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Weather events and extremes today

Descriptions of significant weather events are added here when time permits and reliable information is available. This is sometimes well after the event!

The day's significant weather statistics are given below:

National weather extremes for today

Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology

Records set this day: (none known)

Quality control note: Data is complete, and has been visually checked by AWN for gross errors. Less obvious errors may remain.
Data is as received at 19:10EST, 01/12/2004.

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

43.0 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA
43.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
43.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
43.0 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
43.0 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA

+16.6   42.6 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
+16.4   36.5 LAKES ENTRANCE E Gippsland VIC
+16.1   38.0 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
+15.6   37.0 ORBOST (COMPARISON) E Gippsland VIC
+15.5   36.8 BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC

29.9 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
29.1 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
28.7 TELFER AERO Interior WA
28.6 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
28.3 CLEVE W Agricultural SA

+16.3   28.3 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
+14.1   24.1 EUDUNDA Murray Valley SA
+13.2   25.2 MAITLAND Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+12.9   22.7 KEITH Mallee/Upper SE SA
+12.5   24.6 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+12.5   23.6 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC

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

16.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
18.1 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
19.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
20.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
20.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-3.8   27.7 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-3.4   27.2 WALKAMIN DPI N Coast--Barron QLD
-2.9   25.5 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
-2.7   33.4 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD
-2.3   32.2 BARCALDINE POST OFFICE Central West QLD

3.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
3.5 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
4.0 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW
5.4 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
5.8 BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION C Tablelands S NSW

-5.4   5.4 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-5.0   11.3 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-4.6   6.4 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
-4.4   9.8 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD
-4.4   3.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S 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.

72.0 ADELAIDE RIVER POST OFFICE N Rivers NT
61.0 DUM IN MIRRIE AWS N Rivers NT
41.5 PALUMA IVY COTTAGE N Coast--Herbert QLD
38.4 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
30.0 JARRA CREEK TM N Coast--Herbert QLD

NORTHERN TERRITORY
    N Rivers
72.0 ADELAIDE RIVER POST OFFICE
61.0 DUM IN MIRRIE AWS
38.4 BATCHELOR AERO

QUEENSLAND
    N Coast--Herbert
41.5 PALUMA IVY COTTAGE
30.0 JARRA CREEK TM

  Max+/- norm Min+/- normRain to 9am
BROOME AIRPORT 33.4 -0.1 25.7 +0.7 0.4
ALBANY AIRPORT 25.1 +4.3 12.5 +1.9 5.0
PERTH AIRPORT 26.4 +0.8 16.6 +4.0 3.6
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 36.3 +7.4 18.3 +4.3 0.0
DARWIN AIRPORT 36.6 +3.4 25.3 0.0 0.6
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 39.7 +6.1 19.3 +1.5 0.0
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 37.1 +12.5 23.2 +9.4 0.0
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 30.8 +10.7 18.1 +9.9 0.0
CAIRNS AERO 28.6 -2.0 21.3 -1.0 4.2
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.9 -0.8 21.6 -1.2 12.0
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.9 -1.3 19.0 -0.4 0.0
AMBERLEY AMO 29.6 +0.1 11.3 -5.0 0.0
BRISBANE AERO 26.7 14.4 0.0
ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS 26.1 7.0 0.0
COFFS HARBOUR MO 24.2 -0.7 12.0 -4.0 0.0
NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS 15.3 -0.8 0.0
SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) 32.2 +8.6 17.1 +1.6 0.0
PROSPECT DAM 35.7 +10.6 13.5 -0.6 0.0
WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY 29.1 +6.3 13.6 -0.8 0.0
CANBERRA AIRPORT 33.2 +10.7 11.1 +2.5 0.0
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 36.4 +11.0 13.7 +3.2 0.0
MILDURA AIRPORT 39.7 +12.5 20.1 +7.8 0.0
EAST SALE AIRPORT 33.9 +12.9 12.6 +3.2 0.0
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 33.9 +12.1 23.2 +12.1 0.0
LAVERTON RAAF 33.6 +12.3 19.6 +9.7 0.0
BALLARAT AERODROME 30.4 +11.0 18.1 +10.4 0.0
LAUNCESTON AIRPORT 25.6 +6.9 8.8 +1.7 0.0
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 30.9 +12.3 14.3 +5.1 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
    N Rivers
BATCHELOR AERO
6.6mm in 17 min to 02:47 23.3mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 9.0mm/h
22.2mm in 43 min to 03:30 31.0mm/h
28.8mm in 1 hr to 03:30 28.8mm/h
DUM IN MIRRIE AWS
17.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.7mm/h
41.8mm in 1 hr to 04:30 41.8mm/h
44.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 14.7mm/h

TASMANIA
    Southeast
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 91(260/ 65 ) at 10:30