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Thursday 19 October 2000

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Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am

143.6 Lissadell Kununurra WA
98.4 Mt Buffalo Chalet Vic
98.0 Crackenback NSW
92.8 Warmun Halls Creek WA

Other heavy falls in WA:
78.0 Argyle AP Kununurra
55.0 Springvale Halls Creek

Heavy falls in NT:
84.4 Honeymoon Hill Daly
76.0 Inverway Station
71.8 Katherine AP

Other heavy falls in NE Vic, S NSW:
82.0 Thredbo Village
80.2 Whitlands
75.0 Hunters Hill
72.0 Corryong
68.8 Harrietville
67.0 Nariel Creek
64.4 Walwa
64.2 Kergunyah South
62.0 Cabramurra
61.2 Captains Flat
60.7 Wyangala Dam
60.0 Isabella Plains Tuggeranong

High falls for other periods:

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Today's highest & lowest temps

Wind (mean refers to the average windspeed over 10 minutes; gust is the highest speed recorded):

Other extremes

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Records set this day

Highest daily rainfall for October (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets):
Warmun Halls Creek WA: 92.8 (64.3, 78)
Katherine Aviation Museum NT: 71.8 (63.2, 24)
Cape Willoughby SA: 50.0 (44.9, 111)
Crackenback NSW: 98.0 (90.0, 15)

 
Maximum Minimum
37.0 Carnarvon AP WA
37.0 Shark Bay AP WA		 27.7 Kuri Bay WA
4.0 Crackenback NSW 1.4 Ravensthorpe WA

Greatest variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+11.3
37.0 Carnarvon AP WA
+11.2
33.5 Lancelin WA
+11.2
30.0 Albany AP WA		 +7.2
12.8 Scottsdale Tas
+7.2
12.1 Fingal Tas
-18.4
19.5 Elliott NT
-18.1
19.3 Wave Hill New Station NT
-17.0
15.8 Yuendumu NT		 -9.4
7.5 Yuendumu NT