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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 1614 EST on 27/12/2013. 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 Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest daily rainfall

NSW

Illawarra

068228

BELLAMBI AWS

71.6

48.4

13/12/2008

17

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

WA

Goldfields

012239

BULGA DOWNS

45.4

43.7

29/12/2005

12

1 N

Lowest maximum temperature

NT

Darwin-Daly

014277

DUM IN MIRRIE AWS

26.9

27.0

13/12/2009

16

1 N

NT

Darwin-Daly

014948

PORT KEATS AERO

25.6

26.2

18/12/2008

14

1 N


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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 16:13EST, 27/12/2013.

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 28.5 -1.1 14.1 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 365 (15.2) 41/17
PERTH AIRPORT 28.4 -0.5 10.8 -4.1 8.5 0.0 9.6 13.9 371 (15.5) 37/14
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 24.0 +0.9 11.2 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 316 (13.2) 31/11
BUNBURY 25.1 -2.2 9.8 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 251 (10.5) 35/13
MANDURAH 25.2 -1.7 17.4 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 280 (11.7) 39/13
DARWIN AIRPORT 28.1 -4.5 23.9 -1.4 24.5 21.8 0.4 0.0 308 (12.8) 39/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 35.9 +0.5 18.2 -2.0 16.8 0.2 4.8 12.2 212 ( 8.8) 41/10
WHYALLA AERO 26.6 -1.6 18.9 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 413 (17.2) 52/18
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 29.0 +2.0 17.2 +1.6 -- 0.0 -- 12.5 205 ( 8.5) 30/01
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 21.6 -1.3 14.5 +4.5 13.8 0.0 11.2 11.3 481 (20.0) 44/15
MOUNT ISA AERO 38.5 +1.4 26.5 +3.5 25.7 0.0 11.2 -- 421 (17.5) 54/16
CAIRNS AERO 32.2 +0.8 23.7 +0.3 21.7 0.2 5.6 11.1 294 (12.3) 39/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.8 +0.3 25.2 +1.1 23.4 0.2 8.0 12.3 484 (20.2) 37/14
MACKAY M.O 30.4 +0.3 21.1 -1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 327 (13.6) 28/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 35.2 +3.1 21.3 +0.1 19.3 0.0 9.4 -- 248 (10.3) 35/16
BUNDABERG AERO 31.9 +2.4 18.8 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 199 ( 8.3) 37/16
COOLANGATTA 29.9 +2.7 18.4 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 233 ( 9.7) 43/11
BRISBANE AERO 29.9 +1.8 20.6 +0.5 17.3 0.0 7.8 9.8 296 (12.3) 44/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 30.1 +2.7 16.8 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 495 (20.6) 35/00
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 33.1 +2.2 19.1 +1.6 -- 3.6 1.8 -- 95 ( 4.0) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 26.4 +0.1 20.4 +2.3 14.2 0.0 2.0 -- 256 (10.7) 61/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 27.4 +0.9 20.6 +3.8 -- 9.8 -- -- 162 ( 6.8) 39/16
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 25.6 -1.6 19.7 +3.2 19.1 11.8 0.4 -- 348 (14.5) 44/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 25.3 +1.0 12.0 +0.8 8.6 20.6 6.6 3.1 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 31.0 -0.2 17.4 +1.6 -- 40.2 -- -- 153 ( 6.4) 30/17
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 25.0 -0.7 18.6 +1.1 18.6 15.8 1.2 9.5 486 (20.3) 54/03
RICHMOND RAAF 28.4 0.0 17.2 +1.2 -- 24.4 -- -- 76 ( 3.2) 41/19
BELLAMBI AWS 22.5 -1.3 18.2 +0.8 -- 71.6 -- -- 490 (20.4) 44/18
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 32.0 +2.6 12.2 -1.6 10.1 0.2 4.6 12.1 249 (10.4) 48/19
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 30.8 +1.6 14.9 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 137 ( 5.7) 52/15
MILDURA AIRPORT 34.3 +4.2 19.0 +4.2 15.1 0.0 8.8 11.2 272 (11.3) 41/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 32.7 +5.3 12.1 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 233 ( 9.7) 43/16
BENDIGO AIRPORT 32.6 +5.6 11.0 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 138 ( 5.8) 48/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 27.6 +3.4 17.7 +4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 24.9 +2.3 9.1 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 221 ( 9.2) 41/17
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 27.1 +4.7 12.6 +2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 259 (10.8) 28/11
HOBART AIRPORT 21.1 +0.4 15.1 +4.4 12.4 0.0 8.2 4.4 334 (13.9) 30/09
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

45.8 LEONORA Goldfields WA
45.4 BULGA DOWNS Goldfields WA
44.9 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
44.9 LEONORA AERO Goldfields WA
44.3 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA

+13.6 : 39.0 EYRE Eucla WA
+12.4 : 37.3 EUCLA Eucla WA
+11.9 : 37.6 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
+11.9 : 40.8 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+11.6 : 35.8 RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA

28.3 LAKE JULIUS AWS Gulf Country QLD
28.2 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
28.2 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
28.1 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
28.1 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT

+7.7 : 10.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
+7.1 : 27.0 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+6.7 : 11.8 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
+6.6 : 20.3 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW
+6.3 : 18.1 SCORESBY RESEARCH INSTITUTE E Central VIC

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

15.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
15.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
15.9 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
16.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
16.5 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-9.3 : 29.1 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
-9.2 : 28.8 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
-8.5 : 28.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
-8.2 : 29.0 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
-7.9 : 25.6 PORT KEATS AERO N Rivers NT

5.7 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
6.0 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
6.4 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
6.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-5.2 : 6.0 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
-5.1 : 9.0 EYRE Eucla WA
-4.8 : 9.1 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
-4.6 : 16.7 TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW
-4.6 : 17.5 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA

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.
107.0 EMMA GORGE N Kimberley WA
75.8 EL QUESTRO N Kimberley WA
71.6 BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
55.2 MANINGRIDA AERO N Rivers NT
48.4 ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
107.0 EMMA GORGE
75.8 EL QUESTRO

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
55.2 MANINGRIDA AERO

NEW SOUTH WALES
Illawarra
71.6 BELLAMBI AWS
48.4 ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT)

13.9 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
13.7 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
13.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
12.7 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
12.5 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA

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4.4 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
3.1 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
3.1 ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE C Tablelands S NSW
2.9 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
0.0 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT

802 (33.4) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
789 (32.9) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
777 (32.4) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
711 (29.6) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
707 (29.5) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
697 (29.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
697 (29.0) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
679 (28.3) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
658 (27.4) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
645 (26.9) NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
637 (26.5) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
617 (25.7) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
617 (25.7) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
610 (25.4) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
607 (25.3) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
80/20 LEONORA AERO Goldfields WA
74/16 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
67/14 SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
67/07 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
65/19 YOUNG AIRPORT SW Slopes N 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
TROUGHTON ISLAND
8.6mm in 42 min to 18:42 12.3mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 10.4mm/h
E Kimberley
KUNUNURRA AERO
12.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 12.8mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
MIDDLE POINT AWS
30.4mm in 30 min to 17:00 60.8mm/h
31.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 31.0mm/h
37.6mm in 1 hr to 17:30 37.6mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 18:00 11.0mm/h
PIRLANGIMPI
11.0mm in 1 hr to 08:00 11.0mm/h
16.6mm in 30 min to 19:30 33.2mm/h
16.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 16.6mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 19.4mm/h
POINT STUART AWS
10.8mm in 30 min to 03:00 21.6mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 03:00 10.8mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 03:30 11.0mm/h
25.2mm in 30 min to 17:30 50.4mm/h
32.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 32.2mm/h
11.8mm in 30 min to 18:00 23.6mm/h
37.0mm in 1 hr to 18:00 37.0mm/h
13.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 13.8mm/h
44.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 14.7mm/h
DUM IN MIRRIE AWS
10.0mm in 30 min to 11:00 20.0mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 11:00 10.8mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 11:30 10.6mm/h
CROKER ISLAND AIRPORT
12.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 12.2mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
GRAFTON AIRPORT AWS
12.2mm in 26 min to 19:00 28.2mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 14.0mm/h
13.8mm in 1 hr to 19:30 13.8mm/h
MidNorth Coast N
COFFS HARBOUR MO
8.8mm in 8 min to 17:08 66.0mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 15.2mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 11.8mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h
10.8mm in 17 min to 20:00 38.1mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.6mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 20:30 13.0mm/h
COFFS HARBOUR AIRPORT COMPARISON
11.0mm in 30 min to 17:30 22.0mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 17:30 14.0mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 18:00 11.0mm/h
19.6mm in 30 min to 20:00 39.2mm/h
19.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 19.6mm/h
20.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 20.6mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.0mm/h
Illawarra
BELLAMBI AWS
13.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 13.4mm/h
16.0mm in 1 hr to 00:30 16.0mm/h
16.4mm in 30 min to 01:00 32.8mm/h
25.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 25.8mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 01:30 19.4mm/h
South Coast
NERRIGA AWS
11.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 11.0mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 16:00 14.0mm/h
6.2mm in 15 min to 17:30 24.8mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 7.7mm/h
VICTORIA
Lower NE
WANGARATTA AERO
5.0mm in 7 min to 16:07 42.9mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney--east
WATTAMOLLA AWS : 72(260/ 63 ) at 04:00
Goulburn/Monaro
GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS : 74(160/ 65 ) at 17:49