Australian Weather News -- 12 JUL 2010

Monday 12 JUL 2010

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2010

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2220 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 grass minimum temperature

QLD

Channel Country

038024

WINDORAH POST OFFICE

16.8

22/07/2009

1 Y Equal to record.

Highest minimum temperature

NSW

Hunter Valley

061390

NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY

12.4

26/07/2006

1 Y Equal to record.

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 22:19EST, 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	18.2	-1.3	13.4	+3.9	12.7	6.8	4.0	--	665 (27.7)	63/10
PERTH AIRPORT	15.8	-2.1	11.1	+3.0	8.6	24.6	1.4	4.8	669 (27.9)	65/04
ALBANY AIRPORT	12.0	-3.8	6.0	-1.5	4.6	13.0	5.4	0.4	608 (25.3)	76/14
BUNBURY	14.3	-2.9	7.4	+0.2	--	19.0	--	--	752 (31.3)	80/08
MANDURAH	15.7	--	10.4	--	--	11.6	--	--	942 (39.3)	85/02
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.4	+1.9	20.4	+1.2	19.5	0.0	5.8	10.8	357 (14.9)	39/11
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	26.8	+7.1	11.6	+7.6	11.3	2.8	1.4	6.0	230 ( 9.6)	35/17
WHYALLA AERO	18.2	+1.3	4.6	-0.7	--	0.0	0.6	--	264 (11.0)	39/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	16.5	+1.2	6.9	-0.6	--	0.0	5.4	6.9	261 (10.9)	41/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	14.9	+1.8	5.6	+0.4	4.0	0.2	1.4	8.0	424 (17.7)	43/15
MOUNT ISA AERO	30.2	+5.5	13.7	+5.1	12.0	0.0	4.0	10.3	196 ( 8.2)	26/17
CAIRNS AERO	27.1	+1.4	20.7	+3.7	20.0	2.8	3.4	6.8	483 (20.1)	46/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO	26.4	+1.3	16.5	+2.9	13.4	0.0	5.4	9.5	403 (16.8)	37/11
MACKAY M.O	22.7	+1.4	16.6	+3.8	--	0.0	--	8.3	380 (15.8)	34/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	23.8	+0.7	15.0	+5.5	13.5	0.0	4.2	--	256 (10.7)	24/09
BUNDABERG AERO	24.2	+2.2	12.9	+2.8	11.9	0.0	--	--	297 (12.4)	28/14
NAMBOUR DPI	23.0	+1.9	11.0	+3.3	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	22.4	+1.9	10.2	+0.3	--	0.0	--	--	103 ( 4.3)	30/13
BRISBANE AERO	22.3	+1.4	11.1	+2.3	8.6	0.0	1.6	9.9	232 ( 9.7)	24/07
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	20.1	+3.5	8.8	+2.5	--	0.2	--	--	371 (15.5)	22/09
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	15.5	-0.6	11.5	+6.8	8.5	3.4	0.0	--	56 ( 2.3)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	20.9	+2.2	12.6	+5.1	9.5	0.0	2.8	7.8	283 (11.8)	21/11
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	19.0	+0.3	11.0	+4.7	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	17.5	+0.5	10.1	+3.8	8.1	1.0	0.2	0.5	185 ( 7.7)	24/04
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	16.1	-1.4	9.4	+4.8	--	0.4	--	--	56 ( 2.3)	17/00
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	13.3	+4.0	6.3	+4.9	-1.0	4.4	0.8	2.5	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	18.4	+3.2	10.1	+7.1	--	0.8	--	--	177 ( 7.4)	21/06
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	17.7	+0.7	9.4	+2.3	6.2	0.0	2.0	2.1	359 (15.0)	35/10
RICHMOND RAAF	16.2	-1.2	6.4	+2.9	--	0.4	--	--	130 ( 5.4)	17/11
BELLAMBI AWS	18.2	+1.4	11.2	+1.2	--	0.0	--	--	315 (13.1)	28/05
CANBERRA AIRPORT	14.6	+3.3	-2.4	-2.3	-5.0	0.2	--	--	--	--
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	15.0	+2.3	0.8	-1.9	-1.6	0.2	1.2	8.0	157 ( 6.5)	17/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	15.3	+2.3	3.5	+0.3	--	0.2	--	--	98 ( 4.1)	13/11
MILDURA AIRPORT	15.8	+0.5	3.0	-1.3	-1.0	0.0	1.8	6.6	227 ( 9.5)	28/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	15.5	+2.5	2.6	-0.3	--	4.4	2.6	--	142 ( 5.9)	28/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT	14.2	+1.7	1.6	-0.8	--	0.2	--	--	131 ( 5.5)	22/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	16.7	+3.3	9.3	+3.3	5.5	0.0	1.6	--	--	--
GEELONG AIRPORT	16.7	+2.9	5.6	+0.2	--	0.0	--	--	382 (15.9)	35/16
BALLARAT AERODROME	11.0	+1.0	4.4	+1.2	--	0.2	--	--	504 (21.0)	50/21
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	14.5	+1.9	9.7	+7.5	--	10.4	--	--	345 (14.4)	41/08
HOBART AIRPORT	17.3	+4.9	8.6	+4.5	3.4	0.0	2.6	5.1	469 (19.5)	41/05
	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

35.4 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
34.6 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT
34.5 KIDMAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT
34.5 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
34.5 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT

+9.0 : 33.0 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
+7.6 : 30.5 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
+7.6 : 26.5 MUNGINDI POST OFFICE NW Plains W NSW
+7.1 : 26.8 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+6.7 : 25.6 LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFORMATION CEN Upper Darling NSW

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
24.8 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.3 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.3 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
24.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+11.4 : 17.9 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+10.7 : 18.0 ALI CURUNG N Plateau NT
+10.6 : 10.6 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW
+10.6 : 12.6 DUNEDOO POST OFFICE CW Slopes N NSW
+10.1 : 16.6 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

**S** -1.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
3.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
4.1 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
4.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
4.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

**S** -17.1 : -1.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
-5.5 : 9.2 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
-5.3 : 11.0 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-5.2 : 13.0 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
-5.1 : 10.5 LAKE GRACE Cent Wheatbelt WA

-6.6 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-6.1 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.8 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-5.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-4.9 : -6.6 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.6 : -0.7 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
-4.5 : 5.1 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
-4.1 : 1.2 LAKE VICTORIA STORAGE Lower Darling NSW
-3.8 : -0.1 MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
-3.8 : 0.0 GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) Northeast SA
**S** -3.8 : 10.5 SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE Wide Bay/Burnett 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.

70.6 WOODENBONG (UNUMGAR ST) N Tablelands E NSW
66.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
55.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
48.0 SERPENTINE MAIN DAM Lower West WA
45.4 HUNTLY Lower West WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
48.0 SERPENTINE MAIN DAM
45.4 HUNTLY

NEW SOUTH WALES
N Tablelands E
70.6 WOODENBONG (UNUMGAR ST)

TASMANIA
W Coast
55.6 MOUNT READ

ISLANDS
Islands
66.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO

10.8 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.5 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.4 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.3 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

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1.0 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.5 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
0.4 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.1 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW
0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1591 (66.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1383 (57.6) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1365 (56.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1330 (55.4) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1216 (50.7) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
1056 (44.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1040 (43.3) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
1007 (42.0) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
980 (40.8) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
971 (40.5) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
942 (39.3) MANDURAH Lower West WA
931 (38.8) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
914 (38.1) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
897 (37.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
892 (37.2) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
890 (37.1) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
799 (33.3) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
786 (32.8) NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
784 (32.7) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
767 (32.0) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
760 (31.7) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
752 (31.3) BUNBURY Lower West WA
737 (30.7) MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
723 (30.1) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
723 (30.1) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
720 (30.0) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
710 (29.6) JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
685 (28.5) PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
684 (28.5) CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
678 (28.3) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
673 (28.0) PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA
673 (28.0) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
669 (27.9) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
665 (27.7) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
659 (27.5) BICKLEY Lower West WA
657 (27.4) JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
655 (27.3) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
650 (27.1) KATANNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
643 (26.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
643 (26.8) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
634 (26.4) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
630 (26.3) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
626 (26.1) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
625 (26.0) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
621 (25.9) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
611 (25.5) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
610 (25.4) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
608 (25.3) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
608 (25.3) WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA

**S** 124/22 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
118/06 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
111/05 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
102/06 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
102/02 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
102/00 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
94/02 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
93/05 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
91/06 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

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.
TASMANIA W Coast STRAHAN AERODROME 10.0mm in 1 hr to 04:00 10.0mm/h 12.0mm in 1 hr to 04:30 12.0mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.3mm/h MOUNT READ 23.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.7mm/h ISLANDS Islands CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 28.0mm in 3 hr to 01:00 9.3mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West ROTTNEST ISLAND : 93(270/ 43 ) at 05:03 GOOSEBERRY HILL : 89(230/ 67 ) at 13:48 OCEAN REEF : 95(260/ 67 ) at 07:30 SWANBOURNE : 95(270/ 54 ) at 02:30 GARDEN ISLAND HSF : 85(270/ 65 ) at 03:47 CAPE LEEUWIN : 102(260/ 87 ) at 00:53 CAPE NATURALISTE : 111(240/ 58 ) at 05:20 BUSSELTON JETTY : 98(240/ 54 ) at 05:37 ROCKY GULLY : 87(260/ 70 ) at 02:26 Goldfields SALMON GUMS RES.STN. : 124(360/ 28 ) at 22:01 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 109(330/ 82 ) at 00:00 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 119(280/ 82 ) at 04:07 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 102(300/ 48 ) at 00:25 MOUNT READ : 91(310/ 41 ) at 06:02