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Friday, 20 APR 2001

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National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 19:18 EDST on 21/04/01

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 (not checked or entered yet)

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.

57.0 CYGNET BAY W Kimberley WA
22.4 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
17.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
16.0 DAINTREE TEA N Coast--Barron QLD
14.8 MOOGARA (UXBRIDGE BACK ROAD) Derwent Valley TAS

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    N Kimberley
22.4 KALUMBURU MISSION
17.0 KALUMBURU
    W Kimberley
57.0 CYGNET BAY

QUEENSLAND
    N Coast--Barron
16.0 DAINTREE TEA

TASMANIA
    Derwent Valley
14.8 MOOGARA (UXBRIDGE BACK ROAD)

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    W Kimberley
BROOME AIRPORT
5.6mm in 6 min to 20:00 56.0mm/h
10.4mm in 22 min to 20:30 28.4mm/h
25.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 25.6mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
    Hunter Valley
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF
10.8mm in 11 min to 21:00 58.9mm/h
    C Tablelands N
NULLO MOUNTAIN AWS
29.8mm in 1 hr 9 min to 17:00 25.9mm/h
38.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 12.7mm/h
    Sydney--west
HORSLEY PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE AWS
17.0mm in 30 min to 20:00 34.0mm/h
25.8mm in 1 hr to 20:30 25.8mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
39.0 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
38.0 SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
37.6 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA
37.5 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA
37.4 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
 28.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands
27.0 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
27.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
26.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.3 DAMPIER PORT E Pilbara WA
2.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
3.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
5.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
 -5.8 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS
-3.6 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
-3.3 CRADLE MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP Central Plateau TAS
-3.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-2.9 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+10.0   39.0 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
+8.9   37.4 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
+7.9   37.1 KALBARRI Central West WA
+7.4   35.0 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
+7.2   26.6 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
 +6.8   12.8 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+6.0   18.8 RIVERVIEW OBSERVATORY Sydney--east NSW
+5.9   17.7 GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+5.8   15.2 BURRINJUCK DAM SW Slopes N NSW
+5.6   12.0 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-10.1   8.4 OMEO Upper NE VIC
-7.2   16.5 BALRANALD RSL Southwest Plains NSW
-7.1   17.6 GAWLER RANGES (NONNING) NW Pastoral SA
-6.9   16.8 KIMBA W Agricultural SA
-6.6   15.0 MORUYA HEADS PILOT STATION South Coast NSW
-6.6   14.2 ORBOST E Gippsland VIC
 -8.0   1.2 KEITH Upper SE SA
-7.7   -3.6 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
-7.3   -2.0 FINGAL (FORESTRY LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
-6.9   1.3 NHILL Wimmera N VIC
-6.9   -0.6 GROVE RESEARCH STATION Southeast TAS

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

NORTH RANKIN PLATFORM E Pilbara WA : *** (120/ 63 ) at 06:00
VARANUS ISLAND Islands : 80 ( 80/ 67 ) at 15:00

Other extremes

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