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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that is unchecked and are likely to pick up errors as well as true records. They are limited to data received as at 1346 EST on 16/06/2013. 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

VIC

E Gippsland

084128

WEERAGUA (CANN RIVER (EAST BRANCH) AT CH

136.6

78.8

27/06/2007

12

1 N

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

VIC

E Gippsland

084084

MALLACOOTA

31.5

29.6

29/06/2007

11

1 N


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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 13:46EST, 16/06/2013.

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 22.3 +1.4 11.0 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 289 (12.0) 31/08
PERTH AIRPORT 15.8 -3.1 11.2 +2.2 8.8 0.0 2.6 0.2 479 (20.0) 37/09
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 16.8 +0.1 2.8 -5.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 207 ( 8.6) 28/13
BUNBURY 18.9 +0.5 6.9 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 189 ( 7.9) 21/10
MANDURAH 17.5 -1.1 9.7 -1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 223 ( 9.3) 22/00
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.1 +0.5 20.5 +0.6 19.4 0.0 6.8 10.7 449 (18.7) 46/09
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 18.0 -1.8 2.0 -3.0 0.3 0.0 4.2 6.8 279 (11.6) 35/12
WHYALLA AERO 15.0 -2.3 6.6 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 369 (15.4) 28/00
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 15.0 -1.1 6.3 -1.8 -- 0.2 -- -- 139 ( 5.8) 21/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.3 +1.5 -- -- -- -- -- 6.1 -- --
MOUNT ISA AERO 22.4 -2.4 8.3 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 401 (16.7) 39/10
CAIRNS AERO 27.0 +1.0 19.9 +2.1 17.0 0.0 5.0 10.7 359 (15.0) 37/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 26.6 +1.0 17.5 +2.9 15.0 0.0 8.8 10.3 362 (15.1) 39/09
MACKAY M.O 21.0 -0.9 12.3 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- 10.4 272 (11.3) 30/02
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 21.9 -1.6 11.3 +0.4 8.4 0.0 5.4 -- 238 ( 9.9) 34/11
BUNDABERG AERO 20.5 -2.0 9.3 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 199 ( 8.3) 41/12
COOLANGATTA 20.8 -0.2 6.6 -4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 151 ( 6.3) 31/11
BRISBANE AERO 19.4 -1.8 10.4 -0.1 2.8 0.0 4.0 9.9 432 (18.0) 55/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 12.5 -4.4 7.2 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 627 (26.1) 48/11
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 16.4 -0.5 9.4 +3.3 -- 0.6 1.0 -- 201 ( 8.4) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 20.2 +0.9 6.4 -2.7 4.5 0.0 2.2 -- 233 ( 9.7) 34/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.1 -0.3 5.5 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 187 ( 7.8) 43/10
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 18.7 +1.0 11.9 +4.0 -- 0.6 -- -- 799 (33.3) 50/00
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 10.9 +0.4 3.9 +1.3 0.5 1.0 0.0 7.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 14.0 -2.4 6.4 +1.9 -- 0.6 -- -- 337 (14.0) 30/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 17.8 +0.2 12.7 +4.1 10.7 0.0 4.0 5.0 679 (28.3) 59/13
RICHMOND RAAF 20.0 +2.1 11.3 +6.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 265 (11.0) 41/12
BELLAMBI AWS 18.0 +0.4 12.8 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 514 (21.4) 57/10
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 14.8 +1.0 3.2 -0.5 0.4 0.0 1.8 9.1 275 (11.5) 37/12
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 15.4 +1.2 1.2 -2.5 -- 0.2 -- -- 42 ( 1.8) 17/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 14.5 -1.5 6.0 +0.8 3.5 0.0 4.0 8.7 324 (13.5) 35/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 13.5 -0.5 1.8 -1.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 495 (20.6) 39/00
BENDIGO AIRPORT 13.3 0.0 2.9 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 306 (12.8) 46/10
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 14.8 +0.7 9.7 +2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 11.1 +0.3 2.9 -1.1 -- 1.8 -- -- 432 (18.0) 37/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 13.2 +0.1 7.1 +4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 514 (21.4) 54/14
HOBART AIRPORT 11.3 -1.6 8.2 +3.6 7.3 4.8 1.4 0.6 565 (23.5) 52/11
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

32.9 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
32.3 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
32.3 GEORGETOWN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
32.2 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
32.0 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD
32.0 MURGANELLA AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT

+8.7 : 28.0 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD
+6.7 : 29.3 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
+4.7 : 23.5 FORSTER - TUNCURRY MARINE RESCUE MidNorth Coast S NSW
+3.7 : 21.1 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+3.2 : 13.1 KATOOMBA (MURRI ST) C Tablelands S NSW
+3.2 : 16.7 BURNIE (ROUND HILL) N Coast TAS

27.0 ADELE ISLAND Islands ISL
25.7 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.5 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
25.5 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
25.4 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+8.4 : 15.2 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
+7.4 : 9.0 BARRABA POST OFFICE NW Slopes N NSW
+6.9 : 7.8 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW
+6.6 : 10.4 BEGA AWS South Coast NSW
+6.4 : 11.2 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+6.4 : 11.3 RICHMOND RAAF Sydney--west NSW

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

-2.1 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-1.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-0.7 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-0.5 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-6.7 : 13.0 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
-6.1 : 14.7 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-5.9 : 12.0 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
-5.5 : 7.9 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-5.4 : 7.3 ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-5.4 : 13.0 YORK Cent Wheatbelt WA

-4.3 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-3.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.7 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-3.6 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-2.9 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-6.1 : 2.7 WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
-5.9 : 2.2 KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
-5.4 : 2.8 ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON Lower West WA
-5.2 : 0.0 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
-5.1 : 5.3 HUGHENDEN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria 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.
136.6 WEERAGUA (CANN RIVER (EAST BRANCH) AT CH E Gippsland VIC
133.4 CLUB TERRACE E Gippsland VIC
110.0 COMBIENBAR E Gippsland VIC
90.6 BONANG E Gippsland VIC
79.0 CANN RIVER E Gippsland VIC

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
W Pilbara
75.2 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT

VICTORIA
E Gippsland
136.6 WEERAGUA (CANN RIVER (EAST BRANCH) AT CH
133.4 CLUB TERRACE
110.0 COMBIENBAR
90.6 BONANG
79.0 CANN RIVER
67.8 COMBIENBAR AWS
63.4 ORBOST
62.2 CAPE CONRAN (YEERUNG PARK)
61.8 BUCHAN
58.8 BULLUMWAAL
56.6 GELANTIPY

ISLANDS
Islands
64.8 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT

10.7 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.7 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
10.4 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
10.3 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.3 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD

.....

0.2 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.2 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
0.1 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.1 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
0.0 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS

1479 (61.6) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
1371 (57.1) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
1307 (54.5) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
1299 (54.1) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
1235 (51.5) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
1223 (51.0) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1147 (47.8) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
974 (40.6) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
959 (40.0) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
886 (36.9) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
844 (35.2) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
812 (33.8) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
803 (33.5) COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
801 (33.4) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
800 (33.3) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
799 (33.3) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
782 (32.6) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
764 (31.8) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
762 (31.8) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
762 (31.8) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
757 (31.5) MALLACOOTA E Gippsland VIC
749 (31.2) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
738 (30.8) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
712 (29.7) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
699 (29.1) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
697 (29.0) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
689 (28.7) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
689 (28.7) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
679 (28.3) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
679 (28.3) BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
675 (28.1) MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
674 (28.1) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
650 (27.1) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
647 (27.0) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
633 (26.4) JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
629 (26.2) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
627 (26.1) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
624 (26.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
620 (25.8) KIAMA (BOMBO HEADLAND) Illawarra NSW
616 (25.7) PORTLAND NTC AWS W Coast VIC
601 (25.0) LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS
87/00 MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
85/06 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
85/02 LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
83/03 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
83/06 FALLS CREEK Upper NE 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 Pilbara
BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT
19.0mm in 25 min to 00:00 45.6mm/h
46.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 46.4mm/h
47.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 15.7mm/h
4.4mm in 12 min to 00:12 22.0mm/h
33.4mm in 1 hr to 00:30 33.4mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 01:00 13.0mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 03:00 10.6mm/h
26.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 8.7mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
COCONUT ISLAND
12.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 12.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
6.4mm in 16 min to 05:46 24.0mm/h
8.4mm in 13 min to 05:59 38.8mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 15.0mm/h
21.4mm in 1 hr to 06:30 21.4mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 08:00 8.3mm/h
39.8mm in 4 min to 09:04 597.0mm/h
8.2mm in 8 min to 09:12 61.5mm/h
7.8mm in 18 min to 09:30 26.0mm/h
55.8mm in 1 hr to 09:30 55.8mm/h
58.8mm in 1 hr to 10:00 58.8mm/h
34.0mm in 3 hr to 11:00 11.3mm/h
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
33.6mm in 1 hr to 10:00 33.6mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
South Coast
MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 87(210/ 67 ) at 00:00
GREEN CAPE AWS : 78(200/ 65 ) at 16:30
VICTORIA
E Gippsland
GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 85(210/ 63 ) at 06:46
TASMANIA
E Coast
LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) : 85(170/ 63 ) at 02:11