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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1742 EST on 23/09/2007. 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
Highest maximum temperature

WA

E Pilbara

004083

KARRATHA AERO

40.1

38.1

30/09/2000

12

1 Y

WA

Murchison

007600

MOUNT MAGNET AERO

35.6

35.3

30/09/2002

12

1 Y

WA

Lower West

009053

PEARCE RAAF

31.4

31.0

30/09/1967

49

1 Y

WA

Lower West

009106

GOSNELLS CITY

31.3

29.0

25/09/1999

15

1 Y

WA

Lower West

009178

GINGIN AERO

33.0

28.3

26/09/2000

11

1 Y

WA

Lower West

009215

SWANBOURNE

28.9

27.5

25/09/1999

12

1 Y

WA

Lower West

009240

BICKLEY

29.0

28.0

20/09/1994

13

Y

WA

SW & S Coast

009542

ESPERANCE AERO

31.1

30.5

19/09/2002

13

1 Y

WA

SW & S Coast

009573

MANJIMUP

28.2

28.1

22/09/1961

48

1 Y

WA

SW & S Coast

009581

MOUNT BARKER

30.0

28.9

22/09/1961

38

1 P

WA

SW & S Coast

009741

ALBANY AIRPORT

27.9

27.8

13/09/1981

42

1 Y

WA

SW & S Coast

009961

HOPETOUN NORTH

34.6

34.4

26/09/1999

11

1 Y

WA

SW & S Coast

009964

ROCKY GULLY

27.4

25.0

25/09/1999

11

1 Y

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010035

CUNDERDIN

34.7

33.4

21/09/1987

57

1 Y

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010073

KELLERBERRIN

34.5

34.4

30/09/1967

47

1 Y

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010111

NORTHAM

33.8

33.3

30/09/1967

38

1 Y

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010311

YORK

33.7

29.5

26/09/2001

11

1 Y

WA

Gt Southern

010515

BEVERLEY

33.8

32.0

13/09/1981

37

1 Y

WA

Gt Southern

010524

BROOKTON

33.1

31.1

30/09/1967

38

1 Y

WA

Gt Southern

010536

CORRIGIN

33.1

31.2

21/09/1987

50

1 Y

WA

Gt Southern

010568

HYDEN

34.5

34.0

13/09/1981

34

1 Y

WA

Gt Southern

010579

KATANNING COMPARISON

31.3

29.7

29/09/1990

50

1 Y

WA

Gt Southern

010592

LAKE GRACE COMPARISON

32.1

31.6

21/09/1987

43

1 Y

WA

Gt Southern

010612

NAREMBEEN

34.0

33.3

30/09/1967

34

1 Y

WA

Gt Southern

010622

ONGERUP

31.5

30.8

29/09/1990

40

1 Y

WA

Gt Southern

010626

PINGELLY

32.6

29.0

13/09/1981

35

1 Y

WA

Gt Southern

010647

WAGIN

31.8

28.9

29/09/1990

32

1 Y

WA

Gt Southern

010692

NEWDEGATE RES.STATION

31.9

29.3

19/09/2002

11

1 Y

WA

Gt Southern

010905

JACUP

32.1

29.3

19/09/2002

12

1 Y


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Actual temperatures
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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 23:23EST, 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 28.4 +6.4 11.4 +2.1 7.1 0.0 6.6 -- 474 (19.8) 43/12
PERTH AIRPORT 30.9 +10.8 8.2 -0.7 6.6 0.0 5.4 11.4 352 (14.7) 37/16
ALBANY AIRPORT 27.9 +10.6 9.7 +1.7 7.5 0.0 3.0 11.0 295 (12.3) 32/11
BUNBURY 24.6 +6.4 4.9 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 200 ( 8.3) 31/23
MANDURAH 25.5 -- 12.6 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 300 (12.5) 31/10
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.7 +0.2 23.4 +0.4 22.8 0.0 8.6 11.1 352 (14.7) 43/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 31.5 +4.2 19.3 +8.9 17.1 0.0 6.6 10.2 323 (13.5) 39/11
WHYALLA AERO 20.1 -1.4 12.9 +4.9 -- 0.0 6.4 -- 404 (16.8) 48/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 19.1 +0.1 7.7 -2.0 3.1 0.0 3.0 8.7 152 ( 6.3) 32/16
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.7 -0.1 6.1 -0.2 3.8 0.4 3.6 6.5 391 (16.3) 52/12
MOUNT ISA AERO 35.6 +4.4 22.5 +8.3 16.1 0.0 10.6 11.3 358 (14.9) 32/09
CAIRNS AERO 29.1 +1.1 19.8 +1.1 17.9 0.0 10.0 10.9 525 (21.9) 46/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.4 +0.7 16.4 -0.9 14.9 0.0 7.6 10.7 387 (16.1) 39/11
MACKAY M.O 25.5 +0.3 16.8 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- 10.5 275 (11.5) 32/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.2 +1.9 17.7 +4.1 16.5 0.0 6.6 -- 224 ( 9.3) 35/10
BUNDABERG AERO 27.1 +1.7 16.8 +3.1 -- 0.0 3.8 -- 312 (13.0) 35/15
NAMBOUR DPI 25.4 +0.5 14.4 +3.8 -- 0.0 2.4 -- 79 ( 3.3) 26/15
COOLANGATTA 24.0 +0.9 14.9 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 304 (12.7) 35/12
BRISBANE AERO 24.8 +0.6 13.8 +1.1 11.7 0.0 4.2 10.7 324 (13.5) 28/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.4 +1.0 12.6 +2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 586 (24.4) 43/02
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 27.3 +5.9 12.1 +3.6 7.8 0.0 5.2 -- 105 ( 4.4) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 24.9 +3.0 12.4 +1.5 9.4 0.0 3.6 10.9 266 (11.1) 45/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 25.4 +2.9 8.5 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 29.0 +7.8 6.5 -2.5 5.2 0.0 4.0 7.9 281 (11.7) 50/13
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 26.4 +5.1 7.3 -0.4 4.6 0.0 -- -- 98 ( 4.1) 21/10
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 21.0 +7.0 8.0 +3.8 2.0 0.0 4.0 10.2 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 27.6 +6.4 6.2 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 27.7 +7.2 12.3 +2.0 8.8 0.0 4.8 7.8 351 (14.6) 48/20
RICHMOND RAAF 28.2 +5.5 5.8 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 97 ( 4.0) 48/16
BELLAMBI AWS 28.8 +8.6 14.5 +2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 326 (13.6) 52/14
CANBERRA AIRPORT 22.5 +6.3 1.5 -1.7 -3.4 0.0 5.6 11.3 228 ( 9.5) 48/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 24.8 +7.2 -0.3 -5.4 -2.6 0.0 8.0 11.6 186 ( 7.8) 52/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 22.3 +4.2 1.1 -4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 82 ( 3.4) 46/15
MILDURA AIRPORT 23.2 +2.8 7.6 +0.2 6.1 0.0 6.0 11.4 248 (10.3) 34/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 20.5 +3.1 -0.5 -5.9 -- 0.0 3.2 -- 124 ( 5.2) 39/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT 19.5 +2.7 -0.1 -4.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 131 ( 5.5) 45/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 19.8 +2.6 7.7 -0.2 5.9 0.0 3.2 -- 104 ( 4.3) 26/12
GEELONG AIRPORT 18.2 +1.4 3.6 -3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 254 (10.6) 57/15
BALLARAT AERODROME 15.8 +1.9 1.0 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 179 ( 7.5) 50/10
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.6 +0.1 8.3 +3.2 -- 1.0 -- -- 401 (16.7) 48/11
HOBART AIRPORT 16.9 +1.6 7.7 +1.7 5.2 0.2 4.0 7.3 489 (20.4) 58/11
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

41.7 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
41.6 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
40.9 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
40.9 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA
40.7 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA

+14.6 : 35.0 CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
+14.4 : 32.6 PINGELLY Cent Wheatbelt WA
+14.3 : 34.7 CUNDERDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+14.3 : 34.5 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+14.2 : 35.0 DALWALLINU Central West WA
+14.2 : 34.6 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA

27.5 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.5 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
25.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.9 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA

+11.9 : 21.6 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA
+10.6 : 21.6 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
+8.9 : 17.0 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
+8.9 : 19.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+8.6 : 27.5 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA

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

2.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
4.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
4.2 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
4.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
6.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-4.7 : 4.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
-3.8 : 8.5 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
-3.3 : 2.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
-3.0 : 7.2 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-2.9 : 17.0 PRICE Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

-3.0 CORRYONG (PARISH LANE) Lower NE VIC
-2.5 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC
-2.4 STRATHBOGIE Lower NE VIC
-2.1 WANGARATTA AERO Lower NE VIC
-1.5 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-7.7 : -3.0 CORRYONG (PARISH LANE) Lower NE VIC
-6.8 : -2.5 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC
-6.7 : -2.1 WANGARATTA AERO Lower NE VIC
-6.1 : -2.4 STRATHBOGIE Lower NE VIC
-6.1 : -0.8 MANGALORE AIRPORT N Central VIC

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.
24.4 STRATHGORDON (GORDON POWER STATION) W Coast TAS
17.8 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
17.0 RENISON BELL W Coast TAS
16.2 QUEENSTOWN (SOUTH QUEENSTOWN) W Coast TAS
13.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

11.6 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
11.5 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.4 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
11.4 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
11.4 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

.....

5.7 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
5.4 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
5.0 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
1.8 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.9 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

1434 (59.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1060 (44.2) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
1015 (42.3) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1002 (41.8) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
818 (34.1) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
813 (33.9) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
810 (33.8) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
788 (32.8) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
775 (32.3) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
711 (29.6) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
706 (29.4) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
705 (29.4) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
699 (29.1) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
686 (28.6) COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
677 (28.2) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
646 (26.9) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
644 (26.8) LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD
608 (25.3) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
600 (25.0) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
107/19 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
98/00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
96/15 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
94/17 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
91/01 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast 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

NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 78(320/ 63 ) at 13:00
VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 93(270/ 52 ) at 12:20
KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 76(257/ 65 ) at 19:20
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS : 95(260/ 65 ) at 17:30
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 98(330/ 82 ) at 01:00
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 89(260/ 63 ) at 04:01
W Coast
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 89(300/ 69 ) at 01:30
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 108(260/ 76 ) at 19:12