Tuesday 18 JUN 2013
 

Home page

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

Weather terms:
WeatherZone | BoM |
American Met Soc | NOAA | uk.sci.weather | India Meteorological Department

National Daily Weather Summary


Records set | Charts | Cities | Hottest | Coldest | Rain, sun & wind | Downpours & gales
State extremes | Noteworthy weather | Capital Cities | Regional Cities | Alpine Stations
Charts and data courtesy Bureau of Meteorology. MTSAT-1R operated by JMA
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 that is unchecked and are likely to pick up errors as well as true records. They are limited to data received as at 1344 EST on 19/06/2013. 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 Central

086354

PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE

47.2

33.2

11/06/1992

32

1 N

Lowest minimum temperature

NSW

Sydney--east

067117

HOLSWORTHY CONTROL RANGE

-32.0

-2.6

30/06/2010

15

1 P

Lowest maximum temperature

WA

E Pilbara

004083

KARRATHA AERO

17.4

19.0

02/06/2013

19

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

Highest wind gust (km/h)

QLD

Upper Carpentaria

030022

HUGHENDEN AIRPORT

70

57.0

24/06/2011

11

N


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 13:44EST, 19/06/2013.

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 20.5 -0.4 7.9 -3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 243 (10.1) 28/15
PERTH AIRPORT 18.0 -0.9 5.3 -3.7 4.0 0.0 2.8 4.4 249 (10.4) 28/14
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 16.9 +0.2 9.3 +1.1 -- 11.6 -- -- 234 ( 9.8) 30/12
BUNBURY 17.9 -0.5 2.4 -5.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 82 ( 3.4) 26/16
MANDURAH 17.4 -1.2 8.4 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 125 ( 5.2) 15/20
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.2 +0.6 20.2 +0.3 18.0 0.0 4.4 10.8 339 (14.1) 41/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 19.2 -0.6 8.8 +3.8 8.1 0.0 3.8 4.4 223 ( 9.3) 34/10
WHYALLA AERO 15.2 -2.1 4.3 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 134 ( 5.6) 21/04
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 15.8 -0.3 4.7 -3.4 -- 0.2 1.0 9.9 73 ( 3.0) 18/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.3 +1.5 0.8 -4.9 -0.9 0.2 0.4 7.5 120 ( 5.0) 22/11
MOUNT ISA AERO 23.3 -1.5 9.9 0.0 5.5 0.0 5.8 10.2 353 (14.7) 35/06
CAIRNS AERO 27.4 +1.4 17.3 -0.5 13.8 0.0 3.6 9.9 224 ( 9.3) 30/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.9 +2.3 14.3 -0.3 10.3 0.0 2.6 10.6 184 ( 7.7) 30/12
MACKAY M.O 22.0 +0.1 12.7 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- 10.1 243 (10.1) 24/15
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 23.3 -0.2 8.4 -2.5 6.0 0.0 3.0 -- 131 ( 5.5) 26/14
BUNDABERG AERO 20.6 -1.9 9.1 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 208 ( 8.7) 30/14
COOLANGATTA 20.0 -1.0 5.1 -6.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 139 ( 5.8) 28/04
BRISBANE AERO 19.3 -1.9 5.8 -4.7 2.0 0.0 4.6 9.8 423 (17.6) 31/08
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 14.1 -2.8 1.6 -5.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 473 (19.7) 41/15
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 15.8 -1.1 2.9 -3.2 -- 0.0 1.2 -- 10 ( 0.4) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 18.9 -0.4 5.5 -3.6 3.0 0.0 1.8 9.5 286 (11.9) 31/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 18.0 -1.4 8.3 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 267 (11.1) --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 17.9 +0.2 8.1 +0.2 6.4 0.0 3.2 8.5 466 (19.4) 39/19
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 8.0 -2.5 1.3 -1.3 -3.5 0.0 2.0 4.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 13.3 -3.1 -1.6 -6.1 -- 0.4 -- -- 162 ( 6.8) 31/13
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 17.0 -0.6 8.6 0.0 6.8 0.0 1.6 8.0 553 (23.0) 46/16
RICHMOND RAAF 18.0 +0.1 0.5 -4.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 93 ( 3.9) 24/12
BELLAMBI AWS 16.5 -1.1 9.7 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 350 (14.6) 46/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 11.5 -2.3 2.6 -1.1 3.8 0.2 0.8 2.4 178 ( 7.4) 22/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 15.5 +1.3 3.1 -0.6 -- 0.6 -- -- 21 ( 0.9) 15/16
MILDURA AIRPORT 14.8 -1.2 4.3 -0.9 1.7 0.2 1.8 5.4 200 ( 8.3) 21/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 14.3 +0.3 2.3 -1.4 -- 0.0 1.8 -- 295 (12.3) 39/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 14.3 +1.0 1.7 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 180 ( 7.5) 39/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 15.9 +1.8 8.5 +1.6 8.0 1.6 0.4 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 12.0 +1.2 5.0 +1.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 302 (12.6) 34/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 13.0 -0.1 6.5 +3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 336 (14.0) --
HOBART AIRPORT 12.1 -0.8 8.2 +3.6 4.9 2.6 0.4 1.3 422 (17.6) 41/01
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

33.2 PIRLANGIMPI N Rivers NT
33.1 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
33.1 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
33.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT

+3.6 : 29.0 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+3.4 : 27.0 WALKAMIN RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
+2.8 : 31.9 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
+2.8 : 32.9 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA

26.2 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
24.7 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.5 NORTH EAST ISLAND Islands ISL
24.4 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.1 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL

+6.2 : 20.2 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
+5.7 : 6.8 FINGAL (LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
+5.0 : 9.9 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
+4.9 : 9.1 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
+4.8 : 8.8 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT

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

-0.9 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-0.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.3 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
0.0 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
0.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
0.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-10.8 : 14.4 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
-10.0 : 15.4 TELFER AERO Interior WA
-9.8 : 17.3 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
-9.8 : 18.3 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
-9.6 : 18.0 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA

-32.0 HOLSWORTHY CONTROL RANGE Sydney--west NSW
-6.8 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-5.9 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW
-4.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.9 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW

-38.0 : -32.0 HOLSWORTHY CONTROL RANGE Sydney--west NSW
-7.5 : -3.4 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD
-7.4 : -2.2 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
-7.1 : -1.5 KINGAROY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-6.9 : -1.5 DALBY AIRPORT Darling Downs E 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.
68.4 BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
68.4 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
65.8 AVON RIVER @ THE CHANNEL W Gippsland VIC
63.0 GLENMAGGIE WEIR W Gippsland VIC
62.0 VALENCIA CREEK (LITTLE PLAIN) W Gippsland VIC

VICTORIA
E Gippsland
50.4 BAIRNSDALE (MITCHELL RIVER @ ROSEHILL)
W Gippsland
68.4 BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT
65.8 AVON RIVER @ THE CHANNEL
63.0 GLENMAGGIE WEIR
62.0 VALENCIA CREEK (LITTLE PLAIN)
54.6 MOUNT MOORNAPA

ISLANDS
Islands
68.4 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO

10.8 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.6 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.4 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.2 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.1 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.1 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD

.....

1.4 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
1.3 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
1.1 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
0.5 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
0.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA

1128 (47.0) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
1026 (42.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
860 (35.8) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
850 (35.4) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
793 (33.0) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
765 (31.9) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
760 (31.7) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
724 (30.2) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
706 (29.4) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
705 (29.4) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
703 (29.3) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
689 (28.7) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
666 (27.8) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
643 (26.8) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
633 (26.4) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
608 (25.3) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
70/13 HUGHENDEN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
70/03 LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
67/23 MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
67/20 GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
65/15 JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW

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.
VICTORIA
W Gippsland
BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT
10.0mm in 1 hr to 12:00 10.0mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
18.4mm in 45 min to 09:00 24.5mm/h
19.6mm in 1 hr to 09:00 19.6mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 8.0mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h
None reported