Australian Weather News -- 23 October 2000

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Monday 23 October 2000

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Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 135.0 Port Douglas Qld 104.0 South Mossman Qld 91.6 Sudley Station Weipa Qld 77.9 Lockhart River Qld Other heavy falls in Qld: 77.7 Thylungra Station Eromanga 76.0 Cubbagudta Daintree 64.0 Archer River Roadhouse Coen 57.8 Batavia Downs Station Weipa 54.2 Cape Tribulation Store High falls for other periods: .	Today's highest & lowest temps		*Wind (mean* refers to the average windspeed over 10 minutes; gust is the highest speed recorded): Other extremes . Records set this day** .
	Maximum	Minimum
	37.0 Fitzroy Crossing AP WA	26.3 Horn Is Qld
	8.2 Mt Hotham Vic	2.0 Salmon Gums WA
	Greatest variations from normal
	Maximum	Minimum
	+9.8 23.2 Strathgordon Tas	+8.9 16.5 Naracoorte SA
	-9.9 25.7 Georgetown Qld	-6.8 5.2 Yeelirrie WA

Times stated are the clock time in force in the relevant state or territory
Stories, including those in the archives, are as new and corrected information becomes available, with updates underlined
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.