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Thursday, 30 AUG 2001

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National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 15:39 EDST on 02/09/01

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 (none known)

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.

59.2 ROSE BAY (ROYAL SYDNEY GOLF CLUB) Sydney--east NSW
55.5 JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR LIGHTHOU Illawarra NSW
55.0 JERVIS BAY (PT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
45.0 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
43.2 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW

NEW SOUTH WALES
     Hunter Valley
45.0 NORAH HEAD AWS
43.2 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)
    Sydney--east
59.2 ROSE BAY (ROYAL SYDNEY GOLF CLUB)
    Illawarra
55.5 JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR LIGHTHOU
55.0 JERVIS BAY (PT PERPENDICULAR AWS)

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


NEW SOUTH WALES
     Hunter Valley
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS
10.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.4mm/h
15.6mm in 30 min to 23:00 31.2mm/h
15.6mm in 1 hr to 23:00 15.6mm/h
    Sydney--east
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO
10.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.8mm/h
16.4mm in 30 min to 23:00 32.8mm/h
16.8mm in 1 hr to 23:00 16.8mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
35.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
35.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS
34.4 DOUGLAS RIVER Darwin-Daly NT
34.3 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT
34.3 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT
25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR
22.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
22.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
21.8 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
-1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
3.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
5.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
5.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
 -7.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-3.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-3.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.0 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+5.7   28.5 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT
+5.7   25.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA
+5.5   27.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT
+5.5   24.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+5.1   22.0 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
+8.5   16.0 CARNEGIE Interior WA
+7.7   12.1 JERRYS PLAINS POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
+7.4   16.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
+7.1   11.0 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW
+6.8   13.0 KEMPSEY (WIDE STREET) MidNorth Coast N NSW
-5.8   14.5 BALGAIR Eucla WA
-4.9   14.0 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
-4.7   12.4 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA
-4.1   14.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-4.1   16.3 LEONORA Goldfields WA
-9.1   3.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-8.3   1.1 JURIEN Lower West WA
-7.5   6.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT
-7.4   3.2 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-7.1   1.0 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA

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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