 Warm
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between 8 and 12 above normal over much of the nation's east. BoM |
Melbourne experienced its warmest
June night since records began in 1855, when the mercury fell only as
far as 17.4° overnight. The official minimum, which is for the 24 hour
period to 9am, was 16.1, the value on the thermometer when it was reset
at 9am yesterday. The previous official highest June minimum was 14.8,
set on 8 June 1995. Records may well have fallen at other locations, as
a broad swathe of Victoria, western NSW and western Queensland reported
minima in the mid to high teens, with departures of more than 10° above
average in many areas.
Warm conditions continued through the day,
despite general cloud cover and patchy thunderstorms and areas of rain.
Gunnedah NSW recorded its highest June maximum in 44 years' record,
when the mercury rose to 24.0°. The trough system that gave South Australia
heavy rain yesterday continued to produce scattered heavy falls as it
tracked east into Victoria, NSW and Queensland. With the official
start of the ski season coming up this weekend, heavy rain, accompanied
by gale force winds, was not welcome on the NSW and Victorian Alps, where
39mm fell at Mt Hotham between 6am and 9pm. A broad area of thunderstorms
gave heavy falls in western NSW and SW Queensland late this evening (see
story for 8 June 2001).
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National
weather extremes for today
Data provided
by the Bureau
of Meteorology
Last updated at 18:33 EDST on 08/06/01
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| 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 daily rainfall for June:
Mt Wellington Tas: 25.0 (23.6, 15)
Highest maximum temperature for June:
Gunnedah Soil Conservation Service NSW: 24.0 (23.8, 44) |
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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.
55.0 WHITE CLIFFS (YALDA DOWNS) Far
Northwest NSW
52.0 HASTINGS CHALET Southeast TAS
47.6 ORIENTOS STATION Far SW QLD
46.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
44.0 INNAMINCKA HOTEL NE Pastoral SA
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
NE
Pastoral
44.0 INNAMINCKA HOTEL
QUEENSLAND
Far
SW
47.6 ORIENTOS STATION
NEW
SOUTH WALES
Far
Northwest
55.0 WHITE CLIFFS (YALDA DOWNS)
TASMANIA
Southeast
52.0 HASTINGS CHALET
W Coast
46.0 MOUNT READ
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High rainfall for periods
of 6 hours or less.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Mt
Lofty Ranges
WILLIAMSTOWN (MOUNT CRAWFORD)
12.2mm in 27 min to 03:15 27.1mm/h
TASMANIA
N
Coast
CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S.
25.0mm in 1 hr to 14:00 25.0mm/h
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Todays highest & lowest
temperatures
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| Maximum |
Minimum |
33.5 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
33.5 NORMANTON POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD
33.3 WOLLOGORANG Roper-McArthur NT
33.2 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT
33.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
33.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
33.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
33.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT
33.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT
33.0 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
33.0 NORMANTON AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
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26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
24.7 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
24.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands
24.3 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
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6.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
6.0 TARRALEAH CHALET Derwent Valley TAS
6.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
7.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
7.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
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-1.6 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
-1.3 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
-1.2 BOMBALA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-1.0 WILUNA Interior WA
-0.9 PAYNES FIND Murchison WA
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Todays greatest temperature
variations from normal
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| Maximum |
Minimum |
+7.4 24.0 GUNNEDAH SCS NW Slopes S NSW
+7.2 26.4 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD
+6.7 24.1 GUNNEDAH POOL NW Slopes S NSW
+6.6 19.0 NOOJEE (SLIVAR) W Gippsland VIC
+6.4 25.8 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD
+6.4 26.7 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD
+6.4 25.0 BREWARRINA HOSPITAL Upper Darling NSW
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+12.1 17.5 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
+11.8 19.4 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD
+11.5 17.0 BREWARRINA HOSPITAL Upper Darling NSW
+11.4 14.0 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC
+11.4 15.2 CONDOBOLIN AG RESEARCH STN CW Plains S
NSW
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-6.3 14.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
-5.5 15.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-5.4 15.1 CARNEGIE Interior WA
-5.3 15.9 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
-4.9 20.4 TELFER AERO Interior WA
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-8.2 -1.3 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
-7.8 -1.0 WILUNA Interior WA
-7.7 3.4 KALBARRI Central West WA
-7.6 -0.9 PAYNES FIND Murchison WA
-7.0 1.3 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
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Highest wind gusts above
89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean
windspeed shown in brackets.
CAPE WILLOUGHBY Kangaroo Is
SA : 83 (350/ 67 ) at 10:30
MOUNT LOFTY Mt Lofty Ranges SA : 98 (340/ 69 ) at
09:26
THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 100
(330/ 76 ) at 11:00
MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC: 106 (360/ 63 ) at 04:00
FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC: 98 ( 10/ 70 ) at 09:00
MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 121 (360/ 80 ) at 05:00
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