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Tuesday, 12 JUN 2001

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National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 22:30 EDST on 26/06/01

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 daily rainfall for June:
Curtin Springs NT: 73.0 (26.7 set yesterday, 46) 
Kulgera NT: 78.1 (38.1, 30)
Oodnadatta AP SA: 40.0 (39.6, 47)
Lenswood Research Centre SA: 78.6 (76.2, 33)
Highest maximum temperature for June:
Timber Creek NT: 35.9 (35.8, 20)
Bicheno Tas: 21.7 (21.1, 26)

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.

83.0 YULARA AERO Alice Springs NT
79.0 TIEYON NW Pastoral SA
78.1 KULGERA Alice Springs NT
73.0 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT
65.0 ULURU RANGERS Alice Springs NT


NORTHERN TERRITORY
     Alice Springs
83.0 YULARA AERO
78.1 KULGERA
73.0 CURTIN SPRINGS
65.0 ULURU RANGERS

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
     NW Pastoral
79.0 TIEYON

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     Central West
GERALDTON AIRPORT
12.6mm in 30 min to 01:00 25.2mm/h

NORTHERN TERRITORY
     Alice Springs
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT
17.8mm in 30 min to 09:00 35.6mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
     SW Slopes S
WAGGA WAGGA AMO
23.6mm in 30 min to 23:30 47.2mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
36.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT
35.9 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT
35.0 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA
35.0 DOUGLAS RIVER Darwin-Daly NT
34.9 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT
26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.6 DARWIN AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
25.4 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.2 PIRLANGIMPI Darwin-Daly NT
25.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
4.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
4.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
5.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
5.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
 -1.3 BOMBALA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-1.1 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW
-1.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.9 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+9.8   31.3 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
+8.9   31.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT
+8.6   28.2 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE COMPARISON Far SW QLD
+8.4   32.7 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD
+8.4   31.5 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
 +9.8   15.0 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+8.9   14.0 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT
+8.7   13.4 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
+8.6   21.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT
+8.6   15.1 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
-7.7   17.6 TELFER AERO Interior WA
-5.3   15.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
-4.7   13.0 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW
-4.1   16.1 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT
-4.1   13.5 WHYALLA (NORRIE) W Agricultural SA
-4.1   13.2 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
-7.8   2.0 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
-6.2   2.9 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
-5.9   3.5 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA
-5.8   6.6 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
-5.6   3.0 MULLEWA Central West WA
-5.6   1.2 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA

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

THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 91 (320/ 76 ) at 01:00
MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 82 (350/ 63 ) at 09:32
MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 85 (290/ 67 ) at 05:28

Other extremes

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