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Provisional records set or equalled today

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  1. Real time data is compared to a records database as it is received, and possible records are put here. They are not checked in any way. Temperature records are to the nearest whole degree until replaced by readings to one decimal place mid-afternoon this day for minima and mid-afternoon next day for maxima.
  2. Within a few days, AWN checks the data for obvious errors, flags items "C" for "Checked" in the comments column and adds notes about possible errors.
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Prepared at 1330 EST on 21/10/2023.

District Site Today Previous monthly record Previous all time record
if equalled or broken
Comments and quality flags
Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest maximum temperature

WA

W Pilbara

005084

THEVENARD ISLAND

41.4

40.0

19/10/1993

18

1 N C

WA

W Pilbara

005094

BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT

39.5

38.5

19/10/2023

23

1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.

ISL

Islands

200100

VARANUS ISLAND

38.5

35.9

18/10/2009

17

1 N C


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Data is as received at 13:28EST, 21/10/2023.

Observations and extremes for Friday 20 OCT 2023
Cities with 2018 populations over 40,000 (QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC) or 20,000 (WA, NT ,SA, TAS)
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
GERALDTON AIRPORT 27.5 +1.7 9.2 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 388 (16.2) 37/11
PERTH AIRPORT 27.7 +4.9 12.0 +1.7 8.5 0.0 1.6 13.8 391 (16.3) 30/14
PERTH METRO 26.5 +3.1 12.3 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 229 ( 9.5) 24/14
BUSSELTON AERO 25.7 +4.4 9.7 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 360 (15.0) 28/12
BUNBURY 25.3 +4.2 12.8 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 344 (14.3) 30/09
MANDURAH 23.5 +1.6 13.8 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 331 (13.8) 26/13
ALBANY AIRPORT 21.4 -- 11.1 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 225 ( 9.4) 37/15
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 28.9 +2.9 12.1 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 419 (17.5) 39/02
DARWIN AIRPORT 34.2 +0.9 24.3 -0.6 24.2 0.0 8.8 9.4 290 (12.1) 37/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 37.3 +6.1 11.8 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 215 ( 9.0) 43/14
WHYALLA AERO 24.8 +0.4 14.4 +3.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 347 (14.5) 52/19
PARAFIELD AIRPORT 23.7 +1.5 20.7 +10.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 372 (15.5) 41/13
ADELAIDE AIRPORT 23.1 +1.8 15.6 +4.8 10.0 0.0 8.8 8.6 291 (12.1) 41/20
VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY) 24.5 +3.6 11.1 +2.4 -- 0.0 5.4 -- -- --
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 32.1 +14.0 8.0 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 300 (12.5) 48/13
CAIRNS AERO 30.7 +1.1 19.4 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 406 (16.9) 35/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.3 -0.2 21.7 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 449 (18.7) 35/12
MACKAY AERO 27.2 -1.2 17.7 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 420 (17.5) 34/15
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 32.0 +2.3 17.4 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 246 (10.3) 26/12
BUNDABERG AERO 29.4 +2.3 14.6 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 453 (18.9) 44/15
GLADSTONE AIRPORT 27.6 0.0 15.8 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 362 (15.1) 35/14
HERVEY BAY AIRPORT 27.7 +1.2 14.5 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 364 (15.2) 43/13
COOLANGATTA 26.1 +1.4 16.4 +0.3 -- 0.4 -- -- 430 (17.9) 41/13
BRISBANE AERO 25.7 +0.3 15.2 -0.7 13.3 0.0 7.8 10.8 338 (14.1) 35/14
SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT 24.9 -0.7 16.7 +0.9 -- 1.6 -- -- 481 (20.0) 35/15
BRISBANE 27.7 +0.7 16.2 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 145 ( 6.0) 30/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 26.3 +1.9 12.2 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 619 (25.8) 50/21
TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS 30.3 +4.6 9.1 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 262 (10.9) 30/14
COFFS HARBOUR AIRPORT 24.8 -- 13.9 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 262 (10.9) 34/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 27.7 +4.0 9.4 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 259 (10.8) 41/17
CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS 30.5 +5.3 7.3 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 173 ( 7.2) 37/16
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 22.8 +4.5 5.2 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 150 ( 6.3) 35/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 26.0 +3.3 14.1 +0.7 10.3 0.0 5.4 12.1 339 (14.1) 50/17
BADGERYS CREEK AWS 30.4 +5.6 9.2 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 173 ( 7.2) 34/14
ALBION PARK (SHELLHARBOUR AIRPORT) 24.0 +1.1 8.9 -1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 267 (11.1) --
CANBERRA AIRPORT 26.4 +5.0 4.3 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 176 ( 7.3) 35/18
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 29.4 +7.7 8.0 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 215 ( 9.0) 22/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 27.5 +5.5 9.9 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 93 ( 3.9) 22/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 34.6 +10.4 13.3 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 210 ( 8.8) 31/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT 28.3 +7.3 9.7 +3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 201 ( 8.4) 30/23
SHEPPARTON AIRPORT 28.2 +5.9 8.4 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 159 ( 6.6) 24/12
MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) 27.2 +7.6 7.0 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 177 ( 7.4) 30/18
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 28.9 +9.4 14.3 +5.9 11.6 0.0 7.8 10.6 437 (18.2) 41/14
MELBOURNE (OLYMPIC PARK) 29.5 -- 14.3 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 173 ( 7.2) 30/17
BREAKWATER (GEELONG RACECOURSE) 28.8 +8.4 10.8 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 85 ( 3.5) 28/23
BALLARAT AERODROME 25.4 +8.7 9.7 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 260 (10.8) 37/23
WYNYARD AIRPORT 16.6 +0.2 7.9 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 230 ( 9.6) 52/22
DEVONPORT AIRPORT 16.0 +0.1 10.0 +2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 235 ( 9.8) 31/23
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 25.6 +7.5 8.0 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 242 (10.1) 30/16
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 17.6 +0.6 10.0 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 296 (12.3) 43/15
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 for Friday 20 OCT 2023
Highest maximum temperature>Greatest variation above normal maximum Highest minimum temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

44.1 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
43.7 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
43.6 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
43.6 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
43.3 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA

+14.0 : 32.1 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
+12.5 : 35.3 KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA
+12.4 : 37.9 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
+12.4 : 34.2 KEITH Mallee/Upper SE SA
+12.3 : 35.7 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC
+12.3 : 33.3 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC

27.6 CHARLES POINT Northern Rivers NT
27.3 ADELE ISLAND Islands ISL
27.2 MCCLUER ISLAND Northern Rivers NT
27.0 DARWIN NTC AWS Northern Rivers NT
26.7 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+10.5 : 20.7 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
+9.4 : 17.1 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA
+9.3 : 19.5 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA
+9.1 : 17.5 MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
+8.9 : 17.0 EUDUNDA Murray Valley SA

Coldest for Friday 20 OCT 2023
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

11.1 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
14.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
15.0 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
15.1 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
15.1 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-6.1 : 17.7 CUMMINS AERO W Agricultural SA
-5.5 : 19.6 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
-5.3 : 21.1 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
-5.3 : 20.3 MINNIPA PIRSA W Agricultural SA
-4.5 : 19.7 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
-4.5 : 21.0 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
-4.5 : 23.6 FORREST Eucla WA

-0.1 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
0.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
1.1 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
1.5 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
1.6 MARRANGAROO (DEFENCE) C Tablelands S NSW

-8.8 : 14.5 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
-7.6 : 6.8 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT
-7.2 : 15.9 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
-6.8 : 11.8 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-5.9 : 17.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA

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.
7.0 TOLINESS STATION Central Highlands QLD
6.0 WALPOLE FORESTRY Lower West & Perth WA
5.2 CARNARVON STATION Central Highlands QLD
3.2 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
2.2 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

13.8 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West & Perth WA
12.1 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
11.0 WELLINGTON (D&J RURAL) CW Slopes S NSW
11.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
10.8 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

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11.0 WELLINGTON (D&J RURAL) CW Slopes S NSW
10.8 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
10.6 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
9.4 DARWIN AIRPORT Northern Rivers NT
8.6 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA

905 (37.7) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
818 (34.1) BOUGAINVILLE REEF Islands ISL
815 (34.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
751 (31.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
749 (31.2) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
735 (30.6) LIHOU REEF LIGHTHOUSE Islands ISL
729 (30.4) ARLINGTON REEF Islands ISL
727 (30.3) MARION REEF Islands ISL
713 (29.7) CREAL REEF Islands ISL
709 (29.5) GANNET CAY Islands ISL
708 (29.5) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
706 (29.4) CATO ISLAND Islands ISL
688 (28.7) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
685 (28.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West & Perth WA
679 (28.3) TORRES STRAIT NTC AWS Islands ISL
672 (28.0) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
658 (27.4) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
654 (27.3) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West & Perth WA
627 (26.1) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
625 (26.0) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
619 (25.8) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
613 (25.5) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
610 (25.4) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
78/12 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
68/22 PYRENEES (BEN NEVIS) Wimmera S VIC
65/15 HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
65/14 STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE Murray Valley SA
63/20 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC

High realtime reports for Friday 20 OCT 2023
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.
None reported None reported