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Daily Weather Summary Archive and Index 2006
  • National temperature, rainfall and wind extremes are available for every day. Use the links at left.
  • Descriptions of weather events are written a day or more after the event to give time for accurate information to become available. The headlines are listed below, and in Weather Events on the home page. For weather news as it breaks, I can recommend the ABC weather page.
  • Events are classed as major, newsworthy or significant.
  • A date with no entries means events for this day have not yet been recorded. Any significant events may be written up later.
  • Information often becomes available weeks or months after an event. If this results in a new story, it is listed in the Weather Events headlines on the home page. If it results in an update to an existing story, an sticker appears beside the headline below for about a week.

2006: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

December

31

ACT: Another thunderstorm pounds Canberra 3/1/07, 6/1/07, 11/1/07
NSW: Further widespread but scattered thunderstorms
NT, QLD: Storms and showers bring heavy falls 3/1/07.
VIC/SA: Lightning starts fires

30

SA: Storms cause fires, blackouts
QLD: Showers and storms bring heavy falls to FNQ
NSW: Patchy heavy rain and hail in afternoon storms

29

ACT, NSW: Storms bring some heavy rain 3/1/07.
WA: Storm sparks South Coast fire
NT, QLD: Cool conditions continue

28

QLD, NT: Cool weather continues to set records
NT: Heavy Top End falls

02 to 28

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

01

AUS: Significant weather report for November
Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

November

01 to 30

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

October

28 to 31

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

27

TAS, VIC: Winter returns with a vengeance
WA: Heavy thunderstorms continue in the Kimberley

26

ANT: Blizzard sets wind record at Davis
WA: Thunderstorms bring more heavy rain

25

WA: Thunderstorms bring damaging hail and wind

01 to 25

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

September

01 to 31

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

August

21 to 31

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

20

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions.

19

WA: Wet, windy and warm in the south
TAS: Gales continue

18

VIC: Drought bites hard in NW and Central VIC
WA: Heavy showers in the South West

17

NSW, VIC: Murray River inflows at record low
NSW, VIC: Worst snow season in 30 years improves -- a bit

16

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

15

NSW: Winter hailstorm whitens central Sydney

01 to 18

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

July

11 to 31

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

10

NSW, QLD: Very cold on the Northern Tablelands and Darling Downs
NSW, VIC: Windy in the high country

09

WA: Hot before welcome rain
NSW, QLD: Cold morning on the Northern Tablelands and Darling Downs
TAS, VIC: Continuing windy

08

WA, VIC, TAS: Warm in the south

07

TAS: Further gales as front passes

06

TAS: Wintry westerlies bring snow and gales
WA, NT, QLD : Temperature extremes in the north and west

05

TAS: Windy as fronts sweep through

04

NSW: Torrential showers in eastern Sydney

03

NSW: Some heavy coastal showers

01 to 02

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

June

25 to 30

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

24

TAS: West Coast rain causes tragedy
NSW, VIC: Fogs widespread
WA: Warm in the Central West

23

QLD, NSW, VIC: Useful rain inland, showers along the coast
NSW, ACT, SA: Fog disrupts transport
WA: Broome shivers

22

QLD, NSW: Rare Outback fog
NSW, SE QLD: Further heavy coastal showers
QLD, NSW, VIC: Light inland rain welcome

21

AUS: Drought cuts production, sets record for assistance
WA: Rare temperature inversion carries distant gunfire to Perth
NSW, SE QLD: Heavy coastal showers continue
NT: Cold morning in the SW

20

QLD, NSW: Rain in the inland and along the coast
SA: Cold and dry in Adelaide

19

WA: Welcome rain as Perth records driest start to year on record
SA, SE WA: Cold start to the day

15 to 18

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

14

AUS: Cold snap intensifies across the continent 20/06/06
QLD: Strong trade winds on QLD coast
TAS: Strong westerlies in the south

05 to 13

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

04

NSW: Local heavy rain at Seal Rocks
QLD: Bushfires in the SE

03

No reports of significant weather

02

NSW: Rain, gales and snow as southerly intensifies

01

TAS: Heavy rain in the northwest
NSW: Steady rain on South Coast
Storms bring torrential rain to Norfolk Island
QLD: Bushfires bring early fire season

May

31

AUS: Record cold again in WA, NT, QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS
SA: Squally storms accompany low

30

AUS: Low temperature records smashed nationwide -- again
VIC, NSW: Another low brings wind, rain to the far SE
TAS: Record cold day in foggy Derwent Valley

29

AUS: Low temperatures continue; exceptional cold in N QLD

28

AUS: Cool conditions continue

27

AUS: Cool conditions continue but moderate

26

WA, SA, QLD, NSW: Further low temperature records fall

25

SA, QLD, NSW: Record cold continues
WA: Cold in the South West
VIC: Continuing rain in E Gippsland

24

E AUS: Low temperature records tumble in 5 states and the NT
VIC: Flooding in lower Snowy River
NT, WA: Flooding slows deliveries
VIC: Lack of rain slows crop preparations

23

NSW, VIC, SA, QLD: Cold and wet in SE AUS
WA: Suspected tornado causes damage south of Perth
NSW: Drought area expands

22

NSW, VIC, TAS: Low brings cold, storms to SE
QLD: Isolated heavy rain at Winton

01 to 21

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

April

25 to 30

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

24

NT: Strongest Territory cyclone on record crosses Arnhem coast

20 to 23

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

19

QLD: Tropical Cyclone Monica crosses York Peninsula

01 to 18

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

March

28 to 31

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

27

SA: Record March rain causes flooding in mid north

26

WA: Cyclones threaten as East Kimberley flooding continues

25

WA, NT: Torrential rain and flooding force evacuations in the East Kimberley
QLD: High seas as TC Wati heads for New Zealand

24

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions.

23

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions.

22

Torrential rain in NW QLD causes record flooding in Leichhardt River

21

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions.

20

QLD: TC Larry devastates North Tropical Coast

19

QLD: TC Larry approaches FNQ coast
NT, QLD: Cold, wet weather spreads west into the Top End

18

NT, QLD: Heavy monsoon rain continues

17

QLD, NT: Wet in the southern Gulf
AUS: Cold across the south

16

TAS, VIC: Lows bring brief heavy rain and wind
WA, NT, QLD: Monsoon rains ease briefly

15

WA: Record flood in the Murchison approaches Kalbarri
WA, NT, QLD: Monsoon rain and flooding continue
NSW, VIC: Useful rain in SE NSW, NE VIC

01 to 14

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

February

01 to 28

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

January

10 to 31

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions. Use links in the calendars at left to access.

09

WA: Tropical Cyclone Clare comes ashore
Data and charts are available, but significant weather descriptions are incomplete.

08

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions.

07

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions.

06

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions.

05

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions.

04

Data and charts are available, but not significant weather descriptions.

03

TAS: Gales lash the island and Bass Strait
SE QLD, NE NSW: Hot before damaging storms
WA: Cold, wet in the south, monsoon rain in the north

02

WA: Continuing cold in central and southern areas
TAS: Strong winds as fronts sweep through

01

NSW: Hottest day since 1939 across central and southern parts
NSW, VIC, SA: Major bushfires burn homes
WA, SA: Record Nullarbor rain cuts Transcontinental Railway
WA: Extremely low temperatures cover half the state
WA, NT: Heavy monsoon rain in the north
NSW: Strong winds cause damage in Sydney

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