Australian Weather News -- 23 DEC 2005

Friday 23 DEC 2005

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Dec

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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 1236 EST on 15/08/2006. 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
District		Site		Reading	Reading	Date	Years	Reading	Date	Years	Comments
Highest minimum temperature
WA	N Kimberley	001007	TROUGHTON ISLAND	30.0	30.0	22/12/2005	26				Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.
QLD	S Peninsula	028004	PALMERVILLE	29.8	29.0	08/12/1997	46	29.5	26/11/1998	51
Highest maximum temperature
NT	Alice Springs	015603	KULGERA	45.2	45.2	22/12/1990	25				Equal to record.
SA	NE Pastoral	017110	LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT	45.4	44.5	20/12/1994	22
SA	NE Pastoral	017123	MOOMBA AIRPORT	46.5	44.7	11/12/2005	11				Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Upper North	019017	HAWKER	44.5	43.8	19/12/1994	39
SA	Upper Murray	024048	RENMARK AERO	44.2	43.5	16/12/2002	11
NSW	Lower Darling	047048	BROKEN HILL AIRPORT AWS	44.2	43.0	19/12/1994	18
NSW	Upper Darling	048027	COBAR MO	44.1	43.2	19/12/1990	44
NSW	Upper Darling	048079	WANAARING POST OFFICE	44.9	43.9	26/12/1998	14
NSW	Upper Darling	048237	COBAR AIRPORT AWS	43.4	42.9	19/12/1994	12
NSW	NW Plains W	052088	WALGETT AIRPORT AWS	44.3	44.1	26/12/2003	13
NSW	CW Slopes S	065103	FORBES AIRPORT AWS	42.2	41.3	21/12/1997	11

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 21:58EST, 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	24.0	-5.5	17.0	+0.7	15.7	0.0	8.6	--	590 (24.6)	55/18
PERTH AIRPORT	22.7	-6.2	15.0	+0.2	13.1	0.4	8.2	12.4	670 (27.9)	45/00
ALBANY AIRPORT	17.5	-5.6	9.3	-3.1	8.5	11.2	7.8	10.6	484 (20.2)	52/14
BUNBURY	20.3	-6.8	9.5	-3.8	--	1.4	--	--	521 (21.7)	48/01
MANDURAH	20.4	--	15.4	--	--	1.2	--	--	697 (29.0)	48/00
DARWIN AIRPORT	34.4	+1.8	26.2	+0.9	25.5	0.4	6.2	9.1	260 (10.8)	37/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	43.1	+7.7	22.2	+2.0	17.9	0.0	13.4	13.3	276 (11.5)	54/10
WHYALLA AERO	41.0	+12.9	19.1	+3.3	--	0.0	--	--	289 (12.0)	74/08
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	30.9	+3.9	20.3	+4.8	16.2	0.0	6.4	1.2	251 (10.5)	65/16
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	29.7	+6.8	9.4	-0.5	7.2	0.0	7.0	0.6	329 (13.7)	72/16
MOUNT ISA AERO	40.7	+3.5	18.3	-4.8	16.3	0.0	12.6	12.6	244 (10.2)	34/09
CAIRNS AERO	29.3	-2.1	23.9	+0.5	23.1	13.6	12.8	0.3	543 (22.6)	48/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO	32.7	+1.2	26.1	+2.0	24.6	0.0	13.4	1.1	578 (24.1)	59/21
MACKAY MO	33.0	+2.9	26.0	+3.1	--	0.0	--	8.4	367 (15.3)	30/04
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	35.4	+3.3	19.1	-2.1	17.3	0.0	9.4	--	213 ( 8.9)	32/14
BUNDABERG AERO	31.6	+2.2	19.6	-0.9	--	0.0	7.8	--	233 ( 9.7)	35/15
NAMBOUR DPI	34.4	+5.2	18.7	+0.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT	29.5	+2.3	23.7	+3.8	--	0.0	--	--	463 (19.3)	41/09
BRISBANE AERO	29.7	+1.4	21.3	+1.2	18.5	0.0	8.6	13.0	552 (23.0)	43/17
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	34.8	+7.1	20.0	+3.3	--	0.0	--	--	283 (11.8)	35/15
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	39.1	+8.1	21.4	+3.9	15.1	0.0	8.0	--	188 ( 7.8)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	32.1	+5.8	22.0	+3.9	12.8	0.0	8.0	9.8	353 (14.7)	35/20
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	28.8	+2.2	20.5	+3.8	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	37.6	+10.4	19.7	+3.2	19.8	0.0	6.6	8.9	451 (18.8)	45/16
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	36.4	+9.5	19.1	+3.8	19.2	0.0	--	--	163 ( 6.8)	28/17
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	32.6	+8.2	15.5	+4.2	7.0	0.0	4.0	10.9	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	41.9	+10.4	19.2	+3.3	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	35.5	+9.8	18.9	+1.4	17.3	0.0	7.4	9.3	440 (18.3)	59/18
RICHMOND RAAF	35.3	+6.6	16.7	+0.7	--	0.0	--	--	193 ( 8.0)	35/15
BELLAMBI AWS	32.8	+8.7	16.1	-1.4	--	0.0	--	--	262 (10.9)	50/17
CANBERRA AIRPORT	36.0	+9.9	13.8	+2.4	11.2	0.0	8.4	10.7	395 (16.5)	55/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	40.0	+10.6	14.5	+0.8	13.7	0.0	13.4	11.6	354 (14.8)	55/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	39.0	+9.6	13.8	+0.1	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	43.2	+13.1	20.8	+6.0	19.0	0.0	9.4	8.3	246 (10.3)	67/20
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	39.4	+12.0	10.2	-2.0	9.7	0.0	7.2	--	236 ( 9.8)	63/19
BENDIGO AIRPORT	37.9	+10.9	14.6	+3.1	--	0.0	--	--	301 (12.5)	74/17
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	36.4	+12.2	12.8	-0.1	10.1	0.0	6.2	--	112 ( 4.7)	--
GEELONG AIRPORT	36.3	+13.4	8.1	-2.8	--	0.2	--	--	200 ( 8.3)	80/17
BALLARAT AERODROME	32.4	+9.8	8.4	-1.0	--	0.2	--	--	301 (12.5)	83/16
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	21.8	-0.6	7.9	-2.7	--	0.0	--	--	234 ( 9.8)	31/13
HOBART AIRPORT	23.8	+3.2	10.0	-0.7	6.1	0.0	7.0	4.9	369 (15.4)	48/23
	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

48.0 MARREE NE Pastoral SA
48.0 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
47.5 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
47.0 ANDAMOOKA NW Pastoral SA
46.5 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA

+13.4 : 36.3 GEELONG AIRPORT W Central VIC
+13.2 : 42.9 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC
+13.1 : 44.2 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
+13.1 : 43.2 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
+13.0 : 37.0 AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
+13.0 : 34.1 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC

**S** 30.8 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
30.6 TELFER AERO Interior WA
30.3 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
30.2 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
30.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
30.0 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA

**S** +13.0 : 30.8 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
+9.4 : 28.0 ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
+8.7 : 24.0 WYALONG POST OFFICE SW Slopes N NSW
+8.6 : 21.5 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
+8.2 : 29.4 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

13.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
15.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
16.8 LUNCHEON HILL FORESTRY N Coast TAS
17.0 SHANNON Lower West WA
17.2 ALBANY Lower West WA
17.2 MARRAWAH N Coast TAS

-8.2 : 22.2 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-7.9 : 22.4 GOSNELLS CITY Lower West WA
-7.9 : 20.0 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-7.9 : 20.1 KARNET Lower West WA

0.4 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
0.8 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
2.5 TARRALEAH VILLAGE Derwent Valley TAS
3.6 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
3.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-8.5 : 6.6 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW
-5.6 : 10.6 MAITLAND VISITORS CENTRE Hunter Valley NSW
-5.2 : 6.5 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC
-4.8 : 18.3 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-4.8 : 17.3 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne 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.

109.0 SHIPTONS FLAT N Coast--Barron QLD
101.8 MACKNADE SUGAR MILL N Coast--Herbert QLD
87.0 CHANNEL ISLAND N Rivers NT
56.0 HOPE VALE N Coast--Barron QLD
51.0 BELLENDEN KER TOP STN N Coast--Barron QLD

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
87.0 CHANNEL ISLAND

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
109.0 SHIPTONS FLAT
56.0 HOPE VALE
51.0 BELLENDEN KER TOP STN
N Coast--Herbert
101.8 MACKNADE SUGAR MILL

13.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
13.1 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
13.0 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
12.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
12.8 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW

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0.8 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
0.6 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.5 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.3 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1170 (48.8) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1040 (43.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
932 (38.8) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
929 (38.7) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
888 (37.0) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
840 (35.0) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
808 (33.7) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
807 (33.6) NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
802 (33.4) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
795 (33.1) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
790 (32.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
734 (30.6) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
708 (29.5) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
697 (29.0) MANDURAH Lower West WA
687 (28.6) ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD
673 (28.0) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
670 (27.9) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
658 (27.4) CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
657 (27.4) KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
631 (26.3) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
628 (26.2) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
627 (26.1) COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
624 (26.0) CHEADANUP Goldfields WA
610 (25.4) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
610 (25.4) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
607 (25.3) PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
604 (25.2) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS

118/18 COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
117/22 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
113/21 LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
111/20 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
106/19 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
106/18 STAWELL AERODROME Wimmera S VIC
104/19 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
100/22 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
100/16 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
98/19 MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC
98/18 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
96/17 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC
93/17 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
93/16 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC
91/17 ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers POINT STUART AWS 22.0mm in 3 hr to 23:30 7.3mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula WEIPA AERO 4.0mm in 6 min to 13:54 40.0mm/h S Peninsula PALMERVILLE 13.0mm in 43 min to 14:00 18.1mm/h 14.8mm in 1 hr to 14:00 14.8mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h N Coast--Barron CAIRNS AERO 4.6mm in 12 min to 12:00 23.0mm/h LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE 12.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 12.2mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 7.3mm/h N Coast--Herbert CARDWELL EDEN ST 26.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 8.7mm/h 40.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 6.7mm/h INNISFAIL 71.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 11.8mm/h SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN 10.6mm in 1 hr to 13:00 10.6mm/h 53.2mm in 1 hr to 14:00 53.2mm/h 68.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 22.7mm/h 74.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 12.3mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 21:00 10.4mm/h TOWNSVILLE AERO 8.8mm in 16 min to 21:28 33.0mm/h LUCINDA POINT 24.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 8.0mm/h Central Coast E WOOLSHED 13.0mm in 1 hr to 13:00 13.0mm/h 27.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 9.0mm/h 14.8mm in 1 hr to 22:00 14.8mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES North Coast CASINO AIRPORT AWS 6.2mm in 36 min to 18:36 10.3mm/h ISLANDS Islands COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT 17.0mm in 3 hr to 08:00 5.7mm/h	SOUTH AUSTRALIA NW Pastoral WOOMERA AERODROME : 80(220/ 65 ) at 17:51 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT : 80(210/ 63 ) at 18:19 NE Pastoral LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT : 102(210/ 67 ) at 22:15 MARREE AERO : 106(220/ 65 ) at 20:10 W Agricultural NEPTUNE ISLAND : 83(280/ 69 ) at 13:38 NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) : 87(280/ 69 ) at 14:01 Northeast YUNTA AIRSTRIP : 93(340/ 41 ) at 18:42 Yorke Pen/Kanga Is MINLATON AERO : 85(260/ 69 ) at 15:54 EDITHBURGH : 76(250/ 63 ) at 15:51 CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 89(240/ 74 ) at 16:17 Mallee/Upper SE LAMEROO AP (AUSTIN PLAINS) : 82(240/ 69 ) at 18:48 NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 100(330/ 63 ) at 23:03 VICTORIA Mallee N WALPEUP RESEARCH : 93(300/ 69 ) at 17:11 Mallee S HOPETOUN AIRPORT : 98(290/ 45 ) at 20:05 Wimmera S LONGERENONG : 96(300/ 70 ) at 18:31 HORSHAM AERODROME : 85(310/ 70 ) at 18:15 STAWELL AERODROME : 106(320/ 30 ) at 19:37 Upper NE MOUNT BULLER : 93(340/ 61 ) at 20:30 MT HOTHAM : 102(330/ 54 ) at 23:47 E Central ESSENDON AIRPORT : 91(300/ 61 ) at 18:38 Western Plains BALLARAT AERODROME : 82(330/ 70 ) at 21:08 LOOKOUT HILL : 100(320/ 39 ) at 17:21 W Coast COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 119(330/ 63 ) at 19:45 HAMILTON AIRPORT : 82(320/ 65 ) at 19:30 AIREYS INLET : 98(330/ 52 ) at 20:01 DARTMOOR CFA : 87(330/ 65 ) at 18:04 WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB : 87(320/ 67 ) at 19:22 TASMANIA Southeast MOUNT WELLINGTON : 108(340/ 80 ) at 23:30 TASMAN ISLAND : 87(360/ 69 ) at 23:01