Australian Weather News -- 24 JUL 2005

Sunday 24 JUL 2005

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2005

Dec

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
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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

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

Oct

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
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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

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

August

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

July

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
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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
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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
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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
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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

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

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
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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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newsworthy

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Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2245 EST on 23/06/2006. 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

Victoria

014829

LAJAMANU

21.0

07/07/2005

Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

Alice Springs

015643

TERRITORY GRAPE FARM

16.0

15.0

07/07/2005

Previous record set earlier this month.

Lower SE

026095

CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS)

12.3

05/07/1998

Equal to record.

VIC

W Central

087113

AVALON AIRPORT

10.9

23/07/2005

Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

VIC

W Coast

090135

CASTERTON SHOWGROUNDS

12.0

11.5

28/07/1975

TAS

N Coast

091223

MARRAWAH

12.7

12.2

04/07/1994

TAS

N Coast

091245

CAPE GRIM BAPS

12.0

01/07/2005

Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

TAS

N Coast

091284

BRIDPORT (SEA VIEW VILLAS)

11.8

29/07/1996

Equal to record.

TAS

King Island

098017

KING ISLAND AIRPORT

12.7

12.5

19/07/2002

Highest maximum temperature

NSW

South Coast

069139

BEGA AWS

21.8

24/07/2000

Equal to record.

Highest wind gust (km/h)

TAS

W Coast

097072

STRAHAN AERODROME

121

113.0

01/07/2004

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 21:07EST, 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	19.7	+0.2	6.7	-2.8	5.7	0.0	2.0	--	345 (14.4)	28/06
PERTH AIRPORT	18.9	+1.0	10.2	+2.1	8.3	0.6	1.6	2.5	273 (11.4)	35/12
ALBANY AIRPORT	18.5	+2.7	12.4	+4.9	11.4	0.0	2.4	5.2	445 (18.5)	37/10
BUNBURY	18.5	+1.3	12.0	+4.8	--	0.4	--	--	280 (11.7)	30/14
MANDURAH	18.9	--	13.0	--	--	1.4	--	--	252 (10.5)	31/17
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.8	+2.3	22.4	+3.2	21.8	0.0	6.6	10.0	215 ( 9.0)	37/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	22.6	+2.9	13.7	+9.7	12.8	0.0	3.2	4.9	185 ( 7.7)	30/13
WHYALLA AERO	20.0	+3.1	9.9	+4.6	--	0.4	3.2	--	445 (18.5)	43/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	17.1	+1.8	11.0	+3.5	7.1	1.2	1.8	6.3	287 (12.0)	52/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	14.8	+1.7	10.1	+4.9	8.6	4.4	1.4	2.8	465 (19.4)	71/12
MOUNT ISA AERO	24.9	+0.2	13.4	+4.8	11.5	0.0	5.4	4.0	329 (13.7)	32/21
CAIRNS AERO	23.6	-2.1	18.5	+1.5	17.5	7.2	3.4	1.5	449 (18.7)	48/18
TOWNSVILLE AERO	26.1	+1.0	15.6	+2.0	12.5	0.0	5.4	9.2	454 (18.9)	35/12
MACKAY MO	21.2	-0.1	15.9	+3.1	--	27.8	--	9.5	632 (26.3)	46/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	23.6	+0.5	14.3	+4.8	12.7	0.0	5.6	--	426 (17.8)	30/14
BUNDABERG AERO	23.1	+1.1	13.3	+3.2	--	0.0	3.8	--	444 (18.5)	31/10
NAMBOUR DPI	19.2	-1.9	9.8	+2.1	--	2.2²	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT	20.4	-0.1	9.4	-0.5	--	0.2	--	--	174 ( 7.3)	30/12
BRISBANE AERO	19.9	-1.0	10.6	+1.8	7.8	0.6	1.2	0.1	296 (12.3)	24/08
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	19.3	+2.7	6.7	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	330 (13.8)	37/13
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	20.2	+4.1	8.1	+3.4	3.7	0.0	2.4	--	90 ( 3.8)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	21.3	+2.6	9.5	+2.0	5.4	0.0	2.4	9.2	314 (13.1)	30/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	22.6	+3.9	5.9	-0.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	19.1	+2.1	3.5	-2.8	1.2	0.0	2.4	6.8	237 ( 9.9)	48/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	20.9	+3.4	1.4	-3.2	-0.8	0.0	--	--	45 ( 1.9)	30/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	13.0	+3.7	1.7	+0.3	-2.5	0.0	2.0	7.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	18.4	+3.2	7.0	+4.0	--	0.2	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	22.1	+5.1	6.8	-0.3	4.2	0.0	2.8	9.9	306 (12.8)	45/13
RICHMOND RAAF	21.7	+4.3	-1.7	-5.2	--	0.2	--	--	15 ( 0.6)	50/13
BELLAMBI AWS	21.0	+4.2	10.7	+0.7	--	0.0	--	--	320 (13.3)	48/06
CANBERRA AIRPORT	14.8	+3.5	-2.9	-2.8	-6.5	0.2	1.6	8.8	253 (10.5)	58/22
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	17.4	+4.7	2.7	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.6	6.7	255 (10.6)	37/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	15.5	+2.5	1.6	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	21.2	+5.9	6.4	+2.1	2.9	0.0	4.0	7.7	309 (12.9)	48/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	18.1	+5.1	5.9	+3.0	4.6	0.0	--	--	338 (14.1)	41/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT	17.5	+5.0	5.5	+3.1	--	0.4	--	--	224 ( 9.3)	54/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	17.2	+3.8	10.6	+4.6	8.6	0.0	2.4	--	231 ( 9.6)	35/10
GEELONG AIRPORT	17.7	+3.9	11.1	+5.7	--	0.4	--	--	433 (18.0)	74/12
BALLARAT AERODROME	14.8	+4.8	6.0	+2.8	--	0.2	--	--	694 (28.9)	65/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	13.4	+0.8	7.2	+5.0	--	6.6	--	--	436 (18.2)	63/14
HOBART AIRPORT	18.2	+5.8	7.7	+3.6	3.3	0.0	1.6	5.6	273 (11.4)	98/14
	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

34.7 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
34.3 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
34.3 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
34.0 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
34.0 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT
34.0 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA

+6.6 : 24.4 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+6.5 : 20.6 KERANG (POST OFFICE) Lower North VIC
+6.2 : 17.3 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
24.9 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
24.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.0 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
23.6 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT

+12.3 : 21.0 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT
+11.6 : 18.1 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+10.9 : 16.0 TERRITORY GRAPE FARM N Plateau NT
+10.1 : 24.9 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
+10.0 : 20.9 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

0.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.7 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
2.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
2.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

-4.7 : 18.5 WALKAMIN DPI N Coast--Barron QLD
-3.2 : 17.9 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
-2.6 : 21.0 GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD
-2.5 : 23.0 LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD

-8.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.1 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.1 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.6 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW

-6.0 : -3.4 GULGONG POST OFFICE C Tablelands N NSW
-5.5 : -1.4 BADGERYS CREEK AIRPORT AWS Sydney--west NSW
-5.4 : 0.5 EYRE Eucla WA
-5.2 : -1.7 RICHMOND RAAF Sydney--west NSW
-5.2 : -0.4 HOLSWORTHY CONTROL RANGE Sydney--west 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.

75.0 GRAHAM RANGE N Coast--Barron QLD
53.0 GLENGARRY (ROSELEIGH) N Coast TAS
52.0 HAPPY VALLEY N Coast--Barron QLD
48.0 POINT LOOKOUT BOWLS CLUB Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
44.0 BABINDA POST OFFICE N Coast--Barron QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
75.0 GRAHAM RANGE
52.0 HAPPY VALLEY
44.0 BABINDA POST OFFICE
Brisbane/SE Coast
48.0 POINT LOOKOUT BOWLS CLUB

TASMANIA
N Coast
53.0 GLENGARRY (ROSELEIGH)

10.9 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.5 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.1 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.0 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.0 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA

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0.1 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
0.1 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
0.0 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.0 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS

1351 (56.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1159 (48.3) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1097 (45.7) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1058 (44.1) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
971 (40.5) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
957 (39.9) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
945 (39.4) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
932 (38.8) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
928 (38.7) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
925 (38.5) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
882 (36.8) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
876 (36.5) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
875 (36.5) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
856 (35.7) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
850 (35.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
821 (34.2) DUNNS HILL E Central VIC
812 (33.8) RHYLL E Central VIC
801 (33.4) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
793 (33.0) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
787 (32.8) COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
783 (32.6) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
781 (32.5) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
767 (32.0) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
760 (31.7) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
743 (31.0) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
733 (30.5) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
727 (30.3) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
722 (30.1) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
695 (29.0) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
695 (29.0) ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC
694 (28.9) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
694 (28.9) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
691 (28.8) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
681 (28.4) MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC
676 (28.2) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
671 (28.0) CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
656 (27.3) ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE Adelaide/Lofty SA
642 (26.8) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
633 (26.4) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
632 (26.3) MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
632 (26.3) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
628 (26.2) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
609 (25.4) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC

134/12 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
130/12 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
128/12 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
121/12 STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
120/11 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
115/20 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
109/14 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
104/18 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
98/16 EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
98/14 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
98/14 HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
98/15 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
93/16 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
91/23 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC

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.
QUEENSLAND Central Coast E HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT 4.8mm in 12 min to 05:32 24.0mm/h MACKAY MO 10.8mm in 1 hr to 04:00 10.8mm/h Brisbane/SE Coast DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE 12.4mm in 1 hr to 08:00 12.4mm/h VICTORIA W Coast PORT FAIRY AWS 4.4mm in 13 min to 12:43 20.3mm/h TASMANIA N Coast LUNCHEON HILL FORESTRY 18.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.0mm/h	QUEENSLAND N Coast--Barron GREEN ISLAND : 70(150/ 65 ) at 04:25 NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 115(320/ 76 ) at 20:31 VICTORIA Upper NE FALLS CREEK : 100(330/ 52 ) at 20:13 MT HOTHAM : 102(330/ 76 ) at 19:00 W Coast COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 87(310/ 67 ) at 12:58 TASMANIA N Coast DEVONPORT AIRPORT : 85(320/ 70 ) at 13:54 CAPE GRIM BAPS : 130(280/108 ) at 12:20 LUNCHEON HILL FORESTRY : 95(280/ 45 ) at 12:41 E Coast EDDYSTONE POINT : 98(310/ 78 ) at 16:17 MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 78(350/ 63 ) at 11:30 Southeast HOBART AIRPORT : 96(300/ 78 ) at 14:09 HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) : 98(310/ 54 ) at 14:10 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 122(300/108 ) at 14:40 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 117(310/ 96 ) at 12:24 TASMAN ISLAND : 109(300/ 39 ) at 14:43 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 98(270/ 48 ) at 15:35 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 87(300/ 69 ) at 13:41 Derwent Valley BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) : 82(330/ 63 ) at 12:06 W Coast STRAHAN AERODROME : 121(300/ 70 ) at 12:09 SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 121(320/ 74 ) at 11:05 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 93(300/ 72 ) at 16:31