Australian Weather News -- 16 JUL 2012

Monday 16 JUL 2012

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0218 EST on 20/04/2013. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Site

Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
if equalled or broken

Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Lowest grass minimum temperature

Eucla

011003

EUCLA

-2.3

-2.0

11/07/1974

1 Y

Highest maximum temperature

Darwin-Daly

014903

KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM

36.0

15/07/1995

1 P Equal to record.

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

QLD

Gulf Country

029063

NORMANTON AIRPORT

27.3

27.2

25/07/2003

1 Y

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 02:17EST, 20/04/2013.

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 COMPARISON	19.9	+0.4	6.2	-3.2	--	0.2	--	--	254 (10.6)	30/09
PERTH AIRPORT	16.5	-1.4	9.6	+1.6	7.4	0.8	1.2	2.4	293 (12.2)	34/16
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON	15.5	-0.3	11.4	+3.9	--	0.4	--	--	406 (16.9)	46/11
BUNBURY	17.3	+0.1	12.8	+5.7	--	8.0	--	--	425 (17.7)	43/04
MANDURAH	18.1	+0.7	14.6	+3.9	--	2.2	--	--	565 (23.5)	46/07
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.3	+2.8	22.5	+3.2	21.8	0.0	8.8	11.0	414 (17.3)	48/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	18.4	-1.3	-3.0	-7.1	-4.3	0.0	4.4	10.2	293 (12.2)	43/11
WHYALLA AERO	18.4	+1.5	6.2	+1.0	--	0.0	4.0	--	294 (12.3)	37/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	16.9	+1.6	9.4	+1.9	--	0.0	3.0	--	236 ( 9.8)	44/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	15.9	+2.7	8.9	+3.7	7.2	2.8	0.4	3.8	451 (18.8)	48/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	23.5	-1.2	10.1	+1.5	7.5	0.4³	20.4	10.4	466 (19.4)	46/10
CAIRNS AERO	25.4	-0.3	19.9	+2.9	18.4	0.2	5.4	5.0	588 (24.5)	52/19
TOWNSVILLE AERO	21.3	-3.8	16.8	+3.2	14.8	1.0	3.2	0.0	511 (21.3)	35/00
MACKAY M.O	17.8	-3.5	13.8	+0.9	--	5.6	--	1.2	526 (21.9)	44/05
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	21.7	-1.4	8.2	-1.3	5.4	7.2	1.4	--	155 ( 6.5)	46/14
BUNDABERG AERO	22.3	+0.3	8.4	-1.8	--	1.8	--	--	255 (10.6)	44/14
COOLANGATTA	20.8	+0.3	6.3	-3.6	--	0.2	--	--	122 ( 5.1)	35/12
BRISBANE AERO	20.7	-0.2	6.6	-2.3	3.2	0.0	3.6	4.0	387 (16.1)	35/20
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	15.6	-0.9	2.0	-4.4	--	0.0	--	--	475 (19.8)	43/12
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	15.1	-1.0	2.1	-2.6	-0.4	0.0	2.0	--	84 ( 3.5)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	16.8	-1.9	4.2	-3.4	1.9	0.0	2.4	9.9	209 ( 8.7)	30/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	16.8	-1.9	3.3	-3.1	--	0.0	--	--	135 ( 5.6)	26/11
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	18.1	+1.1	6.7	+0.3	--	15.2⁴	9.0	--	724 (30.2)	44/00
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	19.1	+1.6	3.3	-1.4	--	0.0	--	--	64 ( 2.7)	18/03
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	11.1	+1.7	2.4	+0.9	-3.0	0.4	1.6	4.4	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	16.3	+1.1	-1.6	-4.6	--	0.2	--	--	180 ( 7.5)	26/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	18.9	+1.9	8.2	+1.1	3.4	0.0	2.6	9.9	622 (25.9)	39/01
RICHMOND RAAF	19.6	+2.2	1.2	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	192 ( 8.0)	15/14
BELLAMBI AWS	18.3	+1.5	10.6	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	435 (18.1)	48/01
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	13.0	+0.3	6.2	+3.5	5.8	0.4	0.4	1.6	269 (11.2)	17/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	12.4	-0.6	7.2	+4.1	--	2.8	--	--	176 ( 7.3)	22/14
MILDURA AIRPORT	18.5	+3.2	5.9	+1.6	2.8	0.0	2.0	8.7	311 (13.0)	26/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	14.1	+1.1	6.1	+3.2	2.0	9.6³	3.6	--	356 (14.8)	28/02
BENDIGO AIRPORT	13.6	+1.1	5.8	+3.3	--	0.8	--	--	323 (13.5)	26/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	17.2	+3.7	8.8	+2.8	5.4	3.4³	3.8	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	12.2	+2.2	4.5	+1.3	--	0.8	--	--	534 (22.3)	41/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	12.9	+0.3	1.6	-0.6	--	1.6	--	--	283 (11.8)	41/19
HOBART AIRPORT	14.3	+1.9	7.1	+3.0	5.2	3.0	3.4	8.1	726 (30.3)	72/13
	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 temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

36.0 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM N Rivers NT
34.4 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
33.6 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.5 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
33.4 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
33.4 DUM IN MIRRIE AWS N Rivers NT

+5.6 : 36.0 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM N Rivers NT
+5.3 : 14.6 KATOOMBA (MURRI ST) C Tablelands S NSW
+4.8 : 13.8 MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
+4.8 : 15.8 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+4.6 : 19.1 BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC

25.7 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
25.4 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.4 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
24.7 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.6 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL

+7.2 : 21.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
+6.9 : 21.8 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT
+6.8 : 20.5 MUSGRAVE S Peninsula QLD
+6.4 : 12.4 KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+6.0 : 20.5 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
+6.0 : 9.2 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
+6.0 : 19.0 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM N Rivers NT

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

0.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.8 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.7 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
2.2 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
2.4 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-6.1 : 18.8 CHARTERS TOWERS AIRPORT Central Coast W QLD
-4.9 : 17.0 WOOLSHED Central Coast E QLD
-4.4 : 18.1 MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
-4.1 : 20.4 BOWEN AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-4.0 : 20.9 INGHAM COMPOSITE N Coast--Herbert QLD

-6.7 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-4.8 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-4.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-4.5 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-7.7 : 7.7 NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
-7.6 : -4.0 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
-7.4 : -1.5 EYRE Eucla WA
-7.1 : -3.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
-7.0 : -1.3 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-7.0 : -2.2 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT

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.

89.2 MOUNT LARCOM POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
78.0 BAJOOL POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
45.8 BOGGABRI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW
43.0 FAIRYMEAD SUGAR MILL Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
36.6 WARRA W Coast TAS

QUEENSLAND
Wide Bay/Burnett
89.2 MOUNT LARCOM POST OFFICE
78.0 BAJOOL POST OFFICE
43.0 FAIRYMEAD SUGAR MILL

NEW SOUTH WALES
NW Slopes S
45.8 BOGGABRI POST OFFICE

TASMANIA
W Coast
36.6 WARRA

11.0 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.9 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.6 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA

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1.2 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
0.8 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
0.3 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
0.3 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
0.0 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD

1941 (80.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1555 (64.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1394 (58.1) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1374 (57.3) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
1270 (52.9) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1143 (47.6) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
1083 (45.1) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
1080 (45.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1071 (44.6) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
1020 (42.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1018 (42.4) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1011 (42.1) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
990 (41.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
947 (39.5) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
942 (39.3) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
914 (38.1) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
914 (38.1) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
879 (36.6) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
865 (36.0) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
829 (34.5) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
825 (34.4) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
819 (34.1) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
810 (33.8) ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW
806 (33.6) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
789 (32.9) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
786 (32.8) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
786 (32.8) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
764 (31.8) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
746 (31.1) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
745 (31.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
744 (31.0) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
732 (30.5) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
730 (30.4) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
726 (30.3) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
724 (30.2) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
715 (29.8) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
709 (29.5) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
703 (29.3) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
678 (28.3) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
677 (28.2) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
677 (28.2) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
672 (28.0) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
661 (27.5) BURKETOWN AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
656 (27.3) NORMANTON AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
652 (27.2) TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
648 (27.0) KIAMA (BOMBO HEADLAND) Illawarra NSW
640 (26.7) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
638 (26.6) MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
634 (26.4) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
630 (26.3) PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
622 (25.9) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
621 (25.9) CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
618 (25.8) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
616 (25.7) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
616 (25.7) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
614 (25.6) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
614 (25.6) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
611 (25.5) PORT KEMBLA NTC AWS Illawarra NSW
604 (25.2) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
601 (25.0) AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC

118/00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
107/02 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
94/00 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
94/01 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
93/21 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
91/22 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N 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	TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 85(260/ 69 ) at 00:30 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 115(310/100 ) at 00:00 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 102(250/ 74 ) at 01:30 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 95(270/ 50 ) at 00:30 W Coast LOW ROCKY POINT : 85(270/ 63 ) at 00:00 SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 93(300/ 67 ) at 22:30 MOUNT READ : 87(300/ 67 ) at 20:13 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 95(270/ 76 ) at 01:39