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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0749 EST on 20/04/2013. 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

NT

Darwin-Daly

014259

SHOAL BAY

71.0

62.2

07/11/1996

22

1 N

Lowest minimum temperature

WA

W Gascoyne

006105

SHARK BAY AIRPORT

10.3

11.9

04/11/2005

13

1 N

WA

Central West

008290

NORTH ISLAND

11.5

13.1

06/11/2008

13

1 N

QLD

N Peninsula

027073

COEN AIRPORT

17.4

17.8

13/11/2011

11

1 N


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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 07:49EST, 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 25.9 -1.3 11.1 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 300 (12.5) 61/13
PERTH AIRPORT 22.3 -3.5 11.0 -1.7 8.2 0.0 6.6 4.7 415 (17.3) 46/11
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 24.5 +3.7 11.0 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 188 ( 7.8) 41/10
BUNBURY 21.7 -2.6 16.0 +3.9 -- 0.4 -- -- 401 (16.7) 67/20
MANDURAH 19.9 -4.7 17.4 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 536 (22.3) 52/12
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.4 +0.1 23.2 -2.1 23.3 32.6 13.0 6.9 356 (14.8) 48/03
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 39.5 +5.9 21.8 +4.0 20.1 0.0 16.4 9.7 420 (17.5) 50/20
WHYALLA AERO 32.3 +5.8 9.9 -4.1 -- 0.0 18.8 -- 210 ( 8.8) 35/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 28.0 +2.9 14.8 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 209 ( 8.7) 34/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 21.4 +1.0 6.0 -2.4 3.5 0.0 1.0 7.2 301 (12.5) 26/07
MOUNT ISA AERO 41.3 +5.0 19.9 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 274 (11.4) 34/08
CAIRNS AERO 30.4 -0.2 17.5 -4.8 13.4 0.0 7.6 10.2 165 ( 6.9) 34/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.2 +0.5 22.1 -0.8 18.4 0.0 8.0 11.1 302 (12.6) 37/10
MACKAY M.O 30.3 +1.1 21.6 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 389 (16.2) 28/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.0 -5.2 22.6 +3.1 21.3 0.0 9.6 -- 410 (17.1) 43/03
BUNDABERG AERO 27.2 -1.1 20.1 +1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 549 (22.9) 41/08
COOLANGATTA 25.1 -0.8 17.4 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 525 (21.9) 39/13
BRISBANE AERO 26.1 -0.6 19.4 +1.2 18.3 0.0 11.0 7.4 530 (22.1) 37/00
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 24.0 -1.6 13.4 -1.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 645 (26.9) 54/20
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 25.4 -2.9 12.7 -2.3 9.3 0.0 8.4 -- 269 (11.2) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 22.9 -2.0 11.9 -4.3 7.3 0.0 8.1 -- 600 (25.0) 34/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.9 -3.0 11.0 -4.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 380 (15.8) 35/11
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 21.2 -4.3 9.4 -4.9 7.5 0.0 -- -- 397 (16.5) 35/09
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 19.8 -5.3 11.9 -1.3 -- 1.8 -- -- 146 ( 6.1) 21/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 16.6 -4.4 6.7 -2.5 1.3 0.0 6.6 11.6 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 26.2 -2.1 11.5 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 382 (15.9) 46/22
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.4 -5.6 13.3 -2.1 13.3 6.2 5.6 0.0 536 (22.3) 37/23
RICHMOND RAAF 19.0 -7.6 12.9 -1.2 -- 0.4 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 24/15
BELLAMBI AWS 17.7 -4.4 12.4 -3.3 -- 3.8 -- -- 442 (18.4) 30/21
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 23.8 -1.9 8.6 -2.2 7.1 0.0 5.0 6.2 325 (13.5) 41/07
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 24.5 -1.5 9.2 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 119 ( 5.0) 31/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 27.8 +0.3 11.6 -0.9 8.0 0.0 9.6 10.5 312 (13.0) 24/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 24.7 +0.1 7.5 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 444 (18.5) 35/09
BENDIGO AIRPORT 24.0 -0.3 7.3 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 272 (11.3) 35/11
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 22.0 0.0 10.4 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 20.1 +0.5 7.2 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 417 (17.4) 48/02
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 16.5 -3.9 7.6 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 141 ( 5.9) 18/12
HOBART AIRPORT 16.4 -2.6 3.1 -6.1 0.3 0.0 4.2 10.0 474 (19.8) 34/13
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

43.2 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
43.2 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
42.7 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
42.4 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
42.3 TELFER AERO Interior WA

+10.7 : 34.8 EUCLA Eucla WA
+10.2 : 36.2 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+8.8 : 34.4 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA
+7.8 : 32.2 EYRE Eucla WA
+7.2 : 30.7 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
+7.2 : 37.0 FORREST Eucla WA

28.5 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
28.2 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
28.1 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
28.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA

+5.9 : 16.2 PEMBERTON Lower West WA
+5.2 : 15.9 BUSSELTON AERO Lower West WA
+4.6 : 22.5 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT
+4.6 : 26.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+4.2 : 15.1 ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA

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

8.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
8.9 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
9.3 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
10.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
11.3 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-8.6 : 11.4 MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
-8.4 : 11.7 KATOOMBA (MURRI ST) C Tablelands S NSW
-8.2 : 13.7 MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
-7.8 : 19.3 PENRITH LAKES AWS Sydney--west NSW
-7.8 : 18.4 HORSLEY PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE AWS Sydney--west NSW

-4.5 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-2.7 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
-2.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-2.5 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
-2.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-9.8 : 16.6 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
-9.6 : 7.7 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
-8.6 : -2.5 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
-8.2 : 0.4 CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS
-7.9 : 8.2 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa 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.
71.0 SHOAL BAY N Rivers NT
64.0 TIPPERARY N Rivers NT
58.2 STOKES HILL N Rivers NT
55.0 HOWARD SPRINGS NATURE PARK N Rivers NT
54.2 BONALBO N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
71.0 SHOAL BAY
64.0 TIPPERARY
58.2 STOKES HILL
55.0 HOWARD SPRINGS NATURE PARK
54.2 BONALBO
52.2 CHANNEL ISLAND

12.1 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.6 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
11.6 ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE C Tablelands S NSW
11.6 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
11.1 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD

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4.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
4.7 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S NSW
4.6 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
1.3 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
1.1 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
0.0 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW

1081 (45.0) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
996 (41.5) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
984 (41.0) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
882 (36.8) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
824 (34.3) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
818 (34.1) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
817 (34.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
797 (33.2) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
775 (32.3) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
756 (31.5) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
708 (29.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
707 (29.5) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
700 (29.2) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
683 (28.5) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
666 (27.8) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
657 (27.4) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
656 (27.3) SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
647 (27.0) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
645 (26.9) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
641 (26.7) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
634 (26.4) YAMBA PILOT STATION North Coast NSW
627 (26.1) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
625 (26.0) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
622 (25.9) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
616 (25.7) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
600 (25.0) COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
91/20 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
72/15 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT
70/19 HALLS CREEK AIRPORT E Kimberley WA
67/21 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
67/20 BUNBURY 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
PERTH METRO
10.2mm in 1 hr to 23:00 10.2mm/h
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON
10.0mm in 1 hr to 16:00 10.0mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
DARWIN AIRPORT
18.4mm in 24 min to 04:00 46.0mm/h
22.0mm in 1 hr to 04:00 22.0mm/h
24.0mm in 1 hr to 04:30 24.0mm/h
31.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 10.3mm/h
NOONAMAH AWS
16.2mm in 30 min to 02:30 32.4mm/h
16.2mm in 1 hr to 02:30 16.2mm/h
21.2mm in 1 hr to 03:00 21.2mm/h
DUM IN MIRRIE AWS
10.0mm in 30 min to 03:00 20.0mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 03:00 10.0mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 03:30 15.0mm/h
DOUGLAS RIVER
25.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 8.3mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 5.0mm/h
BRADSHAW
29.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 9.7mm/h
7.2mm in 13 min to 18:43 33.2mm/h
7.0mm in 17 min to 19:00 24.7mm/h
16.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 16.0mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 15.0mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 5.7mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO
27.0mm in 30 min to 09:30 54.0mm/h
27.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 27.0mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
W Kimberley
FITZROY CROSSING AERO : 91(210/ 65 ) at 20:25
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
DARWIN NTC AWS : 165( 70/ 9 ) at 04:30