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No reports of significant weather

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

Records set this day: (none known)

Quality control note: Data is final. It includes late-received rainfall data and has been subject to BoM quality control checks.
Data is as received at 22:17EST, 27/10/2004.

Weather observations for today
Noteworthy  Weather         Capital  Cities         Regional  Cities       Alpine  Stations
Bureau of Meteorology Rainfall Bulletins and Weather Notes

Hottest
Highest maximum temperature>Greatest variation above normal maximum Highest minimum temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

38.9 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA
38.8 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
38.4 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
38.3 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
38.3 MARDIE W Pilbara WA

+10.2   32.6 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
+10.0   33.4 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
+9.0   32.5 KADINA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+8.7   33.9 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
+8.5   33.3 GAWLER RANGES (NONNING) NW Pastoral SA
+8.5   30.7 MAITLAND Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

28.0 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
28.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
27.7 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
26.7 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.7 THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA

+10.9   25.1 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+8.3   24.6 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
+7.1   20.2 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
+6.9   18.0 CORRIGIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+6.4   19.6 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT

Coldest
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

5.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
6.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
8.6 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
10.3 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
10.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-4.3   22.1 BALGAIR Eucla WA
-3.1   21.4 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON LIGHTHOUSE) North Coast NSW
-3.0   21.8 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
-3.0   16.5 WONTHAGGI E Central VIC
-3.0   10.9 TARRALEAH VILLAGE Derwent Valley TAS

-3.4 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-1.1 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
0.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
0.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.3 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-5.5   3.2 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
-5.4   2.8 NHILL Wimmera N VIC
-5.0   5.7 MENINGIE Murray Valley SA
-4.9   1.4 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS
-4.8   3.8 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW

Wettest Major City Extremes
Todays highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am. It includes the top 5 totals nationally followed by all reported falls of 50mm or more.

49.2 TERRITORY WILDLIFE PARK N Rivers NT
49.2 BERRY SPRINGS RANGERS N Rivers NT
42.2 LEANYER N Rivers NT
40.0 CUNYU Interior WA
39.0 MOUNT PADBURY E Gascoyne WA

  Max+/- norm Min+/- normRain to 9am
BROOME AIRPORT 33.5 -0.8 23.3 +0.8 0.0
PERTH AIRPORT 25.2 -0.3 16.6 +3.6 0.6
ALBANY AIRPORT 21.9 0.0 12.5 +0.8 0.2
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 29.2 +4.1 17.3 +4.7 0.6
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.4 +0.7 22.8 -1.2 26.2
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 34.2 +6.2 16.4 +3.9 0.0
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 29.9 +7.5 11.7 -0.5 0.0
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 19.6 +0.2 4.0 -4.6 0.0
CAIRNS AERO 29.5 +0.3 22.2 +0.6 1.8
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.2 +1.6 20.5 0.0 0.0
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 30.1 +1.4 16.5 -1.3 0.0
AMBERLEY AMO 26.6 -0.5 11.6 -2.5 0.0
BRISBANE AERO 25.2 15.3 0.0
ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS 20.6 5.5 0.0
COFFS HARBOUR MO 23.4 -0.6 15.8 +0.6 0.0
NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS 21.6 -1.2 16.5 +1.2 0.4
SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) 24.4 +2.1 14.3 -0.3 0.0
PROSPECT DAM 24.8 +1.3 10.8 -2.3 0.0
WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY 22.5 0.0 12.2 -2.1 0.0
CANBERRA AIRPORT 24.0 +4.2 4.8 -1.8 0.0
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 26.2 +3.9 10.1 +0.9 0.0
MILDURA AIRPORT 28.4 +5.0 6.5 -3.6 0.0
EAST SALE AIRPORT 21.8 +1.6 5.9 -2.7 0.0
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 20.6 +0.4 12.9 +2.2 0.0
LAVERTON RAAF 18.4 -1.7 12.7 +2.9 0.0
BALLARAT AERODROME 21.8 +4.3 7.6 +0.2 0.0
LAUNCESTON AIRPORT 18.7 +1.4 8.1 +1.5 0.0
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 16.8 -0.5 6.6 -2.3 0.0

Downpours Gales & Gusts
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. Highest wind gusts above 89km/h (storm force) or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    E Gascoyne
PARABURDOO AERO
9.6mm in 44 min to 23:00 13.1mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 11.0mm/h
    Goldfields
LAVERTON AERO
15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
    N Rivers
DARWIN AIRPORT
23.0mm in 25 min to 06:25 55.2mm/h
23.4mm in 1 hr to 07:00 23.4mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.7mm/h
DARWIN AIRPORT COMPARISON
21.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.0mm/h
BATCHELOR AERO
11.8mm in 1 hr to 05:30 11.8mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.3mm/h

TASMANIA
    Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 72(310/ 63 ) at 14:00