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Sunday, 14 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 16:55 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:
Warburton Airfield WA: -4.0 (-2.8, 10.4)

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.

28.0 SAFETY BAY Lower West WA
27.2 BEACHPORT Lower SE SA
20.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
19.0 CLARE HIGH SCHOOL Lower North SA
18.2 MOUNT LOFTY CHANNEL 9 Mt Lofty Ranges SA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     Lower West
28.0 SAFETY BAY

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
     Lower North
19.0 CLARE HIGH SCHOOL
    Mt Lofty Ranges
18.2 MOUNT LOFTY CHANNEL 9
    Lower SE
27.2 BEACHPORT
20.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     SW & S Coast
DWELLINGUP FORESTRY
12.8mm in 52 min to 16:00 14.8mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 13.2mm/h
WITCHCLIFFE
29.8mm in 1 hr to 12:00 29.8mm/h
30.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 10.0mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum Minimum
33.1 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
33.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
33.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
32.9 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT
32.7 FLYING FOX Roper-McArthur NT
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
24.5 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
22.7 WILLIS ISLAND Islands
0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
2.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
2.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
 -8.9 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-8.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-7.2 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW
-7.0 ULURU RANGERS Alice Springs NT
-5.3 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum Minimum
+6.5   23.4 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW
+6.2   22.0 PRICE Yorke Peninsula SA
+6.1   16.9 BOMBALA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+5.0   17.8 GRENFELL (QUONDONG RD) SW Slopes N NSW
+4.7   17.8 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC
 +6.2   21.0 CYGNET BAY W Kimberley WA
+5.8   11.9 SPRINGSURE DAME ST Central Highlands QLD
+5.7   8.3 CONDOBOLIN AG RESEARCH STN CW Plains S NSW
+5.6   10.3 MUNGINDI POST OFFICE NW Plains W NSW
+5.5   12.2 CLERMONT POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
-5.0   15.3 GRAFTON OLYMPIC POOL North Coast NSW
-4.5   20.1 ALI CURUNG Alice Springs NT
-4.1   22.7 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA
-3.9   21.2 TELFER AERO Interior WA
-3.9   18.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT
-9.6   -4.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-8.8   -3.8 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
-8.5   -3.7 KULGERA Alice Springs NT
-8.3   -2.2 EYRE Eucla WA

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

CAPE LEEUWIN SW & S Coast WA : 91 (300/ 70 ) at 10:15
PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD: 161 (***/ 37 ) at 19:37
MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 93 (330/ 72 ) at 01:30

Other extremes

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