Australian Weather News -- 13 APR 2010

Tuesday 13 APR 2010

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2010

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1546 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 daily rainfall

W Kimberley

003020

NERRIMA

95.0

34.0

11/04/1983

1 y

W Kimberley

003080

CURTIN AERO

64.6

56.0

16/04/1996

1 n

Arnhem

014518

GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS

111.6

82.0

17/04/2000

1 n

QLD

Upper Carpentaria

030075

SOLWAY DOWNS STATION

65.6

63.8

06/04/2006

1 y

Highest grass minimum temperature

Victoria

014825

VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS

24.8

24.3

12/04/2010

1 Y Previous record set earlier this month.

Lowest minimum temperature

VIC

W Gippsland

085283

WILLOW GROVE (BLUE ROCK RESERVOIR)

1.0

30/04/2009

1 P Equal to record.

Highest daily average wind speed - anemometer above 3m (km/h)

VIC

E Gippsland

084016

GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE

52.5

49.6

16/04/1959

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 15:46EST, 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	24.5	-3.1	14.7	-0.7	12.2	0.0	4.8	--	365 (15.2)	57/14
PERTH AIRPORT	24.2	-1.3	11.6	-1.3	10.6	3.4	1.6	4.4	346 (14.4)	50/15
ALBANY AIRPORT	23.8	+2.0	10.3	-1.3	8.7	3.4	2.4	9.0	194 ( 8.1)	28/14
BUNBURY	23.0	-1.1	11.0	-0.5	--	0.8	--	--	294 (12.3)	50/14
MANDURAH	21.7	--	13.8	--	--	1.8	--	--	510 (21.3)	61/15
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.9	+0.2	24.2	+0.2	25.7	1.8	5.8	6.8	250 (10.4)	46/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	22.5	-5.7	13.1	+0.5	12.1	0.0	4.0	5.2	325 (13.5)	31/10
WHYALLA AERO	21.8	-1.8	6.8	-4.8	--	0.0	6.0	--	314 (13.1)	24/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	19.9	-2.7	8.4	-4.0	--	0.0	11.2	10.6	173 ( 7.2)	24/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	16.9	-2.5	11.3	+2.6	10.8	0.0	2.6	0.3	286 (11.9)	28/15
MOUNT ISA AERO	28.2	-3.7	20.4	+1.9	21.0	0.0	6.8	5.7	434 (18.1)	34/20
CAIRNS AERO	31.2	+2.0	21.4	-0.2	19.2	0.0	4.0	10.9	173 ( 7.2)	24/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO	31.3	+1.7	23.3	+2.8	21.1	0.0	4.6	5.3	179 ( 7.5)	30/16
MACKAY M.O	25.1	-1.6	19.8	-0.3	--	7.2	--	1.8	329 (13.7)	41/04
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	24.4	-4.4	19.7	+1.9	18.6	0.4	6.8	--	278 (11.6)	37/22
BUNDABERG AERO	22.8	-4.6	18.1	+0.6	--	2.8	6.2	--	343 (14.3)	34/12
NAMBOUR DPI	23.0	-3.1	17.0	+1.6	--	9.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	25.1	-0.2	21.0	+4.0	--	24.2	--	--	269 (11.2)	43/14
BRISBANE AERO	24.3	-1.7	17.3	+1.1	17.1	7.6	2.0	1.4	273 (11.4)	35/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	20.3	-3.1	12.7	-0.6	--	0.2	--	--	365 (15.2)	39/15
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	24.7	-0.4	6.2	-6.6	2.3	0.0	3.0	--	176 ( 7.3)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	24.3	+0.3	15.1	-0.1	11.6	0.0	4.6	9.5	331 (13.8)	34/11
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	25.1	+1.1	9.1	-4.6	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	23.0	-0.6	9.3	-3.9	6.0	0.0	6.0	10.9	385 (16.0)	37/13
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	21.5	-2.1	6.3	-5.6	--	0.0	--	--	45 ( 1.9)	28/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	18.1	-0.4	4.9	-2.3	-1.8	0.0	2.4	9.8	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	22.1	-2.4	3.8	-6.3	--	0.0	--	--	256 (10.7)	31/09
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	19.9	-3.0	12.7	-1.4	7.0	0.0	5.6	10.7	447 (18.6)	41/09
RICHMOND RAAF	22.9	-1.0	5.6	-5.7	2.9	0.0	--	--	70 ( 2.9)	24/17
BELLAMBI AWS	19.0	-3.1	13.6	-1.8	--	0.0	--	--	284 (11.8)	--
CANBERRA AIRPORT	20.4	+0.4	0.9	-5.8	-1.0	0.0	--	--	--	--
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	20.9	-1.6	4.0	-5.1	-0.2	0.0	3.4	10.9	252 (10.5)	24/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	19.9	-2.5	4.6	-3.4	--	0.0	--	--	186 ( 7.8)	18/13
MILDURA AIRPORT	19.8	-3.7	6.7	-3.4	4.3	0.0	4.2	10.3	259 (10.8)	39/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	18.7	-2.9	4.4	-3.8	--	0.0	3.0	--	321 (13.4)	37/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT	18.6	-2.6	5.8	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	314 (13.1)	34/09
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	17.8	-2.5	13.1	+2.3	10.0	0.6	0.2	--	--	--
GEELONG AIRPORT	16.9	-3.1	12.3	+3.0	--	0.0	--	--	426 (17.8)	31/10
BALLARAT AERODROME	13.5	-4.1	7.9	+0.5	--	0.0	--	--	402 (16.8)	35/09
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	21.3	+2.4	4.8	-2.7	--	0.0	--	--	234 ( 9.8)	30/12
HOBART AIRPORT	20.9	+2.8	6.0	-2.7	1.9	0.2	2.2	5.1	542 (22.6)	50/18
	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

39.9 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
38.2 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
37.6 TELFER AERO Interior WA
37.5 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
37.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA

+12.0 : 35.1 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
+11.3 : 34.6 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
+10.7 : 33.4 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
+9.8 : 33.4 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+9.3 : 32.9 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA

29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
27.5 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
27.1 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
27.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
27.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA

+8.7 : 19.4 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
+8.3 : 18.3 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+7.9 : 22.7 LEONORA Goldfields WA
+7.9 : 19.5 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA
+7.5 : 20.1 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

6.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
7.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
8.9 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
9.6 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
9.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-9.7 : 18.0 MONTO TOWNSHIP Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
-7.6 : 24.9 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
-7.5 : 22.4 THANGOOL AIRPORT Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
-7.2 : 20.0 TOOLARA (KELLY) Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-7.0 : 19.1 IVANHOE AERODROME AWS Southwest Plains NSW

-4.4 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.7 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.3 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-1.7 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
-1.7 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-8.6 : 1.0 WILLOW GROVE (BLUE ROCK RESERVOIR) W Gippsland VIC
-8.3 : -1.5 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW
-7.5 : 1.0 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
-7.3 : -1.7 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
-7.2 : -1.0 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

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.

111.6 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS N Rivers NT
95.0 NERRIMA W Kimberley WA
82.8 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
79.6 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
73.0 VALENCIA Central Highlands QLD

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
55.6 MOUNT ELIZABETH
W Kimberley
95.0 NERRIMA
79.6 FITZROY CROSSING AERO
64.6 CURTIN AERO
63.0 BEAGLE BAY

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
111.6 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS
57.2 JABIRU AIRPORT
57.0 NUMBULWAR
56.0 EAST ALLIGATOR RANGER STATION
52.2 MIDDLE POINT RANGERS
50.0 MALLAPUNYAH

QUEENSLAND
Upper Carpentaria
65.6 SOLWAY DOWNS STATION
Central Coast E
65.2 SAMUEL HILL AERO
Central Highlands
73.0 VALENCIA
57.8 ANAKIE RICHARDSON ST
55.0 SAPPHIRE POST OFFICE
Central West
56.0 COREENA
50.0 SURBITON STATION
Wide Bay/Burnett
59.6 CAPTAIN CREEK TM
55.6 TOWN OF 1770
Brisbane/SE Coast
68.0 TEDDINGTON WATERWORKS

ISLANDS
Islands
82.8 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO

11.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
11.1 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
10.9 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
10.9 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
10.9 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
10.9 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA

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1.4 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.3 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.0 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC

1703 (71.0) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
**S** 1677 (69.9) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1556 (64.8) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1366 (56.9) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1265 (52.7) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
1261 (52.5) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
1233 (51.4) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1083 (45.1) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
1082 (45.1) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
903 (37.6) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
891 (37.1) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
786 (32.8) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
741 (30.9) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
740 (30.8) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
715 (29.8) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
712 (29.7) MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
701 (29.2) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
682 (28.4) BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
677 (28.2) MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
665 (27.7) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
653 (27.2) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
649 (27.0) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
648 (27.0) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
646 (26.9) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
642 (26.8) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
610 (25.4) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
608 (25.3) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
604 (25.2) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
603 (25.1) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC

113/23 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
100/23 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
98/13 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
98/19 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
91/00 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA E Kimberley ARGYLE AERODROME 6.6mm in 17 min to 01:59 23.3mm/h W Kimberley CURTIN AERO 33.6mm in 1 hr 30 min to 06:00 22.4mm/h 34.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 11.3mm/h FITZROY CROSSING AERO 55.6mm in 1 hr to 02:00 55.6mm/h 21.4mm in 1 hr to 03:00 21.4mm/h 77.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 25.7mm/h Lower West JANDAKOT AERO 10.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 10.4mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.7mm/h WANNEROO AG STATION 13.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 13.8mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers MIDDLE POINT AWS 16.4mm in 30 min to 09:00 32.8mm/h 16.4mm in 1 hr to 09:00 16.4mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.3mm/h 18.8mm in 30 min to 09:30 37.6mm/h 18.8mm in 1 hr to 09:30 18.8mm/h 22.2mm in 1 hr to 10:00 22.2mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 8.0mm/h JABIRU AIRPORT 26.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 8.7mm/h 21.0mm in 1 hr to 06:30 21.0mm/h 7.2mm in 43 min to 18:13 10.0mm/h 6.6mm in 17 min to 18:30 23.3mm/h 13.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 13.8mm/h 13.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 13.6mm/h 27.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 9.0mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 23:30 11.4mm/h POINT STUART AWS 26.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 8.7mm/h 34.0mm in 3 hr to 07:30 11.3mm/h 38.0mm in 3 hr to 08:30 12.7mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 6.0mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 23:30 6.7mm/h ALYANGULA POLICE 32.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h BULMAN AWS 12.8mm in 1 hr to 11:30 12.8mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.0mm/h CENTRAL ARNHEM PLATEAU 29.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 9.7mm/h TINDAL RAAF 14.2mm in 30 min to 06:30 28.4mm/h 14.6mm in 1 hr to 06:30 14.6mm/h 21.0mm in 30 min to 07:00 42.0mm/h 35.2mm in 1 hr to 07:00 35.2mm/h 27.0mm in 1 hr to 07:30 27.0mm/h 45.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 15.0mm/h BRADSHAW 36.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 12.0mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula COCONUT ISLAND 36.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 12.0mm/h Central Coast E WILLIAMSON 14.6mm in 1 hr to 02:00 14.6mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 03:00 13.0mm/h SAMUEL HILL AERO 26.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.7mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 01:00 10.6mm/h 11.0mm in 1 hr to 01:30 11.0mm/h 7.8mm in 41 min to 03:00 11.4mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 8.0mm/h 12.0mm in 1 hr to 04:00 12.0mm/h Brisbane/SE Coast CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE 10.8mm in 1 hr to 05:30 10.8mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.7mm/h MAROOCHYDORE AERO 15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.0mm/h ISLANDS Islands POINT FAWCETT 10.6mm in 42 min to 18:30 15.1mm/h 13.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 13.8mm/h CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 51.0mm in 3 hr to 07:00 17.0mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West CAPE NATURALISTE : 98(350/ 46 ) at 13:51 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 89(250/ 70 ) at 06:10 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 100(320/ 83 ) at 23:30 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 98(250/ 78 ) at 20:00 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 113(270/ 59 ) at 23:52 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 78(***/ 69 ) at 05:30