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I also add descriptions of the day's significant weather events in this box when there's reliable information available and when I have the time. This may be days or even years after the event! If you are looking for weather news as it happens, your best source is ABC News for general weather events, rainfall events, storms, cyclones, floods, snowfalls or bushfires.


Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1808 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

Goldfields

012297

BEAUMONT WEST

37.4

35.5

02/05/1989

28

1 y

SA

NE Pastoral

017123

MOOMBA AIRPORT

27.0

26.6

18/05/2007

15

1 n

SA

NE Pastoral

017125

INNAMINCKA (BOOKABOURDIE)

27.0

8.5

25/05/2004

12

1 y

SA

Upper North

019114

MINBURRA

17.6

15.8

14/05/2003

12

1 y

SA

Northeast

020061

YUNTA (TEETULPA STATION)

13.8

12.4

25/05/2009

14

1 y

SA

Murray Mallee

025051

MANTUNG

17.0

16.2

03/05/1979

32

1 y

Highest grass minimum temperature

NT

Darwin-Daly

014253

CHANNEL POINT

24.5

24.5

23/05/2010

12

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

NT

Victoria

014847

KIDMAN SPRINGS

24.5

24.2

21/05/2010

12

1 Y Previous record set earlier this month.

NT

Barkly

015085

BRUNETTE DOWNS

23.6

22.5

16/05/2007

12

1 Y

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

NT

Alice Springs

015666

RABBIT FLAT

23.0

20.6

30/05/2009

13

1 Y


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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 18:08EST, 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 20.5 -3.5 13.9 +1.0 12.5 0.2 3.0 -- 398 (16.6) 28/11
PERTH AIRPORT 18.8 -2.9 5.4 -5.1 4.3 0.0 2.4 9.1 418 (17.4) 34/11
ALBANY AIRPORT 16.4 -2.5 10.9 +1.1 11.3 9.0 2.4 5.2 553 (23.0) 35/00
BUNBURY 17.6 -3.5 6.2 -3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 297 (12.4) 26/00
MANDURAH 18.4 -- 10.7 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 369 (15.4) 30/14
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.3 +1.3 25.3 +3.2 24.5 0.2 3.2 10.9 238 ( 9.9) 34/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 27.9 +4.9 18.5 +10.2 16.5 0.2 3.4 9.8 413 (17.2) 50/16
WHYALLA AERO 21.0 +0.5 10.9 +2.2 -- 6.8 4.2 -- 344 (14.3) 39/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 20.4 +1.4 11.2 +1.0 10.7 5.0 6.2 3.3 454 (18.9) 35/00
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 13.0 -3.1 5.4 -1.9 7.8 0.6 1.4 0.0 429 (17.9) 41/06
MOUNT ISA AERO 32.3 +4.4 17.2 +3.3 16.3 0.0 4.4 7.7 192 ( 8.0) 39/12
CAIRNS AERO 28.8 +1.2 22.1 +2.2 20.8 0.0 4.0 6.6 346 (14.4) --
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.5 +0.9 18.2 +0.6 17.1 0.0 5.4 7.6 363 (15.1) 34/11
MACKAY M.O 24.1 -0.1 15.6 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- 10.5 341 (14.2) 21/17
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.1 +0.1 10.3 -3.9 8.2 0.0 4.4 -- 169 ( 7.0) 24/09
BUNDABERG AERO 24.0 -0.7 15.8 +1.6 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 362 (15.1) 30/09
NAMBOUR DPI 22.0 -1.7 17.0 +5.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 23.0 -0.1 16.4 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 314 (13.1) 28/23
BRISBANE AERO 22.8 -0.8 14.3 +1.5 11.0 0.0 2.0 2.5 356 (14.8) 28/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 18.6 -1.4 11.5 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 532 (22.2) 44/10
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 18.9 -1.4 11.5 +2.8 7.6 0.0 2.8 -- 142 ( 5.9) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 19.9 -1.5 12.3 +0.6 10.8 5.0 2.6 0.2 300 (12.5) 28/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.0 -0.5 11.0 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 20.8 +0.6 8.2 -1.9 6.8 0.0 1.4 3.4 278 (11.6) 18/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 18.8 -1.6 7.4 -0.9 -- 1.0 -- -- 16 ( 0.7) 11/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 12.8 -1.4 5.5 +0.8 0.4 0.0 1.4 6.3 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 19.0 -1.0 10.5 +3.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 378 (15.8) 35/00
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.7 -1.3 9.7 -1.2 7.5 1.4 0.2 1.1 287 (12.0) 22/08
RICHMOND RAAF 17.8 -2.8 6.0 -1.9 3.4 0.0 -- -- 26 ( 1.1) 15/15
BELLAMBI AWS 20.5 +0.8 12.0 -1.1 -- 0.4 -- -- 274 (11.4) 28/13
CANBERRA AIRPORT 15.5 -0.1 4.2 +1.0 2.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 18.4 +1.1 9.8 +3.9 4.6 0.0 2.2 0.3 330 (13.8) 34/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 16.3 -1.4 5.2 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 72 ( 3.0) 21/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 16.4 -2.6 9.8 +2.4 10.8 2.6 4.4 0.6 402 (16.8) 34/01
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 14.8 -2.5 6.5 +0.7 -- 0.0 4.8 -- 308 (12.8) 34/09
BENDIGO AIRPORT 12.0 -4.6 6.6 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 283 (11.8) 31/22
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 15.6 -1.1 6.2 -2.4 2.9 0.0 2.0 -- -- --
GEELONG AIRPORT 15.6 -1.5 5.9 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 188 ( 7.8) 31/13
BALLARAT AERODROME 11.7 -1.9 5.9 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 544 (22.7) 50/04
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 14.6 -1.2 1.6 -3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 112 ( 4.7) 17/02
HOBART AIRPORT 13.1 -2.1 1.5 -5.1 -2.6 0.0 0.4 2.5 237 ( 9.9) 21/00
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

36.0 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
35.7 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
35.6 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
35.5 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM N Rivers NT
35.5 TINDAL RAAF N Rivers NT

+7.1 : 33.8 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
+5.3 : 32.8 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
+5.0 : 30.4 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
+5.0 : 34.0 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD

29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
27.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.4 DUM IN MIRRIE AWS N Rivers NT
26.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
26.1 BLACK POINT N Rivers NT
26.1 WARRUWI N Rivers NT

+10.2 : 18.5 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+9.5 : 19.4 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
+9.5 : 24.4 BRUNETTE DOWNS N Plateau NT
+9.1 : 25.0 KIDMAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT
+8.7 : 24.6 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT

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

3.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
4.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
5.0 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
5.3 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
5.5 MAYDENA POST OFFICE Derwent Valley TAS

-10.8 : 12.4 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne WA
-8.2 : 14.1 DALWALLINU Central West WA
-7.7 : 13.2 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.6 : 5.5 MAYDENA POST OFFICE Derwent Valley TAS
-7.3 : 15.6 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD

-6.0 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
-4.9 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
-4.9 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-4.3 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS

-8.1 : -4.3 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
-8.1 : -4.0 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS
-7.9 : -3.3 GEEVESTON (CEMETERY ROAD) Southeast TAS
-7.7 : -6.0 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
-7.7 : -3.8 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS

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.
42.6 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
40.2 LAKE SHASTER Lower West WA
38.4 CAPE LE GRAND NAT PARK Lower West WA
37.5 LAKE WARDEN FARM Lower West WA
37.4 BEAUMONT WEST Goldfields WA

10.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.6 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.5 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD

.....

0.1 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
0.1 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
0.1 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
0.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
**S** 0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1095 (45.6) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
1071 (44.6) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
1054 (43.9) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
1038 (43.3) MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
997 (41.5) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
941 (39.2) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
929 (38.7) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
915 (38.1) NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
909 (37.9) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
880 (36.7) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
869 (36.2) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
813 (33.9) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
793 (33.0) ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
788 (32.8) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
785 (32.7) NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
765 (31.9) FORREST Eucla WA
751 (31.3) MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
750 (31.3) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
728 (30.3) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
727 (30.3) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
706 (29.4) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
705 (29.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
699 (29.1) JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
686 (28.6) EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA
683 (28.5) EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
674 (28.1) WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
671 (28.0) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
656 (27.3) COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
656 (27.3) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
655 (27.3) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
645 (26.9) LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
639 (26.6) MINNIPA DPI W Agricultural SA
634 (26.4) YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
629 (26.2) PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
621 (25.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
611 (25.5) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
600 (25.0) SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA
78/00 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
78/00 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
76/02 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
72/10 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
70/00 ESPERANCE Lower West WA

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.
None reported None reported