Australian Weather News -- 26 APR 2016

Tuesday 26 APR 2016

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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 0112 EST on 28/04/2016. 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

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest daily rainfall

Central West

008202

BINDI BINDI NORTH

19.8

19.6

18/04/2008

1 N

Central West

008275

ANRO

27.4

23.0

15/04/1988

1 N

Central West

008309

BELLENDAINE

18.8

15.6

12/04/2016

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

Lower West

009178

GINGIN AERO

43.6

35.0

16/04/2007

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

Darwin-Daly

014948

PORT KEATS AIRPORT

40.5

38.0

11/04/2016

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

Highest wind gust (km/h)

QLD

Wide Bay/Burnett

039122

HERON ISLAND RES STN

85.0

10/04/2001

N Equal to record.

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

QLD

Central Coast E

033308

SAMUEL HILL AERO

19.3

19.0

15/04/2016

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

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 01:11EST, 28/04/2016.

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	20.8	-4.7	16.8	+3.8	16.4	11.6	3.0	11.1	--	--
BUNBURY	18.2	-5.9	16.3	+4.7	--	0.6	--	--	439 (18.3)	65/09
MANDURAH	20.1	-3.8	16.7	+1.1	--	2.6	--	--	552 (23.0)	61/09
DARWIN AIRPORT	35.4	+2.7	23.3	-0.7	22.2	0.0	8.0	10.0	289 (12.0)	34/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	31.5	+3.3	8.8	-3.8	6.0	0.0	8.0	11.0	211 ( 8.8)	34/11
WHYALLA AERO	30.7	+6.9	9.0	-2.7	--	0.0	--	--	247 (10.3)	48/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	30.1	+7.4	12.8	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	84 ( 3.5)	34/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	27.8	+8.3	8.5	-0.2	4.0	0.0	5.4	9.3	361 (15.0)	48/11
MOUNT ISA AERO	31.3	-0.5	16.5	-1.9	14.2	0.0	9.4	10.8	373 (15.5)	39/09
CAIRNS AERO	26.9	-2.3	22.0	+0.4	21.3	6.4	4.4	0.9	528 (22.0)	50/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO	30.4	+0.8	21.4	+0.8	19.8	0.0	10.0	10.4	562 (23.4)	46/11
MACKAY M.O	26.2	-0.5	20.5	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	620 (25.8)	61/23
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	28.3	-0.5	17.5	-0.4	--	0.0	--	--	326 (13.6)	50/18
BUNDABERG AERO	26.9	-0.5	18.3	+0.8	--	0.0	--	--	529 (22.0)	57/13
COOLANGATTA	25.5	+0.1	18.8	+1.8	--	4.0	--	--	534 (22.3)	57/12
BRISBANE AERO	25.9	-0.1	16.5	+0.2	15.5	0.0	5.4	7.5	421 (17.5)	52/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	24.0	+0.7	13.7	+0.3	--	0.0	--	--	606 (25.3)	57/10
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	27.1	+1.9	10.9	-1.9	--	0.0	5.2	--	--	--
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	24.8	+0.7	16.2	+2.4	--	1.8	--	--	225 ( 9.4)	28/10
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	23.4	-0.2	14.4	+1.2	11.0	0.0	2.6	7.4	351 (14.6)	31/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	25.9	+1.4	12.7	+2.5	--	0.0	--	--	463 (19.3)	39/13
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	23.2	+0.3	13.9	-0.3	10.0	0.0	2.8	9.6	266 (11.1)	31/14
RICHMOND RAAF	25.0	+1.2	8.2	-3.2	--	0.0	--	--	108 ( 4.5)	26/16
BELLAMBI AWS	22.1	0.0	15.1	-0.4	--	0.0	--	--	234 ( 9.8)	26/22
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	25.3	+2.8	7.8	-1.3	4.8	0.0	4.0	10.5	212 ( 8.8)	22/10
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	25.4	+3.1	6.1	-2.1	--	0.0	--	--	76 ( 3.2)	17/11
MILDURA AIRPORT	28.6	+5.0	9.9	-0.2	5.0	0.0	4.0	10.0	216 ( 9.0)	41/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	25.9	+4.3	5.7	-2.5	--	0.0	--	--	126 ( 5.3)	34/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT	25.6	+4.4	7.5	-0.1	--	0.0	--	--	173 ( 7.2)	37/15
BALLARAT AERODROME	23.4	+5.8	6.2	-1.2	--	0.0	--	--	363 (15.1)	52/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	22.7	+3.8	7.7	+0.1	--	0.0	--	--	207 ( 8.6)	31/13
HOBART AIRPORT	25.5	+7.4	6.9	-1.9	2.7	0.0	2.8	5.5	249 (10.4)	37/15
	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 temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

40.5 PORT KEATS AIRPORT N Rivers NT
40.3 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
38.8 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA
38.6 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
38.5 MARDIE W Pilbara WA

+10.4 : 28.6 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
+9.1 : 28.3 PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
+8.9 : 26.8 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
+8.7 : 30.6 NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
+8.5 : 27.0 PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
+8.5 : 24.4 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA
+8.5 : 30.3 HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA

28.5 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
28.0 ROWLEY SHOALS Islands ISL
28.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
27.4 WARRUWI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
27.0 LIHOU REEF LIGHTHOUSE Islands ISL
27.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT

+8.6 : 19.5 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+7.1 : 17.5 MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+6.7 : 19.3 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
+6.6 : 8.3 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
+6.5 : 20.5 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

11.8 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
13.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
13.6 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
14.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
14.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-8.6 : 16.8 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.8 : 18.0 GOOSEBERRY HILL Lower West WA
-7.5 : 15.9 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
-7.3 : 14.4 SHANNON Lower West WA

-1.3 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.1 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-1.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
0.0 OMEO Upper NE VIC

-7.0 : 6.4 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT
-5.5 : 11.2 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley WA
-5.3 : 4.0 GRENFELL (MANGANESE RD) SW Slopes N NSW
-5.2 : 0.3 FINGAL (LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS

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.

44.0 COWCOWING Cent Wheatbelt WA
43.6 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
38.2 KONDUT Central West WA
38.0 TRAYNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
34.4 PICKERING BROOK Lower West WA

11.5 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
11.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.8 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

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7.5 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
7.4 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
5.5 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
3.8 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
0.9 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

1542 (64.3) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1435 (59.8) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1112 (46.3) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
1107 (46.1) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
1037 (43.2) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
998 (41.6) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
992 (41.3) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
991 (41.3) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
981 (40.9) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
972 (40.5) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
972 (40.5) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
972 (40.5) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
920 (38.3) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
915 (38.1) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
859 (35.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
847 (35.3) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
837 (34.9) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
806 (33.6) YAMBA PILOT STATION North Coast NSW
798 (33.3) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
755 (31.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
722 (30.1) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
705 (29.4) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
700 (29.2) GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
700 (29.2) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
697 (29.0) EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
694 (28.9) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
685 (28.5) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
679 (28.3) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
667 (27.8) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
649 (27.0) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
635 (26.5) SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
634 (26.4) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
620 (25.8) MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
619 (25.8) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
607 (25.3) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
606 (25.3) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
605 (25.2) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

113/00 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
89/23 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
87/06 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
87/02 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
85/11 HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD

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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Central West ERADU AG STATION 12.2mm in 1 hr to 07:00 12.2mm/h 12.4mm in 1 hr to 07:30 12.4mm/h WONGAN HILLS AG STATION 11.2mm in 30 min to 05:30 22.4mm/h 20.0mm in 1 hr to 05:30 20.0mm/h 14.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 14.6mm/h Lower West BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN 11.8mm in 30 min to 04:00 23.6mm/h 14.8mm in 1 hr to 04:00 14.8mm/h 18.0mm in 1 hr to 04:30 18.0mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.3mm/h GINGIN AERO 18.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.0mm/h BADGINGARRA AG STATION 12.6mm in 30 min to 04:00 25.2mm/h 16.2mm in 1 hr to 04:00 16.2mm/h 19.0mm in 1 hr to 04:30 19.0mm/h ESPERANCE AG STATION 10.0mm in 1 hr to 07:30 10.0mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 12:30 10.0mm/h Cent Wheatbelt CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD 13.8mm in 1 hr to 02:30 13.8mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h Goldfields MOUNT BURDETT AG STATION 12.8mm in 30 min to 13:30 25.6mm/h 17.2mm in 1 hr to 13:30 17.2mm/h 13.4mm in 1 hr to 14:00 13.4mm/h YILGARN SOUTH AG STATION 11.8mm in 30 min to 04:30 23.6mm/h 15.4mm in 1 hr to 04:30 15.4mm/h 12.4mm in 1 hr to 05:00 12.4mm/h ISLANDS Islands COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT 13.8mm in 5 min to 09:05 165.6mm/h 17.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 17.4mm/h 17.8mm in 1 hr to 10:00 17.8mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West CAPE LEEUWIN : 83(230/ 65 ) at 08:00 CAPE NATURALISTE : 83(240/ 65 ) at 07:58 QUEENSLAND Wide Bay/Burnett HERON ISLAND RES STN : 85(140/ 69 ) at 11:27 RUNDLE ISLAND : 74(150/ 65 ) at 19:30 Brisbane/SE Coast CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 80(130/ 65 ) at 05:30 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 78(130/ 69 ) at 07:30 VICTORIA Wimmera S GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 89(360/ 65 ) at 23:36 TASMANIA Southeast HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 106(290/ 72 ) at 00:30