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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 1403 EST on 05/09/2016. 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 daily rainfall

NT

Darwin-Daly

014173

BAN BAN SPRINGS

67.0

10.8

30/09/1979

15

1 N

NT

Darwin-Daly

014254

POINT STUART

33.4

30.8

02/09/2016

15

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

NT

Roper-McArthur

014651

SNOWDROP CREEK

18.6

4.8

19/09/2010

11

1 N

Highest minimum temperature

NT

Roper-McArthur

014627

BULMAN

24.7

24.5

03/09/2016

11

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.


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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 14:03EST, 05/09/2016.

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 22.6 +2.5 7.7 -1.2 6.2 0.0 2.8 7.3 196 ( 8.2) 35/14
BUNBURY 18.2 -0.2 7.2 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 129 ( 5.4) 24/13
MANDURAH 19.7 +0.8 10.5 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 196 ( 8.2) 30/13
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.1 +0.5 25.6 +2.6 25.2 0.0 6.2 4.3 381 (15.9) 59/11
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 20.3 -6.9 6.7 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 316 (13.2) 41/10
WHYALLA AERO 16.6 -4.9 3.8 -4.3 -- 1.2 -- -- 375 (15.6) 28/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 17.1 -1.9 8.7 -1.0 -- 1.0 -- -- 178 ( 7.4) 24/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.3 -0.5 8.0 +1.7 -- 4.2 -- -- 439 (18.3) 44/14
MOUNT ISA AERO 25.1 -6.1 14.8 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 410 (17.1) 41/08
CAIRNS AERO 28.5 +0.4 21.9 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 362 (15.1) 37/09
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.1 +1.4 17.4 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 292 (12.2) 48/14
MACKAY M.O 23.0 -2.2 15.4 -1.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 271 (11.3) 46/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.4 -0.9 12.5 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 247 (10.3) 30/12
BUNDABERG AERO 24.7 -0.7 12.3 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 308 (12.8) 34/09
COOLANGATTA 22.6 -0.6 7.2 -6.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 335 (14.0) 35/12
BRISBANE AERO 22.2 -2.0 10.5 -2.2 6.4 0.0 9.2 10.5 600 (25.0) 50/00
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 18.7 -3.5 7.3 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 577 (24.0) 41/09
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 17.6 -3.8 8.8 +0.2 -- 0.0 2.4 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.6 -0.9 4.2 -5.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 360 (15.0) 30/09
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 20.1 -1.2 9.5 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- 44/10
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 13.1 -1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 15.7 -5.6 6.4 +0.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 376 (15.7) 31/07
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 19.3 -1.2 9.6 -0.8 5.1 0.2 5.6 10.9 564 (23.5) 37/10
RICHMOND RAAF 20.5 -2.2 7.8 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 387 (16.1) 26/10
BELLAMBI AWS 18.1 -2.0 9.4 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 485 (20.2) 37/09
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 11.7 -5.9 7.9 +2.8 -- 3.6 -- -- 467 (19.5) 26/02
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 15.1 -2.9 7.7 +2.0 -- 0.6 -- -- 396 (16.5) 26/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 17.9 -2.5 3.7 -3.6 1.5 0.4 2.2 9.9 366 (15.3) 22/09
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 15.2 -2.2 4.4 -1.0 -- 0.6 -- -- 272 (11.3) 34/03
BENDIGO AIRPORT 14.2 -2.6 4.5 +0.2 -- 2.8 -- -- 291 (12.1) 30/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 12.3 -1.6 5.3 +0.5 -- 1.6 -- -- 371 (15.5) 31/01
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.6 +0.1 5.3 +0.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 151 ( 6.3) 41/15
HOBART AIRPORT 17.3 +2.0 7.2 +1.2 3.5 0.2 3.4 10.0 328 (13.7) 63/16
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

37.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
37.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
36.6 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
36.4 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
36.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA

+4.6 : 27.5 MORAWA AIRPORT Central West WA
+4.5 : 9.4 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
+3.9 : 23.0 GOOSEBERRY HILL Lower West WA
+3.8 : 8.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
+3.8 : 9.3 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
+3.8 : 21.4 NARROGIN Cent Wheatbelt WA

26.4 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
26.1 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
26.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
25.6 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT

+7.0 : 24.7 BULMAN N Rivers NT
+4.7 : 21.8 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
+4.5 : 23.1 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
+4.4 : 23.3 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
+4.3 : 18.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

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

-0.1 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
4.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
5.7 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
6.1 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
6.3 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS

-9.2 : 18.5 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT
-8.4 : 21.3 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
-8.4 : 22.2 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
-8.2 : 23.3 THE MONUMENT AIRPORT Northwest QLD
-8.0 : 24.1 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD

-3.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-2.2 EYRE Eucla WA
-2.0 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-1.7 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-9.9 : -2.2 EYRE Eucla WA
-7.8 : 3.0 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
-6.8 : 0.0 HAWKER Upper North SA

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.
67.0 BAN BAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT
50.4 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
47.2 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.4 POINT STUART N Rivers NT
33.0 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
67.0 BAN BAN SPRINGS
47.2 JABIRU AIRPORT
33.4 POINT STUART

ISLANDS
Islands
50.4 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
33.0 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO

Reports not yet available

1323 (55.1) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1255 (52.3) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1103 (46.0) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
980 (40.8) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
937 (39.0) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
936 (39.0) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
902 (37.6) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
887 (37.0) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
878 (36.6) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
878 (36.6) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
868 (36.2) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
837 (34.9) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
832 (34.7) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
828 (34.5) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
822 (34.3) GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
821 (34.2) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
818 (34.1) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
765 (31.9) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
732 (30.5) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
697 (29.0) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
679 (28.3) PORT KEMBLA NTC AWS Illawarra NSW
678 (28.3) NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS Illawarra NSW
664 (27.7) CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
663 (27.6) ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
657 (27.4) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
657 (27.4) NERRIGA AWS South Coast NSW
656 (27.3) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
653 (27.2) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
647 (27.0) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
644 (26.8) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
634 (26.4) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
624 (26.0) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
623 (26.0) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
613 (25.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
609 (25.4) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
604 (25.2) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
603 (25.1) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
602 (25.1) PATERSON (TOCAL AWS) Hunter Valley NSW
600 (25.0) BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
117/16 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
107/14 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
102/17 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
98/13 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
96/10 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
93/15 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL

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
26.4mm in 30 min to 09:30 52.8mm/h
26.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 26.4mm/h
JABIRU AIRPORT
13.2mm in 1 hr to 06:00 13.2mm/h
15.4mm in 1 hr to 06:30 15.4mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 8.0mm/h
47.2mm in 30 min to 09:30 94.4mm/h
47.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 47.2mm/h
POINT STUART
18.2mm in 30 min to 08:30 36.4mm/h
24.8mm in 1 hr to 08:30 24.8mm/h
26.4mm in 1 hr to 09:00 26.4mm/h
33.4mm in 30 min to 09:30 66.8mm/h
33.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 33.4mm/h
33.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 11.0mm/h
MURGANELLA AIRSTRIP
27.4mm in 30 min to 09:30 54.8mm/h
27.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 27.4mm/h
MCARTHUR RIVER MINE AIRPORT
11.2mm in 30 min to 09:30 22.4mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 11.2mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
44.2mm in 28 min to 09:28 94.7mm/h
44.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 44.2mm/h
44.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 44.4mm/h

VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 102(270/ 69 ) at 18:00
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 106(330/ 91 ) at 14:00
KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) : 117(260/ 95 ) at 17:00
HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 96(270/ 50 ) at 10:29
W Coast
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 98(300/ 61 ) at 13:50
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 89(280/ 78 ) at 18:00