Australian Weather News

Friday, 23 MAR 2001

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Central Australia continues cold and wet
It was another exceptionally cold day in southern NT today, with maximum temperatures generally 12 to 16 below average. The temperatures continue to be depressed by heavy cloud cover from a persistent band of cloud moving across the area from NW Australia. Areas west of the Alice, along with other parts of western NT, NE WA and far northwestern SA continue to receive rain in the 25 to 50mm range each day. 

National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 12:16 EDST on 25/03/01

Quality control note: Data is complete, and has been visually checked by AWN for gross errors. Less obvious errors may remain. See Explanation of Extremes Pages for more information
Records set this day (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets):
Highest 24-hour rainfall for March:
Laverton RAAF Vic: 92.0 (57.2, 59)

Todays highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am. It includes the top 5 totals received, and/or all reported falls of 50mm or more.

98.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT COMPARISON E Central VIC
92.0 LAVERTON RAAF W Central VIC
81.0 KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
79.8 WAVE HILL Victoria NT
74.5 DEAL ISLAND Flinders Is/Bass St TAS

NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Victoria
79.8 WAVE HILL
55.6 VICTORIA RIVER ROADHOUSE
    Darwin-Daly
70.6 WANDIE CREEK
64.0 MARY RIVER RANGERS
61.4 DARWIN GOVERNMENT HOUSE

QUEENSLAND
    Central Coast E
60.0 DALRYMPLE HEIGHTS

VICTORIA
    E Central
98.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT COMPARISON
63.0 FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE
54.0 DUNNS HILL
50.0 EPPING
    W Central
92.0 LAVERTON RAAF
65.0 QUEENSCLIFF
    N Central
81.0 KILMORE GAP
56.6 KILMORE ASSUMPTION COLLEGE
52.2 WALLABY CREEK WEIR

TASMANIA
    Flinders Is/Bass St
74.5 DEAL ISLAND

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    E Kimberley
HALLS CREEK AIRPORT
3.2mm in 2 min to 19:51 96.0mm/h
12.0mm in 17 min to 20:08 42.4mm/h

NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Darwin-Daly
TINDAL RAAF
17.8mm in 30 min to 01:00 35.6mm/h
20.4mm in 1 hr to 01:30 20.4mm/h
    Alice Springs
WATARRKA
36.0mm in 3 hr to 08:30 12.0mm/h

QUEENSLAND
    N Peninsula
HORN ISLAND
16.8mm in 30 min to 13:00 33.6mm/h
22.4mm in 1 hr to 13:00 22.4mm/h
31.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 10.3mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
39.0 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
38.8 JULIA CREEK POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD
38.5 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
38.4 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD
38.2 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
 29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
28.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
27.0 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
27.0 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
27.0 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT
27.0 ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD
27.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands
6.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
7.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
7.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
8.7 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
10.0 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
10.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
 0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.8 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+6.0   30.4 NORAH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE Hunter Valley NSW
+5.6   28.5 NAROOMA RVCP South Coast NSW
+5.4   30.0 SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) Sydney--east NSW
+4.8   30.0 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
+4.6   27.9 MORUYA HEADS PILOT STATION South Coast NSW
 +8.3   16.2 GROVE RESEARCH STATION Southeast TAS
+8.1   16.9 DOVER (PARKS AND WILDLIFE SERVICE OFFICE Southeast TAS
+8.0   16.2 GEEVESTON(FORESTRY CEMETERY RD) Southeast TAS
+8.0   13.5 TARRALEAH CHALET Derwent Valley TAS
+7.5   16.0 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS
-15.6   16.6 KULGERA Alice Springs NT
-14.7   18.6 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
-14.3   19.5 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT
-12.6   20.8 YUENDUMU Alice Springs NT
-11.6   21.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT
 -8.8   7.1 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
-8.6   12.2 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
-8.5   7.2 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA
-8.4   7.5 CUNDERDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.9   8.0 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
-7.9   4.8 DONNYBROOK SW & S Coast WA
-7.9   9.5 COLLARENEBRI (VIEWPOINT) Upper Darling NSW

Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.

ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA : 76 (160/ 63 ) at 01:00
HOPETOUN NORTH SW & S Coast WA : 82 (220/ 67 ) at 07:59
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 78 (270/ 63 ) at 09:30
CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. N Coast TAS: 78 (210/ 65 ) at 00:00

Other extremes

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