Australian Weather News -- 02 JAN 2013

Wednesday 02 JAN 2013

DWS ARCHIVE
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Before 2003

About the DWS

2013

Dec

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
						01
02	03	04	05	06	07	08
09	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

Nov

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
				01	02	03
04	05	06	07	08	09	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30

Oct

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
	01	02	03	04	05	06
07	08	09	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

Sep

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
						01
02	03	04	05	06	07	08
09	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30

Aug

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
			01	02	03	04
05	06	07	08	09	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

Jul

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
01	02	03	04	05	06	07
08	09	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

Jun

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
					01	02
03	04	05	06	07	08	09
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30

May

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
		01	02	03	04	05
06	07	08	09	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

Apr

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
01	02	03	04	05	06	07
08	09	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

Mar

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
				01	02	03
04	05	06	07	08	09	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

Feb

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
				01	02	03
04	05	06	07	08	09	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28

Jan

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
	01	02	03	04	05	06
07	08	09	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

Monthly summaries:
from BoM

Find a place:
Google Maps |
Aust Gazetteer|
Geonames

National Daily Weather Summary

Noteworthy weather today

significant

newsworthy

major

The graphics and statistical information on this page fill gradually as they become available. The page is updated every 30 minutes at about 15 and 45 minutes past the hour. The solar radiation chart becomes available about 2.15am EST next day, while the temperature charts, sunshine and some wind gust data become available about 2.15pm EST the next day.

If you are looking for weather news as it happens, use the links on the Severe weather real-time news reports page.

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2041 EST on 16/01/2014. 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

Gt Southern

010622

ONGERUP

23.2

23.0

22/01/1990

23.2

07/03/2001

1 Y

Darwin-Daly

014903

KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM

27.0

26.3

12/01/2008

1 P

Lowest grass minimum temperature

Darwin-Daly

014253

CHANNEL POINT

20.0

21.0

31/01/2009

1 Y

Highest minimum temperature

Gt Southern

010905

JACUP

20.8

20.0

11/01/2003

1 Y

Darwin-Daly

014903

KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM

28.0

18/01/1990

1 P Equal to record.

Darwin-Daly

014949

DELAMERE WEAPONS RANGE

28.3

28.0

07/01/2007

1 Y

Highest maximum temperature

Eucla

011019

EYRE

47.7

47.6

16/01/1998

47.6

16/01/1998

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 anomalies
		See actual temperatures
4pm EST		Maximum temperature anomalies
		See 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 20:40EST, 16/01/2014.

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	30.0	-1.7	22.6	+4.3	--	0.0	--	--	423 (17.6)	46/18
PERTH AIRPORT	28.6	-3.1	21.7	+4.7	21.0	0.0	8.0	11.4	436 (18.2)	37/16
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON	25.8	+1.1	19.2	+5.5	--	0.0	--	--	233 ( 9.7)	41/02
BUNBURY	23.9	-5.8	20.6	+5.2	--	0.0	--	--	393 (16.4)	35/02
MANDURAH	26.5	-2.7	21.3	+2.5	--	0.0	--	--	438 (18.3)	31/16
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.3	+1.5	22.3	-2.5	22.4	13.8	7.4	3.6	255 (10.6)	--
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	41.6	+5.2	18.5	-3.0	15.6	0.0	18.6	13.0	325 (13.5)	50/13
WHYALLA AERO	33.6	+3.6	19.0	+1.5	--	0.0	27.8	--	466 (19.4)	39/18
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	32.2	+2.9	14.9	-2.2	--	0.0	15.6	13.5	190 ( 7.9)	28/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	28.6	+3.4	9.1	-2.0	4.8	0.0	4.0	13.1	394 (16.4)	31/15
MOUNT ISA AERO	39.3	+3.1	21.0	-2.7	19.6	0.0	10.2	12.5	264 (11.0)	55/13
CAIRNS AERO	33.3	+1.9	24.2	+0.5	22.8	2.6	8.0	9.7	443 (18.5)	39/16
TOWNSVILLE AERO	32.1	+0.8	24.1	-0.2	21.5	0.0	10.6	12.5	466 (19.4)	39/13
MACKAY M.O	29.7	-0.3	22.5	-1.0	--	4.6	--	11.9	413 (17.2)	30/08
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	36.1	+4.2	23.1	+1.0	22.8	3.4	1.4	--	219 ( 9.1)	34/16
BUNDABERG AERO	32.8	+2.7	22.2	+0.8	--	0.0	--	--	318 (13.3)	37/14
COOLANGATTA	29.7	+1.5	20.7	-0.3	--	0.0	--	--	291 (12.1)	48/20
BRISBANE AERO	32.4	+3.5	20.6	-0.5	18.0	0.0	8.0	13.1	312 (13.0)	35/23
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	33.7	+5.7	16.6	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	297 (12.4)	--
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	38.3	+6.4	22.3	+3.5	--	0.0	10.2	--	244 (10.2)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	28.5	+1.6	19.8	+0.4	15.6	0.0	4.0	--	457 (19.0)	41/18
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	28.7	+1.2	18.2	0.0	--	0.0	--	--	296 (12.3)	54/11
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	25.8	-2.2	18.2	+0.2	14.8	0.0	11.0	9.3	460 (19.2)	44/02
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	24.1	-3.5	17.8	+1.0	--	0.0	--	--	131 ( 5.5)	35/01
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	31.0	+4.6	17.9	+4.6	4.5	0.0	14.6	11.5	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	38.3	+5.4	13.5	-4.6	--	0.0	--	--	299 (12.5)	54/20
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	23.4	-3.1	20.2	+1.4	18.3	0.0	7.4	0.9	536 (22.3)	61/01
RICHMOND RAAF	28.3	-1.5	16.4	-1.2	--	0.0	--	--	200 ( 8.3)	50/13
BELLAMBI AWS	20.7	-4.1	19.6	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	431 (18.0)	55/00
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	34.1	+2.5	16.5	+0.3	12.2	0.0	14.4	13.6	437 (18.2)	39/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	33.6	+1.4	13.8	-2.8	--	0.0	--	--	310 (12.9)	28/14
MILDURA AIRPORT	34.1	+1.9	15.8	-0.9	12.5	0.0	13.6	13.7	380 (15.8)	34/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	28.3	-1.2	13.0	-1.1	--	0.0	21.4	--	498 (20.8)	46/07
BENDIGO AIRPORT	28.6	-1.0	11.4	-2.6	--	0.0	--	--	360 (15.0)	39/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	22.2	-3.7	15.3	+1.0	--	0.0	54.8	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	25.1	0.0	8.8	-2.1	--	0.4	--	--	420 (17.5)	41/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	21.8	-2.5	7.8	-4.4	--	0.0	--	--	354 (14.8)	35/17
HOBART AIRPORT	23.8	+1.3	8.0	-4.0	3.0	1.4	5.4	8.9	486 (20.3)	41/08
	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

47.7 EYRE Eucla WA
46.8 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
45.9 FORREST Eucla WA
45.9 RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
45.4 LEONORA Goldfields WA

+21.3 : 47.7 EYRE Eucla WA
+19.3 : 45.2 EUCLA Eucla WA
+15.7 : 43.6 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+15.5 : 46.8 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+12.9 : 45.9 FORREST Eucla WA

29.2 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
29.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
28.9 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
28.5 LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
**S** 28.5 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
28.5 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL

+9.3 : 27.6 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
+9.2 : 23.0 ONGERUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
+9.0 : 24.5 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+9.0 : 24.2 LAKE GRACE Cent Wheatbelt WA
+8.7 : 22.8 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

12.8 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
14.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
16.7 LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
16.9 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
16.9 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS

-7.3 : 20.1 NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS Illawarra NSW
-6.1 : 20.3 ORBOST E Gippsland VIC
-5.8 : 23.9 BUNBURY Lower West WA
-5.3 : 19.2 CERBERUS E Central VIC
-5.2 : 20.5 MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC

-1.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
0.8 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
1.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
1.4 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
3.2 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-7.3 : 1.4 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-6.1 : 1.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
-6.0 : 8.9 ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
-5.9 : 8.9 SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
-5.9 : -1.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

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.

75.0 CRYSTAL BROOK Central Coast E QLD
60.0 DAINTREE ICE CREAM N Coast--Barron QLD
56.8 CORRIGIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
43.2 ACACIA N Rivers NT
42.8 CHANNEL POINT N Rivers NT

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Cent Wheatbelt
56.8 CORRIGIN

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
43.2 ACACIA
42.8 CHANNEL POINT

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
60.0 DAINTREE ICE CREAM
Central Coast E
75.0 CRYSTAL BROOK

14.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
13.7 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
13.6 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
13.5 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.5 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.5 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA

.....

6.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
4.7 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
4.3 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
3.6 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
0.9 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW

1378 (57.4) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1274 (53.1) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1177 (49.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1079 (45.0) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1077 (44.9) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
1044 (43.5) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
1016 (42.3) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1001 (41.7) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
994 (41.4) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
964 (40.2) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
944 (39.3) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
930 (38.8) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
840 (35.0) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
792 (33.0) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
786 (32.8) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
776 (32.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
722 (30.1) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
713 (29.7) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
710 (29.6) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
701 (29.2) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
696 (29.0) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
679 (28.3) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
676 (28.2) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
652 (27.2) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
649 (27.0) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
627 (26.1) POUND CREEK W Gippsland VIC
621 (25.9) YARRAM AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
613 (25.5) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
607 (25.3) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
604 (25.2) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
602 (25.1) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
602 (25.1) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC

232/03 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
87/03 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
85/16 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
83/16 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
81/01 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC

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 W Kimberley BROOME AIRPORT 6.4mm in 7 min to 21:37 54.9mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 13.0mm/h 4.0mm in 11 min to 22:19 21.8mm/h 22.0mm in 1 hr to 22:30 22.0mm/h 18.2mm in 1 hr to 23:00 18.2mm/h CURTIN AERO 37.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 12.3mm/h WEST ROEBUCK 25.6mm in 30 min to 22:30 51.2mm/h 29.2mm in 1 hr to 22:30 29.2mm/h 35.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 35.4mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 23:30 12.8mm/h Lower West ESPERANCE AG STATION 11.8mm in 1 hr to 19:30 11.8mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DARWIN AIRPORT 4.8mm in 6 min to 07:06 48.0mm/h 12.0mm in 1 hr to 07:30 12.0mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 08:00 11.2mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 5.0mm/h 8.0mm in 14 min to 17:30 34.3mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 5.0mm/h NOONAMAH AWS 15.2mm in 1 hr to 07:00 15.2mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 07:30 10.0mm/h CAPE DON 8.2mm in 21 min to 13:30 23.4mm/h 22.6mm in 1 hr to 14:30 22.6mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 10.3mm/h POINT STUART AWS 10.0mm in 1 hr to 04:30 10.0mm/h 18.8mm in 1 hr to 05:00 18.8mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 6.3mm/h BATCHELOR AERO 11.2mm in 30 min to 18:30 22.4mm/h 20.0mm in 1 hr to 18:30 20.0mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 11.6mm/h DUM IN MIRRIE AWS 14.6mm in 30 min to 08:30 29.2mm/h 14.6mm in 1 hr to 08:30 14.6mm/h 22.4mm in 1 hr to 09:00 22.4mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 7.3mm/h NGAYAWILI 42.0mm in 30 min to 19:30 84.0mm/h 42.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 42.0mm/h 45.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 45.6mm/h 46.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 15.3mm/h BRADSHAW 3.2mm in 2 min to 16:27 96.0mm/h 11.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 11.0mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula WEIPA AERO 9.2mm in 9 min to 18:23 61.3mm/h 17.0mm in 1 hr to 18:30 17.0mm/h 20.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 20.6mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.3mm/h Gulf Country MORNINGTON ISLAND 29.0mm in 30 min to 11:30 58.0mm/h 30.4mm in 1 hr to 11:30 30.4mm/h 17.6mm in 30 min to 12:00 35.2mm/h 46.6mm in 1 hr to 12:00 46.6mm/h 48.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 16.0mm/h 19.2mm in 1 hr to 12:30 19.2mm/h	NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DARWIN NTC AWS : 232(320/ 6 ) at 03:30 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 87(240/ 76 ) at 00:00 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 72(220/ 63 ) at 00:00