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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 1630 EST on 29/12/2013. 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 maximum temperature

QLD

Central West

036034

BLACKALL AIRPORT

43.1

43.1

24/12/2003

13

1 N Equal to record.

Highest wind gust (km/h)

VIC

Upper North

081049

TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG

78

76.0

04/12/2002

13

N

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

WA

Eucla

011052

FORREST

34.7

31.9

11/12/2008

11

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 16:29EST, 29/12/2013.

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 36.0 +6.4 16.9 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 603 (25.1) 54/17
PERTH AIRPORT 33.2 +4.3 16.2 +1.3 14.0 0.0 9.0 13.3 559 (23.3) 48/06
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 23.1 0.0 7.0 -5.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 253 (10.5) 48/13
BUNBURY 27.3 0.0 9.6 -4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 361 (15.0) 37/15
MANDURAH 28.3 +1.4 15.8 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 454 (18.9) 39/14
DARWIN AIRPORT 30.7 -1.9 26.6 +1.3 25.9 0.0 1.8 0.0 257 (10.7) 26/02
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 41.8 +6.4 18.0 -2.2 14.4 0.0 15.2 13.3 346 (14.4) 43/14
WHYALLA AERO 27.5 -0.7 20.4 +4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 293 (12.2) 65/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 28.1 +1.1 20.3 +4.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 218 ( 9.1) 54/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 27.8 +4.9 11.0 +1.0 9.4 0.0 7.2 12.9 391 (16.3) 55/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 42.0 +4.9 23.8 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 291 (12.1) 94/16
CAIRNS AERO 31.3 -0.1 19.9 -3.5 17.2 0.0 7.6 11.6 193 ( 8.0) 30/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO 33.0 +1.5 23.3 -0.8 20.1 0.0 9.2 12.4 295 (12.3) 31/12
MACKAY M.O 33.2 +3.1 23.6 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 265 (11.0) 30/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 38.7 +6.6 23.5 +2.3 21.4 0.0 8.8 -- 283 (11.8) 37/13
BUNDABERG AERO 32.0 +2.5 21.2 +0.7 -- 1.0 -- -- 295 (12.3) 37/14
COOLANGATTA 29.5 +2.3 18.9 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 302 (12.6) 24/15
BRISBANE AERO 29.3 +1.2 21.6 +1.5 20.6 0.0 7.8 4.1 365 (15.2) 34/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 29.6 +2.2 17.8 +1.2 -- 5.0 -- -- 685 (28.5) 50/00
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 36.8 +5.9 20.0 +2.5 -- 0.0 9.0 -- 188 ( 7.8) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 29.5 +3.2 19.0 +0.9 12.6 0.0 4.6 -- 197 ( 8.2) 39/11
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 27.1 +0.6 17.2 +0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 190 ( 7.9) 41/15
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 28.6 +1.4 16.5 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 381 (15.9) 46/18
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 29.9 +5.6 12.9 +1.7 8.8 0.0 8.0 13.7 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 37.0 +5.8 17.5 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 356 (14.8) 41/23
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 27.6 +1.9 18.7 +1.2 15.5 0.0 5.6 12.4 375 (15.6) 57/17
RICHMOND RAAF 30.4 +2.0 16.9 +0.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 141 ( 5.9) 31/17
BELLAMBI AWS 23.6 -0.2 18.1 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 275 (11.5) 54/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 37.4 +8.0 16.7 +2.9 14.2 0.0 10.4 13.0 310 (12.9) 39/16
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 37.1 +7.9 14.4 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 111 ( 4.6) 39/22
MILDURA AIRPORT 42.0 +11.9 17.9 +3.1 14.0 0.0 10.6 13.0 249 (10.4) 72/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 37.9 +10.5 12.3 +0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 303 (12.6) 78/18
BENDIGO AIRPORT 38.4 +11.4 12.4 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 276 (11.5) 74/17
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 36.5 +12.3 14.8 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 35.1 +12.5 9.0 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 306 (12.8) 89/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 25.6 +3.2 16.1 +5.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 217 ( 9.0) 46/12
HOBART AIRPORT 29.2 +8.5 14.2 +3.5 11.0 0.0 0.4 11.4 415 (17.3) 70/19
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

46.2 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
45.8 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA
45.7 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
45.3 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
45.2 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA

+15.4 : 39.2 LAVERTON RAAF W Central VIC
+14.9 : 38.9 AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
+14.5 : 35.7 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
+13.5 : 35.8 MOUNT NOWA NOWA E Gippsland VIC
+13.0 : 37.4 ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC

30.3 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
29.2 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
29.0 URANDANGI AERODROME Northwest QLD
28.9 THE MONUMENT AIRPORT Northwest QLD
28.8 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA

+9.7 : 27.5 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
+9.0 : 28.8 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
+8.5 : 26.1 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
+7.8 : 20.3 ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
+7.6 : 21.5 KIMBA W Agricultural SA

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

17.5 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
17.6 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
17.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
18.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
18.0 BURNIE NTC AWS N Coast TAS

-9.4 : 28.8 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
-9.4 : 25.1 DOONGAN N Kimberley WA
-8.8 : 25.3 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley WA
-8.6 : 29.5 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
-8.6 : 28.6 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA

4.4 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
4.9 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
5.4 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
6.0 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
6.4 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA

-6.8 : 4.4 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
-6.3 : 4.9 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
-5.7 : 18.8 COOKTOWN AIRPORT N Coast--Barron QLD
-5.7 : 7.4 WINDY HARBOUR Lower West WA
-5.6 : 5.4 BRIDGETOWN 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.
153.0 KIMBERLEY COASTAL CAMP N Kimberley WA
123.2 TRUSCOTT N Kimberley WA
103.8 FARAWAY BAY N Kimberley WA
71.6 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
61.0 MARODIAN TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
153.0 KIMBERLEY COASTAL CAMP
123.2 TRUSCOTT
103.8 FARAWAY BAY
60.6 KALUMBURU
50.6 TROUGHTON ISLAND
W Kimberley
52.0 CAPE LEVEQUE

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
71.6 CENTRE ISLAND

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
56.2 WEIPA EASTERN AVE
51.0 AURUKUN SHIRE COUNCIL
Brisbane/SE Coast
61.0 MARODIAN TM

13.9 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
13.7 ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE C Tablelands S NSW
13.5 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.3 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
13.3 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
13.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
13.3 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
13.3 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW

.....

6.4 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
6.1 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
4.1 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
3.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
0.0 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT

857 (35.7) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
832 (34.7) FORREST Eucla WA
820 (34.2) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
805 (33.5) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
790 (32.9) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
769 (32.0) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
766 (31.9) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
753 (31.4) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
747 (31.1) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
744 (31.0) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
735 (30.6) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
687 (28.6) EUCLA Eucla WA
685 (28.5) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
679 (28.3) BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
679 (28.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
667 (27.8) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
662 (27.6) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
653 (27.2) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
652 (27.2) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
636 (26.5) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
627 (26.1) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
617 (25.7) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
614 (25.6) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
603 (25.1) GERALDTON AIRPORT COMPARISON Central West WA
118/21 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
107/21 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
106/20 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
104/15 LAVERTON RAAF W Central VIC
102/19 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
98/18 LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
96/22 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
96/20 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
94/16 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
94/18 EILDON FIRE TOWER N Central VIC
94/22 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
93/23 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
93/15 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
93/21 CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
91/14 AVALON AIRPORT W Central 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
TROUGHTON ISLAND
10.8mm in 1 hr to 04:00 10.8mm/h
KALUMBURU
25.4mm in 1 hr to 11:00 25.4mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 12:00 10.0mm/h
36.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 12.0mm/h
TRUSCOTT
11.0mm in 20 min to 00:30 33.0mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 00:30 13.2mm/h
20.6mm in 30 min to 01:00 41.2mm/h
32.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 32.8mm/h
25.6mm in 30 min to 01:30 51.2mm/h
46.2mm in 1 hr to 01:30 46.2mm/h
26.6mm in 1 hr to 02:00 26.6mm/h
60.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 20.0mm/h
7.4mm in 6 min to 09:45 74.0mm/h
9.2mm in 15 min to 10:00 36.8mm/h
19.2mm in 1 hr to 10:00 19.2mm/h
18.8mm in 1 hr to 10:30 18.8mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.7mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
MIDDLE POINT AWS
22.2mm in 30 min to 16:00 44.4mm/h
22.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 22.2mm/h
27.0mm in 1 hr to 16:30 27.0mm/h
JABIRU AIRPORT
11.2mm in 30 min to 19:30 22.4mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 19:30 11.2mm/h
13.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 13.4mm/h
MURGANELLA AIRSTRIP
17.2mm in 30 min to 14:00 34.4mm/h
19.8mm in 1 hr to 14:00 19.8mm/h
21.2mm in 1 hr to 14:30 21.2mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 8.3mm/h
MILINGIMBI AWS
23.4mm in 30 min to 23:30 46.8mm/h
26.2mm in 1 hr to 23:30 26.2mm/h
CENTRE ISLAND
17.0mm in 26 min to 04:56 39.2mm/h
4.8mm in 3 min to 04:59 96.0mm/h
1.4mm in 1 min to 05:00 84.0mm/h
23.2mm in 1 hr to 05:00 23.2mm/h
42.8mm in 30 min to 05:30 85.6mm/h
66.0mm in 1 hr to 05:30 66.0mm/h
48.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 48.0mm/h
TINDAL RAAF
11.4mm in 12 min to 22:45 57.0mm/h
10.6mm in 15 min to 23:00 42.4mm/h
24.2mm in 1 hr to 23:00 24.2mm/h
14.6mm in 30 min to 23:30 29.2mm/h
38.8mm in 1 hr to 23:30 38.8mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
MOUNT ISA AERO
10.2mm in 13 min to 16:56 47.1mm/h
14.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 14.4mm/h
18.8mm in 1 hr to 17:30 18.8mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h
CLONCURRY AIRPORT
29.2mm in 1 hr to 00:00 29.2mm/h
45.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 15.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
12.2mm in 30 min to 09:30 24.4mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 12.2mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 10:00 12.2mm/h
NORFOLK ISLAND AERO
7.2mm in 15 min to 14:00 28.8mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 14:00 11.8mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 14:30 11.0mm/h

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
MCARTHUR RIVER MINE : 82(160/ 65 ) at 22:07
QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
MOUNT ISA AERO : 95(140/ 50 ) at 16:30
VICTORIA
Wimmera S
GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 72(230/ 65 ) at 16:54
Upper North
SHEPPARTON AIRPORT : 82(200/ 63 ) at 19:21
E Gippsland
GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 80( 30/ 63 ) at 14:00
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 95(260/ 70 ) at 23:30
E Central
ST KILDA HARBOUR - RMYS : 91(190/ 54 ) at 16:09
SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 93(220/ 76 ) at 16:30
FAWKNER BEACON : 87(170/ 69 ) at 15:59
W Central
LAVERTON RAAF : 104(290/ 45 ) at 16:01
AVALON AIRPORT : 91(320/ 45 ) at 15:26
POINT WILSON : 74(200/ 63 ) at 17:30
N Central
EILDON FIRE TOWER : 93(240/ 67 ) at 20:00
W Coast
COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) : 87(300/ 63 ) at 13:58
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 106(250/ 91 ) at 21:30
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 119(330/ 96 ) at 22:04
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 87(300/ 69 ) at 20:51
TASMAN ISLAND : 93( 10/ 74 ) at 16:50
CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 93(310/ 72 ) at 21:18
W Coast
CAPE SORELL : 93(250/ 63 ) at 22:30
LOW ROCKY POINT : 91(320/ 72 ) at 20:11
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 102(320/ 89 ) at 21:58
MOUNT READ : 108(270/ 59 ) at 22:49
Flinders Is/Bass St
FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT : 80(260/ 65 ) at 23:00
ISLANDS
Islands
ADELE ISLAND : 82( 20/ 72 ) at 18:12
BROWSE ISLAND : 78(350/ 65 ) at 19:43
HOGAN ISLAND : 93(250/ 74 ) at 23:30