Australian Weather News -- 25 SEP 2009

Friday 25 SEP 2009

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2009

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 1938 EST on 19/01/2010. 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

Highest daily rainfall

VIC

W Gippsland

085300

FOSTER HODDLE

39.6

34.0

17/09/2007

1 n

Highest maximum temperature

W Pilbara

005016

ONSLOW

39.0

38.9

02/09/2007

1 Y

Darwin-Daly

014153

BLACK POINT

34.7

34.4

25/09/2008

1 Y

Arnhem

014518

GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS

36.4

36.0

23/09/2007

1 Y

QLD

N Peninsula

027054

COCONUT ISLAND

34.1

33.1

25/09/2008

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 05:01EST, 15/05/2012.

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	21.7	-0.3	7.1	-2.2	5.3	0.0	3.8	--	509 (21.2)	48/08
PERTH AIRPORT	18.7	-1.4	2.5	-6.4	1.5	0.0	3.6	10.3	502 (20.9)	37/10
ALBANY AIRPORT	14.0	-3.3	8.9	+0.9	6.9	0.8	4.6	6.8	541 (22.5)	37/00
BUNBURY	17.6	-0.6	5.6	-2.9	--	0.0	--	--	292 (12.2)	39/09
MANDURAH	18.2	--	7.9	--	--	0.0	--	--	414 (17.3)	46/13
DARWIN AIRPORT	34.7	+2.2	23.9	+0.9	23.8	0.0	8.0	10.1	338 (14.1)	37/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	33.9	+6.6	16.4	+6.0	12.3	0.0	10.0	11.6	321 (13.4)	43/09
WHYALLA AERO	18.2	-3.3	12.6	+4.6	--	0.4	6.4	--	439 (18.3)	81/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	14.8	-4.2	11.8	+2.1	--	2.8	4.2	1.0	397 (16.5)	63/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	14.3	-1.5	9.9	+3.6	8.5	0.8	4.4	4.2	575 (24.0)	54/12
MOUNT ISA AERO	34.5	+3.3	6.9	-7.3	4.9	0.0	7.6	11.2	229 ( 9.5)	26/12
CAIRNS AERO	30.6	+2.6	18.0	-0.7	16.6	0.0	12.0	9.6	481 (20.0)	34/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO	28.3	+0.6	16.0	-1.3	14.4	0.0	10.0	8.7	344 (14.3)	39/13
MACKAY M.O	26.2	+1.0	14.3	-2.3	--	0.0	--	10.7	366 (15.3)	24/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.0	+3.7	11.6	-2.0	8.7	0.0	8.0	--	187 ( 7.8)	35/15
BUNDABERG AERO	27.1	+1.7	12.7	-1.0	--	0.0	6.2	--	202 ( 8.4)	37/14
NAMBOUR DPI	28.0	+3.1	11.0	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	25.0	+1.9	7.6	-5.8	--	0.0	--	--	196 ( 8.2)	26/11
BRISBANE AERO	26.2	+2.0	9.1	-3.6	2.8	0.0	10.6	11.2	328 (13.7)	54/20
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	26.5	+4.1	11.2	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	444 (18.5)	35/11
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	25.0	+3.6	7.3	-1.2	2.9	0.0	4.6	--	151 ( 6.3)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	25.6	+3.7	7.2	-3.7	4.1	0.0	5.0	11.2	277 (11.5)	37/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	25.0	+2.5	4.2	-5.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	27.3	+6.1	7.0	-2.0	3.7	0.0	8.4	11.1	505 (21.0)	43/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	27.2	+5.9	5.7	-2.0	1.6	0.0	--	--	87 ( 3.6)	31/16
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	16.9	+2.9	4.5	+0.3	-2.0	0.0	1.8	9.7	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	25.4	+4.2	2.0	-4.4	--	0.0	--	--	275 (11.5)	59/15
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	26.0	+5.5	13.2	+2.9	6.1	0.0	8.0	11.2	499 (20.8)	52/16
RICHMOND RAAF	26.8	+4.1	7.9	-0.2	2.4	0.0	--	--	295 (12.3)	44/15
BELLAMBI AWS	23.7	+3.5	11.0	-1.5	--	0.0	--	--	369 (15.4)	59/15
CANBERRA AIRPORT	19.7	+3.5	3.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	5.0	9.9	389 (16.2)	70/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	24.1	+6.5	3.6	-1.5	0.0	0.0	2.4	8.1	213 ( 8.9)	81/22
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	20.6	+2.5	5.3	-0.6	--	0.0	--	--	197 ( 8.2)	44/14
MILDURA AIRPORT	20.7	+0.3	11.8	+4.4	8.9	0.0	5.6	3.0	427 (17.8)	57/16
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	16.7	-0.7	7.9	+2.5	--	0.4	1.6	--	366 (15.3)	50/17
BENDIGO AIRPORT	14.2	-2.6	5.3	+1.0	--	4.2	--	--	297 (12.4)	44/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	16.2	-1.0	12.4	+4.5	10.6	8.0	4.2	--	--	--
GEELONG AIRPORT	15.0	-1.8	11.3	+4.6	--	0.2	--	--	551 (23.0)	57/09
BALLARAT AERODROME	10.4	-3.5	7.4	+2.6	--	4.8	--	--	636 (26.5)	--
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	15.6	+0.1	5.9	+0.8	--	15.2	--	--	322 (13.4)	63/09
HOBART AIRPORT	16.5	+1.2	6.7	+0.7	2.7	1.6	2.0	6.1	408 (17.0)	52/13
	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

40.4 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
40.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
39.0 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
39.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
38.9 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA

+9.9 : 26.4 POINT HICKS (LIGHTHOUSE) E Gippsland VIC
+9.9 : 39.0 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
**S** +9.0 : 34.7 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA
+7.8 : 37.8 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
+7.6 : 23.5 COMBIENBAR AWS E Gippsland VIC

28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
26.8 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
26.1 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
26.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.7 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT

**S** +8.6 : 18.0 PROSPECT DAM Sydney--west NSW
+8.0 : 15.0 GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) Northeast SA
+7.8 : 16.4 BROKEN HILL AIRPORT AWS Lower Darling NSW
+7.5 : 14.3 HAWKER Upper North SA
+6.3 : 15.8 ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

2.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
3.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
4.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
4.7 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-8.3 : 13.5 MINNIPA DPI W Agricultural SA
-8.1 : 16.6 FORREST Eucla WA
-7.8 : 14.8 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
-7.1 : 18.2 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
-6.8 : 13.5 KIMBA W Agricultural SA

-2.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.9 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-1.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-1.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-7.5 : 7.2 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
-7.3 : 6.9 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-6.8 : 1.4 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
-6.5 : 0.9 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-6.4 : 0.0 KELLERBERRIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.4 : 2.5 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West 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.

44.8 LONGLEY (TELOPEA) Southeast TAS
43.2 ALEXANDRA (CRYSTAL CREEK) N Central VIC
40.4 BALFOUR W Coast TAS
39.6 FOSTER HODDLE W Gippsland VIC
39.0 LIFFEY (GULF ROAD) N Coast TAS

11.6 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.5 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
11.4 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
11.3 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.3 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW

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1.6 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
1.0 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.8 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.2 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC

1079 (45.0) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1054 (43.9) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1042 (43.4) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
1034 (43.1) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
1008 (42.0) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
994 (41.4) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
**S** 947 (39.5) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
903 (37.6) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
840 (35.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
830 (34.6) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
829 (34.5) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
827 (34.5) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
825 (34.4) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
822 (34.3) FORREST Eucla WA
822 (34.3) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
797 (33.2) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
787 (32.8) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
773 (32.2) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
772 (32.2) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
758 (31.6) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
751 (31.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
744 (31.0) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
740 (30.8) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
719 (30.0) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
706 (29.4) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
705 (29.4) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
701 (29.2) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
701 (29.2) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
700 (29.2) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
692 (28.8) FERNY CREEK (DUNNS HILL) E Central VIC
691 (28.8) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
690 (28.8) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
669 (27.9) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
668 (27.8) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
664 (27.7) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
660 (27.5) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
657 (27.4) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
649 (27.0) AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
639 (26.6) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
636 (26.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
636 (26.5) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
631 (26.3) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
630 (26.3) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
628 (26.2) HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
627 (26.1) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
626 (26.1) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
624 (26.0) ROBE AIRFIELD Lower SE SA
621 (25.9) MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
621 (25.9) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
619 (25.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
614 (25.6) CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
607 (25.3) AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
604 (25.2) COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
604 (25.2) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

122/17 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
118/14 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
100/12 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
100/22 NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
98/11 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
98/04 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
98/10 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
96/09 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
94/12 MINNIPA DPI W Agricultural SA
94/14 PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
94/19 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
93/15 MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
93/09 DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT) Upper NE VIC
93/08 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC

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.
NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS 16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h VICTORIA E Central VIEWBANK (ARPANSA) 17.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.7mm/h TASMANIA N Coast LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) 5.8mm in 17 min to 06:47 20.5mm/h	SOUTH AUSTRALIA NW Pastoral WOOMERA AERODROME : 100(260/ 63 ) at 12:45 TARCOOLA AERO : 78(230/ 65 ) at 13:35 W Agricultural WUDINNA AERO : 83(250/ 65 ) at 13:38 NULLARBOR : 83(240/ 69 ) at 10:58 NEPTUNE ISLAND : 95(230/ 74 ) at 21:13 CLEVE AERODROME : 76(270/ 63 ) at 11:58 COULTA (COLES POINT) : 98(250/ 69 ) at 11:46 PORT AUGUSTA AERO : 95(260/ 72 ) at 14:59 Northeast YUNTA AIRSTRIP : 87(270/ 74 ) at 16:12 Yorke Pen/Kanga Is KADINA AWS : 95(280/ 50 ) at 15:52 MOONTA (WARBURTO POINT) : 93(260/ 65 ) at 13:08 CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 83(260/ 69 ) at 14:21 Adelaide/Lofty ADELAIDE AIRPORT : 89(290/ 70 ) at 13:25 MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER : 93(250/ 39 ) at 16:01 NEW SOUTH WALES Far Northwest WHITE CLIFFS AWS : 78(290/ 63 ) at 18:00 Goulburn/Monaro MOUNT GININI AWS : 113(310/ 50 ) at 22:23 SW Slopes N TEMORA AIRPORT : 80(320/ 65 ) at 21:14 Riverina E YANCO AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE : 87(320/ 65 ) at 19:01 NARRANDERA AIRPORT : 78(310/ 63 ) at 20:05 Riverina W HAY AIRPORT AWS : 78(270/ 67 ) at 18:30 VICTORIA Wimmera S GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 98(340/ 65 ) at 02:30 Upper NE MOUNT BULLER : 115(340/ 85 ) at 18:30 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT : 93(320/ 50 ) at 09:30 FALLS CREEK : 95(350/ 54 ) at 19:30 MT HOTHAM : 119(350/ 67 ) at 14:12 E Central SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 76(360/ 63 ) at 07:30 N Central EILDON FIRE TOWER : 85(270/ 69 ) at 18:26 W Coast COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 76(350/ 63 ) at 04:00 TASMANIA E Coast MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 87( 10/ 67 ) at 09:18 Southeast MOUNT WELLINGTON : 91(330/ 69 ) at 08:30 TASMAN ISLAND : 82( 10/ 63 ) at 09:01 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 83(310/ 65 ) at 10:14 King Island KING ISLAND AIRPORT : 83(320/ 69 ) at 04:49 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 98(320/ 80 ) at 10:30