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Saturday, 09 JUN 2001

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National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 16:51 EDST on 09/06/01

Quality control note: Data is not yet complete. It is as received in real time, and may contain errors. 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:
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse Tas: 49.0 (46.7, 101)
Mt Wellington Tas: 33.0 (25.0 set two days ago, 15)
Cape Sorell Tas: 56.0 (55.4, 70)

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.

78.4 ST GEORGE AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
75.6 TRINIDAD Channel Country QLD
56.0 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
56.0 CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS

QUEENSLAND
     Channel Country
75.6 TRINIDAD
    Maranoa
78.4 ST GEORGE AIRPORT
 
VICTORIA
     Western Plains
56.0 LOOKOUT HILL

TASMANIA
     W Coast
56.0 CAPE SORELL

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     Lower West
PERTH METRO
7.0mm in 16 min to 11:30 26.2mm/h

TASMANIA
     W Coast
CAPE SORELL
39.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 13.0mm/h
46.0mm in 3 hr to 01:00 15.3mm/h
45.0mm in 3 hr to 02:00 15.0mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
35.9 MANGO FARM Darwin-Daly NT
35.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
35.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT
35.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT
34.9 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT
34.9 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT
 26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
26.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.4 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT
25.2 WARRUWI Arnhem NT
25.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
25.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
25.0 GOVE AIRPORT Arnhem NT
25.0 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD
25.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
3.7 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
4.0 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
4.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
4.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
 0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
0.3 BOMBALA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
0.8 KINGSCOTE Kangaroo Is SA

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+7.6   27.5 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+6.9   33.0 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
+6.7   29.5 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD
+6.5   35.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT
+6.5   31.7 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
 +12.3   17.0 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
+10.4   11.8 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW
+9.9   15.3 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
+9.8   22.0 WOLLOGORANG Roper-McArthur NT
+9.6   15.1 SURAT POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
-8.9   18.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA
-8.6   17.0 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
-7.9   17.5 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
-6.7   18.0 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
 -8.6   0.8 KINGSCOTE Kangaroo Is SA
-4.9   9.2 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA
-4.8   2.6 KARNET Lower West WA
-4.4   2.8 EYRE Eucla WA
-4.4   1.6 KULGERA Alice Springs NT

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

None reported.

Other extremes

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