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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 1439 EST on 02/08/2015. 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

WA

Murchison

007600

MOUNT MAGNET AERO

28.6

24.0

01/08/1998

19

1 N

WA

Central West

008298

TIBRADDEN

33.2

32.6

11/08/2003

11

1 N

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010034

FORT HILL

55.4

40.1

11/08/1931

97

1 N

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010045

EJANDING

40.0

30.5

08/08/1932

107

1 N

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010092

MERREDIN

37.0

33.5

11/08/1931

106

1 N

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010135

WIALKI

36.4

34.5

07/08/1932

79

1 N

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010158

BERIA

33.6

33.3

20/08/1963

71

1 N

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010283

SHACKLETON

38.0

34.2

16/08/1976

73

1 N

WA

Gt Southern

010503

ARDATH

48.5

35.0

20/08/1979

98

1 N

WA

Gt Southern

010628

QUAIRADING

45.4

40.9

26/08/1932

103

1 N

WA

Gt Southern

010696

AMRISTA PARK

59.4

49.6

19/08/1979

58

1 N

WA

Gt Southern

010898

AKOONAH

50.3

33.0

04/08/1984

26

1 N

WA

Gt Southern

010908

YANGEDINE

53.0

23.2

20/08/2007

13

1 N

WA

Gt Southern

010911

LAKE GRACE

42.4

22.0

15/08/2001

17

1 N

WA

Gt Southern

010912

YEALERING EAST

35.4

18.6

18/08/2003

11

1 N

WA

Eucla

011019

EYRE

34.8

21.8

04/08/1989

62

1 N

WA

Eucla

011029

ARUBIDDY

52.0

20.0

10/08/1992

49

1 N

WA

Eucla

011030

RAWLINNA HOMESTEAD

25.8

18.6

13/08/1993

49

1 N

WA

Eucla

011032

RAWLINNA DEPOT

31.6

25.9

06/08/1973

43

1 N

WA

Goldfields

012009

NORSEMAN AERO

23.0

16.8

26/08/2005

14

1 N

WA

Goldfields

012011

BULLFINCH

39.4

38.1

08/08/1932

102

1 N

WA

Goldfields

012064

NOONGAAR

36.0

25.9

13/08/1955

85

1 N

WA

Goldfields

012101

SEVEN OAKS

39.8

34.3

19/08/1954

77

1 N

WA

Goldfields

012227

KOOLYANOBBING

32.8

22.0

24/08/2005

20

1 N

WA

Goldfields

012320

SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD

53.2

24.4

15/08/2009

17

1 N

SA

Adelaide Plains

023032

PORT GAWLER (BUCKLAND PARK)

16.6

13.8

03/08/2004

13

1 N

SA

Adelaide Plains

023122

ROSEWORTHY AWS

21.2

17.2

30/08/2005

17

1 N

SA

County Light

023369

GREENOCK

23.8

20.8

11/08/2003

14

1 N


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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 14:38EST, 02/08/2015.

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
PERTH AIRPORT 17.7 -0.8 11.7 +3.7 9.6 0.4 -- 6.8 379 (15.8) 54/09
BUNBURY 16.1 -1.4 8.4 +1.0 -- 0.6 -- -- 424 (17.7) 43/10
MANDURAH 17.3 -0.6 12.1 +1.3 -- 0.4 -- -- 413 (17.2) 48/01
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.8 +0.4 20.9 +0.5 19.5 0.0 8.0 11.1 385 (16.0) 35/09
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 29.9 +7.3 8.9 +2.9 4.7 0.0 6.8 10.6 232 ( 9.7) 41/11
WHYALLA AERO 13.0 -5.5 10.9 +5.0 -- 5.8 -- -- 322 (13.4) 46/22
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 11.5 -5.1 7.7 -0.5 -- 11.0 -- -- 137 ( 5.7) 37/04
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 11.8 -2.3 6.0 +0.5 3.6 3.0 2.2 3.3 488 (20.3) 52/02
MOUNT ISA AERO 29.7 +2.4 8.5 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 211 ( 8.8) 43/10
CAIRNS AERO 26.7 +0.1 19.3 +1.9 17.4 5.4 6.4 10.7 561 (23.4) 50/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 26.7 +0.7 13.6 -1.1 12.0 0.0 4.8 10.9 433 (18.0) 37/10
MACKAY M.O 23.1 +0.6 13.8 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- 10.1 330 (13.8) 28/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 25.7 +0.9 8.3 -2.4 5.9 0.0 3.6 -- 163 ( 6.8) 24/12
BUNDABERG AERO 24.5 +1.2 6.7 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 146 ( 6.1) 46/03
COOLANGATTA 22.3 +0.9 7.7 -2.7 -- 0.2 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 37/15
BRISBANE AERO 21.9 +0.1 8.7 -0.9 6.5 0.0 3.0 10.0 263 (11.0) 28/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.8 +4.3 6.4 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 314 (13.1) 22/12
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 21.9 +3.9 5.4 -0.4 -- 0.0 2.4 -- -- --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 24.4 +4.6 8.1 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 236 ( 9.8) 31/12
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 24.1 +3.9 5.1 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 129 ( 5.4) 21/15
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 23.4 +4.8 2.6 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 270 (11.3) 41/14
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 20.3 +2.8 1.7 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 216 ( 9.0) 37/11
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 23.3 +5.0 7.4 -0.7 3.4 0.0 3.4 9.2 330 (13.8) 57/12
RICHMOND RAAF 22.3 +2.6 2.6 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 150 ( 6.3) 50/08
BELLAMBI AWS 20.7 +2.7 10.8 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 322 (13.4) 67/11
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 13.9 -0.6 3.7 +0.2 1.8 0.2 1.6 0.3 202 ( 8.4) 26/12
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 10.3 -4.7 3.8 +0.1 -- 1.2 -- -- 95 ( 4.0) 17/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 15.0 -2.3 5.1 -0.2 9.0 1.4 5.6 1.1 302 (12.6) 48/01
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 12.4 -2.3 4.9 +1.0 -- 4.2 -- -- 244 (10.2) 39/08
BENDIGO AIRPORT 10.7 -3.5 2.9 +0.3 -- 3.0 -- -- 230 ( 9.6) 39/10
BALLARAT AERODROME 7.7 -3.7 2.5 -1.2 -- 2.0 -- -- 672 (28.0) 61/01
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 11.5 -2.3 2.8 -0.9 -- 14.2 -- -- 441 (18.4) 55/05
HOBART AIRPORT 10.8 -2.7 6.7 +2.0 -0.5 0.6 2.4 7.8 531 (22.1) 57/09
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

34.9 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
34.9 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
34.1 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
34.0 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
34.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA

+10.1 : 30.9 ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
+10.1 : 32.2 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+9.8 : 30.8 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
+9.4 : 30.0 ANDAMOOKA NW Pastoral SA
+9.1 : 28.0 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA

25.9 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
25.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
24.1 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
23.3 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
23.3 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

+10.8 : 15.5 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
+8.9 : 15.0 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
+7.9 : 13.4 ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
+7.7 : 14.5 WILUNA Interior WA
+7.3 : 12.0 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA

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

-1.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-0.1 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.4 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC

-7.5 : 13.4 FORREST Eucla WA
-6.8 : 10.6 KAROONDA Mallee/Upper SE SA
-6.4 : 12.8 EUCLA Eucla WA
-6.2 : 12.4 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
-6.2 : 13.1 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA

-5.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-4.5 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-4.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-3.7 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-3.4 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-4.9 : 3.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
-4.7 : -0.6 KINGAROY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-4.5 : 0.1 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-4.3 : 1.3 JIMNA FORESTRY 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.
59.4 AMRISTA PARK Cent Wheatbelt WA
58.5 HOWATHARRA Central West WA
55.4 FORT HILL Cent Wheatbelt WA
53.2 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
53.0 YANGEDINE Cent Wheatbelt WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Central West
58.5 HOWATHARRA
Cent Wheatbelt
59.4 AMRISTA PARK
55.4 FORT HILL
53.0 YANGEDINE
50.3 AKOONAH
Eucla
52.0 ARUBIDDY
Goldfields
53.2 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD

11.1 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.1 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.9 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.8 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.7 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

.....

0.6 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.3 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
0.0 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC

1605 (66.9) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1343 (56.0) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1214 (50.6) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1213 (50.5) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
1140 (47.5) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1094 (45.6) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
1090 (45.4) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1068 (44.5) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
1065 (44.4) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
975 (40.6) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
968 (40.3) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
950 (39.6) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
946 (39.4) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
920 (38.3) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
897 (37.4) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
880 (36.7) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
873 (36.4) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
852 (35.5) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
837 (34.9) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
832 (34.7) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
827 (34.5) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
804 (33.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
798 (33.3) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
791 (33.0) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
775 (32.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
759 (31.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
747 (31.1) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
743 (31.0) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
736 (30.7) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
735 (30.6) PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
735 (30.6) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
726 (30.3) LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS
725 (30.2) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
722 (30.1) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
715 (29.8) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
700 (29.2) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
700 (29.2) CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
681 (28.4) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
673 (28.0) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
672 (28.0) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
668 (27.8) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
650 (27.1) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
644 (26.8) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
640 (26.7) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
617 (25.7) ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC
615 (25.6) WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
610 (25.4) MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC
610 (25.4) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
609 (25.4) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
608 (25.3) RHYLL E Central VIC
607 (25.3) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
605 (25.2) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
605 (25.2) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
124/05 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
107/06 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
107/07 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
106/06 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
100/03 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
98/07 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
96/21 LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
93/14 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
93/06 CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
91/01 MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast 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
Lower West
MERREDIN AG STATION
37.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 37.2mm/h
Cent Wheatbelt
LAKE GRACE
16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.3mm/h
MECKERING NORTH AG STATION
10.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.4mm/h
Goldfields
LAVERTON AERO
4.6mm in 13 min to 19:00 21.2mm/h
VICTORIA
Upper NE
MOUNT BULLER
19.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.3mm/h
TASMANIA
W Coast
WARRA
15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
4.8mm in 6 min to 11:30 48.0mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Goulburn/Monaro
MOUNT GININI AWS : 93(260/ 41 ) at 14:50
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 117(300/ 98 ) at 03:31
PERISHER VALLEY AWS : 102(270/ 61 ) at 07:00
VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 98(280/ 54 ) at 07:58
E Central
FAWKNER BEACON : 83(350/ 63 ) at 02:58
N Central
WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) : 83(360/ 63 ) at 03:34
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 98(300/ 39 ) at 03:43
CAPE GRIM : 93(250/ 45 ) at 06:46
E Coast
MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 91(350/ 67 ) at 01:30
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 137(320/113 ) at 13:45
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 89(330/ 70 ) at 01:30
CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 85(280/ 72 ) at 12:00
W Coast
CAPE SORELL : 87(360/ 69 ) at 00:00
LOW ROCKY POINT : 96(320/ 59 ) at 21:34
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 87(340/ 65 ) at 03:30
King Island
KING ISLAND AIRPORT : 80(330/ 63 ) at 03:14
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 98(300/ 87 ) at 08:00