Australian Weather News -- 02 APR 2006

Sunday 02 APR 2006

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2006

Dec

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Nov

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Oct

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Sept

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August

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July

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June

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May

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April

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March

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February

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January

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newsworthy

major

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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 2123 EST on 07/01/2007. 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 daily rainfall

SW & S Coast

009961

HOPETOUN NORTH

30.0

22.0

01/04/2005

Darwin-Daly

014086

BEATRICE HILL

90.0

65.0

04/04/1959

Darwin-Daly

014264

TERRITORY WILDLIFE PARK

84.2

79.0

10/04/1996

Darwin-Daly

014901

DOUGLAS RIVER

74.6

73.0

18/04/1989

Lowest grass minimum temperature

NSW

Sydney--east

066037

SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO

2.4

19/04/1996

Equal to record.

Highest maximum temperature

QLD

Central Coast W

034038

MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT

36.0

35.9

01/04/1998

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 22:28EST, 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	24.8	-2.8	13.4	-2.0	11.4	0.0	5.8	--	591 (24.6)	50/15
PERTH AIRPORT	25.6	+0.1	13.1	+0.2	11.4	0.0	2.0	9.6	386 (16.1)	39/14
ALBANY AIRPORT	20.0	-1.8	14.4	+2.8	12.5	15.6	2.4	9.3	266 (11.1)	35/15
BUNBURY	26.8	+2.7	12.3	+0.8	--	0.0	--	--	326 (13.6)	35/18
MANDURAH	23.2	--	15.7	--	--	1.0	--	--	411 (17.1)	41/13
DARWIN AIRPORT	29.7	-3.0	24.2	+0.2	24.8	30.4	5.6	0.5	276 (11.5)	37/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	31.4	+3.2	10.3	-2.3	6.3	0.0	9.0	11.5	282 (11.8)	45/14
WHYALLA AERO	21.6	-2.0	11.7	+0.1	--	0.0	4.0	--	383 (16.0)	31/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	20.5	-2.1	11.2	-1.2	6.7	0.2	3.6	8.6	283 (11.8)	30/05
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	16.7	-2.7	5.8	-2.9	4.0	0.0	2.0	0.5	352 (14.7)	24/15
MOUNT ISA AERO	33.4	+1.5	21.6	+3.1	17.8	0.0	9.2	11.4	341 (14.2)	34/09
CAIRNS AERO	31.3	+2.1	24.1	+2.5	23.5	1.6	7.0	7.8	155 ( 6.5)	34/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO	31.0	+1.4	25.6	+5.1	23.9	0.2	5.2	7.5	262 (10.9)	34/11
MACKAY M.O	32.5	+5.8	23.0	+2.9	--	22.2	--	9.5	238 ( 9.9)	32/02
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	34.2	+5.4	22.1	+4.3	21.3	0.0	6.0	--	239 (10.0)	59/15
BUNDABERG AERO	31.0	+3.6	17.5	0.0	--	0.0	4.8	--	305 (12.7)	30/14
NAMBOUR DPI	29.5	+3.4	11.5	-3.9	--	2.4²	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	26.1	+0.8	13.2	-3.8	--	0.2	--	--	217 ( 9.0)	26/07
BRISBANE AERO	28.3	+2.3	12.8	-3.4	11.7	0.0	10.2	11.1	389 (16.2)	37/12
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	25.6	+2.2	10.3	-3.0	--	0.0	--	--	527 (22.0)	45/14
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	23.2	-1.9	7.3	-5.5	3.9	0.0	6.2	--	170 ( 7.1)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	22.5	-1.5	11.9	-3.3	7.9	0.0	5.0	11.0	291 (12.1)	28/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	22.4	-1.6	11.5	-2.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	21.2	-2.4	8.4	-4.8	4.6	0.0	7.0	10.4	--	--
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	22.3	-1.3	5.6	-6.3	2.8	0.0	--	--	214 ( 8.9)	28/09
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	16.4	-2.1	1.2	-6.0	-3.6	0.3	3.7	8.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	21.1	-3.4	5.2	-4.9	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	20.3	-2.6	10.2	-3.9	2.4	0.0	7.0	10.9	709 (29.5)	41/09
RICHMOND RAAF	22.8	-1.1	4.3	-7.0	--	0.0	--	--	195 ( 8.1)	35/10
BELLAMBI AWS	20.4	-1.7	11.1	-4.3	--	0.0	--	--	481 (20.0)	39/09
CANBERRA AIRPORT	18.1	-1.9	1.2	-5.5	-1.7	0.0	5.4	10.8	340 (14.2)	34/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	19.4	-3.1	1.3	-7.8	0.2	0.0	7.2	10.5	458 (19.1)	34/00
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	19.9	-2.5	3.2	-4.8	--	0.0	--	--	345 (14.4)	30/14
MILDURA AIRPORT	19.7	-3.8	5.9	-4.2	4.8	0.0	5.0	9.5	--	24/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	18.8	-2.8	5.6	-2.6	3.9	0.0	--	--	475 (19.8)	37/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT	19.3	-1.9	6.3	-1.1	--	0.0	--	--	425 (17.7)	30/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	18.7	-1.6	12.3	+1.5	9.2	0.4	4.4	--	127 ( 5.3)	21/08
GEELONG AIRPORT	17.8	-2.2	11.4	+2.1	--	1.0	--	--	612 (25.5)	46/00
BALLARAT AERODROME	16.2	-1.4	2.0	-5.4	--	0.0	--	--	536 (22.3)	39/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	16.7	-2.2	1.0	-6.5	--	0.0	--	--	323 (13.5)	39/11
HOBART AIRPORT	12.9	-5.2	8.0	-0.7	5.1	4.8	2.6	4.0	716 (29.8)	50/13
	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

37.2 HUGHENDEN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
37.0 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
37.0 TOORAK RESEARCH STATION Gulf Country QLD
36.7 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
36.7 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD

+6.9 : 36.1 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+6.4 : 36.0 MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT Central Coast W QLD
+6.3 : 35.8 CLERMONT SIRIUS ST Central Highlands QLD
+6.3 : 34.0 MONTO TOWNSHIP Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
+5.9 : 29.9 EYRE Eucla WA

27.0 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA
26.8 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
26.7 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
26.7 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
26.7 ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD

+6.6 : 21.6 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+6.0 : 22.1 CARNEGIE Interior WA
+5.8 : 26.7 ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD
+5.3 : 27.0 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA
+5.3 : 13.7 KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+5.3 : 22.9 MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT Central Coast W QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

1.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
5.4 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
5.6 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
5.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-7.9 : 20.4 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne WA
-7.9 : 20.6 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
-7.8 : 21.3 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
-7.1 : 23.5 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-7.0 : 27.0 OENPELLI N Rivers NT

-3.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-3.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.2 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-3.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-2.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-8.3 : -2.0 BEECHWORTH WOOLSHED Lower NE VIC
-7.9 : 0.6 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
-7.8 : -1.0 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW
-7.8 : 1.3 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
-7.7 : -0.6 COOTAMUNDRA AIRPORT SW Slopes N 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.

115.0 BAN BAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT
95.2 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
90.0 BEATRICE HILL N Rivers NT
86.6 BERRY SPRINGS RANGERS N Rivers NT
84.2 TERRITORY WILDLIFE PARK N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
115.0 BAN BAN SPRINGS
95.2 MCCLUER ISLAND
90.0 BEATRICE HILL
86.6 BERRY SPRINGS RANGERS
84.2 TERRITORY WILDLIFE PARK
80.0 MANGO FARM
74.6 DOUGLAS RIVER
67.6 MARY RIVER RANGERS
66.8 MIDDLE POINT AWS
64.0 CHANNEL POINT
64.0 JINDARE
55.0 ROSEBERY
54.6 CLARAVALE
53.4 JABIRU COUNCIL
51.2 THE CHASE

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
73.8 AURUKUN SHIRE COUNCIL
53.8 HIGHBURY STATION
S Peninsula
70.0 ROOKWOOD STATION
Gulf Country
65.8 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT
Central Coast E
69.0 UPPER DON ALERT

ISLANDS
Islands
71.0 POINT FAWCETT

11.5 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.4 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
11.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.2 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.1 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

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3.4 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
2.3 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
0.5 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
0.5 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.1 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA

1241 (51.7) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1225 (51.0) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
1150 (47.9) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1118 (46.6) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1067 (44.5) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1019 (42.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
995 (41.5) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
956 (39.8) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
935 (39.0) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
899 (37.5) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
878 (36.6) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
863 (36.0) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
852 (35.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
852 (35.5) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
807 (33.6) AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
785 (32.7) COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
750 (31.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
732 (30.5) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
724 (30.2) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
716 (29.8) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
712 (29.7) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
709 (29.5) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
708 (29.5) ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC
704 (29.3) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
699 (29.1) SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
696 (29.0) AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
679 (28.3) LAVERTON RAAF W Central VIC
666 (27.8) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
656 (27.3) RHYLL E Central VIC
656 (27.3) FRIENDLY BEACHES E Coast TAS
653 (27.2) CERBERUS E Central VIC
644 (26.8) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
638 (26.6) CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS
637 (26.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
636 (26.5) BEGA AWS South Coast NSW
628 (26.2) MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC
624 (26.0) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
615 (25.6) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
614 (25.6) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
612 (25.5) GEELONG AIRPORT W Central VIC
611 (25.5) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
609 (25.4) BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
608 (25.3) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
600 (25.0) HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS

89/00 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
87/23 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
83/11 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
80/16 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
78/02 GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast 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 N Kimberley TRUSCOTT 13.0mm in 1 hr to 09:00 13.0mm/h Lower West ESPERANCE AERO 15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h Cent Wheatbelt ONGERUP 21.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.0mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DARWIN AIRPORT 16.4mm in 20 min to 21:57 49.2mm/h 29.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 29.4mm/h 6.0mm in 16 min to 22:16 22.5mm/h 8.2mm in 14 min to 22:30 35.1mm/h 34.8mm in 1 hr to 22:30 34.8mm/h 17.2mm in 1 hr to 23:00 17.2mm/h CHANNEL ISLAND AWS 10.0mm in 10 min to 19:20 60.0mm/h 10.8mm in 10 min to 19:30 64.8mm/h 24.4mm in 1 hr to 19:30 24.4mm/h 27.8mm in 1 hr to 20:00 27.8mm/h PIRLANGIMPI AWS 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 5.3mm/h 13.6mm in 1 hr to 23:30 13.6mm/h JABIRU AIRPORT 23.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 7.7mm/h POINT STUART AWS 20.0mm in 3 hr to 23:00 6.7mm/h MCCLUER ISLAND 22.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 7.3mm/h 60.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 20.0mm/h WARRUWI 16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 5.3mm/h DOUGLAS RIVER 35.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 11.7mm/h 21.2mm in 1 hr to 03:00 21.2mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 7.7mm/h CENTRAL ARNHEM PLATEAU 17.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 5.7mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 7.7mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula COCONUT ISLAND 10.4mm in 1 hr to 03:00 10.4mm/h HORN ISLAND 14.8mm in 1 hr to 03:00 14.8mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.7mm/h 12.0mm in 1 hr to 07:00 12.0mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.0mm/h Gulf Country KOWANYAMA AIRPORT 35.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 11.7mm/h Upper Carpentaria HUGHENDEN AIRPORT 10.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 10.2mm/h N Coast--Barron LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE 21.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 21.0mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.0mm/h COOKTOWN AIRPORT 11.6mm in 1 hr to 04:00 11.6mm/h 23.0mm in 2 hr to 06:00 11.5mm/h 14.6mm in 1 hr to 12:00 14.6mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h N Coast--Herbert SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN 10.0mm in 1 hr to 07:00 10.0mm/h Central Coast E MACKAY M.O 11.8mm in 1 hr to 03:00 11.8mm/h Wide Bay/Burnett ROCKHAMPTON AERO 16.2mm in 14 min to 16:00 69.4mm/h 25.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 25.2mm/h 25.6mm in 1 hr to 16:30 25.6mm/h 27.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 9.0mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Cent Wheatbelt NEWDEGATE RES.STATION : 122(190/ 28 ) at 01:31 VICTORIA Upper NE MT HOTHAM : 87(170/ 65 ) at 00:08 W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 78(240/ 63 ) at 23:00 TASMANIA E Coast MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 82(220/ 63 ) at 09:39