Australian Weather News -- 21 OCT 2013

Monday 21 OCT 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 that is unchecked and are likely to pick up errors as well as true records. They are limited to data received as at 1359 EST on 22/10/2013. 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
District		Site		Reading	Reading	Date	Years	Reading	Date	Years	Comments
Lowest grass minimum temperature
NT	Barkly	015131	ELLIOTT	0.0	0.0	29/10/1999	13	0.0	20/03/2006	16	1 N Equal to record.
Highest minimum temperature
NSW	Riverina E	074037	YANCO AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	22.2	21.0	21/10/2007	15				1 N
NSW	Riverina W	075031	HAY (MILLER STREET)	23.0	22.5	13/10/2006	56				1 N
NSW	Riverina W	075041	GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS	24.8	23.0	13/10/2006	35				1 N
VIC	Upper North	081123	BENDIGO AIRPORT	17.4	16.9	13/10/2004	22				1 N
Highest maximum temperature
SA	NE Pastoral	017123	MOOMBA AIRPORT	43.5	43.3	10/10/2013	19				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Far Northwest	046012	WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS	42.5	42.0	10/10/2013	14				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Far Northwest	046043	WILCANNIA (REID ST)	42.4	41.7	10/10/2013	57				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Far Northwest	046126	TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT	42.1	41.4	10/10/2013	17				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Lower Darling	047007	BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET)	40.0	39.7	20/10/1988	98				1 N
NSW	Upper Darling	048079	WANAARING POST OFFICE	41.8	40.9	20/10/2012	23				1 N
NSW	Upper Darling	048237	COBAR AIRPORT AWS	39.2	38.3	10/10/2013	19				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Upper Darling	048245	BOURKE AIRPORT AWS	40.2	40.2	10/10/2013	15				1 N Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Southwest Plains	049000	IVANHOE AERODROME AWS	41.2	39.5	10/10/2013	14				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	CW Plains S	050137	CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT AWS	37.6	36.9	10/10/2013	19				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	C Tablelands S	063292	MOUNT BOYCE AWS	29.3	28.3	30/10/1990	21				1 N
NSW	Illawarra	068239	MOSS VALE AWS	31.7	31.7	13/10/2004	13				1 N Equal to record.
NSW	Goulburn/Monaro	070080	TARALGA POST OFFICE	30.5	30.0	13/10/2006	53				1 N
NSW	SW Slopes N	073032	QUANDIALLA POST OFFICE	35.7	35.7	14/10/2006	44				1 N Equal to record.
NSW	Riverina E	074148	NARRANDERA AIRPORT	36.0	36.0	10/10/2013	18				1 N Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Riverina W	075041	GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS	38.5	38.3	30/10/1990	38				1 N
Highest wind gust (km/h)
NSW	Upper Darling	048237	COBAR AIRPORT AWS	107	93.0	28/10/2003	11	93.0	28/10/2003	11	N
NSW	CW Plains S	050137	CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT AWS	104	83.0	03/10/2008	11	102.0	27/04/2008	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.
Data is as received at 13:58EST, 22/10/2013.

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	25.6	+1.1	7.1	-3.9	--	0.0	--	--	515 (21.5)	54/17
PERTH AIRPORT	21.2	-1.4	9.1	-1.1	7.0	0.2	5.0	11.9	480 (20.0)	37/04
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON	15.2	-3.6	9.1	0.0	--	0.0	--	--	304 (12.7)	30/11
BUNBURY	19.6	-1.3	3.6	-5.7	--	0.0	--	--	275 (11.5)	28/08
MANDURAH	19.1	-2.6	8.7	-4.6	--	0.0	--	--	320 (13.3)	37/15
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.6	+0.4	25.8	+0.9	25.7	0.0	7.8	9.7	329 (13.7)	35/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	41.1	+10.2	20.9	+6.1	16.9	0.0	14.8	12.3	309 (12.9)	52/22
WHYALLA AERO	31.8	+8.0	17.5	+6.9	--	0.0	--	--	582 (24.3)	48/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	25.3	+3.4	20.0	+8.5	--	0.0	21.0	0.4	216 ( 9.0)	59/21
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	14.4	-3.5	12.7	+5.6	12.3	0.0	3.2	0.0	447 (18.6)	44/15
MOUNT ISA AERO	38.5	+3.9	21.6	+3.1	--	0.0	47.2	11.0	315 (13.1)	41/07
CAIRNS AERO	31.0	+1.5	22.2	+1.6	20.9	0.2	10.2	10.4	550 (22.9)	48/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO	29.5	+0.1	19.3	-1.4	17.6	0.0	11.0	9.0	492 (20.5)	52/11
MACKAY M.O	28.2	+0.7	23.3	+3.6	--	0.0	--	--	407 (17.0)	39/01
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	30.0	+0.4	18.9	+1.9	17.5	0.0	8.0	--	376 (15.7)	37/12
BUNDABERG AERO	29.1	+2.2	16.6	+0.1	--	0.0	--	--	317 (13.2)	39/11
COOLANGATTA	26.3	+1.9	17.2	+1.2	--	5.0	--	--	231 ( 9.6)	35/13
BRISBANE AERO	27.0	+1.6	17.5	+1.9	15.3	0.0	6.0	11.7	324 (13.5)	35/21
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	26.1	+1.8	14.9	+2.2	--	0.0	--	--	587 (24.5)	41/03
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	33.2	+8.1	16.8	+4.6	--	0.0	6.6	--	71 ( 3.0)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	28.1	+4.5	17.5	+3.7	11.3	0.0	5.8	--	536 (22.3)	61/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	28.2	+4.3	15.0	+3.1	--	0.0	--	--	317 (13.2)	37/15
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	35.4	+11.8	13.8	+1.9	2.6	0.0	40.0	--	309 (12.9)	37/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	27.2	+9.6	10.6	+4.0	3.3	0.0	4.0	12.1	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	34.0	+9.3	12.3	+3.0	--	0.0	--	--	175 ( 7.3)	43/09
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	32.5	+10.0	16.8	+3.6	12.8	0.0	6.2	10.3	383 (16.0)	50/17
RICHMOND RAAF	36.3	+11.5	11.2	+0.2	--	0.0	--	--	92 ( 3.8)	30/14
BELLAMBI AWS	26.9	+5.5	15.7	+1.8	--	0.0	--	--	222 ( 9.3)	35/22
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	34.5	+13.1	12.0	+4.3	10.7	0.0	7.2	5.1	298 (12.4)	37/09
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	27.6	+6.1	10.8	+2.8	--	0.0	--	--	165 ( 6.9)	34/20
MILDURA AIRPORT	31.5	+7.6	22.1	+12.3	19.1	0.0	12.6	4.4	400 (16.7)	46/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	25.2	+4.3	12.8	+5.3	--	0.0	23.6	--	313 (13.0)	31/16
BENDIGO AIRPORT	24.2	+3.8	17.4	+11.0	--	0.0	--	--	346 (14.4)	31/03
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	17.6	-2.1	14.8	+5.3	11.4	0.0	21.4	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	19.6	+3.0	12.6	+6.4	--	0.0	--	--	382 (15.9)	39/23
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	17.4	-0.6	11.2	+4.3	--	0.8	--	--	311 (13.0)	24/02
HOBART AIRPORT	15.7	-1.6	8.4	+0.9	7.1	2.0	5.0	4.7	400 (16.7)	31/15
	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

43.5 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
43.3 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA
42.5 WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW
42.4 WILCANNIA (REID ST) Far Northwest NSW
42.1 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
42.1 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
42.1 TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW

+15.0 : 42.4 WILCANNIA (REID ST) Far Northwest NSW
+15.0 : 40.0 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW
+14.7 : 42.5 WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW
+14.6 : 41.2 IVANHOE AERODROME AWS Southwest Plains NSW
+14.6 : 38.5 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW

29.6 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
29.5 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
27.9 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.9 HALLS CREEK AIRPORT E Kimberley WA
27.8 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD

+15.7 : 24.8 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW
+14.4 : 26.1 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW
+13.5 : 23.0 HAY (MILLER STREET) Riverina W NSW
+13.0 : 21.3 DENILIQUIN AIRPORT AWS Riverina E NSW
+12.8 : 24.5 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

6.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
6.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
10.1 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
11.3 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
12.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
12.0 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-8.4 : 17.1 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
-7.7 : 15.4 MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
-7.6 : 18.7 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
-7.5 : 14.9 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.1 : 18.7 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
-7.1 : 22.4 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA

-0.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
0.0 YASS (RURAL FIRE SERVICE) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
0.2 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
0.9 WANDERING Cent Wheatbelt WA
1.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-7.1 : 0.2 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
-6.0 : 1.3 COLLIE EAST Lower West WA
-5.9 : 1.7 JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
-5.8 : 2.3 NARROGIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-5.7 : 3.6 BUNBURY Lower West WA

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.

27.4 PLEASANT VALLEY Lower West WA
24.2 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
24.0 DESERT FRINGE Cent Wheatbelt WA
23.0 AKOONAH Cent Wheatbelt WA
22.0 RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA

12.6 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
12.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
12.2 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW
12.1 ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE C Tablelands S NSW
11.9 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA

.....

0.4 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.4 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC

1245 (51.9) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1076 (44.8) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
902 (37.6) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
900 (37.5) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
873 (36.4) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
785 (32.7) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
785 (32.7) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
752 (31.3) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
749 (31.2) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
722 (30.1) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
717 (29.9) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
713 (29.7) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
711 (29.6) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
687 (28.6) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
675 (28.1) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
668 (27.8) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
642 (26.8) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
641 (26.7) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
639 (26.6) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
633 (26.4) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
625 (26.0) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
616 (25.7) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
614 (25.6) FORREST Eucla WA
611 (25.5) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
604 (25.2) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
604 (25.2) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
600 (25.0) PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA

107/18 COBAR AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
104/18 CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT AWS CW Plains S NSW
93/08 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
83/00 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
83/01 MOUNT HOTHAM 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers MIDDLE POINT AWS 5.0mm in 13 min to 17:00 23.1mm/h PIRLANGIMPI 12.6mm in 1 hr to 14:30 12.6mm/h 15.8mm in 30 min to 15:00 31.6mm/h 28.4mm in 1 hr to 15:00 28.4mm/h 15.8mm in 1 hr to 15:30 15.8mm/h 28.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 9.3mm/h NOONAMAH (MKT) AWS 4.8mm in 11 min to 18:11 26.2mm/h 10.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 10.2mm/h 10.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 10.2mm/h SOUTH AUSTRALIA W Agricultural COULTA (COLES POINT) 6.0mm in 3 min to 19:19 120.0mm/h Yorke Pen/Kanga Is CAPE BORDA 4.6mm in 11 min to 19:30 25.1mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns PERISHER VALLEY AWS 10.6mm in 1 hr to 23:30 10.6mm/h	SOUTH AUSTRALIA W Agricultural THEVENARD WIND : 87( 20/ 63 ) at 06:00 NEW SOUTH WALES Upper Darling COBAR AIRPORT AWS : 108( 10/ 50 ) at 19:11 CW Plains S CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT AWS : 104(290/ 61 ) at 19:14 Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 91(290/ 69 ) at 09:29 VICTORIA Upper NE MOUNT HOTHAM : 78(340/ 63 ) at 03:00