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Monday, 15 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 16:58 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 (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.

50.0 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
23.4 MINLATON Yorke Peninsula SA
20.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
19.6 POOCHERA W Agricultural SA
19.4 YANKALILLA Mt Lofty Ranges SA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
     W Agricultural
19.6 POOCHERA
    Yorke Peninsula
23.4 MINLATON
    Mt Lofty Ranges
19.4 YANKALILLA

NEW SOUTH WALES
     Far Northwest
50.0 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE

TASMANIA
     W Coast
20.0 MOUNT READ

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


None reported

Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum Minimum
33.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
32.7 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
32.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
32.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
31.8 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
 26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.6 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
22.1 WILLIS ISLAND Islands
0.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
3.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
5.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
 -12.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-8.5 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-8.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.0 ARLTUNGA Alice Springs NT
-5.5 ULURU RANGERS Alice Springs NT

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum Minimum
+4.0   6.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
+3.8   17.2 MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE E Central VIC
+3.6   16.5 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
+3.6   14.4 PORT ARTHUR (PALMERS LOOKOUT) Southeast TAS
+3.5   17.0 LAVERTON RAAF W Central VIC
+3.5   15.8 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
 +5.3   9.7 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA
+4.8   9.0 WANDERING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA
+4.8   11.0 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
+4.7   10.2 NAREMBEEN Gt Southern WA
+4.6   9.4 HYDEN Gt Southern WA
-4.5   20.1 ALI CURUNG Alice Springs NT
-4.2   20.3 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT Barkly NT
-3.9   18.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT
-3.7   22.0 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD
-3.2   23.4 BRUNETTE DOWNS Barkly NT
-10.6   -4.1 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT
-7.6   0.0 ALI CURUNG Alice Springs NT
-7.2   -3.1 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT
-7.1   -2.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT
-7.0   -2.0 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
-7.0   -3.5 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT
-7.0   0.0 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD

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

NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA : 89 (300/ 67 ) at 07:52

Other extremes

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