Wednesday 18 NOV 2015
 

Home page

DWS ARCHIVE
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Before 2003

About the DWS

 

2015

Dec

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
  01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31      

Nov

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
            01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30            

Oct

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
      01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  

Sep

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
  01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30        

Aug

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
          01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31            

Jul

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
    01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    

Jun

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30          

May

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
        01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Apr

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
    01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30      

Mar

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
            01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31          

Feb

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
            01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28  

Jan

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
      01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  

Monthly summaries:
from BoM

Find a place:
Google Maps |
Aust Gazetteer|
Geonames

Weather terms:
WeatherZone | BoM |
American Met Soc | NOAA | uk.sci.weather | India Meteorological Department

National Daily Weather Summary


Records set | Charts | Cities | Hottest | Coldest | Rain, sun & wind | Downpours & gales
State extremes | Noteworthy weather | Capital Cities | Regional Cities | Alpine Stations
Charts and data courtesy Bureau of Meteorology. MTSAT-1R operated by JMA
Noteworthy weather today
significant newsworthy major

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.

If you are looking for weather news as it happens, use the links on the Severe weather real-time news reports page.


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 19/11/2015. 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 grass minimum temperature

QLD

N Coast--Barron

031011

CAIRNS AERO

30.2

29.5

17/11/2015

20

29.5

17/11/2015

21

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

Lowest grass minimum temperature

NT

Barkly

015135

TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT

6.0

7.0

17/11/2015

45

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

Highest minimum temperature

WA

Eucla

011052

FORREST

28.9

27.4

27/11/2000

20

1 N

SA

W Agricultural

018106

NULLARBOR

26.6

23.0

14/11/2003

28

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

SA

Mt Lofty Ranges

023894

HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS

38.8

38.6

12/11/2009

11

1 N

Highest daily average wind speed - anemometer above 3m (km/h)

QLD

Central Coast E

033308

SAMUEL HILL AERO

18.0

17.9

24/11/2010

11

1 N


The day in charts
Surface charts Satellite images Rain & temperatures
4am EST Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am

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

See actual temperatures
4pm EST Maximum temperature anomalies

See actual temperatures
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 14:39EST, 19/11/2015.

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 21.8 -4.0 16.3 +3.6 13.7 1.0 7.2 8.5 534 (22.3) 50/14
BUNBURY 21.3 -3.0 13.8 +1.7 -- 1.0 -- -- 536 (22.3) 55/06
MANDURAH 21.4 -3.1 16.8 +1.3 -- 2.0 -- -- 568 (23.7) 55/21
DARWIN AIRPORT 35.0 +1.7 26.9 +1.6 26.3 0.2 7.4 11.7 340 (14.2) 31/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 39.5 +5.9 14.9 -3.0 11.8 0.0 13.4 13.2 269 (11.2) 39/09
WHYALLA AERO 41.9 +15.4 17.4 +3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 376 (15.7) 57/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 40.1 +14.9 17.3 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 114 ( 4.8) 43/19
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 35.4 +15.0 6.8 -1.6 3.8 0.0 7.8 8.8 398 (16.6) 44/20
MOUNT ISA AERO 39.0 +2.6 22.7 +1.3 17.2 0.0 13.2 12.1 340 (14.2) 48/14
CAIRNS AERO 31.9 +1.3 24.6 +2.3 30.2 3.0 7.2 10.3 332 (13.8) 50/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.3 +0.6 24.0 +1.1 23.0 1.0 -- 10.9 -- 54/13
MACKAY M.O 28.3 -0.9 22.0 +0.2 -- 4.6 -- -- 431 (18.0) 41/06
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.8 -1.4 18.9 -0.6 -- 4.4 7.6 -- 390 (16.3) 34/08
BUNDABERG AERO 28.0 -0.3 16.5 -2.3 -- 0.6 -- -- 463 (19.3) 34/13
COOLANGATTA 26.2 +0.3 14.1 -4.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 269 (11.2) 31/11
BRISBANE AERO 26.1 -0.7 15.4 -2.8 14.3 0.0 7.6 13.0 317 (13.2) 37/21
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT -- -- 12.6 -2.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 479 (20.0) --
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 33.7 +5.3 15.7 +0.6 -- 0.0 5.2 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 29.4 +4.4 14.1 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 303 (12.6) 34/15
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 34.9 +9.4 13.6 -0.8 11.1 0.0 7.0 13.4 299 (12.5) 52/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 28.9 +7.8 14.5 +5.3 6.4 0.0 6.2 -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 35.9 +7.5 12.2 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 213 ( 8.9) 54/11
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 37.1 +13.1 17.6 +2.2 12.3 0.0 11.0 13.0 479 (20.0) 57/19
RICHMOND RAAF 35.8 +9.1 13.0 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 182 ( 7.6) 52/11
BELLAMBI AWS 36.1 +14.0 19.3 +3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 496 (20.7) 55/09
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 33.4 +7.6 14.8 +4.0 10.8 0.0 6.6 12.9 192 ( 8.0) 48/12
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 33.5 +7.5 13.3 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 221 ( 9.2) 41/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 41.3 +13.8 14.9 +2.3 12.0 0.0 12.6 12.0 292 (12.2) 48/10
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 33.6 +8.9 9.8 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 248 (10.3) 35/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT 34.4 +10.0 10.8 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 346 (14.4) 35/13
BALLARAT AERODROME 30.2 +10.6 4.3 -3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 463 (19.3) 43/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 22.7 +2.2 9.2 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 197 ( 8.2) 39/15
HOBART AIRPORT 24.3 +5.3 11.9 +2.7 8.1 0.0 5.4 7.9 312 (13.0) 39/03
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

45.8 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
44.4 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
44.0 TELFER AERO Interior WA
43.8 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
43.5 PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
43.5 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA

+19.8 : 45.8 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+18.1 : 40.4 EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+17.5 : 40.6 NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
+17.2 : 36.4 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+16.6 : 38.6 STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

29.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
28.9 FORREST Eucla WA
28.7 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
28.4 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
28.0 BROOME NTC AWS W Kimberley WA

+15.9 : 28.9 FORREST Eucla WA
+14.2 : 26.5 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+14.2 : 26.6 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+12.2 : 23.0 MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+11.8 : 24.4 MINNIPA PIRSA W Agricultural SA

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

13.3 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
14.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
14.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
15.0 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
16.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-8.1 : 23.5 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne WA
-6.6 : 20.6 WANDERING Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.6 : 23.3 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
-6.5 : 18.2 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-6.2 : 28.0 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-6.2 : 18.2 KARNET Lower West WA

3.0 COLDSTREAM COMPARISON E Central VIC
3.4 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC
3.7 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
4.3 BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
4.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-9.6 : 14.1 DALY WATERS AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
-6.3 : 17.7 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
-6.1 : 17.4 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT N Rivers NT
-6.1 : 17.7 BORROLOOLA AIRPORT N Rivers NT
-6.0 : 18.5 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers 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.
48.6 UPPER ULAM ROAD Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
45.0 ATHERTON SOLAR CRESCENT N Coast--Barron QLD
36.6 PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
36.0 ABERCORN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
31.0 NERADA ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD

13.4 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
13.2 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
13.1 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
13.0 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
13.0 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
13.0 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
13.0 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT

.....

8.8 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
8.5 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
7.9 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
6.7 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
5.8 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

1226 (51.1) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1159 (48.3) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1027 (42.8) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
896 (37.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
859 (35.8) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
747 (31.1) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
736 (30.7) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
720 (30.0) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
718 (29.9) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
699 (29.1) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
699 (29.1) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
691 (28.8) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
690 (28.8) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
689 (28.7) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
680 (28.3) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
676 (28.2) NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
672 (28.0) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
671 (28.0) CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
663 (27.6) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
660 (27.5) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
646 (26.9) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
644 (26.8) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
642 (26.8) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
628 (26.2) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
628 (26.2) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
626 (26.1) KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
624 (26.0) MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
619 (25.8) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
615 (25.6) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
614 (25.6) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
613 (25.5) FORREST Eucla WA
609 (25.4) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
206/12 BICKLEY Lower West WA
94/00 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
87/18 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
81/04 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
80/11 MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW

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

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
BICKLEY : 206(280/ 28 ) at 12:48
BUSSELTON JETTY : 72(260/ 65 ) at 06:13
NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 87(330/ 65 ) at 02:30