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Monday 01 January 2001 |
| Hot in southern SA, northern NT |
| Strong northerlies through a fair depth of the atmosphere brought abnormally hot weather to southern South Australia today, with top temperatures of 43° recorded at Marree and 42 at Oodnadatta, Whyalla, Port Augusta and Port Pirie. On the coast south of Adelaide, Goolwa recorded a top of 38.9, 15.5 above average. Pirlangimpi, on Melville Island north of Darwin NT, recorded a record high temperature for January when the mercury rose to 35.6° as a brief break in monsoonal conditions occurred across the Top End. |
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Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 185.0 Tully Qld High falls for other periods: Queensland: |
Today's highest & lowest temps |
Wind (mean refers to the average windspeed over 10 minutes; gust is the highest speed recorded): . Other extremes Flood peaks: Records set this day Highest
maximum temperature for January
(previous record and years of
computerised record shown in brackets): |
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| Maximum | Minimum | ||
| 44.0
Pannawonica WA 43.3 Mt Augustus Gascoyne Jn WA 43.0 Marree PO SA |
30.8 Kuri Bay WA | ||
| 17.8 Mt Hotham Vic | 0.7 Charlotte Pass NSW | ||
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Greatest variations from normal |
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| Maximum | Minimum | ||
| +15.5 38.9 Goolwa SA +13.9 42.0 Cheetham Salt Works Price SA +13.4 42.4 Whyalla Town SA |
+8.1 24.5 Nonning SA +8.1 25.5 Port Pirie BHAS SA |
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| -7.2 26.9 Moranbah Qld |
-6.3 4.0 Fingal Tas |
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