Records
broken for rain in WA, warmth in SA|
Australian Weather News |
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Tuesday, 27 AUG 2002 |
| Records
broken for rain in WA, warmth in SA |
| A double-centred secondary low pressure system brushed along the southern WA coast overnight giving Esperance a record August 24-hour rainfall of 41.6mm, comprehensively exceeding its previous record in 33 years of 34.8mm. Farther west, Albany recorded 36.4, though falls away from these two areas were mostly light. Farther east in South Australia, in the warm northwesterly stream ahead of the low pressure trough, Ceduna had a record warm night, its minimum of 15.1 some 9° above normal. Nullarbor Roadhouse, near the head of the Great Australian Bight, recorded an overnight low of 17.0, up 11.5 on average. |
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National
weather extremes for today |
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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): Highest daily rainfall for August: Esperance WA: 41.6 (34.8, 33) |
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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.
47.2 NAMBUCCA HEADS BOWLING CLUB MidNorth Coast N NSW |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. None reported |
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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35.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 34.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 34.0 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA 34.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 33.9 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 33.9 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA |
25.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 22.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands 22.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 21.6 WILLIS ISLAND Islands |
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2.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 4.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 4.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 4.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 5.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS |
-11.1 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -7.2 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -7.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -7.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -6.5 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW -6.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
| Maximum | Minimum |
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+7.9
26.4 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +7.7 29.5 KULGERA Alice Springs NT +7.6 29.2 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA +7.5 24.5 PRICE Yorke Peninsula SA +7.4 24.3 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA |
+11.5
17.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA +9.0 15.1 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +7.8 16.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA +6.8 14.0 SPRINGSURE DAME ST Central Highlands QLD +6.3 14.9 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT +6.3 13.6 CLEVE W Agricultural SA |
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-4.9
15.5 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON LIGHTHOUSE) North Coast NSW -3.1 15.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA -3.1 15.2 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands -3.0 19.8 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW -2.9 14.8 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA -2.9 17.1 YAMBA PILOT STATION North Coast NSW -2.9 18.6 LISMORE (CENTRE STREET) North Coast NSW -2.9 11.7 TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG Upper North VIC |
-8.2
5.0 WAVE HILL Victoria NT -7.9 10.7 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT -7.5 6.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT -7.2 7.9 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM Darwin-Daly NT -7.1 -3.0 MANGALORE AIRPORT N Central VIC |
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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.
CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA : 83 ( 10/ 63 ) at 10:00 |
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