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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2237 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 minimum temperature

WA

E Pilbara

004083

KARRATHA AERO

21.1

21.0

23/07/2001

16

1 Y


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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 22:37EST, 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 17.0 -2.5 5.4 -4.1 3.3 0.2 2.8 -- 341 (14.2) 37/13
PERTH AIRPORT 17.0 -0.9 2.0 -6.1 1.1 0.0 1.8 6.8 218 ( 9.1) 31/14
ALBANY AIRPORT 14.9 -0.9 7.6 +0.1 6.1 12.6 3.2 6.0 330 (13.8) 41/13
BUNBURY 17.3 +0.1 3.3 -3.9 -- 0.4 -- -- 86 ( 3.6) 31/15
MANDURAH 16.8 -- 8.0 -- -- 0.8 -- -- 166 ( 6.9) 28/16
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.7 +2.2 21.2 +2.0 20.2 0.0 7.2 11.1 414 (17.3) 39/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 22.6 +2.9 2.9 -1.1 1.8 0.0 2.2 10.2 188 ( 7.8) 28/15
WHYALLA AERO 11.2 -5.7 5.8 +0.5 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 409 (17.0) 31/09
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 11.5 -3.8 9.1 +1.6 -- 2.0 -- 0.0 316 (13.2) 26/05
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 12.5 -0.6 7.0 +1.8 6.1 5.4 2.2 1.7 530 (22.1) 43/01
MOUNT ISA AERO 28.5 +3.8 5.2 -3.4 3.6 0.0 -- -- 159 ( 6.6) 28/13
CAIRNS AERO 26.7 +1.0 20.5 +3.5 19.1 1.0 5.0 6.9 489 (20.4) 37/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.0 +1.9 14.6 +1.0 12.1 0.0 5.6 10.3 345 (14.4) 39/10
MACKAY M.O 23.3 +2.0 15.4 +2.6 -- 0.0 -- 8.4 354 (14.8) 30/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 22.3 -0.8 14.5 +5.0 12.0 0.0 3.4 -- 324 (13.5) 31/10
BUNDABERG AERO 24.0 +2.0 10.4 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 365 (15.2) 34/11
NAMBOUR DPI 23.0 +1.9 8.0 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 20.9 +0.4 7.8 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 214 ( 8.9) 22/12
BRISBANE AERO 21.6 +0.7 7.8 -1.0 5.1 0.0 3.8 9.9 297 (12.4) 28/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 20.0 +3.4 6.2 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 418 (17.4) 30/00
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 19.8 +3.7 4.7 0.0 0.6 0.0 1.6 -- 46 ( 1.9) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 21.7 +3.0 7.0 -0.5 1.5 0.0 1.6 8.7 282 (11.8) 39/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.0 +2.3 5.0 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 19.3 +2.3 2.1 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 161 ( 6.7) 21/09
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 19.9 +2.4 2.3 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 21 ( 0.9) 26/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 10.0 +0.7 1.6 +0.2 -8.2 0.2 1.4 8.6 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 16.3 +1.1 -0.3 -3.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 172 ( 7.2) 30/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 19.9 +2.9 6.1 -1.0 2.5 0.0 2.0 10.0 290 (12.1) 28/06
RICHMOND RAAF 19.7 +2.3 0.2 -3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 49 ( 2.0) 28/16
BELLAMBI AWS 18.9 +2.1 9.1 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 264 (11.0) 46/04
CANBERRA AIRPORT 11.6 +0.3 -3.6 -3.5 -5.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 12.9 +0.2 0.2 -2.5 -2.6 0.0 1.2 8.5 121 ( 5.0) 15/06
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 12.8 -0.2 0.7 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 44 ( 1.8) 24/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 15.5 +0.2 4.3 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.4 4.7 219 ( 9.1) 31/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 12.2 -0.8 3.8 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 168 ( 7.0) 28/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT 12.0 -0.5 6.4 +4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 239 (10.0) 34/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 13.6 +0.2 7.1 +1.1 4.5 0.0 1.4 -- -- --
GEELONG AIRPORT 13.1 -0.7 6.6 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 423 (17.6) 54/11
BALLARAT AERODROME 8.8 -1.2 3.7 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 613 (25.5) 43/11
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 10.6 -2.0 5.4 +3.2 -- 3.4 -- -- 276 (11.5) 43/07
HOBART AIRPORT 14.2 +1.8 7.6 +3.5 3.6 0.0 2.4 3.1 414 (17.3) 41/15
Max
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+/- 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

33.7 PIRLANGIMPI N Rivers NT
33.7 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.6 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
33.3 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
33.2 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT

+5.1 : 31.0 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
+5.0 : 26.4 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD
+4.8 : 23.7 MUNGINDI POST OFFICE NW Plains W NSW
+4.7 : 23.2 COLLARENEBRI (ALBERT ST) Upper Darling NSW
+4.6 : 25.6 TAROOM POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
+4.6 : 30.3 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD
+4.6 : 23.5 LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFORMATION CEN Upper Darling NSW

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.4 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.2 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
24.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+9.6 : 21.3 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
+9.2 : 19.7 TELFER AERO Interior WA
+8.7 : 20.4 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
+8.6 : 14.5 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
+8.4 : 20.6 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA

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

-2.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-2.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-1.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-1.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.5 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

**S** -5.8 : 10.6 NONNING NW Pastoral SA
-5.7 : 11.2 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
-4.6 : 9.1 HORSHAM AERODROME Wimmera S VIC
-4.6 : 10.7 ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE Adelaide/Lofty SA
-4.3 : 11.0 SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA

-5.5 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.4 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-5.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-6.9 : 1.6 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
-6.2 : 0.0 ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW
-6.2 : 0.2 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-6.1 : 2.0 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
-5.6 : 1.2 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA

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.
45.4 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
41.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
41.0 CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
26.8 STOKES INLET Lower West WA
24.4 STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS

11.1 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.9 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.3 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD

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0.2 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.2 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.0 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.0 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.0 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS

1165 (48.5) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1111 (46.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1029 (42.9) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
1007 (42.0) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
987 (41.1) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
947 (39.5) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
892 (37.2) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
890 (37.1) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
872 (36.3) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
867 (36.1) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
845 (35.2) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
827 (34.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
790 (32.9) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
773 (32.2) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
724 (30.2) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
721 (30.0) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
720 (30.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
713 (29.7) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
712 (29.7) FERNY CREEK (DUNNS HILL) E Central VIC
711 (29.6) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
709 (29.5) RHYLL E Central VIC
691 (28.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
689 (28.7) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
673 (28.0) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
673 (28.0) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
669 (27.9) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
658 (27.4) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
654 (27.3) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
643 (26.8) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
642 (26.8) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
641 (26.7) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
631 (26.3) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
629 (26.2) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
628 (26.2) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
620 (25.8) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
613 (25.5) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
610 (25.4) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
607 (25.3) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
600 (25.0) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
87/05 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
87/04 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
83/05 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
83/11 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
81/00 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
81/03 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
ESPERANCE
6.4mm in 32 min to 17:00 12.0mm/h
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Lower SE
ROBE AIRFIELD
11.4mm in 1 hr to 04:30 11.4mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.0mm/h
TASMANIA
W Coast
CAPE SORELL
31.0mm in 3 hr to 04:00 10.3mm/h
32.0mm in 3 hr to 05:00 10.7mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 8.3mm/h
MOUNT READ
18.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS (COCOS ISLAND AI
16.0mm in 3 hr to 01:00 5.3mm/h
26.0mm in 3 hr to 04:00 8.7mm/h

TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 74(330/ 65 ) at 05:30
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 87(310/ 63 ) at 05:07
W Coast
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 76(330/ 63 ) at 04:30
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 83(300/ 69 ) at 11:30