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Sunday, 21 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 17:19 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.

26.0 WARBURTON EAST (ARRABRI) E Central VIC
25.0 O'SHANNASSY E Central VIC
23.4 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) Central Plateau TAS
23.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
20.6 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

VICTORIA
     E Central
26.0 WARBURTON EAST (ARRABRI)
25.0 O'SHANNASSY

TASMANIA
     Central Plateau
23.4 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM)
    W Coast
23.0 MOUNT READ
20.6 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     SW & S Coast
BUSSELTON
11.0mm in 1 hr to 13:00 11.0mm/h

ISLANDS
     Islands
NORFOLK ISLAND AERO
12.4mm in 1 hr to 15:30 12.4mm/h
10.0mm in 30 min to 16:00 20.0mm/h
17.8mm in 1 hr to 16:00 17.8mm/h
17.6mm in 1 hr to 16:30 17.6mm/h
12.6mm in 1 hr to 17:00 12.6mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum Minimum
39.0 DOTSWOOD Central Coast E QLD
34.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
34.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
33.5 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
33.4 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
33.4 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
23.9 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands
-0.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
1.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
1.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
 -8.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-6.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum Minimum
+7.4   25.3 EUCLA Eucla WA
+6.8   27.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+6.1   27.0 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
+6.1   22.8 GOOMALLING Cent Wheatbelt WA
+5.7   23.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+5.7   24.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA
+11.5   15.0 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+9.9   14.8 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
+9.7   17.1 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT Murchison WA
+9.6   14.6 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
+8.8   13.2 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA
-2.7   10.1 GRENFELL (QUONDONG RD) SW Slopes N NSW
-1.9   15.0 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
-1.9   13.2 JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR LIGHTHOU Illawarra NSW
-1.9   11.5 WONTHAGGI E Central VIC
-1.8   11.6 CASTERTON SHOWGROUNDS W Coast VIC
 -6.1   -2.7 NHILL Wimmera N VIC
-6.1   -2.9 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC
-5.9   -2.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Upper Murray SA
-5.6   -5.4 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW
-5.4   -2.8 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW

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

No reports of wind gusts above 90km/h or sustained winds above 63km/h

Other extremes

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