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Wednesday, 17 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 17:05 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):
Highest daily maximum temperature for July:
Windy Harbour WA: 22.6 (21.8, 13)

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.

30.8 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands
26.8 DIDDLEUM (SOWTERS ROAD) N Coast TAS
26.4 ZEEHAN MEMORIAL MUSEUM W Coast TAS
26.0 PYENGANA (FOREST LODGE ROAD) E Coast TAS
24.4 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) Central Plateau TAS

TASMANIA
     N Coast
26.8 DIDDLEUM (SOWTERS ROAD)
    E Coast
26.0 PYENGANA (FOREST LODGE ROAD)
    Central Plateau
24.4 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM)
    W Coast
26.4 ZEEHAN MEMORIAL MUSEUM

ISLANDS
     Islands
30.8 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     SW & S Coast
WITCHCLIFFE
9.0mm in 5 min to 14:07 108.0mm/h

TASMANIA
     Flinders Is/Bass St
FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT
49.4mm in 30 min to 11:30 98.8mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum Minimum
30.7 ELCHO ISLAND Arnhem NT
30.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
30.0 PIRLANGIMPI Darwin-Daly NT
30.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
30.0 NARAWILLI Arnhem NT
30.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
30.0 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
 26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
24.3 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.5 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands
22.1 WILLIS ISLAND Islands
-2.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
0.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
0.0 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
 -7.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-7.4 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-5.8 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW
-5.6 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW
-5.4 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum Minimum
+7.7   25.8 MORAWA POST OFFICE Central West WA
+7.5   24.4 DALWALLINU COMPARISON Central West WA
+7.5   22.7 WANDERING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA
+7.3   24.5 MOORA Central West WA
+7.3   24.0 GOOMALLING Cent Wheatbelt WA
+4.6   15.0 CAPE NATURALISTE SW & S Coast WA
+4.4   12.2 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
+4.1   8.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Upper Murray SA
+4.1   7.5 HAY (MILLER STREET) Riverina W NSW
+4.0   7.0 NARRANDERA GOLF CLUB Riverina E NSW
-6.7   16.3 ROCKHAMPTON AERO Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
-4.7   25.0 DOONGAN N Kimberley WA
-4.0   27.2 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA
-3.9   25.6 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
-3.8   27.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
-10.3   -4.2 EYRE Eucla WA
-7.5   -0.5 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD
-7.2   5.8 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM Darwin-Daly NT
-7.1   4.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT
-7.0   0.6 ALI CURUNG Alice Springs NT

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: 87 (230/ 76 ) at 05:44
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 89 (310/ 78 ) at 15:00
MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 96 (250/ 65 ) at 22:49
HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS: 80 (280/ 63 ) at 16:23

Other extremes

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