Heat
records continue to fall in WA, SA|
Australian Weather News |
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Thursday, 02 MAY 2002 |
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records continue to fall in WA, SA |
| For a second day, a strong northerly airstream, hot for May, gave much of southern WA and SA daytime temperatures 8 to 13° above the May average. Several centres in WA and SA broke temperature records set yesterday, while places on South Australia's Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas and around Adelaide recorded their hottest May days in 40 years or more (details, including records broken, are below). In WA, although the far southwest coastal fringe enjoyed a respite, the remainder of the state experienced top temperatures in the 30s, with most of the central and southern areas reporting maxima 8 to 13 above normal. The hot day followed an uncomfortably warm night with many centres recording minima in the low to mid 20s, similarly around 8 to 13 above average. Overnight thunderstorms in the southwest and Great Southern did little more than produce a light show; however more substantial storms ahead of a cold front that crossed the southwest coast late evening gave some heavy falls and strong wind gusts. Bunbury recorded 28mm between 9pm and midnight of which 11.4mm fell in just 13 minutes. Rottnest Island off Perth recorded a top wind gust of 102km/h at 12.25am Friday. |
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National
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| 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 | |
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Records set this day
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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.
32.0 TUNG OIL ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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38.4 MANDORA E Pilbara WA 38.1 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA 37.8 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 37.4 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA 37.2 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA 37.2 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA |
29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 27.7 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 27.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 26.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA 26.0 WARRUWI Arnhem NT 26.0 GOVE AIRPORT Arnhem NT |
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8.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 10.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 10.9 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 11.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 11.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS |
-5.6 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -3.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -2.4 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
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+13.2
33.5 HYDEN Gt Southern WA +13.2 31.6 KATANNING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA +13.1 33.8 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA +13.1 32.9 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA +12.9 33.2 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA +12.9 33.5 NAREMBEEN Gt Southern WA +12.9 34.0 EYRE Eucla WA +12.9 33.4 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA |
+14.9
24.3 PAYNES FIND Murchison WA +14.3 23.3 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA +13.5 21.0 HYDEN Gt Southern WA +13.2 22.0 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA +13.0 22.5 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA |
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-3.4
23.6 INGHAM COMPOSITE N Coast--Herbert QLD -2.4 27.9 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD -1.6 26.0 LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD -1.6 21.4 GRAFTON OLYMPIC POOL North Coast NSW -1.4 21.5 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD |
-5.2
-1.0 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS -4.8 1.7 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS -4.2 0.0 GROVE RESEARCH STATION Southeast TAS -4.1 5.0 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS -3.8 -2.3 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS |
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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 : 91 (330/ 70 ) at 15:08 |
Other extremes .. |