Australian Weather News

AWN Home Page

Sunday, 04 AUG 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 15:20 EST on 11/08/02
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):
Highest daily rainfall for August:
Thredbo Village NSW: 80.0 (73.4, 26)

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.

80.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
33.2 IRISHTOWN (JOHNS HILL ROAD) N Coast TAS
30.5 PAYNEDALE SW & S Coast WA
29.6 BENALLA (SHADFORTH STREET) Lower NE VIC
28.0 COWARAMUP SW & S Coast WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     SW & S Coast
30.5 PAYNEDALE
28.0 COWARAMUP

NEW SOUTH WALES
     Snowy Mtns
80.0 THREDBO VILLAGE

VICTORIA
     Lower NE
29.6 BENALLA (SHADFORTH STREET)

TASMANIA
     N Coast
33.2 IRISHTOWN (JOHNS HILL ROAD)

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.

None reported

Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum Minimum
34.5 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
34.2 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
34.2 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
34.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
34.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
23.9 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.5 WILLIS ISLAND Islands
23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
23.0 HOLMES REEF Islands
23.0 FLINDERS REEF Islands
2.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
3.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
4.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.5 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
 -3.0 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
-2.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum Minimum
+8.3   27.2 EYRE Eucla WA
+4.9   31.0 AYR DPI RESEARCH STN Central Coast E QLD
+4.4   27.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+4.4   23.1 BARADINE FORESTRY NW Plains E NSW
+3.8   21.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+3.8   29.8 INGHAM COMPOSITE N Coast--Herbert QLD
 +7.0   5.2 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+6.9   8.0 BARRABA POST OFFICE NW Slopes N NSW
+6.8   13.5 WILUNA Interior WA
+6.6   13.5 LEONORA Goldfields WA
+6.2   11.6 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
-4.4   12.6 DUNEDOO POST OFFICE CW Slopes N NSW
-4.2   12.0 GULGONG POST OFFICE C Tablelands N NSW
-3.9   11.0 MANJIMUP SW & S Coast WA
-3.9   21.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT
-3.9   10.2 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
 -7.1   -1.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT
-6.1   0.7 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA
-6.0   0.2 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
-5.9   1.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT
-5.9   1.2 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD

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

ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA : 87 (290/ 72 ) at 17:50
OCEAN REEF Lower West WA : 95 (250/ 69 ) at 19:14
GARDEN ISLAND HSF SW & S Coast WA : 93 (260/ 67 ) at 18:00
CAPE LEEUWIN SW & S Coast WA : 91 (250/ 61 ) at 18:25
CAPE NATURALISTE SW & S Coast WA : 91 (210/ 70 ) at 06:39
MANDURAH SW & S Coast WA : 89 (270/ 63 ) at 07:16
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 74 (240/ 65 ) at 09:00

Other extremes

..