Australian Weather News -- 19 MAR 2010

Friday 19 MAR 2010

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2010

Dec

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1317 EST on 23/05/2012. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

District

Site

Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
if equalled or broken

Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest minimum temperature

ISL

Islands

200212

NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR

30.0

16/03/2010

1 P Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

Lowest minimum temperature

QLD

Central Coast E

033294

YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE

13.9

14.5

30/03/2008

1 N

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 13:17EST, 23/05/2012.

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	27.8	-3.1	13.6	-4.3	10.7	0.0	16.8	--	547 (22.8)	46/15
PERTH AIRPORT	25.1	-4.5	14.1	-1.7	11.5	0.0	5.4	1.0	435 (18.1)	31/13
ALBANY AIRPORT	21.9	-2.2	13.3	-0.1	11.5	0.2	4.2	0.7	225 ( 9.4)	28/14
BUNBURY	27.4	-0.1	12.0	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	263 (11.0)	31/20
MANDURAH	24.9	--	17.3	--	--	0.0	--	--	415 (17.3)	35/17
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.7	+0.8	25.4	+0.9	24.9	0.0	7.0	7.1	298 (12.4)	57/17
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	31.9	-0.8	17.3	-0.2	16.6	0.0	8.4	11.5	224 ( 9.3)	35/15
WHYALLA AERO	27.1	-0.2	20.9	+5.6	--	0.0	--	--	435 (18.1)	44/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	26.9	+0.6	19.0	+3.8	18.3	2.2	5.4	9.3	268 (11.2)	26/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	24.2	+1.1	17.2	+6.7	17.3	3.0	1.4	8.6	321 (13.4)	46/14
MOUNT ISA AERO	32.0	-2.3	20.1	-1.7	20.4	0.0	4.4	10.8	340 (14.2)	39/17
CAIRNS AERO	29.8	-0.7	23.1	+0.1	21.6	0.2	7.2	3.1	631 (26.3)	50/08
TOWNSVILLE AERO	31.9	+1.2	22.4	-0.5	18.1	0.0	6.8	4.7	477 (19.9)	43/13
MACKAY M.O	27.0	-1.6	21.2	-1.0	--	6.0	--	7.8	751 (31.3)	61/19
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	30.1	-0.4	20.1	-0.7	17.9	0.0	7.0	--	400 (16.7)	55/15
BUNDABERG AERO	28.3	-0.8	20.3	+0.4	--	3.0	11.0	--	558 (23.3)	57/15
NAMBOUR DPI	28.0	+0.1	21.0	+2.8	--	0.2	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	28.0	+0.8	20.6	+1.0	--	0.2	--	--	368 (15.3)	39/09
BRISBANE AERO	27.9	-0.1	18.4	-0.9	16.0	0.0	6.2	10.6	365 (15.2)	37/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	22.9	-3.5	16.2	+0.1	--	0.0	--	--	726 (30.3)	48/14
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	30.5	+1.4	15.8	-0.8	11.5	0.0	6.6	--	132 ( 5.5)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	27.0	+1.1	19.3	+1.2	18.3	0.8	4.8	9.6	233 ( 9.7)	35/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	27.3	+1.0	16.4	-0.3	--	0.4	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	30.8	+4.6	13.4	-2.9	11.1	0.0	5.4	10.9	313 (13.0)	30/15
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	30.7	+4.7	12.6	-2.7	--	0.0	--	--	54 ( 2.3)	22/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	24.6	+1.8	11.8	+1.2	4.7	0.0	4.6	11.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	30.3	+1.2	13.4	-1.1	--	0.0	--	--	197 ( 8.2)	39/09
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	31.3	+6.1	18.4	+1.0	14.3	0.0	7.0	11.2	394 (16.4)	35/16
RICHMOND RAAF	31.8	+4.9	12.3	-3.2	10.1	0.0	--	--	58 ( 2.4)	22/14
BELLAMBI AWS	25.5	+1.6	18.2	+0.2	--	0.0	--	--	338 (14.1)	--
CANBERRA AIRPORT	26.3	+1.8	11.1	+0.4	9.0	0.0	--	--	--	--
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	31.2	+3.5	14.3	+0.9	15.2	0.0	5.0	8.3	167 ( 7.0)	39/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	31.4	+3.5	14.9	+2.3	--	0.0	--	--	61 ( 2.5)	34/14
MILDURA AIRPORT	33.6	+5.3	21.1	+7.3	19.4	0.0	11.2	9.7	329 (13.7)	43/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	30.0	+3.7	17.6	+5.9	--	0.0	6.0	--	253 (10.5)	24/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT	29.7	+3.7	18.7	+7.4	--	0.0	--	--	232 ( 9.7)	37/16
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	28.4	+4.5	23.0	+9.8	20.0	0.0	5.8	--	--	--
GEELONG AIRPORT	28.2	+5.0	18.0	+6.2	--	0.6	--	--	210 ( 8.8)	54/09
BALLARAT AERODROME	26.5	+4.3	16.2	+6.3	--	0.0	--	--	433 (18.0)	34/15
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	24.4	+1.9	17.9	+7.9	--	3.0	--	--	222 ( 9.3)	44/13
HOBART AIRPORT	27.6	+6.9	14.9	+4.2	15.9	0.8	2.8	6.9	290 (12.1)	52/14
	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 temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

41.5 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
40.9 TELFER AERO Interior WA
40.5 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
40.3 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
40.0 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA

+9.9 : 32.0 POINT HICKS (LIGHTHOUSE) E Gippsland VIC
+9.7 : 30.6 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
+8.6 : 34.3 EYRE Eucla WA
+7.9 : 30.2 MALLACOOTA E Gippsland VIC
+7.7 : 30.2 MT NOWA NOWA E Gippsland VIC

30.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
29.1 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
29.1 TOM PRICE W Pilbara WA
29.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
29.0 LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA

+9.8 : 23.0 MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE E Central VIC
+9.0 : 19.8 CASTLEMAINE PRISON N Central VIC
+9.0 : 17.0 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
+8.9 : 18.1 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC
+8.9 : 21.2 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

12.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
12.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
13.9 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
14.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
14.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-7.0 : 26.0 ROLLESTON METEOR ST Central Highlands QLD
-5.4 : 24.0 PERTH METRO Lower West WA
-5.2 : 22.8 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-5.0 : 27.7 BARALABA POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
-4.8 : 23.5 LANCELIN Lower West WA
-4.8 : 25.5 GOSNELLS CITY Lower West WA

0.0 TARRALEAH VILLAGE Derwent Valley TAS
3.5 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
5.8 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
6.4 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
6.5 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
6.5 MAYDENA POST OFFICE Derwent Valley TAS

-8.5 : 13.9 YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE Central Coast E QLD
-5.7 : 0.0 TARRALEAH VILLAGE Derwent Valley TAS
-4.8 : 10.2 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-4.6 : 9.2 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-4.5 : 11.3 PEARCE RAAF 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.

55.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
35.0 HAMPSHIRE (NEENA ROAD) N Coast TAS
35.0 TULLAH (MEREDITH STREET) W Coast TAS
33.0 CAPE TRIBULATION STORE N Coast--Barron QLD
31.0 ERRIBA (JUBB ROAD) N Coast TAS

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
33.0 CAPE TRIBULATION STORE

TASMANIA
N Coast
35.0 HAMPSHIRE (NEENA ROAD)
31.0 ERRIBA (JUBB ROAD)
W Coast
55.4 MOUNT READ
35.0 TULLAH (MEREDITH STREET)

11.6 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
11.5 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.3 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
11.3 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.3 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW

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3.1 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
1.0 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.7 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.7 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1196 (49.8) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
1153 (48.0) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1121 (46.7) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
1095 (45.6) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1076 (44.8) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
1071 (44.6) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
1051 (43.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
878 (36.6) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
837 (34.9) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
819 (34.1) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
799 (33.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
774 (32.3) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
759 (31.6) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
753 (31.4) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
751 (31.3) MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
726 (30.3) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
724 (30.2) MAROOCHYDORE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
721 (30.0) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
681 (28.4) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
672 (28.0) LUCINDA POINT N Coast--Herbert QLD
661 (27.5) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
659 (27.5) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
654 (27.3) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
631 (26.3) CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
630 (26.3) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

106/19 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
93/15 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
87/05 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
83/05 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
80/18 RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD

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 PARABURDOO AERO 11.0mm in 11 min to 15:29 60.0mm/h 12.2mm in 13 min to 15:42 56.3mm/h 4.6mm in 11 min to 16:00 25.1mm/h 33.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 33.2mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DUM IN MIRRIE AWS 7.2mm in 20 min to 15:50 21.6mm/h 6.0mm in 4 min to 15:54 90.0mm/h 12.8mm in 36 min to 16:30 21.3mm/h 26.0mm in 1 hr to 16:30 26.0mm/h 26.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 8.7mm/h MILINGIMBI AWS 22.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.3mm/h MANINGRIDA AERO 19.0mm in 1 hr to 00:30 19.0mm/h NGAYAWILI 10.2mm in 1 hr to 23:30 10.2mm/h TASMANIA W Coast MOUNT READ 17.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.7mm/h	QUEENSLAND N Coast--Barron LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE : 76(160/ 70 ) at 08:42 GREEN ISLAND : 72(140/ 63 ) at 00:18 Central Coast E HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT : 161(150/ 46 ) at 01:22 Brisbane/SE Coast DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 72(130/ 65 ) at 13:26 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 93(330/ 69 ) at 16:31 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 95(270/ 65 ) at 19:30 DROUGHTY HILL : 98(260/ 76 ) at 16:20 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 83(320/ 65 ) at 05:42 ISLANDS Islands FREDERICK REEF : 100(140/ 74 ) at 21:14