Australian Weather News |
Wednesday, 10 JUL 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 |
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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 | |
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.
39.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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Maximum | Minimum |
33.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT 32.3 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT 32.1 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA 32.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 32.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 32.0 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 32.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 32.0 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT |
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 24.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands 22.9 WILLIS ISLAND Islands |
-2.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 1.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 2.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 2.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW |
-7.1 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW -6.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW -5.2 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW -5.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -5.0 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA -5.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -5.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
Maximum | Minimum |
+8.1
26.0 EYRE Eucla WA +7.5 25.4 EUCLA Eucla WA +7.1 25.6 BALGAIR Eucla WA +6.9 25.2 LEONORA Goldfields WA +5.6 26.5 CARNEGIE Interior WA |
+4.6
10.7 EYRE Eucla WA +4.6 10.6 PATERSON (TOCAL) Hunter Valley NSW +4.4 9.3 BALGAIR Eucla WA +4.0 8.7 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW +3.9 8.1 WANDERING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA +3.9 0.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW |
-2.6
15.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW -2.0 -2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -1.9 12.0 PARKES (MACARTHUR STREET) CW Slopes S NSW -1.9 15.0 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW -1.8 14.8 WINDY HARBOUR SW & S Coast WA -1.8 13.3 PEAK HILL POST OFFICE CW Plains S NSW |
-8.2
-2.7 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -7.3 -1.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -6.9 -3.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Upper Murray SA -6.8 -3.9 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD -6.7 1.9 MURWILLUMBAH (BRAY PARK) North Coast NSW |
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 (320/ 70 ) at 10:45 |
Other extremes .. |