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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 31/08/2015. 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

N Kimberley

001026

DRYSDALE RIVER STATION

4.0

1.2

06/08/1998

22

1 N

Lowest minimum temperature

SA

Kangaroo Is

022823

CAPE BORDA

3.9

4.0

19/08/2003

11

1 N

SA

Upper SE

025557

KEITH (MUNKORA)

-3.8

-3.0

10/08/2006

13

1 N


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Week to 9am | SE AUS detail
10am EST Minimum temperature anomalies

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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 14:38EST, 31/08/2015.

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 18.9 +0.4 11.4 +3.4 10.1 11.6 2.5 7.8 392 (16.3) 46/13
BUNBURY 16.6 -0.9 11.3 +3.9 -- 8.0 -- -- 361 (15.0) 39/03
MANDURAH 18.5 +0.6 14.2 +3.4 -- 21.2 -- -- 442 (18.4) 41/01
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.0 -0.4 22.0 +1.6 21.6 0.0 6.4 11.1 333 (13.9) 35/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 25.9 +3.3 4.0 -2.0 1.8 0.0 6.0 11.3 208 ( 8.7) 28/15
WHYALLA AERO 18.1 -0.4 2.1 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 254 (10.6) 30/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 16.9 +0.3 6.8 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 109 ( 4.5) 26/04
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 12.6 -1.5 4.5 -1.0 1.8 1.0 0.6 1.7 298 (12.4) 26/12
MOUNT ISA AERO 28.9 +1.6 16.3 +6.1 13.4 0.0 18.8 10.8 402 (16.8) 50/01
CAIRNS AERO 28.7 +2.1 16.8 -0.6 14.7 0.0 5.0 10.3 238 ( 9.9) 31/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.6 +2.6 20.2 +5.5 18.4 0.0 7.6 9.1 323 (13.5) 31/11
MACKAY M.O 24.3 +1.8 18.5 +4.5 -- 0.0 -- 6.0 242 (10.1) 26/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 24.9 +0.1 17.1 +6.4 17.1 5.4 3.8 -- 250 (10.4) 26/09
BUNDABERG AERO 23.8 +0.5 15.4 +4.5 -- 6.0 -- -- 254 (10.6) 35/14
COOLANGATTA 22.7 +1.3 14.4 +4.0 -- 4.4 -- -- 245 (10.2) 39/13
BRISBANE AERO 22.6 +0.8 13.9 +4.3 11.7 15.4 5.6 9.2 262 (10.9) 52/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 16.3 -2.2 7.2 -0.3 -- 13.0 -- -- 259 (10.8) 46/09
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 16.6 -1.4 4.9 -0.9 -- 0.0 2.8 -- -- --
COFFS HARBOUR MO -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.9 -0.3 7.4 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 272 (11.3) 39/15
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 18.2 -0.4 7.0 +0.2 3.8 0.0 13.0 10.8 456 (19.0) 37/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 16.1 -1.4 -0.5 -3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 311 (13.0) 31/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 16.1 -2.2 7.4 -0.7 4.3 0.0 3.6 10.8 385 (16.0) 48/16
RICHMOND RAAF 19.4 -0.3 1.7 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 167 ( 7.0) 28/15
BELLAMBI AWS 15.5 -2.5 8.0 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 275 (11.5) 46/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 13.4 -1.1 2.0 -1.5 0.6 0.0 1.4 4.8 227 ( 9.5) 26/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 15.5 +0.5 1.5 -2.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 206 ( 8.6) 18/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 17.2 -0.1 -0.5 -5.8 -3.0 0.0 2.6 10.2 249 (10.4) 28/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 13.6 -1.1 7.1 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 339 (14.1) 37/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 13.6 -0.6 2.8 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 282 (11.8) 34/09
BALLARAT AERODROME 9.4 -2.0 4.7 +1.0 -- 0.8 -- -- 432 (18.0) 34/08
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 12.7 -1.1 5.0 +1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 392 (16.3) 46/10
HOBART AIRPORT 10.3 -3.2 6.1 +1.4 5.0 2.6 0.2 4.2 651 (27.1) 39/08
Max
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+/- 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

37.2 MIDDLE POINT N Rivers NT
37.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
37.0 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
36.4 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
36.4 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA

+8.6 : 29.5 FORREST Eucla WA
+8.1 : 31.2 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+7.4 : 27.0 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+7.3 : 26.6 EYRE Eucla WA

25.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
24.8 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.6 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
24.2 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
24.1 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+8.9 : 18.4 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley WA
+8.3 : 15.4 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+8.2 : 16.9 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
+8.0 : 14.4 THANGOOL AIRPORT Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
+7.7 : 16.8 SAMUEL HILL AERO Central Coast E QLD

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

0.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
0.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.2 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
1.4 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.5 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-6.1 : 10.0 WEST WYALONG AIRPORT AWS CW Plains S NSW
-6.0 : 6.8 COMBIENBAR AWS E Gippsland VIC
-5.8 : 10.7 FORBES AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes S NSW
-5.0 : 6.1 GELANTIPY E Gippsland VIC
-4.7 : 10.0 FRIENDLY BEACHES E Coast TAS

-6.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.9 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-5.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-4.4 LITHGOW (COOERWULL) C Tablelands S NSW
-4.3 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-8.7 : -3.8 KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA
-8.4 : -3.9 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
-7.4 : -3.1 GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) Northeast SA
-7.2 : 0.0 ROBE AIRFIELD Lower SE SA
-6.8 : 1.6 POINT HICKS (LIGHTHOUSE) E Gippsland VIC

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.
63.2 SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
51.4 SAUERS TM Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
48.0 MOUNT KROOMBIT Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
40.0 MARODIAN TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
39.6 NAMBOUR DAFF - HILLSIDE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

QUEENSLAND
Wide Bay/Burnett
51.4 SAUERS TM
48.0 MOUNT KROOMBIT
Brisbane/SE Coast
63.2 SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT
40.0 MARODIAN TM
39.6 NAMBOUR DAFF - HILLSIDE

12.9 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.2 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.1 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.0 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW

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4.2 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
2.9 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
2.4 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
1.9 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
1.7 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA

1336 (55.7) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1249 (52.0) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
1195 (49.8) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
1174 (48.9) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
1052 (43.8) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
1018 (42.4) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
968 (40.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
866 (36.1) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
829 (34.5) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
781 (32.5) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
767 (32.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
751 (31.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
740 (30.8) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
733 (30.5) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
718 (29.9) CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
716 (29.8) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
716 (29.8) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
710 (29.6) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
706 (29.4) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
696 (29.0) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
676 (28.2) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
667 (27.8) AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
666 (27.8) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
661 (27.5) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
652 (27.2) LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS
651 (27.1) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
626 (26.1) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
626 (26.1) FRIENDLY BEACHES E Coast TAS
622 (25.9) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
619 (25.8) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
612 (25.5) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
601 (25.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
106/13 FORREST Eucla WA
78/00 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
78/08 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
74/05 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
74/05 LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) 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.
QUEENSLAND
Central Coast E
ST LAWRENCE
15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.0mm/h
Wide Bay/Burnett
GLADSTONE RADAR
11.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.8mm/h
GLADSTONE AIRPORT
12.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 12.4mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
CAPE LEEUWIN : 72(270/ 63 ) at 00:00
Eucla
FORREST : 106( 60/ 78 ) at 13:05