEERS ISLAND
48.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 8.0mm/h
CENTURY MINE
5.6mm in 8 min to 13:30 42.0mm/h
10.6mm in 30 min to 14:00 21.2mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 14:00 19.4mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 14:30 10.6mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.7mm/h
 Upper Carpentaria
GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE
95.0mm in * hr to 03:00 7.9mm/h
GEORGETOWN AIRPORT
48.2mm in 55 min to 00:00 52.6mm/h
48.2mm in 1 hr to 00:00 48.2mm/h
49.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 16.3mm/h
53.4mm in 1 hr to 01:00 53.4mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 02:00 14.0mm/h
69.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 23.0mm/h
 N Coast--Barron
LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE
11.8mm in 1 hr to 08:00 11.8mm/h
 ISLANDS
Islands
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
36.0mm in 3 hr to 05:00 12.0mm/h

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Mallee/Upper SE
LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS) : 76(330/ 69 ) at 11:47
QUEENSLAND
Far SW
BALLERA GAS FIELD : 113(220/ 76 ) at 18:30
VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 78( 50/ 65 ) at 23:30