Australian Weather News -- 23 September 2000

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Saturday 23 September 2000

Hot again across southern Australia

Variation from the September normal of today's minimum (above) and maximum (below) temperatures BoM

Warm weather continues to dominate much of the nation's south, with temperatures 8 to 12° above the September norm occurring again over much of SA, northern NSW and southern Qld. A large area of southwestern SA recorded both night and day temperatures around 12 above.

Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 25.0 Mt Read Tas 18.0 Cape Fourcroy NT 16.0 Lake Margaret Tas 13.6 Queenstown Tas High falls for other periods: .	Today's highest & lowest temps		Other extremes . Records set this day .
	Maximum	Minimum
	40.0 Fitzroy Crossing AP WA	26.0 McCluer Is NT 26.0 Warruwi NT
	0.8 Mt Wellington Tas	-4.0 Perisher Valley NSW
	Greatest variations from normal
	Maximum	Minimum
	+12.8 35.0 Woomera AP SA +12.8 34.0 Ceduna AP SA +12.0 37.3 Marree PO SA	+12.0 21.0 Eucla AP WA +10.3 20.8 Kulgera NT +9.5 20.5 Oodnadatta AP SA
	-4.3 11.0 Bushy Park Tas	-4.5 5.5 Leonora WA

Times stated are the clock time in force in the relevant state or territory
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Australian Weather News gratefully acknowledges the Bureau of Meteorology as the collector and main source of meteorological data in Australia, along with the thousands of observers who record the weather and rainfall daily. I also thank Don White, Blair Trewin and the many contributors to the Aussie Weather mailing list who routinely provide much appreciated information.