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Thursday 28 December 2000 |
| Temperature
extremes continue across the nation Downpour in Coffs Harbour NSW |
| Exceptional extremes in temperature
continued today, with both minimum and maximum temperatures 10 to 15° above
and below normal reported . It was an unusually cold start to the day in
southeastern Australia as the cold air that has been sweeping Tasmania
over the past few days made its presence felt. Canberra recorded
its coldest summer morning since 1987 when the thermometer dropped to 3°,
while Omeo, across the border in Victoria, recorded -1.2, 9.5 below
normal, and Scamander on Tasmania's east coast recorded 3.8, its
lowest December minimum in a 17 year record. Meanwhile, towns in southwestern
WA had a hot night with temperatures not dropping below the mid-20s,
around 11 or 12 above average. Today, cloud again kept much of Central
Queensland 10 to 15 below, while Western Australia's heatwave
moved east somewhat, giving Albany Airport a top temperature of 40.9,
only 2° shy of its December record, and towns in the Great Southern tops
of around 40°.
Local heavy rain in Coffs Harbour on the NSW Mid North Coast dropped 90.6mm on the city's airport between 7.30pm and midnight this evening as the tail end of a trough and southeasterly change moved through. 39.6mm fell in 30 minutes between 11.30pm and midnight. |
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Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 222.0 Donors Hill Station Julia
Creek Qld Other heavy falls in north Queensland: High falls for other periods: Western Australia: |
Today's highest & lowest temps |
Wind (mean refers to the average windspeed over 10 minutes; gust is the highest speed recorded): Maatsuyker
Island Tas: mean wind of 109km/h at 10pm Other extremes Flood peaks: Records set this day Lowest
minimum temperature for December (previous
record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): |
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| Maximum | Minimum | ||
| 44.7 Roebourne PO WA | 30.7 Wittenoom WA | ||
| 3.0 Mt Baw Baw Vic | -4.2
Mt Hotham Vic -3.0 Crackenback NSW -2.9 Charlotte Pass NSW -2.9 Happy Valley Vic |
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Greatest variations from normal |
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| Maximum | Minimum | ||
| +17.6 40.9 Albany AP WA +15.5 39.8 Mt Barker WA +12.6 39.8 Ongerup WA |
+12.7 24.7 Wandering WA +12.0 26.4 Beverley WA +11.9 24.9 Narrogin PO WA |
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| -14.3 23.6 Richmond PO Qld -13.7 24.5 Winton PO Qld -13.6 24.8 Julia Creek PO Qld |
-9.6 4.5 Eyre WA -9.5 -1.2 Omeo Vic |
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