Australian Weather News

AWN Home Page

Thursday, 25 JUL 2002

About Australian Weather News
Notes on significant weather not yet written
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 16:22 EST on 27/07/02
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:
Wynyard AP Tas: -4.0 (-3.2, 14)
Lowest daily minimum temperature for July:
Launceston AP Tas: -4.8 (-4.7, 63)

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.

26.5 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW
25.6 MUNDARING Lower West WA
23.0 BICKLEY Lower West WA
22.8 PICKERING BROOK Lower West WA
22.0 MALLACOOTA E Gippsland VIC

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     Lower West
25.6 MUNDARING
23.0 BICKLEY
22.8 PICKERING BROOK

NEW SOUTH WALES
     Hunter Valley
26.5 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)

VICTORIA
     E Gippsland
22.0 MALLACOOTA

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


VICTORIA
     W Coast
COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND)
10.8mm in 6 min to 15:06 108.0mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum Minimum
35.3 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
35.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
35.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
34.5 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
34.4 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
24.4 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.1 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands
0.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
2.6 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
 -8.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-7.9 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC
-7.9 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS
-7.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-7.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum Minimum
+10.2   27.5 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+10.2   29.0 KULGERA Alice Springs NT
+9.9   29.3 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+9.7   29.6 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT
+7.9   27.7 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
+8.3   14.1 CARNEGIE Interior WA
+7.8   13.1 WILUNA Interior WA
+7.1   10.6 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+6.8   18.2 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
+6.8   11.8 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
-6.0   7.7 NHILL Wimmera N VIC
-6.0   6.2 HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
-5.5   9.4 LAMEROO Upper SE SA
-5.3   8.0 HORSHAM (POLKEMMETT) Wimmera S VIC
-5.1   8.0 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC
 -8.2   -4.3 ECHUCA AERODROME Lower North VIC
-8.2   -5.0 BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
-7.8   -4.6 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC
-7.7   -1.5 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
-7.4   -4.0 WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS

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 : 85 (270/ 65 ) at 01:17
CAPE WILLOUGHBY Kangaroo Is SA : 87 (340/ 69 ) at 12:40
MOUNT LOFTY Mt Lofty Ranges SA : 93 ( 10/ 56 ) at 07:00
HOLSWORTHY CONTROL RANGE Sydney--west NSW: 113 (230/ 11 ) at 06:28
LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands : 91 (230/ 59 ) at 19:54

Other extremes

..