Australian Weather News -- 20 DEC 2013

Friday 20 DEC 2013

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that has been checked for gross errors but has not yet been fully validated. They are based on data received as at 1628 EST on 21/12/2013. 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

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest grass minimum temperature

ISL

Islands

200284

COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT

26.1

25.8

26/12/2011

1 N

Highest minimum temperature

NW Pastoral

016098

TARCOOLA AERO

32.6

30.0

18/12/2002

1 N

W Agricultural

018040

KIMBA

28.0

27.2

31/12/2005

1 N

Mt Lofty Ranges

023878

MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS)

27.2

26.2

09/12/2006

1 N

VIC

Mallee N

076047

OUYEN (POST OFFICE)

28.8

27.8

12/12/1998

1 N

TAS

Central Plateau

096033

LIAWENEE

17.4

16.7

17/12/2003

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

NW Pastoral

016090

COOBER PEDY AIRPORT

45.6

45.1

23/12/2012

1 N

NW Pastoral

016097

ERNABELLA (PUKATJA)

42.5

42.0

17/12/2002

1 N

NSW

South Coast

069137

GREEN CAPE AWS

29.4

28.4

13/12/2008

1 N

VIC

N Central

088109

MANGALORE AIRPORT

42.6

42.2

10/12/2006

1 N

Lowest maximum temperature

Goldfields

012044

MUNGLINUP WEST

17.3

07/12/2011

1 N Equal to record.

Highest wind gust (km/h)

E Pilbara

004106

MARBLE BAR

126

95.0

06/12/2004

117.0

04/03/2005

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

NSW

Illawarra

068151

JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS)

34.7

34.3

23/12/2008

1 N

The day in charts
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4am EST		Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
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10am EST		Minimum temperature anomalies
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4pm EST		Maximum temperature anomalies
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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 16:26EST, 21/12/2013.

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	28.3	-1.3	14.2	-2.2	--	0.0	--	--	524 (21.8)	55/17
PERTH AIRPORT	28.2	-0.7	15.9	+1.0	13.3	0.0	8.0	13.2	494 (20.6)	52/22
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON	19.4	-3.7	13.2	+0.7	--	25.8	--	--	428 (17.8)	46/09
BUNBURY	27.5	+0.2	12.6	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	408 (17.0)	46/08
MANDURAH	27.4	+0.5	15.9	-1.3	--	0.0	--	--	439 (18.3)	39/08
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.3	+0.7	23.1	-2.2	23.4	2.4	5.8	10.3	323 (13.5)	31/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	41.2	+5.8	26.4	+6.2	23.4	0.0	15.2	10.1	368 (15.3)	65/22
WHYALLA AERO	43.5	+15.3	25.9	+10.0	--	0.0	--	--	415 (17.3)	59/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	39.9	+12.9	24.5	+8.9	--	0.0	12.0	--	190 ( 7.9)	74/20
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	21.9	-1.0	13.8	+3.8	11.5	0.0	12.2	4.3	423 (17.6)	54/12
MOUNT ISA AERO	38.2	+1.1	23.6	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	367 (15.3)	48/08
CAIRNS AERO	30.7	-0.7	23.1	-0.3	22.0	11.4	9.0	8.4	588 (24.5)	48/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO	31.8	+0.3	24.0	-0.1	22.4	0.0	13.2	11.0	677 (28.2)	54/12
MACKAY M.O	29.4	-0.7	23.4	+0.4	--	2.2	--	9.7	536 (22.3)	41/02
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.2	-0.9	20.0	-1.2	18.6	0.0	10.6	--	438 (18.3)	39/11
BUNDABERG AERO	29.5	0.0	17.7	-2.8	--	0.4	--	--	407 (17.0)	46/12
COOLANGATTA	28.0	+0.8	15.3	-4.6	--	0.0	--	--	261 (10.9)	30/11
BRISBANE AERO	27.8	-0.3	17.3	-2.8	16.2	0.0	9.2	13.2	349 (14.5)	34/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	26.3	-1.1	14.2	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	650 (27.1)	43/00
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	36.2	+5.3	19.9	+2.4	--	0.0	9.8	--	91 ( 3.8)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	29.1	+2.8	16.7	-1.4	--	0.0	--	--	445 (18.5)	57/12
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	29.0	+2.5	14.0	-2.8	--	0.0	--	--	333 (13.9)	31/12
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	39.1	+11.9	15.5	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	332 (13.8)	31/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	33.2	+8.9	18.9	+7.7	10.0	0.0	9.4	13.3	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	37.9	+6.7	19.2	+3.4	--	0.0	--	--	225 ( 9.4)	39/08
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	37.8	+12.1	21.1	+3.6	20.8	0.0	10.0	10.1	648 (27.0)	41/15
RICHMOND RAAF	39.8	+11.4	16.7	+0.7	--	0.0	--	--	141 ( 5.9)	28/20
BELLAMBI AWS	27.1	+3.3	20.4	+3.0	--	0.0	--	--	623 (26.0)	35/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	40.5	+11.1	23.7	+9.9	21.3	0.0	12.0	10.6	298 (12.4)	52/11
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	40.7	+11.5	22.2	+8.4	--	0.2	--	--	236 ( 9.8)	46/18
MILDURA AIRPORT	43.1	+13.0	26.9	+12.1	23.0	0.0	16.0	11.4	427 (17.8)	63/23
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	40.6	+13.2	23.0	+10.8	18.9	0.0	--	--	--	74/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT	41.5	+14.5	17.8	+6.2	--	0.0	--	--	216 ( 9.0)	68/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	24.2	0.0	21.3	+8.4	19.8	0.0	7.6	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	33.1	+10.5	19.3	+9.9	--	0.0	--	--	436 (18.2)	57/21
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	27.4	+5.0	15.9	+5.3	--	0.0	--	--	266 (11.1)	39/13
HOBART AIRPORT	17.3	-3.4	13.5	+2.8	10.7	0.0	11.0	0.2	465 (19.4)	37/01
	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 temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

46.1 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
45.6 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
45.6 PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
45.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
45.0 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA

+16.3 : 38.6 MOUNT NOWA NOWA E Gippsland VIC
+15.6 : 42.6 MANGALORE AIRPORT N Central VIC
+15.3 : 43.5 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
+14.8 : 40.5 NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS Illawarra NSW
+14.8 : 41.3 REDESDALE N Central VIC

32.6 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
31.4 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
31.2 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
30.3 ANDAMOOKA NW Pastoral SA
30.3 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA

+15.3 : 28.8 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC
+15.3 : 32.6 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
+15.1 : 28.8 OUYEN (POST OFFICE) Mallee N VIC
+14.9 : 27.2 MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+14.4 : 25.3 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

11.8 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
12.7 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
12.8 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
13.4 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
13.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-14.6 : 17.4 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
-12.5 : 18.4 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
-11.3 : 17.6 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
-10.1 : 17.3 MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA

6.1 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
6.8 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
7.6 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
8.6 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
8.7 APPLETHORPE Darling Downs E QLD

-7.4 : 14.6 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD
-6.2 : 6.8 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-6.2 : 10.6 KINGAROY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-5.7 : 13.0 THANGOOL AIRPORT Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
-5.6 : 12.5 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON Brisbane/SE Coast 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.

85.0 TULLY SUGAR MILL N Coast--Herbert QLD
49.0 TOPAZ ALERT N Coast--Barron QLD
37.0 MT SOPHIA N Coast--Barron QLD
36.4 ALBANY Lower West WA
33.6 CAPE DON N Rivers NT

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
36.4 ALBANY

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
33.6 CAPE DON

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
49.0 TOPAZ ALERT
37.0 MT SOPHIA
N Coast--Herbert
85.0 TULLY SUGAR MILL

13.3 ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE C Tablelands S NSW
13.2 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
13.2 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
13.2 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW
13.0 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
13.0 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S NSW

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5.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
4.3 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
1.2 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
0.8 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
0.2 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS

1057 (44.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
938 (39.1) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
926 (38.6) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
917 (38.2) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
866 (36.1) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
865 (36.0) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
841 (35.0) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
840 (35.0) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
832 (34.7) JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
821 (34.2) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
808 (33.7) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
801 (33.4) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
793 (33.0) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
789 (32.9) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
784 (32.7) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
767 (32.0) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
752 (31.3) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
749 (31.2) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
743 (31.0) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
725 (30.2) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
708 (29.5) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
704 (29.3) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
703 (29.3) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
702 (29.3) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
700 (29.2) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
698 (29.1) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
679 (28.3) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
677 (28.2) TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
663 (27.6) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
663 (27.6) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
658 (27.4) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
656 (27.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
655 (27.3) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
652 (27.2) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
651 (27.1) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
650 (27.1) DALWALLINU Central West WA
650 (27.1) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
648 (27.0) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
628 (26.2) BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
624 (26.0) BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
623 (26.0) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
617 (25.7) ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD
615 (25.6) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
614 (25.6) GLADSTONE RADAR Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
613 (25.5) ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
606 (25.3) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
605 (25.2) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
602 (25.1) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
600 (25.0) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
600 (25.0) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS

126/16 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
91/12 CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
83/14 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
81/15 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
81/11 NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
81/16 EILDON FIRE TOWER N Central VIC
81/17 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA N Kimberley WYNDHAM AERO 5.8mm in 14 min to 15:00 24.9mm/h E Kimberley HALLS CREEK AIRPORT 4.6mm in 12 min to 13:57 23.0mm/h KUNUNURRA AG STATION 11.0mm in 37 min to 14:30 17.8mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 14:30 12.8mm/h W Kimberley WEST ROEBUCK 1.6mm in 1 min to 05:00 96.0mm/h 11.0mm in 1 hr to 05:30 11.0mm/h E Pilbara MARBLE BAR 1.4mm in 1 min to 16:31 84.0mm/h 1.8mm in 1 min to 16:32 108.0mm/h 4.0mm in 6 min to 16:41 40.0mm/h 4.4mm in 11 min to 16:52 24.0mm/h 17.6mm in 1 hr to 17:00 17.6mm/h 15.0mm in 1 hr to 17:30 15.0mm/h Eucla RED ROCKS POINT 11.2mm in 1 hr to 15:30 11.2mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers CAPE DON 36.2mm in 38 min to 16:30 57.2mm/h 37.0mm in 1 hr to 16:30 37.0mm/h 28.4mm in 1 hr to 17:30 28.4mm/h VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS 13.4mm in 18 min to 14:48 44.7mm/h 2.8mm in 2 min to 14:50 84.0mm/h 5.4mm in 31 min to 15:21 10.5mm/h 22.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 22.0mm/h QUEENSLAND N Coast--Barron CAIRNS RACECOURSE 10.8mm in 30 min to 02:30 21.6mm/h 12.0mm in 1 hr to 02:30 12.0mm/h 11.0mm in 1 hr to 03:00 11.0mm/h ISLANDS Islands CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 19.8mm in 23 min to 18:00 51.7mm/h 23.6mm in 1 hr to 18:00 23.6mm/h 14.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 14.4mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA W Kimberley BROOME NTC AWS : 287( 60/202 ) at 04:38 E Pilbara MARBLE BAR : 126(260/ 80 ) at 16:32 SOUTH AUSTRALIA Adelaide/Lofty SELLICKS HILL (MOUNT TERRIBLE RADAR) : 85(150/ 65 ) at 15:30 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 69(230/ 63 ) at 21:36 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 80(190/ 69 ) at 15:30