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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.

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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 1631 EST on 31/03/2014. 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 minimum temperature

NT

Darwin-Daly

014954

BRADSHAW

27.0

27.0

24/03/2014

13

1 P Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

QLD

N Coast--Barron

031209

COOKTOWN AIRPORT

27.0

26.7

29/03/2003

13

1 P

QLD

Wide Bay/Burnett

039314

SEVENTEEN SEVENTY

27.0

26.5

12/03/2007

27

1 P

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040854

LOGAN CITY WATER TREATMENT PLANT

25.0

24.9

26/03/2001

21

1 P

QLD

Maranoa

043015

INJUNE POST OFFICE

24.0

23.9

02/03/2001

46

1 P


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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 16:30EST, 31/03/2014.

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 25.0 -6.0 17.0 -0.9 -- 2.2 -- -- -- --
PERTH AIRPORT 22.0 -7.7 16.0 +0.1 14.0 3.8 -- -- -- --
BUNBURY 22.0 -5.8 14.0 -0.2 -- 5.8 -- -- -- --
MANDURAH 21.0 -6.9 17.0 -1.2 -- 7.4 -- -- -- --
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.0 +1.1 25.0 +0.5 25.0 0.2 -- -- -- --
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 36.0 +3.4 15.0 -2.5 13.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WHYALLA AERO 34.0 +6.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 32.0 +5.7 13.0 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 25.0 +1.9 -- -- -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
MOUNT ISA AERO 38.0 +3.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
CAIRNS AERO 31.0 +0.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.0 -0.7 25.0 +2.1 23.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
MACKAY M.O -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
ROCKHAMPTON AERO -- -- 23.0 +2.2 22.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
BUNDABERG AERO 30.0 +0.9 24.0 +4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 26.0 -1.3 22.0 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BRISBANE AERO -- -- 22.0 +2.6 21.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 21.0 -5.0 19.0 +2.8 -- 6.6 -- -- -- --
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE -- -- 17.0 +0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 26.0 +0.1 19.0 +0.9 -- 5.4 -- -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 27.0 +0.7 18.0 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 26.0 -0.2 16.0 -0.3 -- 8.6 -- -- -- --
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- 11.0 +0.4 6.0 0.4 -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 28.0 -0.9 14.0 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 25.0 -0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
RICHMOND RAAF 27.0 +0.1 18.0 +2.4 -- 1.4 -- -- -- --
BELLAMBI AWS 24.0 +0.1 18.0 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 27.0 -0.6 14.0 +0.6 12.0 0.2 -- -- -- --
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 20.0 -7.6 14.0 +1.3 -- 0.4 -- -- -- --
MILDURA AIRPORT 32.0 +3.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 25.0 -1.2 15.0 +3.3 -- 1.4 -- -- -- --
BENDIGO AIRPORT 26.0 +0.3 15.0 +3.6 -- 1.0 -- -- -- --
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 25.0 +1.1 15.0 +1.8 -- 0.6 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 24.0 +1.8 11.0 +1.1 -- 1.6 -- -- -- --
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 23.0 +0.5 14.0 +3.9 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
HOBART AIRPORT 21.0 +0.3 12.0 +1.2 9.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
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

40.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
39.0 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
39.0 CENTURY MINE Gulf Country QLD
39.0 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
39.0 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD
39.0 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
39.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA

+10.5 : 37.0 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+10.3 : 37.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+9.1 : 35.0 CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
+8.8 : 33.0 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
+7.1 : 32.0 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA

29.0 BROOME NTC AWS W Kimberley WA
28.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
28.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
28.0 ADELE ISLAND Islands ISL
28.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
28.0 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD

+7.7 : 24.0 INJUNE POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
+6.1 : 25.0 LOGAN CITY WATER TREATMENT PLANT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+5.6 : 27.0 SEVENTEEN SEVENTY Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
+5.5 : 19.0 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+5.1 : 13.0 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS

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

11.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
11.0 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
11.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
12.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
12.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-11.0 : 19.0 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-10.4 : 19.0 HARVEY Lower West WA
-10.2 : 18.0 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-10.2 : 19.0 WANDERING Cent Wheatbelt WA
-10.1 : 22.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA

2.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
3.0 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
6.0 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
6.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
6.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
6.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-6.4 : 10.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-5.4 : 9.0 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
-5.3 : 9.0 BROOKTON Cent Wheatbelt WA
-5.1 : 11.0 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-4.9 : 19.0 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT

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.
89.2 MORNINGTON ISLAND AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
56.1 DUNMORE STATE FOREST Darling Downs E QLD
42.0 TOSARI Darling Downs E QLD
41.6 MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS Hunter Valley NSW
37.0 ELLANGOWAN Darling Downs E QLD

QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
89.2 MORNINGTON ISLAND AIRPORT
Darling Downs E
56.1 DUNMORE STATE FOREST
42.0 TOSARI
37.0 ELLANGOWAN

NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
41.6 MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS

Reports not yet available

Reports not yet available Reports not yet available

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
Goldfields
LEINSTER AERO
11.2mm in 22 min to 21:57 30.5mm/h
16.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 16.2mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
GUNN POINT
16.2mm in 30 min to 05:00 32.4mm/h
17.0mm in 1 hr to 05:00 17.0mm/h
16.4mm in 1 hr to 05:30 16.4mm/h
MCARTHUR RIVER MINE
22.8mm in 18 min to 16:21 76.0mm/h
8.2mm in 9 min to 16:30 54.7mm/h
31.8mm in 1 hr to 16:30 31.8mm/h
39.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 39.4mm/h
40.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 13.3mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Wide Bay/Burnett
THANGOOL AIRPORT
29.0mm in 18 min to 20:29 96.7mm/h
2.8mm in 1 min to 20:30 168.0mm/h
33.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 33.6mm/h
46.6mm in 30 min to 21:00 93.2mm/h
80.2mm in 1 hr to 21:00 80.2mm/h
80.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 26.7mm/h
20.4mm in 30 min to 21:30 40.8mm/h
67.0mm in 1 hr to 21:30 67.0mm/h
23.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 23.2mm/h
Brisbane/SE Coast
GYMPIE
8.2mm in 12 min to 14:43 41.0mm/h
1.6mm in 1 min to 14:44 96.0mm/h
9.2mm in 4 min to 14:48 138.0mm/h
8.0mm in 12 min to 15:00 40.0mm/h
27.0mm in 1 hr to 15:00 27.0mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 9.0mm/h
28.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 28.0mm/h
MARYBOROUGH
5.0mm in 3 min to 16:50 100.0mm/h
9.8mm in 6 min to 16:56 98.0mm/h
21.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 21.0mm/h
10.0mm in 30 min to 17:30 20.0mm/h
31.0mm in 1 hr to 17:30 31.0mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 10.8mm/h
32.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 10.7mm/h
TOOLARA (KELLY)
31.6mm in 40 min to 15:40 47.4mm/h
18.8mm in 20 min to 16:00 56.4mm/h
50.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 50.4mm/h
17.6mm in 1 hr to 17:00 17.6mm/h
68.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 22.7mm/h
COOLANGATTA
12.8mm in 20 min to 21:50 38.4mm/h
14.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 14.6mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 22:30 14.0mm/h
Darling Downs E
INGLEWOOD FOREST
14.6mm in 1 hr to 07:00 14.6mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.0mm/h
OAKEY AERO
12.8mm in 23 min to 10:30 33.4mm/h
16.8mm in 1 hr to 10:30 16.8mm/h
17.6mm in 27 min to 11:00 39.1mm/h
34.4mm in 1 hr to 11:00 34.4mm/h
21.0mm in 1 hr to 11:30 21.0mm/h
44.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 14.7mm/h
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT
13.0mm in 30 min to 10:00 26.0mm/h
20.8mm in 1 hr to 10:00 20.8mm/h
32.0mm in 30 min to 10:30 64.0mm/h
45.0mm in 1 hr to 10:30 45.0mm/h
34.2mm in 1 hr to 11:00 34.2mm/h
57.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 19.0mm/h
60.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 10.0mm/h
Darling Downs W
MILES CONSTANCE STREET
13.6mm in 9 min to 13:09 90.7mm/h
30.0mm in 21 min to 13:30 85.7mm/h
49.4mm in 1 hr to 13:30 49.4mm/h
10.6mm in 30 min to 14:00 21.2mm/h
54.2mm in 1 hr to 14:00 54.2mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 14:30 12.2mm/h
62.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 20.7mm/h
62.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 10.3mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
LISMORE AIRPORT AWS
11.2mm in 19 min to 23:49 35.4mm/h
Hunter Valley
MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS
19.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.3mm/h
GOSFORD AWS
10.4mm in 30 min to 22:00 20.8mm/h
12.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 12.6mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 22:30 12.4mm/h
Sydney--west
BADGERYS CREEK AWS
10.4mm in 14 min to 19:44 44.6mm/h
4.0mm in 2 min to 19:46 120.0mm/h
14.0mm in 14 min to 20:00 60.0mm/h
28.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 28.4mm/h
10.2mm in 30 min to 20:30 20.4mm/h
38.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 38.6mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 21:00 11.2mm/h
40.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 13.3mm/h
PENRITH LAKES AWS
10.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.2mm/h
18.8mm in 1 hr to 21:00 18.8mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.7mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 10.8mm/h
HORSLEY PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE AWS
13.0mm in 30 min to 20:30 26.0mm/h
17.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 17.4mm/h
14.8mm in 1 hr to 21:00 14.8mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h
Illawarra
CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS
5.6mm in 6 min to 19:36 56.0mm/h
6.2mm in 17 min to 19:53 21.9mm/h
19.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 19.0mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 20:30 14.0mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.0mm/h
MOSS VALE AWS
11.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 11.8mm/h
CAMPBELLTOWN (MOUNT ANNAN)
11.0mm in 30 min to 20:00 22.0mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.2mm/h
13.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 13.6mm/h
TASMANIA
W Coast
CAPE SORELL
10.4mm in 30 min to 11:00 20.8mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 11:00 10.4mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 11:30 10.4mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
12.4mm in 9 min to 09:09 82.7mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 12.4mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 12.4mm/h
LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO
21.2mm in 30 min to 09:30 42.4mm/h
21.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 21.2mm/h
None reported