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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 13/02/2016. 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

27.9

27.3

12/02/2002

20

27.3

12/02/2002

21

1 N

Highest minimum temperature

NT

Darwin-Daly

014954

BRADSHAW

28.0

28.0

21/02/2010

14

1 P Equal to record.


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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 14:37EST, 13/02/2016.

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 31.4 -0.5 18.8 +1.3 17.4 0.0 9.8 12.4 427 (17.8) 43/17
BUNBURY 30.3 +0.3 15.1 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 232 ( 9.7) 37/19
MANDURAH 26.9 -2.9 20.2 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 359 (15.0) 50/20
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.7 +2.3 23.1 -1.6 23.0 10.0 6.6 6.4 384 (16.0) 35/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 39.7 +4.6 19.8 -0.9 17.9 0.0 15.2 12.8 349 (14.5) 35/12
WHYALLA AERO 30.8 +1.2 16.8 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 615 (25.6) 43/19
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 33.9 +4.5 15.3 -1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 97 ( 4.0) 30/18
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 30.5 +5.3 9.3 -2.4 5.5 0.0 6.2 12.6 411 (17.1) 52/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 38.5 +3.2 19.8 -3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 196 ( 8.2) 52/13
CAIRNS AERO 33.4 +2.2 24.0 +0.2 27.9 0.0 8.0 11.8 322 (13.4) 34/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO 32.2 +1.1 23.6 -0.5 21.8 0.0 5.0 11.6 234 ( 9.8) 30/14
MACKAY M.O 29.6 0.0 23.3 -0.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 422 (17.6) 39/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 32.5 +1.3 22.3 +0.2 21.0 0.0 9.4 -- 372 (15.5) 37/09
BUNDABERG AERO 30.7 +0.8 20.6 -0.8 -- 0.6 -- -- 441 (18.4) 50/16
COOLANGATTA 28.5 +0.2 20.9 +0.1 -- 0.6 -- -- 424 (17.7) 52/13
BRISBANE AERO 29.1 +0.2 19.8 -1.3 19.0 0.0 9.2 11.4 396 (16.5) 48/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 27.9 +0.8 16.5 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 605 (25.2) 48/17
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 33.4 +2.4 19.4 +0.7 -- 0.0 9.6 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 27.8 +0.3 17.5 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 210 ( 8.8) 30/14
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 28.5 +0.9 18.4 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 334 (13.9) 37/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 32.5 +0.8 17.3 -0.4 -- 2.0 -- -- 378 (15.8) 65/23
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 29.2 +2.8 21.5 +2.5 16.6 0.0 6.4 12.0 325 (13.5) 41/13
RICHMOND RAAF 30.8 +1.9 18.5 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 165 ( 6.9) 28/15
BELLAMBI AWS 26.8 +2.0 19.7 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 280 (11.7) 31/18
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 34.6 +3.8 18.3 +1.9 15.7 0.0 9.2 12.0 312 (13.0) 31/08
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 34.9 +3.8 17.3 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 196 ( 8.2) 26/15
MILDURA AIRPORT 37.3 +5.7 18.1 +1.6 16.0 0.0 12.0 12.7 302 (12.6) 39/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 33.7 +4.2 14.9 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 357 (14.9) 35/23
BENDIGO AIRPORT 34.0 +4.7 15.7 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 420 (17.5) 43/16
BALLARAT AERODROME 31.2 +6.2 13.4 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 616 (25.7) 44/23
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 26.5 +2.0 13.7 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 226 ( 9.4) 39/14
HOBART AIRPORT 27.5 +5.2 15.2 +3.2 14.6 0.0 6.2 9.2 341 (14.2) 46/16
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

47.8 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
46.3 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
45.1 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
44.9 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA

+12.7 : 37.3 RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
+11.5 : 38.0 EYRE Eucla WA
+10.3 : 47.8 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
+10.0 : 42.1 TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS CW Plains N NSW

31.0 YUENDUMU N Plateau NT
29.1 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
29.0 BROOME NTC AWS W Kimberley WA
29.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
28.9 WALUNGURRU AIRPORT N Plateau NT

+9.0 : 31.0 YUENDUMU N Plateau NT
+7.0 : 21.8 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+6.2 : 25.5 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
+5.9 : 23.8 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
+5.8 : 22.4 BEVERLEY Cent Wheatbelt WA

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

16.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
17.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
18.5 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
19.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
19.7 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
19.7 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS

-5.0 : 23.5 GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
-4.4 : 26.2 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
-4.2 : 25.7 LANCELIN Lower West WA
-3.8 : 27.0 JURIEN BAY Lower West WA
-3.4 : 22.1 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
-3.4 : 23.4 SHANNON Lower West WA

4.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
5.3 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.5 CORRYONG AIRPORT Lower NE VIC
6.0 DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT) Upper NE VIC
6.0 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-7.2 : 10.0 PINDARI DAM NW Slopes N NSW
-5.7 : 9.9 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
-5.3 : 10.6 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
-4.9 : 16.4 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA

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.
79.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
57.2 SOUTHWELL STATION N Peninsula QLD
55.0 ALCAN MINESITE N Rivers NT
47.6 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD
42.0 DURDIDWARRAH W Central VIC

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
55.0 ALCAN MINESITE

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
79.0 HORN ISLAND
57.2 SOUTHWELL STATION
S Peninsula
47.6 PALMERVILLE

VICTORIA
W Central
42.0 DURDIDWARRAH

13.1 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.8 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
12.8 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.8 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
12.7 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

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8.1 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
7.7 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
6.4 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
6.4 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
4.7 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT

1106 (46.1) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1027 (42.8) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
937 (39.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
829 (34.5) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
784 (32.7) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
775 (32.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
745 (31.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
743 (31.0) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
694 (28.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
684 (28.5) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
671 (28.0) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
669 (27.9) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
644 (26.8) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
641 (26.7) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
633 (26.4) PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
630 (26.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
627 (26.1) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
622 (25.9) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
619 (25.8) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
616 (25.7) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
615 (25.6) WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
607 (25.3) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
606 (25.3) MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
606 (25.3) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
605 (25.2) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
604 (25.2) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
600 (25.0) PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
78/15 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
74/23 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
74/20 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
72/21 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
68/16 SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
68/21 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast 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
PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT
47.0mm in 30 min to 12:00 94.0mm/h
52.6mm in 1 hr to 12:00 52.6mm/h
12.8mm in 30 min to 12:30 25.6mm/h
59.8mm in 1 hr to 12:30 59.8mm/h
58.0mm in 3 hr to 12:30 19.3mm/h
13.4mm in 1 hr to 13:00 13.4mm/h
72.0mm in 6 hr to 15:30 12.0mm/h
OENPELLI AIRPORT
14.0mm in 30 min to 05:30 28.0mm/h
16.6mm in 1 hr to 05:30 16.6mm/h
11.6mm in 30 min to 06:00 23.2mm/h
25.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 25.6mm/h
14.8mm in 1 hr to 06:30 14.8mm/h
29.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 9.7mm/h
10.2mm in 30 min to 17:00 20.4mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 10.2mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.2mm/h
MANINGRIDA AIRPORT
11.8mm in 1 hr to 02:30 11.8mm/h
GOVE AIRPORT
11.6mm in 1 hr to 02:30 11.6mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 03:00 11.4mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 5.0mm/h
7.2mm in 9 min to 13:09 48.0mm/h
11.2mm in 21 min to 13:30 32.0mm/h
18.4mm in 1 hr to 13:30 18.4mm/h
20.8mm in 1 hr to 14:00 20.8mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 7.0mm/h
NGAYAWILI
12.2mm in 1 hr to 05:00 12.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 5.0mm/h
GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT
9.6mm in 11 min to 12:00 52.4mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 12:00 12.0mm/h
10.0mm in 30 min to 12:30 20.0mm/h
22.0mm in 1 hr to 12:30 22.0mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 13:00 10.0mm/h
PORT KEATS AIRPORT
22.2mm in 30 min to 16:00 44.4mm/h
23.8mm in 1 hr to 16:00 23.8mm/h
22.2mm in 1 hr to 16:30 22.2mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 8.0mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
WEIPA AERO
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h
COCONUT ISLAND
11.2mm in 30 min to 23:30 22.4mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 23:30 11.2mm/h
HORN ISLAND
10.0mm in 1 hr to 03:00 10.0mm/h
12.6mm in 1 hr to 03:30 12.6mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 04:00 15.2mm/h
14.8mm in 1 hr to 04:30 14.8mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 05:00 11.4mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 05:30 10.0mm/h
34.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 11.3mm/h
9.4mm in 28 min to 08:00 20.1mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 08:00 12.4mm/h
16.6mm in 1 hr to 08:30 16.6mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 8.0mm/h
S Peninsula
LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT
27.0mm in 30 min to 16:00 54.0mm/h
32.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 32.4mm/h
28.8mm in 1 hr to 16:30 28.8mm/h
36.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 12.0mm/h
12.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 12.6mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
32.0mm in 30 min to 09:30 64.0mm/h
32.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 32.0mm/h
32.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 32.0mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 22:30 10.2mm/h
CAPE WESSEL
5.8mm in 11 min to 08:11 31.6mm/h
9.8mm in 19 min to 08:30 30.9mm/h
16.0mm in 1 hr to 08:30 16.0mm/h
6.2mm in 18 min to 08:48 20.7mm/h
10.6mm in 12 min to 09:00 53.0mm/h
32.4mm in 1 hr to 09:00 32.4mm/h
15.6mm in 30 min to 09:30 31.2mm/h
15.6mm in 1 hr to 09:30 15.6mm/h
33.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 11.0mm/h
21.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 21.4mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 12:30 7.0mm/h
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
20.0mm in 30 min to 13:00 40.0mm/h
20.2mm in 1 hr to 13:00 20.2mm/h
7.4mm in 5 min to 13:05 88.8mm/h
20.0mm in 25 min to 13:30 48.0mm/h
47.4mm in 1 hr to 13:30 47.4mm/h
33.4mm in 1 hr to 14:00 33.4mm/h
55.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 18.3mm/h

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 72(150/ 63 ) at 23:30