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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1753 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 Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest daily rainfall

WA

W Kimberley

003096

WEST ROEBUCK

36.8

24.0

24/05/2004

11

1 n

NT

Darwin-Daly

014253

CHANNEL POINT

43.4

33.4

20/05/2004

20

1 y

Highest minimum temperature

WA

W Kimberley

003096

WEST ROEBUCK

24.1

23.4

18/05/2010

11

1 Y Previous record set earlier this month.


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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 17:52EST, 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 24.6 +0.6 10.4 -2.5 8.2 0.2 1.0 -- 239 (10.0) 37/15
PERTH AIRPORT 22.7 +1.0 9.5 -1.0 7.5 0.0 2.2 9.4 259 (10.8) 24/13
ALBANY AIRPORT 19.8 +0.9 4.8 -5.0 3.4 0.2 2.4 7.6 197 ( 8.2) 24/13
BUNBURY 22.4 +1.3 5.5 -4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 90 ( 3.8) 26/10
MANDURAH 21.0 -- 11.9 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 160 ( 6.7) 24/15
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.0 0.0 24.8 +2.7 24.1 5.8 3.0 10.0 283 (11.8) 35/09
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 21.4 -1.6 3.9 -4.4 2.9 0.0 4.0 6.0 272 (11.3) 30/11
WHYALLA AERO 21.0 +0.5 6.9 -1.8 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 153 ( 6.4) 28/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 20.9 +1.9 7.8 -2.4 3.6 0.0 1.0 6.0 79 ( 3.3) 15/09
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 17.0 +0.9 7.4 +0.1 6.2 0.2 0.4 4.3 203 ( 8.5) 22/08
MOUNT ISA AERO 25.5 -2.4 8.9 -5.0 7.6 0.0 4.4 10.2 280 (11.7) 37/10
CAIRNS AERO 25.9 -1.7 21.4 +1.5 18.1 0.0 5.6 0.4 460 (19.2) 41/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.1 -0.5 14.5 -3.1 10.2 0.0 5.0 10.6 235 ( 9.8) 37/13
MACKAY M.O 23.4 -0.8 13.4 -3.7 -- 0.0 -- 10.7 341 (14.2) 31/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 25.6 -0.4 9.2 -5.0 -- 0.0 5.2 -- 148 ( 6.2) 31/13
BUNDABERG AERO 24.0 -0.7 10.4 -3.8 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 291 (12.1) 30/10
NAMBOUR DPI 23.0 -0.7 10.0 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 23.0 -0.1 12.7 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 231 ( 9.6) 35/09
BRISBANE AERO 23.1 -0.5 10.1 -2.7 5.1 0.0 2.8 9.1 293 (12.2) 35/08
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 20.4 +0.4 7.4 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 305 (12.7) 24/09
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 20.7 +0.4 5.9 -2.8 1.8 0.0 2.4 -- 142 ( 5.9) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 21.7 +0.3 13.0 +1.3 7.6 6.8 3.4 8.1 459 (19.1) 46/16
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.0 -0.5 11.0 +0.5 -- 10.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 19.9 -0.3 10.2 +0.1 8.8 7.2 1.2 2.8 377 (15.7) 41/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 19.2 -1.2 11.3 +3.0 -- 8.8 -- -- 70 ( 2.9) 24/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 14.8 +0.6 3.3 -1.4 -6.2 0.0 1.8 8.6 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 19.9 -0.1 4.1 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 211 ( 8.8) 24/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.5 -1.5 12.1 +1.2 11.2 56.0 -- 6.1 395 (16.5) 39/10
RICHMOND RAAF 20.1 -0.5 7.8 -0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 30/14
BELLAMBI AWS 19.2 -0.5 13.0 -0.1 -- 17.0 -- -- 361 (15.0) 35/11
CANBERRA AIRPORT 17.1 +1.5 -0.8 -4.0 -3.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 18.8 +1.5 1.6 -4.3 -2.4 0.0 1.0 9.6 119 ( 5.0) 15/07
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 18.5 +0.8 1.4 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 42 ( 1.8) 28/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 20.7 +1.7 5.0 -2.4 1.7 0.0 2.0 7.6 103 ( 4.3) 13/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 18.1 +0.8 -0.5 -6.3 -- 0.0 1.8 -- 93 ( 3.9) 21/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT 17.9 +1.3 0.5 -4.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 79 ( 3.3) 15/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 18.8 +2.1 6.1 -2.5 3.4 0.0 1.2 -- -- --
GEELONG AIRPORT 17.2 +0.1 5.5 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 24/11
BALLARAT AERODROME 15.5 +1.9 0.7 -5.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 125 ( 5.2) 17/20
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 17.0 +1.2 5.0 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 37 ( 1.5) 21/14
HOBART AIRPORT 16.4 +1.2 6.3 -0.3 3.9 0.0 0.6 3.6 274 (11.4) 31/12
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

34.3 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
34.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
33.5 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT
33.4 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
33.2 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+6.1 : 26.5 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA
+5.2 : 26.0 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+5.1 : 24.8 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+4.7 : 25.0 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
+4.4 : 25.0 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA

29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
27.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
26.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
26.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA

+9.0 : 20.9 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley WA
+7.8 : 24.1 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
+7.7 : 24.3 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
+7.5 : 23.2 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA

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

4.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
5.4 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
5.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
6.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
6.3 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-7.4 : 24.6 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
-7.4 : 17.1 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT
-6.7 : 25.5 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
-6.5 : 18.9 CARNEGIE Interior WA
-6.4 : 27.3 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA

-6.6 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.6 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.8 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-3.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.8 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-8.0 : 10.0 BOWEN AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-7.8 : -1.9 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC
-7.7 : -1.5 HORSHAM (POLKEMMET) Wimmera S VIC
-7.2 : 3.0 THANGOOL AIRPORT Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
-7.2 : 0.8 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E 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.
215.6 CAPE LEVEQUE W Kimberley WA
83.0 CRONULLA SOUTH BOWLING CLUB Sydney--east NSW
76.2 CYGNET BAY W Kimberley WA
75.6 DOVER HEIGHTS (PORTLAND ST) Sydney--east NSW
73.0 RANDWICK BOWLING CLUB Sydney--east NSW

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
67.4 KURI BAY
W Kimberley
215.6 CAPE LEVEQUE
76.2 CYGNET BAY

NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
60.8 HAWKS NEST GOLF CLUB
Sydney--east
83.0 CRONULLA SOUTH BOWLING CLUB
75.6 DOVER HEIGHTS (PORTLAND ST)
73.0 RANDWICK BOWLING CLUB
69.2 ROSE BAY (ROYAL SYDNEY GOLF CLUB)
62.4 CENTENNIAL PARK
56.0 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO
53.0 SYDNEY BOTANIC GARDENS

10.7 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
10.6 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.4 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
10.2 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.0 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT

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1.9 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
1.6 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.4 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
0.1 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
**S** 0.0 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD

750 (31.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
647 (27.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
644 (26.8) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
636 (26.5) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
599 (25.0) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
63/22 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
59/19 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
57/23 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
55/16 CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
54/13 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW

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
N Kimberley
KALUMBURU
14.4mm in 1 hr to 14:00 14.4mm/h
33.4mm in 1 hr to 15:00 33.4mm/h
48.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 16.0mm/h
TRUSCOTT
15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.0mm/h
W Kimberley
WEST ROEBUCK
24.6mm in 30 min to 06:30 49.2mm/h
32.2mm in 1 hr to 06:30 32.2mm/h
25.0mm in 1 hr to 07:00 25.0mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 8.3mm/h
E Pilbara
MARBLE BAR
23.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.7mm/h
Interior
TELFER AERO
15.8mm in 1 hr to 04:00 15.8mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 05:00 12.2mm/h
28.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 9.3mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney--east
TERREY HILLS AWS
34.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 5.7mm/h
South Coast
ULLADULLA AWS
11.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.8mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
POINT FAWCETT
10.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.4mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 5.0mm/h
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
18.0mm in 3 hr to 22:00 6.0mm/h
None reported