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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 1345 EST on 23/07/2013. 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

SA

Upper SE

025514

TINTINARA

35.0

25.2

07/07/1993

114

1 N

TAS

Southeast

094087

MOUNT WELLINGTON

100.4

78.0

03/07/1990

33

1 N

TAS

Southeast

094098

MOUNT NELSON (RIALANNAH ROAD)

56.6

26.2

09/07/2000

15

1 N

TAS

Southeast

094179

JUDBURY (HUON RIVER)

39.4

19.0

12/07/1991

19

1 N

TAS

Southeast

094182

BELOW CRAIGBOURNE DAM (COAL RIVER)

57.4

19.6

06/07/2013

16

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

TAS

Southeast

094185

NIERINNA (CUTHBERTS ROAD)

49.2

35.4

27/07/2000

21

1 N

TAS

Southeast

094190

YARLINGTON (BLACKS PINNACLE)

52.4

29.4

02/07/2005

20

1 N

TAS

W Coast

094191

HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE)

36.2

26.0

10/07/2000

16

1 N

TAS

Southeast

094201

MELTON MOWBRAY (NORTH STOCKMAN)

28.8

21.2

06/07/2013

17

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

TAS

Southeast

094210

ROKEBY (GRANGE ROAD EAST)

28.4

28.0

09/07/2000

16

1 N

TAS

Southeast

094212

CAMPANIA (KINCORA)

38.4

26.0

06/07/2001

14

1 N

TAS

Southeast

094219

CYGNET (SYNOTTS ROAD)

49.8

33.4

21/07/2013

13

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

TAS

Southeast

094221

DODGES FERRY

42.6

18.8

08/07/2004

12

1 N

TAS

Southeast

094222

KINGSTON (GREENHILL DRIVE)

57.4

18.8

02/07/2005

12

1 N

TAS

Derwent Valley

095076

MOUNT LLOYD

65.0

23.8

24/07/2003

11

63.8

12/08/2010

12

1 N

Lowest minimum temperature

SA

NE Pastoral

017126

MARREE AERO

-2.1

-1.0

03/07/2012

16

-1.0

03/07/2012

16

1 N

NSW

Illawarra

068241

ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT)

-1.1

-1.0

17/07/2007

15

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 13:44EST, 23/07/2013.

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 21.0 +1.5 3.7 -5.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 242 (10.1) --
PERTH AIRPORT 18.7 +0.8 5.5 -2.5 2.7 0.0 1.8 9.0 354 (14.8) 44/11
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON -- -- 2.0 -5.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 118 ( 4.9) --
BUNBURY 17.2 0.0 1.4 -5.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 137 ( 5.7) 37/12
MANDURAH 16.7 -0.7 7.0 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 255 (10.6) 41/10
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.0 +2.5 22.2 +2.9 21.3 0.0 5.2 10.8 414 (17.3) 44/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 16.8 -2.9 1.5 -2.5 -0.5 0.0 3.4 10.5 232 ( 9.7) 46/13
WHYALLA AERO 16.9 0.0 4.3 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 381 (15.9) 46/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 12.9 -2.4 7.9 +0.4 -- 13.2 4.4 0.8 313 (13.0) 48/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 11.7 -1.5 1.0 -4.2 -- 3.4 0.8 1.8 348 (14.5) 31/17
MOUNT ISA AERO 19.5 -5.2 13.5 +4.9 12.6 0.0 6.8 1.2 446 (18.6) 41/12
CAIRNS AERO 27.6 +1.9 19.3 +2.2 17.3 0.0 5.0 3.8 381 (15.9) 37/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.4 +2.3 20.0 +6.4 16.1 0.0 4.6 6.4 285 (11.9) 34/11
MACKAY M.O 23.5 +2.2 18.3 +5.4 -- 0.0 -- 6.1 212 ( 8.8) 18/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 23.5 +0.4 15.5 +6.0 14.1 0.0 2.0 -- 121 ( 5.0) 22/23
BUNDABERG AERO 22.5 +0.5 14.4 +4.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 137 ( 5.7) 22/23
COOLANGATTA 19.7 -0.8 11.3 +1.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 112 ( 4.7) 21/15
BRISBANE AERO 18.0 -2.8 10.9 +1.9 9.8 0.2 3.6 1.0 269 (11.2) 24/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 15.5 -1.0 6.4 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 236 ( 9.8) 21/13
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 16.2 +0.1 3.2 -1.5 -- 0.0 1.8 -- 99 ( 4.1) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 17.6 -1.1 8.3 +0.7 6.2 0.0 2.0 4.6 201 ( 8.4) 28/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 16.6 -2.0 5.4 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 106 ( 4.4) 22/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 18.2 +1.2 -0.2 -6.6 -2.0 0.0 3.6 9.6 320 (13.3) 61/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 7.9 -1.5 0.6 -0.9 -4.8 2.0 2.0 7.2 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 14.4 -0.9 3.5 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 138 ( 5.8) 37/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.5 +1.5 6.8 -0.4 0.7 0.0 3.8 9.9 478 (19.9) 54/12
RICHMOND RAAF 17.3 -0.1 0.9 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 256 (10.7) 55/13
BELLAMBI AWS 16.2 -0.6 5.7 -4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 308 (12.8) 50/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 12.8 +0.1 0.7 -2.0 -2.0 0.0 1.0 5.4 186 ( 7.8) 39/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 11.7 -1.4 4.4 +1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 202 ( 8.4) 31/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 14.2 -1.2 4.7 +0.4 2.6 0.0 2.0 5.7 340 (14.2) 41/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 11.8 -1.2 3.5 +0.6 -- 1.6 -- -- 265 (11.0) 28/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 10.3 -2.2 0.6 -1.9 -- 1.0 -- -- 93 ( 3.9) 24/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 14.3 +0.8 6.4 +0.4 2.8 0.0 35.0 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 9.2 -0.9 2.4 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 528 (22.0) 35/08
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 12.2 -0.4 4.4 +2.1 -- 3.4 -- -- 25 ( 1.0) 13/17
HOBART AIRPORT 10.6 -1.9 8.6 +4.5 7.8 42.8 1.6 0.0 609 (25.4) 52/12
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

33.9 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
33.9 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
33.6 PIRLANGIMPI N Rivers NT
33.0 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
33.0 POINT FAWCETT Islands ISL

+3.3 : 25.6 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
+3.2 : 33.0 POINT FAWCETT Islands ISL
+3.1 : 26.0 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
+3.0 : 28.0 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD
+3.0 : 32.0 CHANNEL POINT N Rivers NT

26.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
25.1 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
24.6 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
24.6 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.2 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT

+8.6 : 15.6 GAYNDAH AIRPORT Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
+8.4 : 14.6 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+7.3 : 15.6 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
+7.1 : 15.7 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
+6.7 : 18.4 AYR DPI RESEARCH STN Central Coast E QLD
+6.7 : 11.6 JIMNA FORESTRY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

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

-3.3 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-3.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.9 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-2.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-1.7 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-6.7 : 19.4 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
-6.3 : 18.3 TREPELL AIRPORT Northwest QLD
-6.2 : 20.4 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
-6.2 : 13.3 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
-5.8 : 18.1 THE MONUMENT AIRPORT Northwest QLD
-5.8 : 13.5 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
-5.8 : 13.9 SURAT Maranoa QLD
-5.8 : 16.8 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD

-7.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-5.5 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.5 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-7.4 : -1.1 ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW
-7.2 : -2.1 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
-7.1 : -2.8 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
-6.9 : 4.0 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
-6.6 : -0.2 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW

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.
100.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
69.4 SOUTH HOBART (HILLBOROUGH ROAD) Southeast TAS
68.8 NUGENT (TWILIGHT VALLEY) E Coast TAS
67.0 COPPING (YAXLEY ESTATE) E Coast TAS
65.8 NUGENT (TWILIGHT VALLEY TBRG) E Coast TAS

TASMANIA
E Coast
68.8 NUGENT (TWILIGHT VALLEY)
67.0 COPPING (YAXLEY ESTATE)
65.8 NUGENT (TWILIGHT VALLEY TBRG)
Southeast
100.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON
69.4 SOUTH HOBART (HILLBOROUGH ROAD)
61.2 LESLIE VALE
61.2 HASTINGS CHALET
58.4 DOVER
57.4 KINGSTON (GREENHILL DRIVE)
57.4 BELOW CRAIGBOURNE DAM (COAL RIVER)
56.6 MOUNT NELSON (RIALANNAH ROAD)
54.2 PREMAYDENA HATCHERY
53.0 KOONYA HEIGHTS
52.4 YARLINGTON (BLACKS PINNACLE)
51.4 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION)
50.4 PORT ARTHUR (STEWARTS BAY)
Derwent Valley
65.0 MOUNT LLOYD
Flinders Is/Bass St
52.4 MEMANA (BABEL FARM)

10.8 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.8 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.5 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT

.....

0.7 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.7 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
0.3 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
0.0 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
0.0 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS

1798 (74.9) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1499 (62.5) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1269 (52.9) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1225 (51.0) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
1059 (44.1) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1042 (43.4) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
999 (41.6) BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
949 (39.5) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
941 (39.2) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
917 (38.2) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
883 (36.8) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
860 (35.8) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
833 (34.7) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
799 (33.3) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
795 (33.1) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
792 (33.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
749 (31.2) PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
744 (31.0) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
737 (30.7) FRANKSTON AWS E Central VIC
737 (30.7) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
735 (30.6) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
723 (30.1) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
718 (29.9) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
717 (29.9) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
705 (29.4) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
696 (29.0) RHYLL E Central VIC
694 (28.9) YARRAM AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
688 (28.7) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
678 (28.3) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
668 (27.8) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
660 (27.5) MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
660 (27.5) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
645 (26.9) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
633 (26.4) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
609 (25.4) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
601 (25.0) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
115/03 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
106/03 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
93/00 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
78/17 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
78/02 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St 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.
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
GYMPIE
12.4mm in 30 min to 19:30 24.8mm/h
15.4mm in 1 hr to 19:30 15.4mm/h
17.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 17.6mm/h
29.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 9.7mm/h
TEWANTIN RSL PARK
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 21:30 13.2mm/h
15.8mm in 1 hr to 22:00 15.8mm/h
TASMANIA
King Island
KING ISLAND AIRPORT
4.6mm in 12 min to 02:22 23.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
9.2mm in 27 min to 00:30 20.4mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 01:00 13.2mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 02:00 5.3mm/h
5.8mm in 17 min to 02:47 20.5mm/h
25.0mm in 30 min to 09:30 50.0mm/h
25.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 25.0mm/h
25.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 25.0mm/h
5.0mm in 7 min to 11:25 42.9mm/h
4.0mm in 12 min to 11:49 20.0mm/h
17.0mm in 1 hr to 12:30 17.0mm/h
38.0mm in 3 hr to 14:00 12.7mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 17:00 6.0mm/h
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
13.0mm in 37 min to 15:37 21.1mm/h
8.8mm in 23 min to 16:00 23.0mm/h
21.8mm in 1 hr to 16:00 21.8mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 7.7mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 93(270/ 74 ) at 00:36
VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 113(290/ 52 ) at 02:03
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 72(200/ 63 ) at 22:00
Southeast
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 78(220/ 63 ) at 18:00
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 106(290/ 87 ) at 04:00