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National Daily Weather Summary

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Noteworthy weather today
significant 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 2219 EST on 26/09/2007. 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 daily rainfall

WA

W Kimberley

003080

CURTIN AERO

34.6

24.4

10/11/2003

12

1 n

WA

Murchison

007081

THUNDELARRA

37.0

25.9

04/11/1931

98

1 y

NT

Roper-McArthur

014637

MAINORU

95.0

68.2

18/11/1986

25

1 n

NSW

N Tablelands W

056010

WALCHA (EMU CREEK)

75.0

63.0

24/11/1996

63

1 y

NSW

MidNorth Coast S

060144

SMITHS LAKE (PATSYS FLAT ROAD)

160.0

91.0

18/11/1992

27

1 y

Lowest minimum temperature

TAS

Southeast

094020

DOVER

1.4

1.4

08/11/2001

17

1 N Equal to record.


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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 23:34EST, 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 30.1 +3.0 20.4 +6.6 18.4 0.0 11.0 -- 615 (25.6) 46/00
PERTH AIRPORT 30.8 +5.0 18.0 +5.4 13.4 0.4 4.0 5.0 610 (25.4) 58/09
ALBANY AIRPORT 21.2 +0.4 14.4 +3.6 13.8 0.0 6.0 5.9 690 (28.8) 55/14
BUNBURY 28.1 +3.9 16.9 +4.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 470 (19.6) 48/01
MANDURAH 29.3 -- 18.4 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 384 (16.0) 39/14
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.3 -1.0 22.7 -2.6 22.9 13.2 7.0 4.0 370 (15.4) 35/04
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 32.5 -1.1 12.3 -5.6 8.5 0.0 12.2 12.1 306 (12.8) 50/14
WHYALLA AERO 22.2 -4.3 15.3 +1.4 -- 0.0 7.2 -- 503 (21.0) 54/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 23.1 -2.0 11.3 -2.7 6.4 0.0 5.2 11.9 290 (12.1) 39/18
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 17.0 -3.4 11.4 +3.0 11.6 0.0 3.8 6.8 454 (18.9) 55/15
MOUNT ISA AERO 36.4 0.0 17.3 -4.1 11.3 0.0 12.0 12.4 349 (14.5) 35/08
CAIRNS AERO 31.9 +1.3 23.3 +1.0 22.2 0.0 4.6 10.0 309 (12.9) 34/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.6 +0.8 22.4 -0.5 20.0 0.0 6.4 11.7 289 (12.0) 34/12
MACKAY M.O 30.3 +1.1 20.2 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- 11.8 260 (10.8) 28/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 33.9 +2.7 18.4 -1.1 17.5 0.0 5.6 -- 248 (10.3) 35/14
BUNDABERG AERO 31.7 +3.4 18.4 -0.5 -- 1.8 3.2 -- 378 (15.8) 39/13
NAMBOUR DPI 26.8 -1.2 14.7 -1.6 -- 23.82 -- -- 28 ( 1.2) 18/14
COOLANGATTA 24.5 -1.3 14.0 -4.2 -- 18.0 -- -- 178 ( 7.4) 24/11
BRISBANE AERO 26.4 -0.4 14.2 -3.8 7.3 27.6 1.6 10.3 285 (11.9) 28/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 24.0 -1.7 11.9 -2.6 -- 17.2 -- -- 331 (13.8) 34/12
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 21.6 -6.7 13.7 -1.3 13.3 21.4 2.6 -- 262 (10.9) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 22.0 -2.9 15.8 -0.3 14.0 7.4 0.6 4.6 229 ( 9.5) 34/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 18.5 -6.4 16.0 +1.0 -- 48.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 19.3 -6.1 16.0 +1.7 14.9 23.2 5.0 0.0 675 (28.1) 55/11
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 20.1 -5.0 15.1 +2.0 14.8 14.0 -- -- 179 ( 7.5) 34/09
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 21.8 +0.7 8.4 -0.7 4.4 0.0 4.6 12.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 28.5 +0.1 13.8 +0.2 -- 1.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.3 -5.7 16.2 +0.9 15.3 5.4 1.4 0.0 815 (34.0) 76/14
RICHMOND RAAF 19.6 -7.0 14.3 +0.4 -- 7.0 -- -- 203 ( 8.5) 44/15
BELLAMBI AWS 18.5 -3.6 14.8 -0.8 -- 1.2 -- -- 705 (29.4) 76/13
CANBERRA AIRPORT 23.7 +1.0 11.8 +3.0 9.2 0.0 4.8 12.0 341 (14.2) 50/17
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 30.0 +4.3 13.2 +2.5 10.4 0.0 8.0 13.0 -- 41/16
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 29.3 +3.3 15.3 +3.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 230 ( 9.6) 30/15
MILDURA AIRPORT 28.2 +0.8 12.4 -0.1 11.0 0.0 9.0 13.0 357 (14.9) 37/23
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 24.8 +0.2 10.3 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 581 (24.2) 50/23
BENDIGO AIRPORT 23.9 -0.3 9.3 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 504 (21.0) 43/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 18.8 -3.1 11.5 +0.3 10.5 0.0 3.2 -- 156 ( 6.5) 43/21
GEELONG AIRPORT 18.1 -2.9 10.6 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 369 (15.4) 44/22
BALLARAT AERODROME 20.3 +0.7 7.6 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 670 (27.9) 50/00
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 17.1 -3.3 8.5 -0.4 -- 1.4 -- -- 359 (15.0) 43/08
HOBART AIRPORT 14.7 -4.3 5.4 -3.8 0.1 0.0 6.6 7.2 532 (22.2) 35/14
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

40.1 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
39.8 TELFER AERO Interior WA
39.5 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
39.0 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT
39.0 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
39.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA

+12.6 : 38.3 JURIEN BAY Lower West WA
+8.3 : 33.0 LANCELIN Lower West WA
+6.5 : 29.3 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
+6.2 : 34.5 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA

29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
28.0 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
27.0 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
26.8 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
26.8 WARMUN E Kimberley WA

+6.7 : 15.5 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA
+6.6 : 20.4 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
+6.5 : 16.0 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
+6.4 : 17.0 BUSSELTON AERO Lower West WA
+6.2 : 15.4 WANDERING Cent Wheatbelt WA

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

1.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
8.4 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
8.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.6 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
9.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-9.8 : 17.5 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
-8.8 : 19.2 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-8.8 : 32.2 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
-8.6 : 17.7 LOSTOCK DAM Hunter Valley NSW
-8.4 : 11.7 KATOOMBA (NARROW NECK RD) C Tablelands S NSW

-3.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-1.6 SAMUEL HILL AERO Central Coast E QLD
-0.4 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
0.0 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
0.0 WARRA W Coast TAS

-18.9 : -1.6 SAMUEL HILL AERO Central Coast E QLD
-7.4 : 0.2 GEEVESTON (CEMETERY ROAD) Southeast TAS
-6.8 : 14.7 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
-6.4 : 1.4 DOVER Southeast TAS
-6.3 : 0.8 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
-6.3 : 12.2 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT

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.
160.0 SMITHS LAKE (PATSYS FLAT ROAD) MidNorth Coast S NSW
112.4 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
99.6 LAMBELL'S LAGOON N Rivers NT
99.2 KILLABAKH MidNorth Coast S NSW
97.0 BUNGWAHL MidNorth Coast S NSW

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
112.4 MIDDLE POINT AWS
99.6 LAMBELL'S LAGOON
95.0 MAINORU
73.8 BATCHELOR AERO
73.0 POINT STUART
68.4 BATCHELOR AREA SCHOOL
59.0 ADELAIDE RIVER POST OFFICE
57.2 JABIRU AIRPORT
56.6 THE PINES
56.2 HOWARD SPRINGS

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
63.2 TOOLARA FORESTRY
63.0 MARODIAN TM
61.0 FISHERMANS POCKET TM
57.6 MIVA
56.0 HOME PARK TM
55.2 TIARO POST OFFICE
53.2 MARODIAN HOMESTEAD
53.0 MT GRAVATT ALERT
52.0 CANNON COVE TM

NEW SOUTH WALES
NW Slopes S
51.4 ATTUNGA (MINDEROO)
N Tablelands W
75.0 WALCHA (EMU CREEK)
54.2 WALCHA (INGLEWOOD)
N Tablelands E
74.0 YARROWITCH (BENDITI)
70.0 TIA (RAMBRAH)
65.4 TIA (HIGHRENT)
61.2 WALCHA (PINDARI)
MidNorth Coast S
160.0 SMITHS LAKE (PATSYS FLAT ROAD)
99.2 KILLABAKH
97.0 BUNGWAHL
77.6 STRATHCEDAR (MOORAL CREEK RD)
76.8 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW)
76.2 UPPER LANSDOWNE (OLIVE HILL)
76.0 CRAWFORD RIVER (CRAWFORD)
72.4 NOWENDOC (EMU TOPS)
63.2 BOBIN (BOBIN CREEK)
63.2 NOWENDOC (GREEN HILLS)
62.0 UPPER ROLLANDS PLAINS (GREENACRES)
61.8 COMBOYNE SOUTH
60.4 FORBES RIVER (BIRDWOOD)
56.0 UPPER PAPPINBARRA (HILLCREST)
55.0 HAWKS NEST (LANGI ST)
51.0 TELEGRAPH POINT (FARRAWELLS ROAD)
50.4 NUMBER ONE (MURRAYS CREEK)
Hunter Valley
85.4 CHICHESTER DAM
83.0 UPPER CHICHESTER (SIMMONDS)
66.4 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)
65.2 DUNGOG (MONKERAI HILL (URIMBIRRA))
53.6 BELMONT WWTP

13.0 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
13.0 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
12.9 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
12.7 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.6 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT

.....

0.6 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
0.0 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
0.0 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
0.0 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.0 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS

1050 (43.8) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
985 (41.0) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
945 (39.4) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
922 (38.4) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
911 (38.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
857 (35.7) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
832 (34.7) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
815 (34.0) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
799 (33.3) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
757 (31.5) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
742 (30.9) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
736 (30.7) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
717 (29.9) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
705 (29.4) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
696 (29.0) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
691 (28.8) MANGALORE AIRPORT N Central VIC
690 (28.8) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
683 (28.5) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
679 (28.3) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
675 (28.1) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
671 (28.0) ULLADULLA AWS South Coast NSW
670 (27.9) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
669 (27.9) LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
655 (27.3) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
655 (27.3) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
634 (26.4) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
621 (25.9) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
620 (25.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
618 (25.8) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
616 (25.7) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
615 (25.6) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
610 (25.4) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
605 (25.2) PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
601 (25.0) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
601 (25.0) HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
232/19 DALWALLINU Central West WA
109/05 SAMUEL HILL AERO Central Coast E QLD
93/03 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
81/21 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
76/14 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
76/13 BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
76/21 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
76/21 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL

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
TROUGHTON ISLAND
8.4mm in 18 min to 12:23 28.0mm/h
KALUMBURU
7.4mm in 15 min to 11:00 29.6mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 11:00 14.0mm/h
27.2mm in 1 hr to 12:00 27.2mm/h
41.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 13.7mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 13:00 11.6mm/h
TRUSCOTT
15.2mm in 1 hr to 10:30 15.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
MIDDLE POINT AWS
57.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 19.0mm/h
77.8mm in 53 min to 03:30 88.1mm/h
18.6mm in 1 hr to 04:30 18.6mm/h
52.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 17.3mm/h
JABIRU AIRPORT
42.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 14.0mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 01:30 13.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h
POINT STUART AWS
15.0mm in 3 hr to 04:30 5.0mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 05:30 6.7mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 6.3mm/h
BATCHELOR AERO
31.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 10.3mm/h
12.6mm in 1 hr to 03:30 12.6mm/h
22.8mm in 1 hr to 04:30 22.8mm/h
40.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 13.3mm/h
DUM IN MIRRIE AWS
19.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.3mm/h
18.6mm in 1 hr to 06:30 18.6mm/h
DOUGLAS RIVER
10.6mm in 30 min to 03:00 21.2mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 03:00 11.6mm/h
11.0mm in 30 min to 03:30 22.0mm/h
21.6mm in 1 hr to 03:30 21.6mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 04:00 11.0mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
POINT LOOKOUT
20.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.7mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
GRAFTON RESEARCH STN
11.4mm in 30 min to 16:30 22.8mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 16:30 11.8mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 12.0mm/h
MidNorth Coast S
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS
22.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.3mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Goldfields
LAVERTON AERO : 89(100/ 78 ) at 03:43
VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 74( 90/ 63 ) at 22:00
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 76(100/ 65 ) at 23:00