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Saturday, 13 JUL 2002

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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 16:51 EST on 24/07/02
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:
Tenterfield Federation Park NSW: -10.0 (-10.0, 37) Equalling record set yesterday
Lowest daily minimum temperature for July:
Amberley AP Qld: -4.5 (-4.3, 60)

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.

35.0 MOUNT HOWICK SW & S Coast WA
27.0 PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Mt Lofty Ranges SA
26.8 CORAMUP Lower West WA
26.2 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA
24.6 WELCOME DOWNS SW & S Coast WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     Lower West
26.8 CORAMUP
    SW & S Coast
35.0 MOUNT HOWICK
26.2 ESPERANCE
24.6 WELCOME DOWNS

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
     Mt Lofty Ranges
27.0 PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS)

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


SOUTH AUSTRALIA
     Mt Lofty Ranges
PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS)
16.0mm in 3 hr to 05:30 5.3mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum Minimum
34.2 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
34.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
34.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
33.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
33.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
33.0 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands
22.5 WILLIS ISLAND Islands
1.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
4.6 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
4.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
 -10.5 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW
-10.3 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-10.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-10.0 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW
-9.7 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum Minimum
+7.7   21.1 ECHUCA AERODROME Lower North VIC
+7.6   21.6 KERANG (POST OFFICE) Lower North VIC
+7.0   24.3 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+7.0   26.1 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD
+6.8   19.6 KYABRAM (INST SUSTAINABLE AG) Lower North VIC
+6.8   19.0 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
 +9.0   12.4 NHILL Wimmera N VIC
+6.1   10.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Upper Murray SA
+5.9   9.1 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
+5.9   9.6 HAWKER Upper North SA
+5.8   11.0 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
-5.3   13.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA
-5.2   15.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-5.1   15.8 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
-4.9   12.2 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
-4.8   16.1 CARNEGIE Interior WA
-4.8   15.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
-11.2   -10.0 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW
-10.0   -4.5 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-10.0   -4.0 PATERSON (TOCAL) Hunter Valley NSW
-9.3   -3.0 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-9.1   -7.0 STANTHORPE (GRANITE BELT HRS) Darling Downs E QLD

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

MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 89 (360/ 69 ) at 18:48
LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC: 91 (330/ 54 ) at 08:30
MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 83 (340/ 63 ) at 12:27

Other extremes

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