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Summary of observations

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**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 23:24EST, 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 23.1 -1.3 8.3 -2.6 5.2 0.0 6.4 -- 437 (18.2) 41/13
PERTH AIRPORT 24.8 +2.3 5.7 -4.5 5.6 0.0 4.0 11.1 247 (10.3) 39/12
ALBANY AIRPORT 25.5 +6.8 7.8 -1.3 4.7 0.0 4.0 11.0 215 ( 9.0) 34/12
BUNBURY 19.0 -1.7 4.7 -4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 100 ( 4.2) 43/23
MANDURAH 20.8 -- 11.1 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 225 ( 9.4) 50/22
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.5 -0.7 24.0 -1.0 23.5 0.0 7.8 10.5 368 (15.3) 35/11
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 33.7 +2.7 19.9 +5.1 16.7 0.0 11.2 8.6 296 (12.3) 46/12
WHYALLA AERO 21.8 -2.1 12.7 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 556 (23.2) 44/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 23.1 +1.3 8.4 -3.0 3.8 0.0 3.2 11.2 252 (10.5) 26/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 17.5 -0.4 4.3 -2.8 1.8 0.8 1.8 10.7 342 (14.3) 34/14
MOUNT ISA AERO 34.2 -0.4 18.2 -0.4 15.4 0.0 10.2 11.0 308 (12.8) 39/08
CAIRNS AERO 28.7 -0.8 20.3 -0.3 18.8 0.0 9.8 10.5 557 (23.2) 52/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.0 -0.4 16.1 -4.6 14.0 0.0 9.4 11.0 470 (19.6) 43/11
MACKAY M.O 25.5 -2.1 16.7 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- 10.8 347 (14.5) 28/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 28.6 -1.1 17.3 +0.3 16.3 0.0 6.8 -- 305 (12.7) 28/14
BUNDABERG AERO 25.9 -1.0 13.9 -2.7 -- 0.0 6.6 -- 352 (14.7) 31/11
NAMBOUR DPI 26.1 -0.6 12.4 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 79 ( 3.3) 24/14
COOLANGATTA 24.6 +0.2 12.8 -3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 237 ( 9.9) 35/13
BRISBANE AERO 25.0 -0.5 15.4 -0.3 11.3 0.0 6.6 9.0 303 (12.6) 35/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 25.3 +0.6 10.3 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 496 (20.7) 34/00
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 29.1 +4.0 11.7 -0.4 6.2 0.0 6.4 -- 93 ( 3.9) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 26.6 +3.0 12.3 -1.5 9.0 0.0 3.2 11.0 276 (11.5) 28/12
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 27.5 +3.5 7.9 -4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 29.5 +5.9 6.6 -5.4 1.9 0.0 5.4 10.7 324 (13.5) 48/18
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 29.8 +6.1 5.8 -4.9 2.6 0.0 -- -- 90 ( 3.8) 44/16
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 24.0 +6.5 6.4 -0.2 0.4 0.0 6.6 10.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 30.7 +5.9 6.8 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 27.8 +5.3 11.5 -1.6 9.1 0.0 9.6 9.7 460 (19.2) 52/15
RICHMOND RAAF 29.7 +4.7 4.4 -6.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 119 ( 5.0) 61/15
BELLAMBI AWS 24.9 +3.3 14.0 +0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 444 (18.5) 46/17
CANBERRA AIRPORT 26.7 +7.3 4.7 -1.4 -0.4 0.0 6.4 10.6 229 ( 9.5) 50/17
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 28.2 +6.8 8.0 +0.3 6.5 0.0 5.6 11.6 218 ( 9.1) 43/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 26.5 +4.9 7.1 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 88 ( 3.7) 35/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 24.9 +1.1 8.8 -1.0 7.3 0.0 8.8 11.4 455 (19.0) 39/00
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 21.7 +0.8 8.4 +0.9 -- 0.0 15.4 -- 265 (11.0) 41/08
BENDIGO AIRPORT 22.0 +1.7 7.2 +0.9 -- 0.6 -- -- -- 39/10
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 18.1 -1.5 11.6 +2.1 8.6 0.0 5.0 -- 186 ( 7.8) 21/00
GEELONG AIRPORT 16.7 -2.1 6.6 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 398 (16.6) 35/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 17.4 +0.8 7.0 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 476 (19.8) 41/11
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 19.3 +1.3 7.0 +0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 263 (11.0) 46/20
HOBART AIRPORT 18.4 +1.1 9.7 +2.2 7.2 0.8 5.6 6.9 484 (20.2) 48/17
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

42.2 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
41.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
40.4 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
40.4 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
39.2 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
39.2 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA

+11.6 : 34.5 EYRE Eucla WA
+11.4 : 32.4 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
+10.8 : 32.0 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
+10.8 : 29.5 MOUNT BARKER Lower West WA
+10.6 : 35.0 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
26.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.6 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
25.0 TRUSCOTT N Kimberley WA
24.7 WARRUWI N Rivers NT

+5.6 : 23.2 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
+5.1 : 19.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+5.1 : 22.4 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
+5.0 : 12.0 HUNTERS HILL Lower NE VIC
+5.0 : 25.6 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA

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

4.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
6.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
9.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
9.2 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
9.6 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-4.0 : 32.6 BORROLOOLA N Rivers NT
-4.0 : 25.3 WALKAMIN DPI N Coast--Barron QLD
-3.8 : 23.8 ATHERTON SHIRE COUNCIL N Coast--Barron QLD
-3.7 : 23.4 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
-3.5 : 32.0 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD

-1.0 CORRYONG (PARISH LANE) Lower NE VIC
-0.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-0.5 ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE Adelaide/Lofty SA
-0.4 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-0.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-8.2 : 0.1 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) Adelaide/Lofty SA
-8.0 : -0.5 ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE Adelaide/Lofty SA
-7.9 : 16.1 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
-7.7 : -1.0 CORRYONG (PARISH LANE) Lower NE VIC
-7.4 : 1.2 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA

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.
24.0 CALTEX REFINERIES (QLD) LTD Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
18.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
14.4 WARRA W Coast TAS
14.2 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION W Coast TAS
14.0 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) Central Plateau TAS

11.6 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
11.6 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.6 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
11.4 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
11.4 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW
11.4 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

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8.5 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
8.0 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
6.9 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
6.9 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
3.6 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1210 (50.4) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1099 (45.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
911 (38.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
910 (37.9) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
838 (34.9) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
812 (33.8) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
809 (33.7) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
787 (32.8) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
786 (32.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
756 (31.5) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
755 (31.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
743 (31.0) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
714 (29.8) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
681 (28.4) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
670 (27.9) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
663 (27.6) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
660 (27.5) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
657 (27.4) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
654 (27.3) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
653 (27.2) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
642 (26.8) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
622 (25.9) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
622 (25.9) CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS
618 (25.8) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
614 (25.6) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
605 (25.2) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
605 (25.2) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
603 (25.1) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
600 (25.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
109/04 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
87/23 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
85/11 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
80/23 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
80/03 MOUNT READ 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

TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS : 74(250/ 65 ) at 03:00
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 87(320/ 76 ) at 00:30
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 100(250/ 80 ) at 05:30
W Coast
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 85(290/ 67 ) at 00:02