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Noteworthy weather today
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AUS: High temperatures continue

Warm nights and days continued across most of the continent as high pressure prevented any intrusion of colder southern air, except in far SW WA. Overnight, minimum temperatures were above average continent-wide, except for a few small coastal pockets. The minimum temperature anomaly map at right shows a broad area extending from central Australia into western NSW where minima were 8 to nearly 12C above the norm. White Cliffs and Tibooburra NSW both recorded lows of 16.8: this was 11.6 above average at White Cliffs, and at Tibooburra was just 0.5 below their 92-year record high June minimum.

A weak cool change that swept across SA and VIC yesterday kept temperatures in those states out of the record-setting league today, but Griffith NSW equalled its June maximum record of 25.0 set two days ago while Ali Curung NT set a new high with 33.3C. Some 24 stations scattered across the NT, SA, NSW and VIC came within a degree of their records, while in the WA Kimberley Halls Creek's top of 33.5 was just 0.3C shy of their 59-year June high.

VIC: First significant rain in 4 months in NW VIC

The first rain of any significance since early February fell across parts of western and NW VIC overnight, from a rainband ahead of a weakening cold front. The heaviest totals to 9am were 26.4 at St Arnaud, 24.2 at Trentham, 22.6 at Minyip and 22.0 at Daylesford.

WA: Low brings gales, rain

SW WA experienced wet windy weather today as a deepening low skirted its southern coastline. Wind gusted to 113km/h at Cape Leeuwin, 107 at Cape Naturaliste and 89 at Rottnest Island during the afternoon as the low deepened to a central pressure of 993hPa just SE of Albany at 10pm. Mount William, in the ranges 50km SE of Mandurah, recorded 42.4mm in the 24 hours to 9am while Pickering Brook, Karnet and Mundaring, all SE of Perth, recorded about 36mm. During the day, Bridgetown registered 30mm between 9am and 9pm. Significantly colder air swept into the South West, with Bickley in suburban Perth, Pemberton and Bridgetown only reaching maxima of 12C to 3pm.


Records set or equalled today

These records are as received at 2131 EST on 10/02/2006. 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 Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest daily rainfall

SA

NE Pastoral

017106

NEW QUINYAMBIE

29.0

25.5

24/06/1978

28

Highest grass minimum temperature

SA

Lower SE

026021

MOUNT GAMBIER AERO

12.4

12.4

09/06/2004

35

Equal to record.

Highest minimum temperature

NT

Victoria

014840

WAVE HILL

22.7

22.0

01/06/1981

31

VIC

W Gippsland

085096

WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE

14.6

14.6

08/06/1995

46

Equal to record.

VIC

W Coast

090135

CASTERTON SHOWGROUNDS

14.5

14.0

09/06/1995

46

Highest maximum temperature

NT

Victoria

014829

LAJAMANU

35.0

34.0

08/06/2005

12

Previous record set earlier this month.

NT

Alice Springs

015502

ALI CURUNG

33.3

33.2

21/06/1996

17

NSW

Hunter Valley

061363

SCONE AIRPORT AWS

23.9

23.8

04/06/2005

12

Previous record set earlier this month.

NSW

Hunter Valley

061375

MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS

22.5

22.4

06/06/1997

11

NSW

CW Slopes S

065070

DUBBO AIRPORT AWS

23.0

22.8

07/06/2005

11

Previous record set earlier this month.

NSW

Riverina W

075041

GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS

25.0

25.0

07/06/2005

31

Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.


The day in charts
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Actual temperatures
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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 20:53EST, 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 17.9 -3.0 14.6 +3.6 12.4 15.0 4.6 -- 497 (20.7) 65/16
PERTH AIRPORT 16.9 -2.0 10.7 +1.7 9.3 16.0 2.0 3.5 396 (16.5) 65/06
ALBANY AIRPORT 15.3 -1.3 9.8 +1.7 8.1 3.2 2.4 6.3 394 (16.4) 71/13
BUNBURY 16.8 -1.6 11.2 +3.1 -- 11.4 -- -- 478 (19.9) 78/17
MANDURAH 16.4 -- 12.8 -- -- 19.4 -- -- 717 (29.9) 68/17
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.3 +1.7 22.8 +2.9 22.1 0.0 4.8 10.9 231 ( 9.6) 32/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 29.0 +9.2 14.7 +9.6 12.1 0.0 7.2 5.5 301 (12.5) 35/15
WHYALLA AERO 22.8 +5.5 13.0 +6.9 -- 0.4 3.8 -- 385 (16.0) 41/22
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 23.4 +7.3 14.9 +6.8 10.3 1.0 1.4 8.0 287 (12.0) 22/10
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 20.2 +6.4 13.6 +7.8 12.4 1.8 1.8 7.7 431 (18.0) 39/10
MOUNT ISA AERO 31.0 +6.1 10.5 +0.5 8.7 0.0 4.4 10.3 137 ( 5.7) 24/12
CAIRNS AERO 26.8 +0.8 20.1 +2.3 21.6 9.4 2.4 9.0 392 (16.3) 37/01
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.5 +1.9 17.5 +2.9 14.8 0.0 6.0 10.5 461 (19.2) 34/10
MACKAY MO 22.7 +0.8 17.0 +3.0 -- 2.6 -- 6.6 468 (19.5) 39/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.2 +2.7 16.9 +6.0 16.3 0.0 3.4 -- 340 (14.2) 34/10
BUNDABERG AERO 24.5 +1.9 14.7 +3.1 -- 2.6 2.8 -- 386 (16.1) --
NAMBOUR DPI 22.3 +0.7 12.7 +3.4 -- 3.6 0.0 -- -- --
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT 23.4 +2.3 13.9 +2.4 -- 1.2 -- -- 238 ( 9.9) 35/16
BRISBANE AERO 23.1 +1.8 12.3 +1.8 10.7 0.0 2.8 6.2 319 (13.3) 34/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 20.2 +3.2 12.3 +4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 659 (27.5) 46/10
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR) 23.1 +6.3 9.7 +3.6 3.8 0.0 2.8 -- 65 ( 2.7) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 21.6 +2.2 10.1 +1.0 6.2 0.0 1.6 8.9 162 ( 6.8) 18/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 22.9 +3.4 8.9 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 22.0 +4.4 6.3 -1.6 3.3 0.2 1.6 7.6 175 ( 7.3) 18/10
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 23.4 +5.5 5.0 -1.5 2.4 0.2 -- -- 33 ( 1.4) 11/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 16.0 +5.5 3.0 +0.4 -1.0 -- 1.2 2.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 23.0 +6.6 5.8 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.7 +5.1 10.1 +1.6 7.9 0.0 1.6 8.3 271 (11.3) 24/10
RICHMOND RAAF 22.6 +4.6 3.4 -1.5 -- 0.4 -- -- 13 ( 0.5) 13/11
BELLAMBI AWS 21.4 +3.7 12.5 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 130 ( 5.4) 21/12
CANBERRA AIRPORT 16.2 +4.0 0.5 -0.5 -2.6 0.0 1.4 3.2 98 ( 4.1) 18/12
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 16.4 +2.6 9.0 +5.3 5.2 0.0 2.6 0.7 279 (11.6) 22/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 14.2 0.0 6.9 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MILDURA AIRPORT 21.8 +5.8 13.8 +8.6 13.0 3.6 2.0 5.2 329 (13.7) 24/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 18.5 +4.5 12.1 +8.4 10.3 0.0 1.2 -- 277 (11.5) 30/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT 16.0 +2.8 11.1 +7.5 -- 7.2 -- -- 177 ( 7.4) 24/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 19.5 +5.5 13.5 +6.6 12.4 9.8 2.8 -- 110 ( 4.6) 22/14
GEELONG AIRPORT 21.1 +6.5 12.0 +5.7 -- 11.2 -- -- 265 (11.0) 35/01
BALLARAT AERODROME 14.1 +3.3 11.3 +7.3 -- 4.8 -- -- 644 (26.8) 46/05
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 12.1 -1.0 4.3 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 62 ( 2.6) 13/22
HOBART AIRPORT 12.4 -0.5 4.8 +0.2 1.3 0.0 1.4 0.4 170 ( 7.1) 21/22
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 temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

35.5 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
35.1 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA
35.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
35.0 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT
35.0 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
35.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT

+11.3 : 33.3 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
+10.0 : 25.7 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW
+9.6 : 25.0 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW
+9.2 : 33.3 ALI CURUNG N Plateau NT
+9.2 : 29.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+9.2 : 25.2 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
+9.2 : 25.4 CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA

28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.7 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
25.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.8 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.5 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+11.5 : 16.8 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+11.2 : 22.7 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT
+10.4 : 14.7 GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) Northeast SA
+10.3 : 16.8 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+10.0 : 16.6 JERVOIS N Plateau NT

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

4.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
5.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
5.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
6.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW

-5.4 : 6.5 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
-5.3 : 14.6 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
-5.2 : 14.9 MORAWA AIRPORT Central West WA
-4.8 : 23.3 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
-4.7 : 11.0 SHANNON Lower West WA

-3.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.1 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-2.5 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-2.0 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
-1.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

-5.2 : 1.7 EYRE Eucla WA
-4.3 : -2.5 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.3 : 4.8 WINDY HARBOUR Lower West WA
-3.4 : -2.0 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
-2.9 : 4.0 ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW

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.
55.0 BELLENDEN KER TOP STN N Coast--Barron QLD
51.0 KOOMBOOLOOMBA DAM N Coast--Barron QLD
48.0 FERNDALE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
42.4 MOUNT WILLIAM
38.6 SERPENTINE MAIN DAM Lower West WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
38.6 SERPENTINE MAIN DAM

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
55.0 BELLENDEN KER TOP STN
51.0 KOOMBOOLOOMBA DAM
Wide Bay/Burnett
48.0 FERNDALE

ISLANDS

42.4 MOUNT WILLIAM

10.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.6 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.6 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.5 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.3 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

.....

0.0 COWRA RESEARCH CENTRE C Tablelands S NSW
0.0 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.0 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
0.0 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.0 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS

1256 (52.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
948 (39.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
876 (36.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
829 (34.5) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
806 (33.6) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
782 (32.6) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
776 (32.3) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
765 (31.9) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
762 (31.8) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
759 (31.6) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
742 (30.9) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
733 (30.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
717 (29.9) MANDURAH Lower West WA
713 (29.7) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
706 (29.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
694 (28.9) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
691 (28.8) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
672 (28.0) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
668 (27.8) COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
659 (27.5) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
644 (26.8) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
629 (26.2) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
613 (25.5) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
603 (25.1) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
113/12 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
108/15 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
89/17 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
85/13 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
80/14 GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
80/16 NORTH ISLAND Central West WA

Downpours High AWS wind reports
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less from AWS and synoptic reports. Storm force gusts (>89km/h) and 10-minute mean gales (>62km/h) reported by AWSs. Wind direction and mean windspeed are shown in brackets.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    Lower West
PEARCE RAAF
6.8mm in 34 min to 14:00 12.0mm/h
QUEENSLAND
    Central Coast E
SAMUEL HILL AERO
13.2mm in 1 hr to 01:00 13.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h
VICTORIA
    Lower North
CHARLTON
10.0mm in 30 min to 04:30 20.0mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 04:30 10.2mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 05:00 12.4mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    Central West
NORTH ISLAND : 80(230/ 67 ) at 16:29
    Lower West
ROTTNEST ISLAND : 85(240/ 69 ) at 17:29
SWANBOURNE : 85(280/ 65 ) at 13:31
CAPE LEEUWIN : 111(250/ 87 ) at 12:38
CAPE NATURALISTE : 108(230/ 74 ) at 14:59