Australian Weather News -- 31 MAY 2002

Australian Weather News

Friday, 31 MAY 2002

Notes on significant weather not yet written

Significant rainfall, strong winds, strong wind gusts and abnormally high and low temperatures for this day are given below. Descriptions of significant weather events are added here when time permits and reliable information is available. This is sometimes well after the event!

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 17:23 EST on 02/06/02
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 daily minimum temperature for any month: Ali Curang NT: -3.0 (-2.0, 13) Lowest daily minimum temperature for May: Katherine Aviation Museum NT: 6.5 (8.3, 16) Ali Curang NT: -3.0 (1.0, 13) Gympie Qld: 1.0 (1.1, 36) Charlotte Pass (Kosciuszko Chalet) NSW: -11.0 (-11.0, 13) equalling record set yesterday Echuca AP Vic: -1.9 (-1.7, 45) Tatura Inst Sustainable Agriculture Vic: -3.2 (-2.6, 35)
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. 42.0 JERVIS BAY (PT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW 39.8 JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR LIGHTHOU Illawarra NSW 39.0 TINAROO DAM N Coast--Barron QLD 35.4 CAPE TRIBULATION STORE N Coast--Barron QLD 27.9 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW *QUEENSLAND* N Coast--Barron 39.0 TINAROO DAM 35.4 CAPE TRIBULATION STORE *NEW SOUTH WALES* Hunter Valley 27.9 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Illawarra 42.0 JERVIS BAY (PT PERPENDICULAR AWS) 39.8 JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR LIGHTHOU	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NEW SOUTH WALES* *South Coast* MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE 16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.3mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* NORFOLK ISLAND AERO 6.0mm in 34 min to 10:00 10.6mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
32.6 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD 32.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 32.0 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD 32.0 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 31.5 COEN AIRPORT N Peninsula QLD	26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 25.5 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 25.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands 24.1 WILLIS ISLAND Islands 24.0 LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 2.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 3.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 3.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 3.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS	-11.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -7.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -6.4 CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT CW Plains S NSW -5.8 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW -5.7 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+7.5 26.0 NARROGIN Gt Southern WA +6.2 26.0 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA +5.8 27.3 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA +5.8 27.5 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA +5.8 24.3 ONGERUP Gt Southern WA +5.8 25.1 PINGELLY Gt Southern WA	+3.5 12.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +3.2 22.2 CYGNET BAY W Kimberley WA +2.2 12.7 EUCLA Eucla WA +2.1 4.1 BOMBALA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW +1.9 10.4 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +1.9 12.7 PORT MACQUARIE (HILL STREET) MidNorth Coast S NSW
-7.4 8.6 LAKE EILDON GOULBURN MURRAY WATER (LAKE N Central VIC -6.4 25.0 ELLIOTT Barkly NT -6.2 27.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA -6.2 23.6 BRUNETTE DOWNS Barkly NT -6.1 18.8 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD	-15.1 -3.0 ALI CURUNG Alice Springs NT -11.5 -2.9 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD -11.4 5.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT -10.5 6.5 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM Darwin-Daly NT -10.2 1.8 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD -10.2 -5.0 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 74 (240/ 63 ) at 18:43 NORTH RANKIN Islands : ******* (100/ 63 ) at 57:00	Other extremes ..