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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 1401 EST on 01/08/2016. 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
Lowest minimum temperature

WA

SW & S Coast

009871

WINDY HARBOUR

-1.8

0.7

11/07/2007

26

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

WA

E Pilbara

004090

ROEBOURNE AERO

34.7

34.7

28/07/2010

13

1 N Equal to record.

WA

E Pilbara

004106

MARBLE BAR

33.6

33.6

27/07/2010

13

1 N Equal to record.

Highest wind gust (km/h)

WA

Gt Southern

010911

LAKE GRACE

85

80.0

20/07/2005

11

N

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

ANT

Antarctica

300017

CASEY

165.8

125.6

20/07/1995

25

1 N


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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 14:01EST, 01/08/2016.

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 15.8 -2.1 12.3 +4.3 11.9 5.0 2.6 5.7 589 (24.5) 80/07
BUNBURY 14.3 -2.9 9.6 +2.6 -- 8.0 -- -- 627 (26.1) 68/03
MANDURAH 15.4 -2.0 13.5 +2.9 -- 0.8 -- -- 798 (33.3) 72/09
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.6 +2.1 19.0 -0.3 16.6 0.0 8.0 10.9 341 (14.2) 35/11
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 29.2 +9.5 4.0 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 187 ( 7.8) 26/14
WHYALLA AERO 21.8 +4.9 12.2 +7.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 420 (17.5) 39/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 16.8 +1.5 12.0 +4.5 -- 3.8 -- -- 146 ( 6.1) 26/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.8 +2.6 5.9 +0.7 -- 2.8 -- -- 487 (20.3) 37/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 28.8 +4.1 6.2 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 256 (10.7) 28/10
CAIRNS AERO 27.9 +2.2 19.7 +2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 510 (21.3) 41/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 26.0 +0.9 15.3 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 290 (12.1) 35/13
MACKAY M.O 22.9 +1.6 12.7 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 343 (14.3) 30/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 25.0 +1.9 9.7 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 157 ( 6.5) 22/14
BUNDABERG AERO 24.5 +2.5 8.0 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 180 ( 7.5) 26/15
COOLANGATTA 22.9 +2.4 12.1 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 219 ( 9.1) 30/15
BRISBANE AERO 22.1 +1.3 7.3 -1.7 5.0 0.0 4.2 10.0 232 ( 9.7) 24/19
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 20.0 +3.5 5.8 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 239 (10.0) 31/11
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 17.5 +1.4 3.1 -1.6 -- 0.0 1.6 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 22.8 +4.2 5.0 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 129 ( 5.4) 22/09
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 22.2 +5.2 5.5 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 231 ( 9.6) 52/10
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 12.5 +3.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 15.9 +0.6 2.4 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 137 ( 5.7) 21/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 21.0 +4.0 10.7 +3.5 9.2 0.0 2.8 3.2 292 (12.2) 28/06
RICHMOND RAAF 20.4 +3.0 6.0 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 120 ( 5.0) 17/02
BELLAMBI AWS 18.1 +1.3 12.2 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 340 (14.2) 39/02
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 15.7 +3.0 4.1 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 185 ( 7.7) 18/05
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 14.3 +1.2 8.0 +4.9 -- 2.2 -- -- 163 ( 6.8) 22/10
MILDURA AIRPORT 18.4 +3.0 8.3 +4.0 5.0 0.0 2.0 3.4 357 (14.9) 46/05
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 13.8 +0.8 8.8 +5.9 -- 3.0 -- -- 300 (12.5) 30/00
BENDIGO AIRPORT 15.4 +2.9 9.1 +6.6 -- 1.2 -- -- 322 (13.4) 30/16
BALLARAT AERODROME 12.4 +2.3 4.3 +1.1 -- 2.6 -- -- 713 (29.7) 44/01
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.7 +3.1 2.4 +0.1 -- 4.0 -- -- 316 (13.2) 50/01
HOBART AIRPORT 14.2 +1.7 4.5 +0.4 5.2 0.4 2.8 8.0 385 (16.0) 50/06
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

35.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
35.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
34.9 MIDDLE POINT N Rivers NT
34.9 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
34.9 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA

+9.7 : 29.0 WILUNA Interior WA
+9.5 : 29.2 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+9.1 : 28.0 KULGERA N Plateau NT
+8.6 : 29.2 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+8.5 : 26.7 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA

25.7 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
25.3 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.1 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
25.0 ROWLEY SHOALS Islands ISL
25.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL

+8.8 : 13.9 FORREST Eucla WA
+8.7 : 12.2 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+7.4 : 11.0 YORK Cent Wheatbelt WA
+7.2 : 12.3 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+7.0 : 12.2 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA

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

-0.1 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
2.4 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
2.6 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-4.6 : 10.2 KATANNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
-4.5 : 10.4 SHANNON Lower West WA
-4.4 : 10.3 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
-4.1 : 11.6 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
-3.8 : 11.8 LAKE GRACE Cent Wheatbelt WA
-3.8 : 11.2 ONGERUP Cent Wheatbelt WA

-4.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-4.1 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
-3.6 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-3.5 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-3.4 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW

-10.3 : -1.8 WINDY HARBOUR Lower West WA
-6.4 : 3.5 LANCELIN Lower West WA
-5.2 : 6.9 DALY WATERS AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
-4.7 : -0.9 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
-4.7 : 0.3 ST GEORGE AIRPORT Maranoa QLD

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.
26.6 MOUNT VICTORIA (UNA PLAIN) N Coast TAS
24.2 JAMIESON LICOLA RD Upper NE VIC
23.6 SHANNON Lower West WA
22.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
22.4 WARATAH (MOUNT ROAD) W Coast TAS

Reports not yet available

1593 (66.4) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1198 (49.9) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1115 (46.5) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
1072 (44.7) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1015 (42.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
1008 (42.0) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
979 (40.8) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
969 (40.4) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
922 (38.4) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
912 (38.0) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
910 (37.9) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
907 (37.8) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
905 (37.7) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
900 (37.5) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
881 (36.7) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
862 (35.9) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
854 (35.6) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
836 (34.8) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
834 (34.8) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
833 (34.7) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
824 (34.3) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
815 (34.0) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
807 (33.6) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
798 (33.3) MANDURAH Lower West WA
775 (32.3) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
764 (31.8) MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC
759 (31.6) NORTH WALPOLE Lower West WA
757 (31.5) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
742 (30.9) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
735 (30.6) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
735 (30.6) ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC
726 (30.3) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
720 (30.0) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
716 (29.8) RHYLL E Central VIC
713 (29.7) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
708 (29.5) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
706 (29.4) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
705 (29.4) JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
689 (28.7) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
689 (28.7) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
683 (28.5) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
668 (27.8) FRANKSTON AWS E Central VIC
667 (27.8) WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
662 (27.6) JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
654 (27.3) WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
641 (26.7) BUSSELTON AERO Lower West WA
629 (26.2) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
627 (26.1) BUNBURY Lower West WA
614 (25.6) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
614 (25.6) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
613 (25.5) KATANNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
611 (25.5) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
607 (25.3) PORTLAND NTC AWS W Coast VIC
601 (25.0) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
117/05 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
104/02 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
104/00 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
104/03 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
102/03 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
100/01 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
96/03 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
94/14 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
94/00 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
94/02 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) 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.
TASMANIA
N Coast
LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY)
10.8mm in 1 hr to 00:30 10.8mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
INNER DOLPHIN PYLON : 85(220/ 72 ) at 11:46
JANDAKOT AERO : 78(230/ 63 ) at 10:28
ROTTNEST ISLAND : 83(210/ 65 ) at 12:30
GARDEN ISLAND HSF : 80(220/ 67 ) at 10:09
CAPE LEEUWIN : 117(250/ 69 ) at 05:19
CAPE NATURALISTE : 96(250/ 78 ) at 03:59
ESPERANCE AERO : 95(250/ 54 ) at 14:26
BUSSELTON JETTY : 82(240/ 63 ) at 04:55
Cent Wheatbelt
NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION : 85(230/ 65 ) at 12:27
Goldfields
SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD : 82(210/ 63 ) at 15:59
VICTORIA
Wimmera S
PYRENEES (BEN NEVIS) : 106( 30/ 85 ) at 11:02
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 95(290/ 56 ) at 04:30
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 95(280/ 76 ) at 00:03
CAPE GRIM : 87(310/ 63 ) at 00:00
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 100(310/ 82 ) at 01:36
KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) : 104(270/ 76 ) at 02:30
HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 87(280/ 63 ) at 02:02
W Coast
LOW ROCKY POINT : 87(310/ 69 ) at 00:04
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 104(300/ 70 ) at 01:00
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 100(300/ 87 ) at 04:00