Cold
start to the day in SE NSW, NE Vic|
Australian Weather News |
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Saturday, 24 AUG 2002 |
| Cold
start to the day in SE NSW, NE Vic |
| Overnight minima fell to record levels at a couple of places in the nation's southeast this morning. Nerriga, a tiny settlement half-way between Nowra and Braidwood on the NSW Southern Tablelands, recorded a low of -8.2, 1.2 below their previous lowest August minimum in 31 years. In Victoria's northeastern wine-growing area, Rutherglen recorded -6, breaking their previous record of -5.3 in 38 years. In the NSW Snowy Mountains, Charlotte Pass's minimum of -16 was shy of their August record of -20.6, but still an unusually low minimum for so late in the month. |
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National
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| 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 | |
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set this day (previous
record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Lowest daily minimum temperature for August: Nerriga Composite NSW: -8.2 (-7.6, 31) Rutherglen Research Vic: -6.0 (-5.3, 38) |
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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.
46.4 POINT LOOKOUT N Tablelands E NSW |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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35.1 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 35.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 35.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 35.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT 34.5 DOUGLAS RIVER Darwin-Daly NT 34.5 MANGO FARM Darwin-Daly NT |
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 24.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.3 WILLIS ISLAND Islands 23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 WARRUWI Arnhem NT 23.0 HOLMES REEF Islands 23.0 FLINDERS REEF Islands |
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0.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 0.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 1.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 3.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS |
-16.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -12.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -9.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW -9.4 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
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+9.6
30.0 LEONORA Goldfields WA +9.5 28.4 EYRE Eucla WA +9.2 27.2 DALWALLINU COMPARISON Central West WA +9.2 28.2 CASHMERE DOWNS Goldfields WA +9.1 29.4 BALGAIR Eucla WA +9.1 30.2 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA |
+6.1
13.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT +6.0 13.8 NAMBOUR DPI Brisbane/SE Coast QLD +4.9 12.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD +4.5 11.7 SPRINGSURE DAME ST Central Highlands QLD +4.4 22.4 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT |
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-4.4
19.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -3.9 15.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW -3.6 20.1 GAYNDAH POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD -3.5 12.0 LAKES ENTRANCE E Gippsland VIC -3.3 15.1 NORAH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE Hunter Valley NSW |
-10.3 -16.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy
Mtns NSW -9.2 -8.2 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW -8.9 -6.0 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC -8.8 -2.3 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS |
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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 : 80 (350/ 63 ) at 18:30 |
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