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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2235 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 maximum temperature

WA

E Pilbara

004035

ROEBOURNE

33.9

33.9

07/07/2009

52

1 Y Equal to record.


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Summary of observations

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**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 22:34EST, 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 17.4 -2.1 10.5 +1.0 8.0 11.2 1.4 -- 283 (11.8) 48/04
PERTH AIRPORT 17.5 -0.4 4.4 -3.7 3.0 4.6 0.4 8.5 283 (11.8) 48/15
ALBANY AIRPORT 14.4 -1.4 6.7 -0.8 4.1 16.2 1.0 5.4 250 (10.4) 34/12
BUNBURY 15.5 -1.7 3.9 -3.3 -- 2.2 -- -- 148 ( 6.2) 26/14
MANDURAH 16.2 -- 8.7 -- -- 5.8 -- -- 320 (13.3) 39/13
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.7 +2.2 22.0 +2.8 20.8 0.0 7.8 10.7 475 (19.8) 50/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 18.6 -1.1 2.2 -1.8 1.1 0.2 3.0 10.0 257 (10.7) 22/11
WHYALLA AERO 17.7 +0.8 3.1 -2.2 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 203 ( 8.5) 43/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 16.4 +1.1 8.1 +0.6 4.3 0.0 -- 7.6 176 ( 7.3) 41/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 14.0 +0.9 7.7 +2.5 6.4 0.0 2.2 3.9 319 (13.3) 43/22
MOUNT ISA AERO 26.3 +1.6 6.3 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 272 (11.3) 31/10
CAIRNS AERO 27.2 +1.5 20.5 +3.5 18.5 0.0 7.4 9.0 603 (25.1) 48/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 25.3 +0.2 13.3 -0.3 10.1 0.0 6.4 10.7 359 (15.0) 34/12
MACKAY M.O 22.2 +0.9 11.4 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- 10.4 367 (15.3) 34/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 24.7 +1.6 8.8 -0.7 6.4 0.0 3.0 -- 162 ( 6.8) 35/14
BUNDABERG AERO 23.4 +1.4 11.9 +1.8 10.9 0.0 -- -- 306 (12.8) 34/11
NAMBOUR DPI 22.0 +0.9 9.0 +1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 20.5 0.0 8.7 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 251 (10.5) 31/14
BRISBANE AERO 19.8 -1.1 6.6 -2.2 4.8 0.0 3.4 -- 288 (12.0) 28/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 17.1 +0.5 6.3 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 336 (14.0) 34/22
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 17.0 +0.9 2.3 -2.4 -1.4 0.0 1.6 -- 119 ( 5.0) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 18.2 -0.5 4.5 -3.0 1.4 0.0 2.8 9.8 283 (11.8) 31/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.0 +0.3 7.0 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 17.3 +0.3 6.1 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 379 (15.8) 30/07
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 18.0 +0.5 2.4 -2.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 44 ( 1.8) 17/10
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 11.5 +2.2 -1.5 -2.9 -7.0 0.4 1.2 8.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 16.8 +1.6 0.9 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 229 ( 9.5) 26/11
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 16.6 -0.4 6.8 -0.3 4.8 0.0 2.6 9.9 371 (15.5) 26/08
RICHMOND RAAF 17.1 -0.3 -0.6 -4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 70 ( 2.9) 21/13
BELLAMBI AWS 16.9 +0.1 8.7 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 294 (12.3) 43/23
CANBERRA AIRPORT 11.7 +0.4 -2.7 -2.6 -5.0 0.4 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 12.9 +0.2 -1.1 -3.8 -3.8 0.0 0.4 9.2 99 ( 4.1) 11/08
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 11.5 -1.5 -0.4 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 43 ( 1.8) 15/10
MILDURA AIRPORT 12.8 -2.5 9.4 +5.1 8.1 0.0 1.0 0.0 130 ( 5.4) 26/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 10.8 -2.2 -1.3 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 104 ( 4.3) 17/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT 10.4 -2.1 6.1 +3.7 -- 0.8 -- -- 48 ( 2.0) 24/11
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 13.6 +0.2 5.8 -0.2 5.5 0.0 1.2 -- -- --
GEELONG AIRPORT 13.8 0.0 2.7 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 258 (10.8) 44/13
BALLARAT AERODROME 8.3 -1.7 4.6 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 256 (10.7) 41/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 12.5 -0.1 1.8 -0.4 -- 0.2 -- -- 39 ( 1.6) 30/15
HOBART AIRPORT 16.6 +4.2 4.1 0.0 -3.0 0.0 0.8 8.4 353 (14.7) 41/13
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

33.9 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
33.6 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
33.5 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
33.2 PIRLANGIMPI N Rivers NT
33.1 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
33.1 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA

+7.2 : 33.9 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
+6.2 : 27.4 CARNEGIE Interior WA
+6.0 : 17.1 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS
+5.8 : 26.4 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+5.5 : 31.7 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.7 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
24.5 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT

+9.4 : 21.1 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
+8.5 : 20.2 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
+8.2 : 21.0 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
+7.4 : 19.6 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA
+7.2 : 18.7 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA

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

-0.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
0.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
0.8 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
1.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-3.5 : 11.1 SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
-3.3 : 9.1 MANGALORE AIRPORT N Central VIC
-3.0 : 5.9 KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
-2.9 : 6.2 EILDON FIRE TOWER N Central VIC
-2.9 : 12.2 OUYEN (POST OFFICE) Mallee N VIC

-13.9 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-8.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.3 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-6.3 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC

-7.3 : -13.9 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.8 : -2.1 COONAMBLE COMPARISON CW Plains N NSW
-5.5 : -2.0 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-5.2 : -4.6 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.1 : -4.4 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.1 : -3.5 STRATHBOGIE Lower NE VIC

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.
36.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
28.2 LAKE GEORGE (MAHARISHI VEDIC COLLEGE) Lower SE SA
27.2 YOUNGS SIDING Lower West WA
25.8 GRASSMERE Lower West WA
25.0 ILLALANGI Lower West WA

10.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.7 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.7 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.6 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA

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2.0 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
1.6 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
1.2 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
0.0 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
0.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC

951 (39.6) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
949 (39.5) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
933 (38.9) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
872 (36.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
779 (32.5) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
771 (32.1) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
749 (31.2) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
678 (28.3) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
669 (27.9) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
649 (27.0) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
639 (26.6) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
639 (26.6) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
615 (25.6) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
609 (25.4) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
606 (25.3) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
603 (25.1) CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
85/20 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
76/08 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
74/23 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
74/23 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
72/13 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
72/16 SCOTTS PEAK DAM 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.
None reported

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Cent Wheatbelt
RAVENSTHORPE AG STATION : ***(300/208 ) at 14:19
VICTORIA
Upper NE
MT HOTHAM : 72(360/ 63 ) at 23:00
TASMANIA
Southeast
HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 85(290/ 67 ) at 20:48