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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 1441 EST on 06/10/2015. 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 minimum temperature

NSW

CW Slopes N

064017

COONABARABRAN AIRPORT AWS

19.9

19.9

27/10/2004

13

1 N Equal to record.

Lowest minimum temperature

QLD

Channel Country

038000

BEDOURIE POLICE STATION

4.0

4.0

03/10/2015

16

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

Highest maximum temperature

SA

Yorke Peninsula

022031

MINLATON AERO

35.7

35.5

12/10/2006

13

1 N

SA

Yorke Peninsula

022046

EDITHBURGH

37.4

36.8

12/10/2004

20

1 N

SA

Yorke Peninsula

022049

STENHOUSE BAY

34.9

34.8

30/10/2012

18

1 N

SA

Kangaroo Is

022823

CAPE BORDA

28.4

28.2

30/10/2012

12

1 N

SA

Kangaroo Is

022841

KINGSCOTE AERO

33.2

33.1

12/10/2004

19

1 N

SA

Mt Lofty Ranges

023875

PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS)

29.9

29.6

12/10/2004

19

1 N

NSW

CW Plains S

050137

CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT AWS

37.2

36.8

19/10/2012

19

1 N

NSW

Hunter Valley

061054

NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)

33.9

33.9

04/10/2015

17

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

NSW

C Tablelands S

063292

MOUNT BOYCE AWS

28.6

28.3

30/10/1990

21

1 N

NSW

Goulburn/Monaro

070339

TUGGERANONG (ISABELLA PLAINS) AWS

32.7

31.8

13/10/2006

18

1 N

VIC

Wimmera S

079028

LONGERENONG

37.9

37.6

12/10/2004

48

1 N

VIC

Upper NE

083055

DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT)

25.0

24.5

13/10/2006

14

1 P

VIC

E Gippsland

084142

GELANTIPY

28.3

28.0

21/10/2007

19

1 N

VIC

W Gippsland

085291

MOUNT BAW BAW

21.2

20.8

21/10/2007

15

1 N

VIC

E Central

086371

FRANKSTON AWS

30.4

30.4

26/10/1997

18

1 N Equal to record.

VIC

W Coast

090171

PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT)

32.8

32.4

12/10/2006

32

1 N

TAS

King Island

098017

KING ISLAND AIRPORT

28.0

27.9

26/10/2008

19

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 14:41EST, 06/10/2015.

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 20.2 -2.4 15.9 +5.7 14.9 1.8 7.4 8.4 493 (20.5) 59/15
BUNBURY 17.9 -3.0 14.5 +5.2 -- 2.4 -- -- 524 (21.8) 65/11
MANDURAH 18.9 -2.8 15.6 +2.3 -- 1.8 -- -- 613 (25.5) 54/00
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.9 +0.7 24.0 -0.9 23.7 0.0 6.4 11.1 392 (16.3) 55/20
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 32.1 +1.2 10.2 -4.6 7.6 0.0 12.2 11.8 367 (15.3) 50/10
WHYALLA AERO 38.2 +14.4 13.7 +3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 376 (15.7) 70/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 35.6 +13.7 14.5 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 58 ( 2.4) 46/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 32.4 +14.5 8.7 +1.6 4.1 0.0 4.0 11.4 330 (13.8) 76/14
MOUNT ISA AERO 33.0 -1.6 17.0 -1.5 -- 0.0 75.4 11.3 452 (18.8) 46/11
CAIRNS AERO 29.1 -0.4 20.4 -0.2 -- 1.8 -- -- 660 (27.5) 55/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.2 -0.2 21.3 +0.6 19.7 0.0 12.8 9.6 624 (26.0) 57/12
MACKAY M.O 26.6 -0.9 21.3 +1.6 -- 0.2 -- 10.8 514 (21.4) 43/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 31.1 +1.5 15.1 -1.9 10.9 0.0 6.8 -- 270 (11.3) 37/13
BUNDABERG AERO 30.7 +3.8 12.0 -4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 282 (11.8) 30/13
COOLANGATTA 26.8 +2.4 10.6 -5.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 250 (10.4) 18/11
BRISBANE AERO 29.6 +4.2 12.1 -3.5 8.4 0.0 6.0 11.4 287 (12.0) 28/16
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 31.1 +6.8 14.2 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 257 (10.7) 30/13
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 34.3 +9.2 14.9 +2.7 -- 0.0 7.4 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 33.5 +9.6 15.1 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 203 ( 8.5) 24/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 35.8 +12.2 13.3 +1.4 8.0 0.0 24.0 10.4 326 (13.6) 37/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 34.2 +9.5 8.2 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 291 (12.1) 31/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 37.5 +15.0 15.6 +2.4 10.8 0.0 11.0 11.4 379 (15.8) 30/15
RICHMOND RAAF 37.5 +12.7 8.7 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 216 ( 9.0) 21/12
BELLAMBI AWS 35.3 +13.9 15.4 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 272 (11.3) 30/12
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 32.1 +10.7 8.0 +0.3 5.8 0.0 5.6 8.6 199 ( 8.3) 21/12
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 31.0 +9.5 10.1 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 147 ( 6.1) 26/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 37.5 +13.6 12.9 +3.1 8.0 0.0 11.2 10.0 261 (10.9) 50/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 34.5 +13.6 7.7 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 176 ( 7.3) 31/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT 34.8 +14.4 8.8 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 210 ( 8.8) 44/16
BALLARAT AERODROME 30.8 +14.2 6.4 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 234 ( 9.8) 50/11
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 20.8 +2.8 9.0 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 344 (14.3) 41/09
HOBART AIRPORT 29.9 +12.6 10.1 +2.6 4.2 0.0 8.8 11.3 467 (19.5) 78/13
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

41.6 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
41.4 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
41.4 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
41.2 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
40.4 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA

+17.3 : 37.4 EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+17.1 : 37.9 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC
+16.9 : 36.1 LAVERTON RAAF W Central VIC
+16.8 : 36.6 AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
+16.6 : 37.2 NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA

26.1 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
26.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
25.7 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.6 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
25.5 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT

+11.2 : 19.5 MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+10.6 : 11.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
+10.5 : 10.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
+10.4 : 13.0 DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT) Upper NE VIC

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

13.0 BURNIE NTC AWS N Coast TAS
14.2 SHANNON Lower West WA
14.7 NORTH WALPOLE Lower West WA
14.8 MOUNT BARKER Lower West WA
15.1 BURNIE (ROUND HILL) N Coast TAS
15.1 MANJIMUP Lower West WA
15.1 PEMBERTON Lower West WA

-7.5 : 20.5 MORAWA AIRPORT Central West WA
-5.7 : 33.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
-5.4 : 20.7 DALWALLINU Central West WA
-4.7 : 15.6 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
-4.7 : 16.8 COLLIE EAST Lower West WA

2.7 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
3.1 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
3.1 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
3.3 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
3.5 SHEFFIELD SCHOOL FARM N Coast TAS
3.5 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS

-13.1 : 4.0 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
-7.8 : 11.2 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
-6.6 : 7.2 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-6.6 : 9.1 SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-6.6 : 8.0 ARLTUNGA 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.
18.0 WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
13.0 TOPAZ ALERT N Coast--Barron QLD
9.8 PICKERING BROOK Lower West WA
9.6 NORTH WALPOLE Lower West WA
9.4 HUNTLY Lower West WA

11.8 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.8 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.5 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
11.4 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
11.4 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
11.4 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW

.....

9.0 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S NSW
8.8 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
8.6 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
8.4 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
6.5 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT

1304 (54.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1285 (53.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1065 (44.4) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1036 (43.2) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
974 (40.6) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
957 (39.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
949 (39.5) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
919 (38.3) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
898 (37.4) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
886 (36.9) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
883 (36.8) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
854 (35.6) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
747 (31.1) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
728 (30.3) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
718 (29.9) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
698 (29.1) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
694 (28.9) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
666 (27.8) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
660 (27.5) NORTH WALPOLE Lower West WA
660 (27.5) CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
641 (26.7) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
638 (26.6) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
624 (26.0) COOKTOWN AIRPORT N Coast--Barron QLD
624 (26.0) TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
623 (26.0) KATANNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
614 (25.6) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
613 (25.5) MANDURAH Lower West WA
607 (25.3) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
605 (25.2) CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
604 (25.2) PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
601 (25.0) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
135/10 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
118/13 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
111/12 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
106/12 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
104/13 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
91/11 LOW ROCKY POINT W 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
DARWIN AIRPORT
24.8mm in 31 min to 21:01 48.0mm/h
32.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 32.4mm/h
26.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 8.7mm/h
GUNN POINT
11.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 11.2mm/h
14.4mm in 1 hr to 22:30 14.4mm/h
CHARLES POINT
16.0mm in 30 min to 21:00 32.0mm/h
16.0mm in 1 hr to 21:00 16.0mm/h
11.8mm in 30 min to 21:30 23.6mm/h
27.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 27.8mm/h
12.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 12.6mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
CAPE LEEUWIN : 87(290/ 65 ) at 05:57
BUSSELTON JETTY : 72(280/ 67 ) at 10:45
ALBANY AIRPORT : 87(260/ 63 ) at 14:30
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
W Agricultural
NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) : 82(320/ 65 ) at 12:12
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 132(330/108 ) at 12:30
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 104(280/ 56 ) at 14:20
HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 109(290/ 58 ) at 15:00
CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 96(280/ 83 ) at 13:05
W Coast
LOW ROCKY POINT : 91(330/ 65 ) at 12:04
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 106(300/ 80 ) at 13:30