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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 1438 EST on 09/08/2015. 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
Lowest minimum temperature

TAS

Central Plateau

096033

LIAWENEE

-11.1

-9.1

16/08/2004

13

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.
Data is as received at 14:38EST, 10/08/2015.

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 15.2 -3.3 8.2 +0.2 5.8 5.0 2.2 2.8 253 (10.5) 67/16
BUNBURY 13.2 -4.3 11.7 +4.3 -- 12.4 -- -- 258 (10.8) 59/14
MANDURAH 15.8 -2.1 12.3 +1.5 -- 9.0 -- -- 363 (15.1) 63/14
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.9 +1.5 21.1 +0.7 20.0 0.0 8.0 11.0 343 (14.3) 39/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 22.9 +0.3 -0.2 -6.2 -2.5 0.0 4.4 10.8 235 ( 9.8) 24/14
WHYALLA AERO 19.0 +0.5 0.7 -5.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 195 ( 8.1) 41/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 16.7 +0.1 3.3 -4.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 33 ( 1.4) 28/10
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 12.5 -1.6 7.9 +2.4 6.4 0.2 0.2 1.3 217 ( 9.0) 18/11
MOUNT ISA AERO 25.2 -2.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- 282 (11.8) 34/11
CAIRNS AERO 25.2 -1.4 -- -- 10.1 0.0 6.8 8.9 -- --
TOWNSVILLE AERO 24.2 -1.8 8.4 -6.3 7.0 0.0 5.4 10.8 298 (12.4) 34/14
MACKAY M.O 20.8 -1.7 8.3 -5.7 -- 0.0 -- 10.9 345 (14.4) 24/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 24.6 -0.2 4.6 -6.1 1.2 0.0 4.6 -- 136 ( 5.7) 30/14
BUNDABERG AERO 23.5 +0.2 8.1 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 241 (10.0) 24/15
COOLANGATTA 20.7 -0.7 6.1 -4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 253 (10.5) 34/14
BRISBANE AERO 20.7 -1.1 5.9 -3.7 1.6 0.0 3.4 10.1 256 (10.7) 28/08
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 16.8 -1.7 4.2 -3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 223 ( 9.3) 24/13
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 16.0 -2.0 0.5 -5.3 -- 0.0 2.2 -- -- --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 18.9 -0.9 4.6 -3.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 255 (10.6) 31/09
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.1 -1.1 4.4 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 319 (13.3) 37/15
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 17.0 -1.6 4.7 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 318 (13.3) 41/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 14.9 -2.6 5.3 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 265 (11.0) 24/09
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 15.0 -3.3 7.1 -1.0 4.5 0.0 2.6 8.9 343 (14.3) 44/11
RICHMOND RAAF 17.4 -2.3 1.0 -3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 121 ( 5.0) 30/11
BELLAMBI AWS 14.7 -3.3 9.7 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 300 (12.5) 35/09
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 13.2 -1.3 1.2 -2.3 0.6 0.0 1.2 7.0 181 ( 7.5) 15/06
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 14.0 -1.0 1.3 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 92 ( 3.8) 44/19
MILDURA AIRPORT 15.5 -1.8 8.0 +2.7 7.6 0.2 1.2 2.7 161 ( 6.7) 17/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 14.5 -0.2 5.6 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 93 ( 3.9) 50/17
BENDIGO AIRPORT 12.7 -1.5 7.1 +4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 139 ( 5.8) 13/05
BALLARAT AERODROME 10.8 -0.6 3.6 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 180 ( 7.5) 22/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 11.7 -2.1 -1.5 -5.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 54 ( 2.3) 15/16
HOBART AIRPORT 11.3 -2.2 0.7 -4.0 -3.8 0.0 1.4 8.5 296 (12.3) 24/09
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

34.4 MIDDLE POINT N Rivers NT
34.1 NOONAMAH AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
33.9 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
33.8 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
33.4 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.4 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA

+8.1 : 27.3 EUCLA Eucla WA
+6.6 : 26.2 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+6.3 : 27.2 FORREST Eucla WA
+6.2 : 25.5 EYRE Eucla WA
+4.3 : 23.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA

25.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
22.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
22.9 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
22.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

+4.9 : 11.0 EYRE Eucla WA
+4.7 : 8.7 SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
+4.5 : 7.1 BENDIGO AIRPORT Upper North VIC
+4.3 : 11.7 BUNBURY Lower West WA
+4.2 : 9.5 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW
+4.2 : 9.5 BALLADONIA Eucla WA

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

-0.6 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
4.5 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
4.5 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-5.4 : 13.6 IVANHOE AERODROME AWS Southwest Plains NSW
-5.3 : 16.8 ST GEORGE AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
-5.1 : 15.0 WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW
-5.0 : 14.4 COONAMBLE AIRPORT AWS CW Plains N NSW
-5.0 : 10.9 BICKLEY Lower West WA

-11.1 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-6.5 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.4 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.0 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-5.9 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-10.1 : -11.1 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-8.8 : 2.9 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-8.3 : -1.9 THANGOOL AIRPORT Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
-8.1 : 4.8 DALY WATERS AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
-8.1 : 1.9 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria 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.
25.0 KARRI VALLEY RESORT Lower West WA
21.6 NORTHCLIFFE Lower West WA
21.0 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
18.4 KARNET Lower West WA
16.4 HENTY BROOK Lower West WA

11.1 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.0 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.9 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
10.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.8 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.8 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.8 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD

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2.5 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
2.0 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
1.3 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.0 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC

872 (36.3) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
807 (33.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
767 (32.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
765 (31.9) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
753 (31.4) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
746 (31.1) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
717 (29.9) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
710 (29.6) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
709 (29.5) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
677 (28.2) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
637 (26.5) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
629 (26.2) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
625 (26.0) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
601 (25.0) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
100/13 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
89/18 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
81/18 GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
80/12 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
72/15 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA

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.
None reported None reported