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2006

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National Daily Weather Summary

Noteworthy weather today

significant

newsworthy

major

Descriptions of significant weather events appear here when reliable information is available and time permits. Information comes from many sources, and updates may be made well after the event! For weather news as it happens, your best sources are ABC News and the breaking weather forum on Weatherzone.

The graphics and statistical information on this page fill gradually as they become available. The page is updated every 30 minutes at about 15 and 45 minutes past the hour.

Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2242 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

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Lowest minimum temperature

VIC

N Central

088051

REDESDALE

-0.6

-0.3

04/11/2003

1 Y

TAS

E Coast

092094

SCAMANDER

2.8

3.0

06/11/1977

1 Y

Lowest maximum temperature

TAS

N Coast

091259

LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY)

9.0

9.6

24/11/1995

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.
Data is as received at 20:14EST, 26/09/2007.

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	25.5	-1.6	19.2	+5.4	17.5	0.0	7.8	--	534 (22.3)	32/12
PERTH AIRPORT	33.8	+8.1	19.4	+6.8	17.1	0.0	10.4	10.4	580 (24.2)	65/03
ALBANY AIRPORT	19.5	-1.2	15.2	+4.5	13.3	0.0	7.8	0.2	669 (27.9)	55/21
BUNBURY	32.6	+8.5	17.3	+5.3	--	0.0	--	--	543 (22.6)	52/09
MANDURAH	29.1	--	20.3	--	--	0.0	--	--	449 (18.7)	44/04
DARWIN AIRPORT	34.5	+1.3	25.3	0.0	24.4	0.0	9.0	11.6	322 (13.4)	32/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	36.0	+2.4	16.3	-1.5	13.0	0.0	15.2	12.7	392 (16.3)	35/16
WHYALLA AERO	18.7	-7.5	7.4	-6.4	--	0.4	4.4	--	454 (18.9)	46/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	18.8	-6.0	7.1	-6.7	3.0	0.0	6.2	10.2	251 (10.5)	43/18
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	13.7	-6.5	8.5	+0.2	7.0	0.0	5.0	1.1	497 (20.7)	59/16
MOUNT ISA AERO	39.8	+3.5	26.3	+4.9	23.2	0.0	16.4	11.1	428 (17.8)	43/16
CAIRNS AERO	30.0	-0.6	18.7	-3.6	15.1	0.0	8.2	12.0	209 ( 8.7)	34/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO	32.2	+1.5	23.8	+0.9	21.3	0.0	8.6	12.0	367 (15.3)	35/17
MACKAY M.O	31.6	+2.4	23.3	+1.6	--	0.0	--	11.6	408 (17.0)	45/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	35.4	+4.2	20.7	+1.2	20.0	0.0	11.4	--	320 (13.3)	34/15
BUNDABERG AERO	31.0	+2.8	21.2	+2.4	--	0.0	7.4	--	529 (22.0)	34/11
NAMBOUR DPI	29.0	+1.0	18.8	+2.6	--	0.0	5.2	--	158 ( 6.6)	31/10
COOLANGATTA	26.3	+0.7	20.3	+2.1	--	0.0	--	--	501 (20.9)	52/08
BRISBANE AERO	26.4	-0.3	21.0	+3.1	17.8	0.0	10.2	12.4	620 (25.8)	45/08
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	29.2	+3.7	17.9	+3.6	--	0.0	--	--	528 (22.0)	43/18
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	28.4	+0.2	12.4	-2.5	7.2	0.8	9.4	--	367 (15.3)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	23.8	-1.1	16.7	+0.6	14.0	0.6	4.6	12.3	479 (20.0)	46/03
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	22.2	-2.5	15.6	+0.9	--	4.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	22.3	-3.1	11.8	-2.4	9.7	10.4	7.8	11.8	395 (16.5)	41/00
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	22.5	-2.5	9.0	-3.9	6.6	0.8	--	--	165 ( 6.9)	28/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	19.2	-1.5	1.7	-7.2	5.0	1.0	4.0	12.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	26.1	-1.7	5.6	-7.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	24.0	+0.1	13.5	-1.7	9.5	2.2	7.4	12.1	660 (27.5)	50/15
RICHMOND RAAF	27.8	+1.4	8.0	-5.7	--	2.0	--	--	380 (15.8)	39/15
BELLAMBI AWS	20.3	--	11.3	--	--	2.0	--	--	388 (16.2)	50/16
CANBERRA AIRPORT	22.0	-0.5	3.4	-5.2	-1.0	8.4	3.0	13.5	417 (17.4)	55/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	21.7	-3.8	4.8	-5.7	2.8	3.0	6.6	13.5	562 (23.4)	48/17
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	20.8	-4.4	4.5	-6.6	--	13.6	--	--	449 (18.7)	41/17
MILDURA AIRPORT	24.3	-3.0	4.9	-7.5	2.5	0.0	9.4	13.2	--	50/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	21.1	-3.2	2.6	-7.4	--	0.0	7.8	--	510 (21.3)	52/17
BENDIGO AIRPORT	20.1	-3.5	0.7	-8.3	--	0.2	--	--	455 (19.0)	55/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	22.2	+0.3	10.6	-0.5	10.1	0.2	4.6	--	221 ( 9.2)	39/16
GEELONG AIRPORT	17.0	-3.7	9.4	0.0	--	0.2	--	--	603 (25.1)	72/16
BALLARAT AERODROME	17.6	-1.9	3.5	-4.2	--	0.4	--	--	528 (22.0)	58/15
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	14.7	-5.5	3.5	-5.3	--	2.6	--	--	368 (15.3)	59/14
HOBART AIRPORT	17.6	-1.3	4.5	-4.6	1.0	1.0	3.4	8.0	574 (23.9)	78/12
	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

43.6 TELFER AERO Interior WA
43.0 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
42.6 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
42.3 CENTURY MINE Gulf Country QLD
42.2 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
42.2 WOLLOGORANG N Rivers NT

+10.6 : 34.0 DWELLINGUP Lower West WA
+10.0 : 31.2 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
+8.8 : 37.0 NAREMBEEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+8.7 : 34.6 PINGELLY Cent Wheatbelt WA
+8.5 : 32.6 BUNBURY Lower West WA
+8.5 : 35.7 BROOKTON Cent Wheatbelt WA

29.4 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
28.6 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
28.4 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
28.2 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT

+8.8 : 21.7 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA
+8.7 : 21.3 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
+7.4 : 19.7 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
+7.4 : 18.2 BROOKTON Cent Wheatbelt WA
+7.1 : 20.2 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

1.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
2.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
4.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
5.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
6.3 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-9.8 : 4.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
-8.2 : 6.9 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-8.0 : 9.0 LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
-7.8 : 16.9 KEITH Mallee/Upper SE SA
-7.8 : 8.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

-7.2 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-5.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.0 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC

-9.2 : -0.5 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW
-9.1 : -3.0 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-9.1 : -7.2 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-8.9 : -4.6 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-8.7 : 0.2 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC
-8.7 : 4.4 EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-8.7 : 0.6 NHILL Wimmera N 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.

38.6 SWAN VALE (NUMERALLA) N Tablelands W NSW
37.2 MOUNT HOUSE AIRSTRIP W Kimberley WA
36.6 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
34.0 MOUNT HOUSE STATION W Kimberley WA
33.8 CLUB TERRACE E Gippsland VIC

13.5 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
13.5 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
13.4 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
13.4 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
13.2 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
13.2 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

.....

5.7 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
5.0 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
1.1 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
1.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.2 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA

1480 (61.7) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1389 (57.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1365 (56.9) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1329 (55.4) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1097 (45.7) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
1077 (44.9) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
997 (41.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
870 (36.3) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
861 (35.9) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
855 (35.6) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
841 (35.0) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
835 (34.8) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
827 (34.5) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
825 (34.4) MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
802 (33.4) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
800 (33.3) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
762 (31.8) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
750 (31.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
745 (31.0) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
743 (31.0) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
736 (30.7) BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
733 (30.5) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
726 (30.3) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
726 (30.3) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
725 (30.2) LAVERTON RAAF W Central VIC
717 (29.9) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
716 (29.8) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
710 (29.6) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
697 (29.0) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
690 (28.8) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
682 (28.4) AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
680 (28.3) BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
679 (28.3) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
678 (28.3) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
669 (27.9) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
665 (27.7) ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC
665 (27.7) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
660 (27.5) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
654 (27.3) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
648 (27.0) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
647 (27.0) COONABARABRAN AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes N NSW
642 (26.8) YARRAWONGA Upper North VIC
642 (26.8) EILDON FIRE TOWER N Central VIC
639 (26.6) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
631 (26.3) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
624 (26.0) AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
620 (25.8) BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
617 (25.7) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
617 (25.7) DENILIQUIN AIRPORT AWS Riverina E NSW
613 (25.5) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
605 (25.2) ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
604 (25.2) MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC
603 (25.1) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
603 (25.1) GEELONG AIRPORT W Central VIC
601 (25.0) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD

239/06 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
122/16 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
109/14 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
109/14 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
109/09 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
107/15 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
106/13 EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
100/09 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
96/11 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
95/15 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

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.
ISLANDS Islands LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO 4.2mm in 11 min to 06:00 22.9mm/h 10.2mm in 1 hr to 06:30 10.2mm/h	VICTORIA Upper NE FALLS CREEK : 95(330/ 45 ) at 16:38 W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 109(260/ 54 ) at 15:22 KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 80(260/ 67 ) at 21:20 FRANKSTON AWS : 72(250/ 63 ) at 19:08 W Central POINT WILSON : 74(280/ 67 ) at 18:28 W Coast CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE : 85(220/ 63 ) at 22:52 COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 87(290/ 69 ) at 13:13 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 102(300/ 83 ) at 16:00 LOW HEAD : 83(270/ 63 ) at 16:00 E Coast EDDYSTONE POINT : 106(300/ 67 ) at 15:00 SWAN ISLAND : 80(300/ 63 ) at 16:00 MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 76(270/ 63 ) at 17:12 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 102(320/ 87 ) at 13:00 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 108(260/ 85 ) at 16:31 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 106(290/ 61 ) at 09:27 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 87(280/ 69 ) at 16:30 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 93(300/ 74 ) at 12:01 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 122(270/102 ) at 18:01