Australian Weather News -- 02 MAR 2005

Wednesday 02 MAR 2005

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WA, QLD, NSW: Hot again in parts

Thargomindah in far SW QLD experienced its hottest March day in nearly half a century for the second day in a row today as early Autumn heat continued in central NSW, SW QLD and the WA Gascoyne region. The town's previous March record of 42.8 in 47 years of computerised observations was broken yesterday with a maximum of 43.0, while the mercury rose to 44.4 today. Birdsville reached 43.6 while in NSW Bourke reached 42.0, Nyngan 40.4 and Wanaaring 40.0. The area of heat was not as great today as yesterday as a slowing trough pushed cooler air into southeastern states.

In WA, the West Gascoyne experienced an uncomfortably hot night and a scorcher of a day. Nyang's minimum of 31.5 has only been exceeded twice before, in 1973 and 1980. Carnarvon had its hottest March day since 1980 with a top of 43.8, 12.4 above normal.

NT, QLD: Storms, heavy showers in the north

Although the surface charts above show the monsoon trough lying north of the continent, there have been some heavy thunderstorms and showers across the NT Top End and around the Gulf of Carpentaria in moist unstable air south of the trough. Among the heavier downpours listed below was 13.6mm in just 8 minutes at Dum In Mirrie, 50km WSW of Darwin, this evening.

Records set or equalled today

These records are as received at 1728 EST on 09/02/2006. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

District

Site

Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
if equalled or broken

Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest minimum temperature

W Pilbara

005017

ONSLOW AIRPORT

30.2

29.6

05/03/1945

NSW

Upper Darling

048079

WANAARING POST OFFICE

25.4

24.9

01/03/2000

Highest maximum temperature

QLD

Far SW

045017

THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE

44.4

43.0

01/03/2005

Previous record set earlier this month.

The day in charts
Surface charts	Satellite images	Rain & temperatures
4am EST		Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
		Week to 9am \| SE AUS detail
10am EST		Minimum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
4pm EST		Maximum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
10pm EST		Solar Radiation

Summary of observations

For notes on how to interpret the data and quality control issues, see Daily Weather Summary Help.
**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 20:20EST, 14/05/2012.

Major centres

	Max ° C	+/- norm ° C	Min ° C	+/- norm ° C	Grass Min ° C	Rain to 9am mm	Evaporation to 9am mm	Sunshine hours	Wind Run to 9am km (24-hour average km/h)	Maximum Gust km/h / hour of occurrence
GERALDTON AIRPORT	34.5	+3.6	21.2	+3.3	19.9	0.2	6.8	--	404 (16.8)	41/09
PERTH AIRPORT	31.4	+1.8	19.6	+3.8	19.0	0.0	10.2	0.0	679 (28.3)	71/00
ALBANY AIRPORT	26.9	+2.8	12.3	-1.1	9.6	0.0	7.2	11.1	459 (19.1)	45/15
BUNBURY	31.6	+4.1	16.7	+2.7	--	0.0	--	--	368 (15.3)	37/09
MANDURAH	31.4	--	19.0	--	--	0.0	--	--	384 (16.0)	35/07
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.1	+1.2	23.7	-0.8	23.5	7.2	6.6	7.2	275 (11.5)	65/18
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	39.4	+6.7	24.3	+6.8	19.9	0.8	15.4	9.3	366 (15.3)	52/16
WHYALLA AERO	24.8	-2.5	17.5	+2.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	55/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	24.7	-1.6	14.9	-0.3	11.6	0.0	8.0	10.9	350 (14.6)	39/17
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	20.2	-2.9	9.3	-1.2	6.5	0.0	2.6	10.8	344 (14.3)	39/15
MOUNT ISA AERO	37.4	+3.1	27.1	+5.3	21.6	0.0	12.4	10.5	--	45/14
CAIRNS AERO	31.7	+1.2	23.8	+0.8	22.1	4.8	5.8	7.2	493 (20.5)	48/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO	32.9	+2.2	24.0	+1.1	21.4	0.0	10.0	10.9	483 (20.1)	43/21
MACKAY M.O	28.0	-0.6	23.2	+1.0	--	3.6	--	3.8	613 (25.5)	50/15
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	32.1	+1.6	22.4	+1.6	21.7	0.0	9.8	--	457 (19.0)	41/14
BUNDABERG AERO	30.3	+1.2	19.4	-0.5	--	0.0	5.6	--	519 (21.6)	35/16
NAMBOUR DPI	28.7	+0.8	14.2	-4.0	--	0.0	5.4	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	28.4	+1.2	16.4	-3.2	--	0.0	--	--	276 (11.5)	30/17
BRISBANE AERO	29.2	+1.2	16.7	-2.6	14.1	0.0	9.2	11.4	362 (15.1)	30/16
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	29.3	+2.9	15.2	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	669 (27.9)	50/20
GUNNEDAH SCS	34.2	+5.1	18.7	+2.1	10.6	0.0	7.4	--	103 ( 4.3)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	29.7	+3.8	18.2	+0.1	14.9	0.0	5.8	12.1	302 (12.6)	46/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	29.1	+2.8	17.9	+1.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	31.2	+5.0	15.3	-1.0	13.1	0.0	7.0	9.7	319 (13.3)	55/17
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	27.4	+1.4	16.0	+0.7	16.4	0.0	--	--	120 ( 5.0)	37/16
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	30.0	+7.2	16.5	+5.9	14.0	0.0	7.4	10.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	37.6	+8.5	19.9	+5.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	24.9	-0.3	20.3	+2.9	16.0	0.0	8.4	4.0	565 (23.5)	72/14
RICHMOND RAAF	29.3	+2.4	17.6	+2.1	--	0.0	--	--	171 ( 7.1)	44/13
BELLAMBI AWS	24.8	+0.9	20.6	+2.6	--	2.2	--	--	577 (24.0)	70/11
CANBERRA AIRPORT	28.3	+3.8	17.4	+6.7	14.7	0.0	8.4	10.0	237 ( 9.9)	48/17
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	34.6	+6.9	20.2	+6.8	17.5	0.0	11.6	10.6	345 (14.4)	39/17
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	30.2	+2.3	19.0	+6.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	28.2	-0.1	14.1	+0.3	13.2	0.0	13.8	11.8	420 (17.5)	46/09
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	23.9	-2.4	14.0	+2.3	15.6	0.0	10.6	--	488 (20.3)	55/09
BENDIGO AIRPORT	23.3	-2.7	12.8	+1.5	--	0.0	--	--	427 (17.8)	54/08
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	22.0	-1.9	16.1	+2.9	14.3	0.0	7.2	--	153 ( 6.4)	24/15
GEELONG AIRPORT	19.7	-3.5	11.5	-0.3	--	0.2	--	--	305 (12.7)	39/14
BALLARAT AERODROME	19.0	-3.2	10.2	+0.3	--	0.0	--	--	583 (24.3)	52/09
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	22.4	-0.1	9.0	-1.0	--	1.0	--	--	208 ( 8.7)	34/07
HOBART AIRPORT	19.5	-1.2	9.9	-0.8	4.5	2.6	2.6	11.2	355 (14.8)	50/15
	Max ° C	+/- norm ° C	Min ° C	+/- norm ° C	Grass Min ° C	Rain to 9am mm	Evaporation to 9am mm	Sunshine hours	Wind Run to 9am km	Maximum Gust km/h / hour of occurrence

Hottest

Highest maximum temperature>

Greatest variation above normal maximum

Highest minimum temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

44.4 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD
43.8 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
43.6 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
43.6 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA
43.6 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD

+12.3 : 43.8 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
+11.2 : 44.4 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD
+11.2 : 37.2 BURRINJUCK DAM SW Slopes N NSW
+9.9 : 40.4 NYNGAN AIRPORT CW Plains N NSW
+9.4 : 38.7 TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS CW Plains N NSW

31.5 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA
30.8 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA
30.4 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
30.4 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
30.3 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA

+10.6 : 25.4 CONDOBOLIN AG RESEARCH STN CW Plains S NSW
+9.7 : 24.3 CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT AWS CW Plains S NSW
+9.6 : 23.0 GRENFELL (QUONDONG RD) SW Slopes N NSW
+9.5 : 23.2 QUANDIALLA POST OFFICE SW Slopes N NSW
+8.9 : 27.4 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

7.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
10.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
12.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
12.0 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
12.4 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-8.8 : 20.7 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
-8.3 : 14.7 OMEO COMPARISON Upper NE VIC
-7.9 : 24.8 LEONORA Goldfields WA
-7.7 : 14.4 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.7 : 12.8 GELANTIPY E Gippsland VIC

0.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
2.1 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
3.3 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
4.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-5.1 : 7.5 ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE Adelaide/Lofty SA
-4.8 : 10.8 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD
-4.7 : 11.0 JIMNA FORESTRY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-4.4 : 13.7 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-4.3 : 13.4 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

Wettest

Sunniest & dullest

Windiest

Highest gusts

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.

Highest and lowest recordings of hours of sunshine for the 24 hours to midnight.

Highest wind run totals in kilometres for the 24 hours to 9am (average speed in brackets). All reported runs > =25km/h are shown.

Highest wind gusts in km/h for the 24 hours to midnight followed by the hour in which it occurred. All stations with gusts > 89km/h are shown.

80.0 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
75.0 GLEN ALLYN N Coast--Barron QLD
69.0 BAMAGA N Peninsula QLD
68.3 PELL AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
61.0 ALBANY ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
68.3 PELL AIRSTRIP
60.2 GERIATRIC PARK
55.6 WOODCUTTER'S MINE

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
69.0 BAMAGA
61.0 ALBANY ISLAND
N Coast--Barron
75.0 GLEN ALLYN

ISLANDS
Islands
80.0 CAPE WESSEL

12.1 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
12.0 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.8 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
11.7 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
11.7 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA

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4.0 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
4.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
3.8 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
2.7 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
0.1 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
0.0 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA

1418 (59.1) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1226 (51.1) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
964 (40.2) GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD
954 (39.8) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
934 (38.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
878 (36.6) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
863 (36.0) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
834 (34.8) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
830 (34.6) WILLIS ISLAND COMPARISON Islands ISL
829 (34.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
807 (33.6) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
806 (33.6) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
801 (33.4) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
797 (33.2) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
796 (33.2) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
790 (32.9) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
788 (32.8) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
768 (32.0) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
747 (31.1) PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
742 (30.9) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
711 (29.6) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
709 (29.5) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
697 (29.0) PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
682 (28.4) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
679 (28.3) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
678 (28.3) FORREST Eucla WA
675 (28.1) NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
672 (28.0) EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
669 (27.9) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
668 (27.8) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
666 (27.8) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
663 (27.6) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
662 (27.6) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
659 (27.5) WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
651 (27.1) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
650 (27.1) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
632 (26.3) WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC
625 (26.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
618 (25.8) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
616 (25.7) LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
613 (25.5) MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
612 (25.5) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
604 (25.2) GINGIN AERO Lower West WA

113/02 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
98/23 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
85/03 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
85/18 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
81/00 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

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 N Kimberley TRUSCOTT 7.2mm in 34 min to 17:34 12.7mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DARWIN AIRPORT 6.6mm in 9 min to 01:00 44.0mm/h 7.4mm in 22 min to 19:00 20.2mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 10.4mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 12.6mm/h MIDDLE POINT AWS 26.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.7mm/h 15.2mm in 48 min to 17:30 19.0mm/h 15.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 15.2mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h CHANNEL POINT 32.0mm in 6 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h DUM IN MIRRIE AWS 17.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.7mm/h 13.6mm in 8 min to 19:51 102.0mm/h 22.6mm in 39 min to 20:30 34.8mm/h 38.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 38.2mm/h 40.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 13.3mm/h WARRUWI 10.0mm in 26 min to 22:56 23.1mm/h 19.6mm in 1 hr to 23:30 19.6mm/h 26.0mm in 3 hr to 23:30 8.7mm/h GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS 12.4mm in 22 min to 12:26 33.8mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.3mm/h BULMAN AWS 28.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 9.3mm/h WOLLOGORANG 15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula HORN ISLAND 34.6mm in 1 hr to 11:00 34.6mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 12:00 10.4mm/h 45.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 15.0mm/h Gulf Country MORNINGTON ISLAND 10.8mm in 30 min to 11:30 21.6mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 11:30 10.8mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES C Tablelands S MOUNT BOYCE AWS 13.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 13.4mm/h ISLANDS Islands POINT FAWCETT 18.2mm in 33 min to 14:30 33.1mm/h 18.4mm in 1 hr to 14:30 18.4mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 7.7mm/h	VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 85(240/ 67 ) at 04:02 KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 70(237/ 63 ) at 03:50 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 95(240/ 67 ) at 00:35 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 98(300/ 83 ) at 00:00 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 113(240/ 89 ) at 03:30 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 80(270/ 67 ) at 19:17 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 74(250/ 65 ) at 01:30