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Dec

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05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  

Nov

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  01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30        

Oct

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03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31            

Sept

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      01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30    

August

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01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        

July

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04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31

June

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
    01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30      

May

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
            01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31          

April

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
        01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30  

March

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
  01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31      

February

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
  01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28            

January

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03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31            

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Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec


Records set or equalled today

These records are as received at 2144 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

WA

SW & S Coast

009930

TAMARU

35.7

31.5

07/06/2005

39

Previous record set earlier this month.

QLD

Channel Country

038025

SANDRINGHAM

35.0

24.9

30/06/1966

40

QLD

Warrego

044129

PINGINE

60.0

38.0

15/06/1987

52

NSW

NW Slopes S

055272

GUNNEDAH (COLSTOUN SOUTH)

64.0

52.0

01/06/1981

32

NSW

Goulburn/Monaro

070268

YASS (CAVAN WEST)

36.0

34.2

23/06/1996

34

NSW

Riverina E

074100

HOPEFIELD (BARNWEAL)

35.0

26.4

23/06/1996

29

Highest minimum temperature

NSW

NW Slopes S

055049

QUIRINDI POST OFFICE

14.4

13.7

01/06/1981

38

NSW

NW Slopes S

055325

TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS

14.0

14.0

08/06/2002

11

Equal to record.

NSW

N Tablelands W

056032

TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK)

13.6

13.3

02/06/1985

40

NSW

N Tablelands W

056242

INVERELL (RAGLAN ST)

12.1

12.0

08/06/2002

11

NSW

N Tablelands E

057095

TABULAM (MUIRNE)

14.7

14.7

05/06/1988

34

Equal to record.

NSW

North Coast

058131

ALSTONVILLE TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH STAT

18.0

17.9

05/06/1988

31

NSW

North Coast

058198

BALLINA AIRPORT AWS

17.0

17.0

04/06/2003

13

Equal to record.

NSW

Hunter Valley

061363

SCONE AIRPORT AWS

13.3

13.2

09/06/2001

12

Lowest maximum temperature

WA

Lower West

009106

GOSNELLS CITY

11.0

13.5

08/06/2001

14

12.0

03/09/1999

15

WA

Lower West

009172

JANDAKOT AERO

11.0

12.8

08/06/2001

14

12.1

14/07/2003

16

WA

Lower West

009194

MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE

11.4

13.0

08/06/1993

23

12.4

23/05/1995

23

WA

Lower West

009215

SWANBOURNE

12.6

13.8

09/06/1995

11

WA

Lower West

009225

PERTH METRO

11.5

13.6

09/06/1995

12

11.5

23/05/1995

12

WA

Lower West

009240

BICKLEY

9.0

10.0

21/06/1996

12

9.0

31/05/2004

12

WA

SW & S Coast

009542

ESPERANCE AERO

10.0

11.2

11/06/1998

12

10.6

11/07/1998

13

WA

SW & S Coast

009789

ESPERANCE

10.7

10.7

11/06/2003

36

Equal to record.


The day in charts
Surface charts Satellite images Rain & temperatures
4am EST Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
Available about 6am EST Available about 4am EST Available about 2pm EST
Week to 9am | SE AUS detail
10am EST Minimum temperature +/- normal
Available about noon EST Available about 10am EST Available about 2pm EST next day
Actual temperatures
4pm EST Maximum temperature +/- normal
Available about 6pm EST Available about 4pm EST Available about 2pm EST next day
Actual temperatures
10pm EST Solar Radiation
Available about midnight EST Available about 10pm EST Available about 2am EST next day

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 20:54EST, 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 18.6 -2.3 12.8 +1.8 9.9 1.6 2.2 -- 610 (25.4) 67/15
PERTH AIRPORT 11.7 -7.2 6.8 -2.2 6.0 11.4 4.8 2.1 548 (22.8) 63/03
ALBANY AIRPORT 12.9 -3.7 5.9 -2.2 4.7 23.6 3.8 5.3 444 (18.5) 61/12
BUNBURY 12.3 -6.1 6.4 -1.7 -- 7.8 -- -- 401 (16.7) 52/12
MANDURAH 12.0 -- 8.4 -- -- 10.2 -- -- 668 (27.8) 80/03
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.2 +0.6 20.9 +1.0 20.1 0.0 4.6 9.7 182 ( 7.6) 28/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 19.9 +0.1 11.0 +5.9 6.4 0.0 4.0 4.7 284 (11.8) 52/19
WHYALLA AERO 20.9 +3.6 11.0 +4.9 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 465 (19.4) 52/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 20.3 +4.2 12.0 +3.9 8.7 0.0 1.4 8.4 386 (16.1) 50/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 17.6 +3.8 10.6 +4.8 8.4 0.8 1.0 9.3 407 (17.0) 55/22
MOUNT ISA AERO 31.7 +6.8 13.2 +3.2 11.8 0.0 3.6 10.4 121 ( 5.0) 35/11
CAIRNS AERO 27.7 +1.7 19.2 +1.4 18.0 0.0 4.0 8.2 344 (14.3) 30/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.5 +1.9 15.1 +0.5 14.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 322 (13.4) 32/15
MACKAY MO 24.0 +2.1 16.5 +2.5 -- 0.0 -- 9.0 307 (12.8) 21/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.7 +3.2 14.6 +3.7 12.9 0.0 2.6 -- 202 ( 8.4) 24/14
BUNDABERG AERO 25.3 +2.7 14.6 +3.0 -- 0.0 1.8 -- 188 ( 7.8) 22/15
NAMBOUR DPI 24.9 +3.3 13.6 +4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT 22.7 +1.6 17.9 +6.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 192 ( 8.0) 26/09
BRISBANE AERO 24.3 +3.0 14.6 +4.1 12.8 0.0 1.8 3.3 155 ( 6.5) 22/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 20.5 +3.5 13.8 +6.3 -- 0.8 -- -- 360 (15.0) 30/12
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR) 19.6 +2.8 14.4 +8.3 12.0 40.2 1.6 -- 229 ( 9.5) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 24.9 +5.5 17.6 +8.5 15.0 0.2 1.6 4.9 394 (16.4) 30/06
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.7 +2.2 13.9 +5.9 -- 1.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 19.5 +1.9 10.9 +3.0 10.0 2.0 0.6 0.4 205 ( 8.5) 18/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 21.5 +3.6 9.6 +3.1 7.6 3.0 -- -- 54 ( 2.3) 11/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 19.2 +2.8 11.5 +6.9 -- 9.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 20.3 +2.7 11.7 +3.2 5.1 0.8 2.0 9.1 440 (18.3) 30/11
RICHMOND RAAF 20.0 +2.0 4.8 -0.1 -- 0.6 -- -- 101 ( 4.2) 18/01
BELLAMBI AWS 21.1 +3.4 11.8 +0.8 -- 1.4 -- -- 520 (21.7) 34/01
CANBERRA AIRPORT 15.6 +3.4 5.6 +4.6 3.0 40.0 4.4 3.8 338 (14.1) 22/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 17.8 +4.0 8.5 +4.8 7.0 17.4 2.0 6.2 275 (11.5) 21/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 17.6 +3.4 9.6 +5.7 -- 14.0 -- -- -- --
MILDURA AIRPORT 18.9 +2.9 7.1 +1.9 4.2 0.0 1.4 9.4 325 (13.5) 32/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 18.3 +4.3 9.5 +5.8 7.8 2.0 -- -- 229 ( 9.5) 34/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT 16.9 +3.7 9.6 +6.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 234 ( 9.8) 43/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 18.3 +4.3 12.2 +5.3 9.5 0.2 0.4 -- 119 ( 5.0) 30/13
GEELONG AIRPORT 19.4 +4.8 7.1 +0.8 -- 0.2 -- -- 283 (11.8) 44/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 14.9 +4.1 8.5 +4.5 -- 2.0 -- -- 322 (13.4) 59/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.5 +2.4 8.6 +5.7 -- 16.0 -- -- 111 ( 4.6) 26/13
HOBART AIRPORT 16.5 +3.6 6.7 +2.1 4.9 3.0 0.0 7.4 228 ( 9.5) 28/08
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

35.0 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT
34.7 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
34.5 KIDMAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT
34.5 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
34.5 ELLIOTT N Plateau NT

+8.4 : 32.7 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD
+7.8 : 31.9 ALI CURUNG N Plateau NT
+7.3 : 31.8 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+6.8 : 31.7 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
+6.8 : 31.4 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.5 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
24.7 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.7 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
24.0 WILLIS ISLAND COMPARISON Islands ISL
24.0 HOLMES REEF Islands ISL
24.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+12.5 : 12.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
+11.6 : 14.4 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW
+11.2 : 12.1 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW
+11.2 : 13.6 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
+10.8 : 15.0 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD

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

1.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
3.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
4.8 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
5.0 MOUNT GININI Goulburn/Monaro NSW
5.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

-8.5 : 11.0 GOSNELLS CITY Lower West WA
-7.9 : 11.4 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA
-7.8 : 11.0 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
-7.8 : 11.5 PERTH METRO Lower West WA
-7.3 : 10.0 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
-7.3 : 10.7 ESPERANCE Lower West WA

-1.6 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-1.0 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-0.7 ORANGE AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands S NSW
-0.2 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-0.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-5.3 : 6.7 TELFER AERO Interior WA
-5.0 : 4.0 ALBANY Lower West WA
-4.6 : 8.7 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
-4.5 : 9.3 MARDIE W Pilbara WA

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.
64.0 GUNNEDAH (COLSTOUN SOUTH) NW Slopes S NSW
63.0 NARRABRI (ROSEWOOD FARM) NW Plains E NSW
61.4 ADINA Lower West WA
60.2 TAMWORTH (HILLGROVE) NW Slopes S NSW
60.0 PINGINE Warrego QLD

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
61.4 ADINA
51.6 CAPE LE GRAND NAT PARK

QUEENSLAND
Warrego
60.0 PINGINE

NEW SOUTH WALES
NW Plains E
63.0 NARRABRI (ROSEWOOD FARM)
54.0 NARRABRI WEST POST OFFICE
NW Slopes S
64.0 GUNNEDAH (COLSTOUN SOUTH)
60.2 TAMWORTH (HILLGROVE)
58.8 CARROLL (THE RANCH)
58.0 WINTON (DALBLAIR)
57.0 SOMERTON (KALLAROO)
57.0 WOOLOMIN (CULWULLA)
53.0 HANGING ROCK (ANDEVA)
50.8 KEEPIT DAM

VICTORIA
Upper NE
50.2 MOUNT BUFFALO CHALET

10.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.4 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.3 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.2 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.2 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD

.....

2.1 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
2.1 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
1.9 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
0.4 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1347 (56.1) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1315 (54.8) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1179 (49.1) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
1163 (48.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1010 (42.1) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
953 (39.7) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
938 (39.1) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
906 (37.8) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
840 (35.0) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
833 (34.7) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
789 (32.9) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
769 (32.0) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
760 (31.7) CAPE BORDA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
728 (30.3) CHEADANUP Goldfields WA
693 (28.9) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
677 (28.2) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
677 (28.2) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
674 (28.1) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
668 (27.8) MANDURAH Lower West WA
667 (27.8) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
658 (27.4) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
652 (27.2) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
650 (27.1) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
649 (27.0) FORREST Eucla WA
619 (25.8) MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
612 (25.5) SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA
610 (25.4) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
606 (25.3) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
602 (25.1) WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
109/02 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
107/08 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
98/02 GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
91/00 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
83/02 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
83/02 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

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
ESPERANCE
15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
    N Plateau
JERVOIS
4.8mm in 6 min to 13:23 48.0mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
    NW Slopes S
GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS
15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h
TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS
15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    Lower West
ROTTNEST ISLAND : 109(210/ 59 ) at 02:24
OCEAN REEF : 93(230/ 61 ) at 02:41
GARDEN ISLAND HSF : 98(220/ 59 ) at 02:05
CAPE LEEUWIN : 108(240/ 58 ) at 04:27
CAPE NATURALISTE : 98(200/ 76 ) at 01:13
MANDURAH : 80(220/ 65 ) at 01:10
NORTHERN TERRITORY
    N Plateau
TERRITORY GRAPE FARM : 91(260/ 61 ) at 16:01
NEW SOUTH WALES
    Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 83(300/ 70 ) at 01:00
    SW Slopes S
WAGGA WAGGA AMO : 104( 80/ 24 ) at 07:06