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Tuesday, 18 SEP 2001

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National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 19:37 EDST on 19/09/01

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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets):
Highest daily maximum temperature for September:
Eyre WA: 37.0 (36.4, 13)

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.

26.0 BALLYMENA TM Darling Downs E QLD
11.0 HOWES VALLEY REPEATER Hunter Valley NSW
11.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.0 DAINTREE TEA N Coast--Barron QLD
7.0 HORSLEY PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE AWS Sydney--west NSW

QUEENSLAND
     N Coast--Barron
8.0 DAINTREE TEA
    Darling Downs E
26.0 BALLYMENA TM

NEW SOUTH WALES
     Hunter Valley
11.0 HOWES VALLEY REPEATER
    Sydney--west
7.0 HORSLEY PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE AWS

TASMANIA
     W Coast
11.0 MOUNT READ

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


QUEENSLAND
     N Coast--Herbert
SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
38.4 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA
38.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
38.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
37.7 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
37.1 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR
26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.6 WARRUWI Arnhem NT
25.0 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT
25.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
5.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
8.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
9.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
9.6 CRADLE MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP Central Plateau TAS
 -3.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.9 MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC
-2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+16.2   37.0 EYRE Eucla WA
+13.5   34.6 EUCLA Eucla WA
+11.8   36.0 BALGAIR Eucla WA
+11.2   33.2 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+10.6   33.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA
+9.2   19.2 LEONORA Goldfields WA
+8.1   11.2 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+7.4   14.0 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW
+7.3   13.8 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA
+7.1   10.3 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.3   28.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
-2.8   33.9 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA
-2.6   26.5 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
-2.3   32.3 WOLLOGORANG Roper-McArthur NT
-2.2   21.4 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
-8.0   0.0 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
-8.0   10.0 DOONGAN N Kimberley WA
-7.8   0.8 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC
-6.5   0.0 LAVERTON RAAF W Central VIC

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

HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS: 96 (280/ 74 ) at 00:54

Other extremes

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