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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 13/11/2017. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Highest daily rainfall

NT

Roper-McArthur

014650

CAVE CREEK STATION

40.0

36.5

28/11/2012

11

1 N


The day in charts
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4am EST Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am

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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, 13/11/2017.

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 32.1 +6.3 22.4 +9.7 19.1 0.0 11.8 11.3 487 (20.3) 39/04
BUNBURY 28.7 +4.4 17.7 +5.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 313 (13.0) 43/15
MANDURAH 27.0 +2.5 20.0 +4.5 -- 3.4 -- -- 427 (17.8) 54/19
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.0 -1.3 23.6 -1.7 23.4 5.8 4.6 6.7 279 (11.6) 34/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 32.3 -1.3 16.7 -1.2 -- 24.6 -- -- 279 (11.6) 57/18
WHYALLA AERO 34.1 +7.6 20.0 +6.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 246 (10.3) 44/20
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 35.3 +10.1 21.7 +7.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 119 ( 5.0) 35/21
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 31.8 +11.4 9.3 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 304 (12.7) 35/14
MOUNT ISA AERO 32.8 -3.6 24.7 +3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 397 (16.5) 46/10
CAIRNS AERO 29.8 -0.8 21.5 -0.8 -- 2.2 -- -- 535 (22.3) 48/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.4 -0.3 22.0 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 586 (24.4) 54/18
MACKAY M.O 26.8 -2.4 19.6 -2.2 -- 11.6 -- -- 584 (24.3) 54/01
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.3 -3.9 17.1 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 430 (17.9) 43/15
BUNDABERG AERO 26.9 -1.4 14.9 -3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 526 (21.9) 48/15
COOLANGATTA 24.8 -1.1 15.3 -2.9 -- 1.4 -- -- 370 (15.4) 41/09
BRISBANE AERO 24.8 -2.0 14.2 -4.0 13.1 0.0 4.7 12.5 379 (15.8) 43/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.5 -3.2 11.9 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 748 (31.2) 46/00
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 28.1 -0.3 13.8 -1.3 -- 0.0 8.6 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 23.6 -1.4 14.7 -0.5 -- 2.4 -- -- 289 (12.0) 31/12
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 22.3 -3.2 9.1 -5.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 254 (10.6) 37/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 24.0 +2.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 28.1 -0.3 13.8 +0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 423 (17.6) 46/22
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 23.3 -0.7 15.5 +0.1 12.3 0.0 7.4 10.7 416 (17.3) 37/13
RICHMOND RAAF 25.8 -0.9 12.5 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 207 ( 8.6) 34/14
BELLAMBI AWS 21.6 -0.5 16.7 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 394 (16.4) 24/04
CANBERRA AIRPORT 23.5 -- 13.0 -- -- 0.2 -- -- 260 (10.8) 35/19
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 29.0 +3.2 14.6 +3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 335 (14.0) 30/07
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 29.0 +3.0 12.2 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 179 ( 7.5) 30/11
MILDURA AIRPORT 36.4 +8.9 16.8 +4.2 -- 0.0 10.0 8.2 212 ( 8.8) 24/10
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 30.8 +6.1 11.0 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 208 ( 8.7) 30/08
BENDIGO AIRPORT 32.2 +7.8 13.4 +3.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 327 (13.6) 35/18
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 27.6 +5.7 12.6 +2.2 10.5 0.0 8.4 10.0 403 (16.8) 34/15
BALLARAT AERODROME 26.2 +6.6 8.8 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 347 (14.5) 34/19
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 24.3 +3.8 8.5 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 206 ( 8.6) 34/15
HOBART AIRPORT 20.3 +1.3 8.3 -0.9 3.8 0.0 7.4 9.0 378 (15.8) 31/13
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

41.9 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
41.2 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
41.0 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
40.1 TELFER AERO Interior WA
39.9 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA

+12.6 : 32.1 ROBE Lower SE SA
+12.6 : 35.6 MENINGIE Murray Valley SA
+12.5 : 31.9 PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+11.8 : 35.2 HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
+11.7 : 30.0 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA

29.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
28.9 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.7 TRUSCOTT N Kimberley WA
27.1 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
27.0 TORRES STRAIT NTC AWS Islands ISL

+10.4 : 21.2 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
+10.3 : 22.2 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
+10.3 : 21.2 CLARE HIGH SCHOOL Lower North SA
+10.3 : 20.2 PADTHAWAY SOUTH Lower SE SA
+10.2 : 21.5 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) Adelaide/Lofty SA

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

14.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
15.0 BURNIE NTC AWS N Coast TAS
15.3 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
15.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
15.3 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-7.2 : 23.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-6.1 : 31.9 DALY WATERS AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
-5.9 : 25.6 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-5.8 : 16.0 DORRIGO (OLD CORAMBA RD) MidNorth Coast N NSW
-5.7 : 32.0 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
-5.7 : 31.6 TINDAL RAAF N Rivers NT

0.8 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.4 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
2.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
2.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.7 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS

-5.8 : 3.5 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-5.5 : 7.7 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-5.5 : 15.4 SEVENTEEN SEVENTY Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
-5.3 : 9.1 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW

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.
95.0 LARRIMAH N Rivers NT
79.0 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
74.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
69.2 LAKEFIELD N Rivers NT
57.0 CDU KATHERINE RURAL CAMPUS N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
95.0 LARRIMAH
69.2 LAKEFIELD
57.0 CDU KATHERINE RURAL CAMPUS
55.6 MOUNT FELIX
55.0 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM

QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
79.0 SWEERS ISLAND

NEW SOUTH WALES
Goulburn/Monaro
50.8 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS

ISLANDS
Islands
74.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT

Reports not yet available

1092 (45.5) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
1052 (43.8) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
1038 (43.3) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
1026 (42.8) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
964 (40.2) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
910 (37.9) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
910 (37.9) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
887 (37.0) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
853 (35.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
843 (35.1) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
815 (34.0) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
778 (32.4) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
777 (32.4) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
768 (32.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
767 (32.0) BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
761 (31.7) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
751 (31.3) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
748 (31.2) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
738 (30.8) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
715 (29.8) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
701 (29.2) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
696 (29.0) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
690 (28.8) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
677 (28.2) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
668 (27.8) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
656 (27.3) YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE Central Coast E QLD
640 (26.7) ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
640 (26.7) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
630 (26.3) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
624 (26.0) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
618 (25.8) GLADSTONE RADAR Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
616 (25.7) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
607 (25.3) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
606 (25.3) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
602 (25.1) ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
601 (25.0) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
87/12 JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
83/14 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
83/12 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
80/01 HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
78/16 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA

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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
SHANNON
19.8mm in 1 hr to 10:00 19.8mm/h
Cent Wheatbelt
MAGENTA AG STATION
11.2mm in 1 hr to 11:00 11.2mm/h
HYDEN AG STATION
10.2mm in 1 hr to 11:00 10.2mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
GUNN POINT
15.0mm in 30 min to 09:30 30.0mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 15.0mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 15.0mm/h
51.6mm in 30 min to 14:00 103.2mm/h
53.0mm in 1 hr to 14:00 53.0mm/h
16.6mm in 30 min to 14:30 33.2mm/h
68.2mm in 1 hr to 14:30 68.2mm/h
17.0mm in 1 hr to 15:00 17.0mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 13.0mm/h
PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT
9.0mm in 20 min to 15:30 27.0mm/h
63.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 21.0mm/h
63.0mm in 6 hr to 15:30 10.5mm/h
35.2mm in 30 min to 16:00 70.4mm/h
44.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 44.2mm/h
19.0mm in 30 min to 16:30 38.0mm/h
54.2mm in 1 hr to 16:30 54.2mm/h
20.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 20.4mm/h
WARRUWI AIRPORT
11.0mm in 30 min to 09:30 22.0mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 11.0mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 11.0mm/h
MILINGIMBI AIRPORT
12.4mm in 30 min to 09:30 24.8mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 12.4mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 12.4mm/h
GOVE AIRPORT
6.8mm in 13 min to 09:13 31.4mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 11.4mm/h
NGAYAWILI
18.2mm in 30 min to 12:30 36.4mm/h
22.2mm in 1 hr to 12:30 22.2mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 12:30 7.7mm/h
18.4mm in 1 hr to 13:00 18.4mm/h
GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT
18.2mm in 30 min to 09:30 36.4mm/h
18.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 18.2mm/h
18.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 18.4mm/h
6.4mm in 15 min to 13:30 25.6mm/h
6.0mm in 12 min to 13:42 30.0mm/h
18.2mm in 1 hr to 14:00 18.2mm/h
12.6mm in 1 hr to 14:30 12.6mm/h
DALY WATERS AIRSTRIP
14.6mm in 30 min to 09:30 29.2mm/h
14.6mm in 1 hr to 09:30 14.6mm/h
14.6mm in 1 hr to 10:00 14.6mm/h
TINDAL RAAF
11.0mm in 17 min to 05:00 38.8mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 05:00 12.4mm/h
19.6mm in 1 hr to 05:30 19.6mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 06:00 11.4mm/h
32.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 10.7mm/h
34.0mm in 30 min to 09:30 68.0mm/h
34.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 34.0mm/h
34.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 34.0mm/h
DELAMERE WEAPONS RANGE
13.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 13.0mm/h
36.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 12.0mm/h
39.0mm in 12 min to 09:12 195.0mm/h
39.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 39.0mm/h
39.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 39.0mm/h
N Plateau
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT
24.4mm in 30 min to 09:30 48.8mm/h
24.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 24.4mm/h
24.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 24.4mm/h
JERVOIS
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 5.0mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 11.4mm/h
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
NW Pastoral
ERNABELLA (PUKATJA)
25.2mm in 30 min to 09:30 50.4mm/h
25.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 25.2mm/h
5.4mm in 16 min to 21:30 20.2mm/h
15.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 15.4mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 5.0mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 14.2mm/h
TARCOOLA AERO
19.4mm in 30 min to 09:30 38.8mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 19.4mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Central Coast E
MACKAY M.O
9.6mm in 16 min to 09:16 36.0mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 11.2mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 10:00 11.6mm/h
PROSERPINE AIRPORT
14.8mm in 30 min to 09:30 29.6mm/h
14.8mm in 1 hr to 09:30 14.8mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 15.0mm/h
6.6mm in 12 min to 12:30 33.0mm/h
SAMUEL HILL AERO
13.8mm in 1 hr to 10:00 13.8mm/h
Northwest
CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP
20.4mm in 30 min to 09:30 40.8mm/h
20.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 20.4mm/h
20.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 20.4mm/h
Wide Bay/Burnett
LADY ELLIOT ISLAND
13.2mm in 30 min to 09:30 26.4mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 13.2mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 10:00 13.2mm/h
Brisbane/SE Coast
TEWANTIN RSL PARK
10.0mm in 30 min to 09:30 20.0mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 10.0mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 10:00 10.2mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
Goulburn/Monaro
MOUNT GININI AWS
11.4mm in 1 hr to 16:30 11.4mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 10.4mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND
11.2mm in 30 min to 09:30 22.4mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 11.2mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 10:00 11.2mm/h
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
74.0mm in 9 min to 09:09 493.3mm/h
74.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 74.0mm/h
74.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 74.0mm/h
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
20.8mm in 30 min to 09:30 41.6mm/h
20.8mm in 1 hr to 09:30 20.8mm/h
20.8mm in 1 hr to 10:00 20.8mm/h

QUEENSLAND
Central Coast E
HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT : 80(110/ 72 ) at 02:14
HAY POINT : 74(120/ 63 ) at 00:30