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Wednesday, 31 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 15:31 EST on 02/08/02
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 :
Yuendumu NT: -1.9 (-1.0, 35)

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.

34.8 SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
31.0 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
29.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW
28.0 BUNGWAHL MidNorth Coast S NSW
27.5 BULAHDELAH POST OFFICE MidNorth Coast S NSW

QUEENSLAND
     Wide Bay/Burnett
34.8 SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE
    Brisbane/SE Coast
31.0 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE

NEW SOUTH WALES
     MidNorth Coast S
28.0 BUNGWAHL
27.5 BULAHDELAH POST OFFICE
    Hunter Valley
29.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


QUEENSLAND
     Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE
17.4mm in 1 hr to 01:00 17.4mm/h
26.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 8.7mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum Minimum
34.4 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT
32.6 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
32.3 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
32.2 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
32.1 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
 26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
22.5 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands
22.1 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
22.1 WILLIS ISLAND Islands
0.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
3.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
3.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
 -8.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.6 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
-4.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.0 MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum Minimum
+7.1   24.2 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+6.9   30.9 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
+6.9   23.8 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW
+6.9   23.2 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW
+6.9   20.0 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC
 +7.1   13.4 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
+6.9   16.0 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
+6.1   17.1 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
+6.1   9.6 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+5.7   11.0 WILUNA Interior WA
-3.1   14.5 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW
-3.0   14.1 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA
-2.4   19.1 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
-2.4   11.9 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA
-2.4   25.7 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT
-9.5   -3.0 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT
-8.2   -1.9 YUENDUMU Alice Springs NT
-6.8   4.0 WAVE HILL Victoria NT
-6.8   2.0 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-6.5   6.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT

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 : 72 (310/ 65 ) at 23:42
MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 83 (310/ 63 ) at 23:42

Other extremes

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