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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 1402 EST on 06/08/2017. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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10am EST Minimum temperature anomalies

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4pm EST Maximum temperature anomalies

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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 14:01EST, 06/08/2017.

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 18.3 -0.2 9.3 +1.3 7.7 0.2 1.6 6.1 249 (10.4) 31/11
BUNBURY 17.0 -0.5 8.3 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 302 (12.6) 34/00
MANDURAH 18.1 +0.2 12.1 +1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 342 (14.3) 28/00
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.7 +0.3 21.3 +0.9 20.4 0.0 6.6 10.3 246 (10.3) 28/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 23.7 +1.1 3.1 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 206 ( 8.6) 21/00
WHYALLA AERO 18.0 -0.5 4.4 -1.5 -- 0.2 -- -- 583 (24.3) 63/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 14.7 -1.9 8.2 0.0 -- 5.4 -- -- 348 (14.5) 48/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 13.0 -1.1 4.8 -0.7 -- 12.4 -- -- 518 (21.6) 72/17
MOUNT ISA AERO 26.5 -0.8 11.6 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 277 (11.5) 28/06
CAIRNS AERO 28.3 +1.7 19.5 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 290 (12.1) 28/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.0 +2.0 17.4 +2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 164 ( 6.8) 31/12
MACKAY M.O 28.5 +6.0 17.0 +3.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 213 ( 8.9) 21/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.4 +2.6 15.8 +5.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 164 ( 6.8) 30/16
BUNDABERG AERO 26.2 +2.9 11.2 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 259 (10.8) 24/15
COOLANGATTA 20.2 -1.2 6.0 -4.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 291 (12.1) 24/12
BRISBANE AERO 23.1 +1.3 9.1 -0.5 6.2 0.0 6.8 10.3 495 (20.6) 41/12
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 17.3 -1.2 5.1 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 485 (20.2) 31/10
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 17.9 -0.1 8.9 +3.1 4.4 0.0 1.8 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.7 -0.5 1.2 -5.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 222 ( 9.3) 30/14
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 20.1 +1.5 8.6 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 601 (25.0) 70/10
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 17.2 -0.3 5.2 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 287 (12.0) 41/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 21.2 +2.9 9.5 +1.4 7.1 0.2 5.6 10.1 567 (23.6) 61/10
RICHMOND RAAF 20.1 +0.4 7.7 +3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 376 (15.7) 48/10
BELLAMBI AWS 18.6 +0.6 8.8 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 373 (15.5) 52/12
CANBERRA AIRPORT 10.8 -- 5.0 -- -- 1.4 -- -- 658 (27.4) 59/12
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 13.1 -1.4 6.1 +2.6 -- 3.2 -- -- 329 (13.7) 43/02
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 12.7 -2.3 7.0 +3.3 -- 4.6 -- -- 375 (15.6) 52/03
MILDURA AIRPORT 15.1 -2.2 5.4 +0.1 -- 2.2 1.1 5.4 412 (17.2) 41/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 12.0 -2.7 6.3 +2.4 -- 4.2 -- -- 450 (18.8) 44/03
BENDIGO AIRPORT 11.7 -2.5 6.0 +3.4 -- 4.2 -- -- 415 (17.3) 52/02
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 13.7 -0.7 7.2 +1.3 4.9 0.0 1.4 8.6 614 (25.6) 72/21
BALLARAT AERODROME 9.6 -1.8 4.1 +0.4 -- 4.0 -- -- 661 (27.5) 61/17
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 13.5 -0.3 7.2 +3.5 -- 7.0 -- -- 123 ( 5.1) 41/13
HOBART AIRPORT 15.6 +2.1 4.7 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.2 1.2 197 ( 8.2) 48/15
Max
° C
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° 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
34.9 MIDDLE POINT N Rivers NT
34.7 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
34.4 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
34.2 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA

+6.0 : 28.5 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
+4.8 : 28.3 MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
+4.1 : 27.8 SAMUEL HILL AERO Central Coast E QLD
+3.5 : 29.1 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
+3.1 : 24.4 MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL

25.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
25.0 COCOS ISLAND NTC AWS Islands ISL
24.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.9 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT

+8.5 : 13.8 COLLARENEBRI (ALBERT ST) Upper Darling NSW
+6.7 : 22.8 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
+6.3 : 5.4 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
+6.2 : 5.9 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
+6.0 : 8.5 MURRURUNDI (HAYDON STREET) Hunter Valley NSW

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

-2.5 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.3 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-1.7 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-1.5 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-1.4 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-5.8 : 2.0 DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT) Upper NE VIC
-5.3 : 3.6 HUNTERS HILL Lower NE VIC
-5.1 : -0.2 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
-4.5 : 2.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.2 : 7.4 STRATHBOGIE Lower NE VIC

-4.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.0 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-3.7 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-3.4 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.3 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-8.8 : -0.5 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
-8.0 : 5.3 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
-7.8 : 1.7 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley WA
-7.6 : 7.3 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
-7.5 : 4.8 WALUNGURRU AIRPORT N Plateau 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.
32.4 MYRHEE (HANDCOCKS) Lower NE VIC
32.2 ALDGATE Adelaide/Lofty SA
28.3 HAHNDORF Adelaide/Lofty SA
28.0 LOBETHAL (MAIDMENT ROAD) Adelaide/Lofty SA
27.2 VERDUN Adelaide/Lofty SA

Reports not yet available

1484 (61.8) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1297 (54.0) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
1086 (45.3) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1028 (42.8) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1023 (42.6) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
898 (37.4) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
884 (36.8) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
882 (36.8) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
881 (36.7) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
878 (36.6) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
842 (35.1) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
822 (34.3) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
816 (34.0) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
810 (33.8) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
804 (33.5) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
785 (32.7) MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
781 (32.5) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
773 (32.2) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
767 (32.0) KADINA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
758 (31.6) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
755 (31.5) NERRIGA AWS South Coast NSW
751 (31.3) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
746 (31.1) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
746 (31.1) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
742 (30.9) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
715 (29.8) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
712 (29.7) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
708 (29.5) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
698 (29.1) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
689 (28.7) NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS Illawarra NSW
678 (28.3) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
675 (28.1) NURIOOTPA PIRSA Adelaide/Lofty SA
671 (28.0) WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
669 (27.9) ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
664 (27.7) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
662 (27.6) WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
661 (27.5) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
661 (27.5) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
658 (27.4) CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
655 (27.3) FRANKSTON AWS E Central VIC
652 (27.2) STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE Murray Valley SA
640 (26.7) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
638 (26.6) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
636 (26.5) HORSHAM AERODROME Wimmera S VIC
635 (26.5) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
632 (26.3) PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
627 (26.1) PORTLAND NTC AWS W Coast VIC
625 (26.0) SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA
624 (26.0) CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
623 (26.0) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
617 (25.7) LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS) Mallee/Upper SE SA
615 (25.6) MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC
614 (25.6) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
601 (25.0) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
600 (25.0) RHYLL E Central VIC
133/22 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
106/14 NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
104/14 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
104/07 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
102/19 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
96/06 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
91/18 HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
91/17 STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE Murray Valley SA
91/22 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
91/13 CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

Downpours High AWS wind reports
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less from AWS and synoptic reports.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to a programming error, downpours shown for WA, NT, SA, QLD and ISLANDS between 9 and 10am local times are wrong and should be ignored. The error will be corrected as soon as possible.
Storm force gusts (>89km/h) and 10-minute mean gales (>62km/h) reported by AWSs. Wind direction and mean windspeed are shown in brackets.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
W Agricultural
NEPTUNE ISLAND
10.4mm in 30 min to 09:30 20.8mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 10.4mm/h
Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
CAPE BORDA
16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 5.3mm/h
PARNDANA CFS AWS
15.2mm in 30 min to 09:30 30.4mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 15.2mm/h
Adelaide/Lofty
MOUNT LOFTY
14.2mm in 30 min to 09:30 28.4mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 14.2mm/h
PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS)
11.6mm in 17 min to 09:17 40.9mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 09:30 11.8mm/h
MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS
12.8mm in 30 min to 09:30 25.6mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 09:30 12.8mm/h
KUITPO FOREST RESERVE
21.6mm in 30 min to 09:30 43.2mm/h
21.6mm in 1 hr to 09:30 21.6mm/h
Murray Valley
STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE
14.2mm in 30 min to 09:30 28.4mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 14.2mm/h
Lower SE
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO
12.4mm in 30 min to 09:30 24.8mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 12.4mm/h
NARACOORTE AERODROME
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 5.0mm/h
PADTHAWAY SOUTH
10.4mm in 30 min to 09:30 20.8mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 10.4mm/h
ROBE AIRFIELD
11.2mm in 30 min to 09:30 22.4mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 11.2mm/h

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
W Agricultural
NEPTUNE ISLAND : 98(330/ 87 ) at 14:33
NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) : 87(310/ 63 ) at 14:00
Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 98(340/ 78 ) at 14:30
Adelaide/Lofty
ADELAIDE AIRPORT (ANEMOMETER NORTHWEST : 87(310/ 65 ) at 19:46
Murray Valley
STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE : 91(320/ 61 ) at 18:00
NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 133(320/102 ) at 23:00
PERISHER VALLEY AWS : 91(260/ 35 ) at 22:15
VICTORIA
Wimmera S
GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 100(340/ 65 ) at 19:30
W Gippsland
KINGFISH B - 80KM SSE LAKES ENTRANCE : 82(275/ 65 ) at 08:20
E Central
SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 78(360/ 65 ) at 22:30
N Central
WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) : 80(350/ 63 ) at 18:43
W Coast
COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) : 82(350/ 67 ) at 23:30
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 104(270/ 78 ) at 08:00
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 89(320/ 69 ) at 15:44
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 95(300/ 83 ) at 09:30