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Sunday 23 January 2000

Today's weather extremes

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Highest rainfall, 24 hours to 9am

141.3 McGowan Island Kalumburu WA
117.0 Weebo Leonora WA
109.0 Trayning PO WA
100.8 Ora Banda Kalgoorlie WA

Other high WA falls:
99.8 Coolgardie PO
94.6 Nambi Leonora
94.2 Cowarna Downs Kalgoorlie
92.0 Thundelarra Yalgoo
91.0 Woolibah Kalgoorlie
90.8 Bulong Kalgoorlie
90.0 Turkey Hill North Southern Cross
86.8 Kalgoorlie-Boulder AP
83.0 Menzies
82.2 Bonnie Doon Bencubbin
81.8 Cashmere Downs

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Highest & Lowest Temps

Maximum Minimum
41.0 Richmond AP Qld 28.7 Galiwinku Elcho Island NT
3.0 Mt Baw Baw Vic -4.0 Crackenback NSW

Greatest variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+6.1
40.4 Clermont Qld
+4.6
26.4 Collinsville Qld
-15.6
18.0 Kalgoorlie-Boulder AP WA
-14.8
24.9 Wittenoom WA
-14.0
19.0 Brookton WA
-10.2
6.5 Wellington Town NSW
-10.0
-4.0 Crackenback NSW
Other extreme readings
Rainfall:
South Caroling Quairading WA: 161mm in 48h to 9am
Records set this day
Highest daily rainfall for January:
Burnerbinmah WA:
67.2mm. Previous record 66.0 in 1967 in 60 years
Kalannie WA: 64.0mm. Previous record 53.3 in 1967 in 43 years
Ninghan Station WA: 72.2mm. Previous record 55.9 in 1917 in 81 years
Trayning WA: 109.0mm. Previous record 62.0 in 1990 in 63 years
Eneabba WA: 44.0mm. Previous record 23.2 in 37 years

Lowest daily minimum temperature for January:
Eudunda SA:
5.1. Previous record 5.2 in 32 years record
Brewarrina NSW: 11.9. Previous record 12.6 in 30 years record
Wellington NSW: 6.5. Previous record 7.4 in 32 years


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