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Wednesday, 29 AUG 2001

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National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 19:12 EDST on 30/08/01

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):
Lowest minimum temperature for August:
Jurien WA: 1.0 (1.3, 31)

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.

62.0 JERVIS BAY (PT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
56.2 JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR LIGHTHOU Illawarra NSW
56.2 GRAY (CRAIGIE-LEA) E Coast TAS
51.6 CABBAGE TREE CREEK E Gippsland VIC

NEW SOUTH WALES
     Illawarra
62.0 JERVIS BAY (PT PERPENDICULAR AWS)
56.2 JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR LIGHTHOU

VICTORIA
     E Gippsland
51.6 CABBAGE TREE CREEK

TASMANIA
     E Coast
56.2 GRAY (CRAIGIE-LEA)
    Flinders Is/Bass St
122.8 DEAL ISLAND

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


NEW SOUTH WALES
     Hunter Valley
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS
10.2mm in 30 min to 23:30 20.4mm/h
NORAH HEAD AWS
12.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 12.0mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.3mm/h
    Sydney--east
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO
10.8mm in 30 min to 23:30 21.6mm/h
    Illawarra
JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR LIGHTHOU
16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h
JERVIS BAY (PT PERPENDICULAR AWS)
19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.3mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 14:00 12.2mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.0mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
35.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS
34.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
34.0 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
34.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
33.6 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT
33.6 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT
25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR
23.7 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
22.7 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
22.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
22.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
-1.0 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA
-0.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
2.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
 -3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.0 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA
-2.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-1.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+7.8   25.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+7.5   25.7 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA
+7.1   26.0 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+6.3   25.2 EYRE Eucla WA
+6.3   24.7 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
+8.5   18.5 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
+7.3   5.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+7.0   8.0 FINGAL (FORESTRY LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
+6.8   9.5 DARTMOUTH RESERVOIR Lower NE VIC
+6.5   12.6 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW
+6.5   7.5 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.9   9.0 MANJIMUP SW & S Coast WA
-5.5   6.4 GUYRA HOSPITAL N Tablelands W NSW
-5.3   8.8 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-5.0   11.5 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA
-4.9   10.1 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA
-9.1   3.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-8.4   1.0 JURIEN Lower West WA
-7.9   5.1 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
-7.2   6.0 WAVE HILL Victoria NT
-6.9   8.8 CROYDON TOWNSHIP Gulf Country QLD
-6.9   4.0 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD

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 (190/ 63 ) at 10:51

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