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National Daily Weather Summary

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Noteworthy weather today
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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 1648 EST on 17/03/2007. 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 Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Lowest minimum temperature

TAS

King Island

098017

KING ISLAND AIRPORT

0.0

0.6

07/08/2006

11

0.0

27/06/2005

13

Previous record set earlier this month.


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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 23:12EST, 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 18.9 -1.1 12.7 +3.8 11.7 2.0 3.2 -- 408 (17.0) 50/13
PERTH AIRPORT 18.3 -0.1 6.9 -1.1 5.5 1.4 2.0 10.6 327 (13.6) 39/11
ALBANY AIRPORT 16.3 +0.2 7.7 +0.2 5.4 1.4 1.4 5.0 285 (11.9) 34/14
BUNBURY 16.5 -0.8 6.9 -0.7 -- 1.4 -- -- 220 ( 9.2) 26/12
MANDURAH 17.2 -- 11.7 -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- 35/13
DARWIN AIRPORT 30.4 -0.9 18.0 -2.4 17.3 0.0 6.0 10.8 290 (12.1) 35/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 29.9 +7.3 7.5 +1.5 5.4 0.0 6.4 11.1 -- 39/15
WHYALLA AERO 16.2 -2.3 1.6 -4.3 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 283 (11.8) 28/22
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 15.4 -1.3 5.5 -2.7 0.8 0.0 1.6 3.5 143 ( 6.0) 26/16
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 10.7 -3.4 6.6 +1.1 6.5 0.0 1.4 1.0 198 ( 8.3) 21/08
MOUNT ISA AERO 30.2 +2.9 12.5 +2.2 7.9 0.0 7.4 11.2 270 (11.3) --
CAIRNS AERO 26.2 -0.4 12.7 -4.7 8.5 0.0 5.0 11.2 167 ( 7.0) 26/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.2 +2.2 13.7 -1.0 11.5 0.0 5.2 10.5 215 ( 9.0) 30/12
MACKAY M.O 26.6 +4.1 16.8 +2.8 -- 0.2 -- 10.5 369 (15.4) 39/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 31.4 +6.6 13.6 +3.0 11.4 0.0 7.2 -- 316 (13.2) 30/16
BUNDABERG AERO 26.8 +3.5 16.1 +5.2 -- 0.0 5.0 -- 507 (21.1) 37/16
NAMBOUR DPI 24.8 +2.3 14.6 +6.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 102 ( 4.3) 24/13
COOLANGATTA 23.1 +1.8 14.0 +3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 343 (14.3) 39/16
BRISBANE AERO 23.4 +1.6 13.3 +3.7 7.9 0.0 3.6 8.5 329 (13.7) 35/16
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.4 +4.7 10.7 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 512 (21.3) 39/19
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR) 20.6 +2.7 6.7 +0.9 1.7 0.0 4.0 -- 194 ( 8.1) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 20.5 +0.7 10.6 +2.4 5.4 0.0 4.0 9.2 351 (14.6) 46/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.5 -0.7 12.4 +5.7 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 16.7 -1.9 10.7 +3.9 9.0 2.2 5.2 0.8 520 (21.7) 37/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 18.1 -0.9 10.1 +4.8 8.2 4.6 -- -- 181 ( 7.5) 28/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 12.7 +1.7 1.2 -0.9 -2.1 0.3 2.3 6.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 19.7 +2.2 1.3 -2.1 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 16.2 -2.1 10.5 +2.4 6.3 0.2 3.4 8.8 738 (30.8) 48/14
RICHMOND RAAF 18.1 -1.7 10.0 +5.6 -- 6.0 -- -- 240 (10.0) 30/09
BELLAMBI AWS 16.6 -1.4 10.0 -0.5 -- 6.8 -- -- 562 (23.4) 41/12
CANBERRA AIRPORT 14.9 +1.9 0.1 -0.9 -2.9 11.2 1.8 10.0 239 (10.0) 28/18
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 16.5 +2.0 0.9 -2.7 -1.0 0.4 0.8 10.8 261 (10.9) 24/11
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 15.6 +0.6 1.3 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 192 ( 8.0) 17/11
MILDURA AIRPORT 16.2 -1.0 1.4 -3.8 -3.1 0.0 3.2 9.5 272 (11.3) 28/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 16.5 +1.8 1.9 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 367 (15.3) 30/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 16.1 +1.8 5.0 +2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 402 (16.8) 24/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 16.1 +1.1 4.6 -2.1 2.8 0.0 1.2 -- 102 ( 4.3) 17/08
GEELONG AIRPORT 13.7 -1.3 5.2 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 258 (10.8) 28/15
BALLARAT AERODROME 13.3 +1.9 3.2 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 461 (19.2) 30/08
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 13.8 +0.1 -0.7 -4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 188 ( 7.8) 24/14
HOBART AIRPORT 13.4 -0.1 3.4 -1.3 -0.7 0.0 1.0 9.1 253 (10.5) 26/09
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

35.9 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
35.4 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
35.2 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
35.1 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
35.0 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA

+7.6 : 31.5 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+7.3 : 29.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+7.1 : 30.9 GAYNDAH POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
+7.1 : 30.0 MONTO TOWNSHIP Wide Bay/Burnett QLD

25.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
24.6 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
23.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
22.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
22.1 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

+8.9 : 19.5 HERVEY BAY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+8.1 : 12.1 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
+7.3 : 10.5 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
+7.1 : 10.8 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+7.0 : 15.5 WATARRKA N Plateau NT

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

-0.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.6 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
3.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
3.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-4.1 : 9.9 PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
-3.4 : 10.7 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
-3.4 : 11.1 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
-3.3 : 12.5 EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-3.2 : 13.1 STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE Murray Valley SA

-12.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-10.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-9.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.6 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-6.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-7.8 : 0.0 KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
-7.7 : -12.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.1 : 4.0 ATHERTON SHIRE COUNCIL N Coast--Barron QLD
-6.5 : -2.2 SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA
-6.3 : -2.0 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
-6.3 : -2.0 MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
-6.3 : 0.4 CERBERUS E Central VIC
-6.3 : -5.5 TARRALEAH VILLAGE Derwent Valley TAS

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.
45.8 JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
27.2 KIAMA (BRIGHTON ST) Illawarra NSW
27.0 KIAMA BOWLING CLUB Illawarra NSW
26.0 MILTON POST OFFICE South Coast NSW
26.0 KARRIVALE Lower West WA

11.4 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
11.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.4 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.2 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
11.2 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

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3.2 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
2.7 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
1.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.8 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

891 (37.1) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
830 (34.6) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
738 (30.8) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
705 (29.4) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
699 (29.1) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
698 (29.1) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
692 (28.8) MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
683 (28.5) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
672 (28.0) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
657 (27.4) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
642 (26.8) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
629 (26.2) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
106/07 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
61/11 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
59/23 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
59/23 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
59/23 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

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.
None reported

VICTORIA
W Gippsland
MT BAW BAW : 106(350/100 ) at 23:17