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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.
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Prepared at 1311 EST on 17/04/2025.

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
Lowest grass minimum temperature

WA

SW & S Coast

009581

MOUNT BARKER

-2.5

-1.1

30/04/1960

51

1 S C Suspect - Accepted by BoM on receipt but AWN believes suspect. This site also reported grass min of -3.2 yesterday 15 Apr which has been accepted by BoM as the April record. However, data in past 5 days has been sent late or not at all, so unknown if one-day figure or which day data applies to. Grass mins have been 11C below reported air min temp which would be extremely rare. Await BoM verification.

Highest minimum temperature

SA

Kangaroo Is

022803

CAPE WILLOUGHBY

22.3

21.7

09/04/1969

54

1 N C

Highest wind gust (km/h)

WA

Central West

008297

DALWALLINU

98

74

05/04/2025

15

N C Previous record set earlier this month.


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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 13:09EST, 17/04/2025.

Observations and extremes for Wednesday 16 APR 2025
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 29.1 -- 14.3 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 552 (23.0) 55/16
PERTH AIRPORT 29.2 +3.5 11.1 -1.9 9.1 0.0 4.0 9.7 358 (14.9) 44/09
PERTH METRO 27.5 +1.6 12.5 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 197 ( 8.2) 34/16
BUSSELTON AERO 24.7 +0.7 8.4 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 222 ( 9.3) 22/20
BUNBURY 24.6 +0.4 9.6 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 157 ( 6.5) 21/16
MANDURAH 25.6 +1.5 15.2 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 239 (10.0) 30/16
ALBANY AIRPORT 22.6 -- 8.3 -- -- 0.2 -- -- 152 ( 6.3) 28/14
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 26.7 +1.4 14.2 +1.5 -- 0.2 -- -- 329 (13.7) 37/23
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.0 +0.2 24.4 +0.4 24.0 0.4 4.0 10.7 262 (10.9) 26/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 29.9 +1.5 13.8 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 258 (10.8) 50/12
WHYALLA AERO -- -- 17.7 +5.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 254 (10.6) --
PARAFIELD AIRPORT 32.6 +9.8 16.3 +4.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 255 (10.6) 31/03
ADELAIDE AIRPORT 31.4 +9.1 18.7 +6.8 14.8 0.0 5.0 10.1 263 (11.0) 30/10
VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY) 32.8 +11.3 15.6 +5.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 31.1 +11.6 17.8 +9.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 304 (12.7) 37/12
CAIRNS AERO 29.6 +0.3 22.0 +0.3 -- 4.6 -- -- 557 (23.2) 52/09
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.4 -0.3 19.5 -1.2 -- 3.8 -- -- 346 (14.4) 35/13
MACKAY AERO 26.3 -1.4 18.6 -0.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 520 (21.7) 37/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.4 +0.6 18.2 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 268 (11.2) 26/11
BUNDABERG AERO 27.7 +0.2 18.6 +1.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 408 (17.0) 35/14
GLADSTONE AIRPORT 29.5 +1.3 18.4 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 338 (14.1) 50/06
HERVEY BAY AIRPORT 26.3 -0.8 18.1 +0.3 -- 1.6 -- -- 390 (16.3) 39/13
COOLANGATTA 25.1 -0.5 17.5 +0.4 -- 1.8 -- -- 535 (22.3) 57/10
BRISBANE AERO 25.7 -0.4 17.2 +0.7 15.1 0.0 5.8 9.7 409 (17.0) 39/09
SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT 25.5 -0.6 18.3 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 590 (24.6) 43/09
BRISBANE 26.8 -0.4 17.6 +0.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 174 ( 7.3) 30/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.4 0.0 11.0 -2.5 -- 0.4 -- -- 322 (13.4) 28/13
TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS 23.7 -1.8 9.3 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 428 (17.8) 34/18
COFFS HARBOUR AIRPORT 25.2 -- 17.8 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 652 (27.2) 50/08
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 22.0 -1.8 14.8 +1.6 -- 3.0 -- -- 397 (16.5) 44/15
CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS 21.9 -2.4 14.2 +3.5 -- 0.8 -- -- 266 (11.1) 30/10
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 21.0 +2.3 1.2 -4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 262 (10.9) 28/15
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 21.3 -1.7 17.4 +3.1 16.4 0.4 6.6 6.5 625 (26.0) 52/20
BADGERYS CREEK AWS 24.1 0.0 14.5 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 337 (14.0) 34/10
ALBION PARK (SHELLHARBOUR AIRPORT) 23.0 -0.3 16.6 +4.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 339 (14.1) 34/09
CANBERRA AIRPORT 23.6 +2.4 2.0 -5.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 274 (11.4) 24/17
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 26.2 +3.6 8.8 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 279 (11.6) 34/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 26.3 +3.7 9.9 +1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 100 ( 4.2) 28/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 33.5 +9.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- 21/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT 26.0 +4.6 13.6 +5.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 230 ( 9.6) --
SHEPPARTON AIRPORT 26.1 +3.5 13.6 +4.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 234 ( 9.8) 30/09
MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) 25.2 +4.6 8.6 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 313 (13.0) 24/10
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 28.8 +8.4 14.4 +4.2 11.8 0.0 8.0 5.5 412 (17.2) 61/08
MELBOURNE (OLYMPIC PARK) 28.6 -- 16.0 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 166 ( 6.9) 37/09
BREAKWATER (GEELONG RACECOURSE) 26.5 -- 13.6 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 89 ( 3.7) 18/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 26.0 +8.3 15.8 +8.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 358 (14.9) 43/18
WYNYARD AIRPORT 19.0 +1.4 15.1 +7.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 648 (27.0) 39/00
DEVONPORT AIRPORT 19.1 +1.3 13.5 +4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 441 (18.4) 28/11
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 19.6 +0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- 24/11
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 21.2 +3.8 8.5 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 411 (17.1) 31/08
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 Wednesday 16 APR 2025
Highest maximum temperature>Greatest variation above normal maximum Highest minimum temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

40.0 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
39.3 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
39.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
38.6 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
38.3 KARIJINI NORTH W Pilbara WA

+12.7 : 32.0 PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
+12.6 : 32.6 MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC
+12.3 : 32.3 WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
+12.3 : 33.4 COONAWARRA Lower SE SA
+12.1 : 34.1 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA

28.9 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
28.0 LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
28.0 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
28.0 COCOS ISLAND NTC AWS Islands ISL
26.8 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL

+11.2 : 21.4 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
+11.1 : 21.7 MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
+10.8 : 20.7 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA
+10.2 : 22.6 MAITLAND Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+10.0 : 19.9 EUDUNDA Murray Valley SA
+10.0 : 18.2 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA

Coldest for Wednesday 16 APR 2025
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

12.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
13.4 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
13.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
13.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
14.5 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS

-3.7 : 17.3 MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-3.3 : 31.2 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
-2.9 : 29.0 NGAYAWILI Northern Rivers NT
-2.8 : 21.5 PATERSON (TOCAL AWS) Hunter Valley NSW
-2.6 : 31.9 BURKETOWN AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD

-0.9 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-0.5 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.2 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
0.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-5.6 : 1.4 TUGGERANONG (ISABELLA PLAINS) AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.3 : 2.0 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.8 : -0.9 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.6 : 1.4 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.5 : 1.2 ORANGE AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands S 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.
85.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
75.0 EURAMO TM N Coast--Herbert QLD
51.0 TULLY SUGAR MILL N Coast--Herbert QLD
49.8 BINGIL BAY N Coast--Herbert QLD
49.4 YAMPI SOUND (DEFENCE) W Kimberley WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
W Kimberley
49.4 YAMPI SOUND (DEFENCE)

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
85.2 HORN ISLAND
N Coast--Herbert
75.0 EURAMO TM
51.0 TULLY SUGAR MILL
49.8 BINGIL BAY

10.7 DARWIN AIRPORT Northern Rivers NT
10.4 WELLINGTON (D&J RURAL) CW Slopes S NSW
10.1 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
9.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West & Perth WA
9.7 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

.....

9.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West & Perth WA
7.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
6.5 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
5.5 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
2.5 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS

1267 (52.8) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1143 (47.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1139 (47.5) KENNAOOK/CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
1106 (46.1) CATO ISLAND Islands ISL
1074 (44.8) GANNET CAY Islands ISL
1026 (42.8) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
1012 (42.2) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
1010 (42.1) FREDERICK REEF Islands ISL
1008 (42.0) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
1008 (42.0) CREAL REEF Islands ISL
992 (41.3) FLINDERS REEF Islands ISL
964 (40.2) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
955 (39.8) MARION REEF Islands ISL
947 (39.5) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
922 (38.4) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
918 (38.3) WATTAMOLLA AWS Sydney--east NSW
914 (38.1) ARLINGTON REEF Islands ISL
866 (36.1) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
855 (35.6) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
852 (35.5) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
847 (35.3) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
823 (34.3) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
816 (34.0) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
815 (34.0) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
803 (33.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
792 (33.0) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
777 (32.4) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
775 (32.3) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
760 (31.7) INNER RECIPROCAL MARKER Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
757 (31.5) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
752 (31.3) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
742 (30.9) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
738 (30.8) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
701 (29.2) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
700 (29.2) MCCLUER ISLAND Northern Rivers NT
687 (28.6) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
677 (28.2) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
675 (28.1) BURNIE NTC AWS N Coast TAS
666 (27.8) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
661 (27.5) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
652 (27.2) COFFS HARBOUR AIRPORT MidNorth Coast N NSW
649 (27.0) CENTRE ISLAND Northern Rivers NT
648 (27.0) WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
642 (26.8) SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND E Central VIC
632 (26.3) ADELE ISLAND Islands ISL
628 (26.2) DENNES POINT Southeast TAS
627 (26.1) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
625 (26.0) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
619 (25.8) LUCINDA POINT N Coast--Herbert QLD
608 (25.3) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
605 (25.2) BANANA BANK NORTH BEACON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
98/20 DALWALLINU Central West WA
87/01 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
72/04 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
72/23 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
70/16 COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC

High realtime reports for Wednesday 16 APR 2025
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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
W Kimberley
BROOME AIRPORT
1.6mm in 1 min to 00:20 96.0mm/h
9.2mm in 10 min to 00:30 55.2mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 00:30 13.0mm/h
13.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 13.8mm/h
CURTIN AERO
8.8mm in 26 min to 00:00 20.3mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.4mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 00:30 11.4mm/h
YAMPI SOUND (DEFENCE)
11.6mm in 30 min to 21:30 23.2mm/h
14.6mm in 1 hr to 21:30 14.6mm/h
19.8mm in 1 hr to 22:00 19.8mm/h
Central West
DALWALLINU
7.2mm in 2 min to 20:36 216.0mm/h
18.8mm in 1 hr to 21:00 18.8mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h
17.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 17.4mm/h
Cent Wheatbelt
EJANDING AG STATION
12.6mm in 30 min to 23:00 25.2mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 23:00 12.8mm/h
18.0mm in 1 hr to 23:30 18.0mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Northern Rivers
DUM IN MIRRIE AIRSTRIP
21.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.0mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Herbert
COWLEY BEACH (DEFENCE)
16.6mm in 30 min to 05:30 33.2mm/h
17.4mm in 1 hr to 05:30 17.4mm/h
17.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 17.6mm/h
INNISFAIL AERODROME
10.6mm in 1 hr to 02:00 10.6mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
17.4mm in 15 min to 20:25 69.6mm/h
20.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 20.2mm/h
27.6mm in 1 hr to 21:00 27.6mm/h
28.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 9.3mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 10.8mm/h
LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO
16.0mm in 1 hr to 07:30 16.0mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.3mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Central West
DALWALLINU : 98(300/ 69 ) at 20:32
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 87(150/ 69 ) at 01:24