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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1339 EST on 29/09/2007. 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
Lowest grass minimum temperature

SA

Lower SE

026091

COONAWARRA

-5.0

-2.9

01/12/1994

22

1 Y


The day in charts
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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 23:43EST, 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 25.6 -3.9 19.2 +2.9 17.9 0.0 12.0 -- 757 (31.5) 65/14
PERTH AIRPORT 28.9 0.0 14.5 -0.3 13.4 0.0 12.0 13.1 551 (23.0) 48/13
ALBANY AIRPORT 21.3 -1.8 10.6 -1.8 7.2 0.0 7.6 6.1 298 (12.4) 43/13
BUNBURY 26.5 -0.6 10.8 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 306 (12.8) 50/14
MANDURAH 24.2 -- 15.2 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 494 (20.6) 54/18
DARWIN AIRPORT 34.0 +1.4 20.7 -4.6 25.3 26.4 8.0 8.0 444 (18.5) 34/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 32.1 -3.3 17.6 -2.6 14.8 0.0 10.8 11.9 342 (14.3) 37/08
WHYALLA AERO 30.0 +1.9 9.8 -6.0 -- 0.0 12.0 -- 425 (17.7) 35/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 29.2 +2.2 10.6 -4.9 -- 0.0 10.8 -- 274 (11.4) 28/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 25.6 +2.7 3.1 -6.8 0.8 0.0 4.0 12.9 300 (12.5) 45/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 38.8 +1.6 26.5 +3.4 17.9 0.0 36.6 11.7 554 (23.1) 63/02
CAIRNS AERO 30.3 -1.1 24.6 +1.2 23.0 0.0 4.4 3.1 213 ( 8.9) 32/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.4 -0.1 25.5 +1.4 24.1 0.0 8.8 8.8 393 (16.4) 41/14
MACKAY M.O 32.0 +1.9 24.3 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- 10.7 362 (15.1) --
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 30.4 -1.7 21.5 +0.3 21.3 13.0 10.2 -- 308 (12.8) 39/22
BUNDABERG AERO 26.6 -2.8 20.4 -0.1 -- 30.4 6.4 -- 377 (15.7) 45/15
NAMBOUR DPI 23.9 -5.3 18.5 +0.3 -- 23.0 18.8 -- 140 ( 5.8) 35/10
COOLANGATTA 25.2 -2.0 18.6 -1.3 -- 32.6 -- -- 493 (20.5) 52/11
BRISBANE AERO 25.6 -2.7 19.6 -0.5 18.5 36.2 11.4 4.3 522 (21.8) 48/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.3 -4.4 14.8 -1.9 -- 5.2 -- -- 658 (27.4) 58/08
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 28.4 -2.6 13.7 -3.8 9.7 0.0 5.6 -- 351 (14.6) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 23.7 -2.6 16.5 -1.6 15.5 8.4 2.6 7.1 510 (21.3) 35/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 23.4 -3.2 15.3 -1.4 -- 11.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 22.4 -4.8 12.2 -4.3 10.7 4.2 2.2 10.9 428 (17.8) 39/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 22.2 -4.7 11.3 -4.0 10.0 0.0 -- -- 170 ( 7.1) 28/08
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 23.2 -1.2 6.4 -4.9 5.0 0.0 8.0 10.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 29.5 -2.0 13.2 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.5 -3.2 13.8 -3.7 10.3 0.0 5.2 11.5 583 (24.3) 39/11
RICHMOND RAAF 23.5 -5.2 9.9 -6.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 184 ( 7.7) 35/16
BELLAMBI AWS 21.7 -2.4 13.2 -4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 407 (17.0) 26/08
CANBERRA AIRPORT 24.8 -1.3 9.8 -1.6 7.3 0.0 7.8 9.7 360 (15.0) 43/19
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 27.8 -1.6 13.1 -0.6 11.2 0.0 10.2 13.0 377 (15.7) 37/08
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 27.0 -2.4 11.4 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 214 ( 8.9) 26/09
MILDURA AIRPORT 29.2 -0.9 11.5 -3.3 8.9 0.0 9.2 13.6 358 (14.9) 30/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 26.7 -0.7 8.7 -3.5 -- 0.0 29.8 -- 501 (20.9) 41/23
BENDIGO AIRPORT 27.3 +0.3 7.3 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 431 (18.0) 30/23
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 26.5 +2.3 13.0 +0.1 10.7 0.0 5.2 -- 159 ( 6.6) 21/10
GEELONG AIRPORT 21.9 -1.0 7.5 -3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 342 (14.3) 37/16
BALLARAT AERODROME 26.2 +3.6 4.3 -5.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 436 (18.2) 35/19
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 20.4 -2.0 5.8 -4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 177 ( 7.4) 46/16
HOBART AIRPORT 21.8 +1.2 7.8 -2.9 4.3 0.0 5.8 13.1 -- 41/15
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 WOLLOGORANG N Rivers NT
42.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
42.0 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE N Rivers NT
42.0 BORROLOOLA N Rivers NT
42.0 TOORAK RESEARCH STATION Gulf Country QLD

+8.9 : 35.5 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+8.2 : 33.0 EUCLA Eucla WA
+7.3 : 37.5 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+7.2 : 32.5 EYRE Eucla WA
+6.7 : 37.5 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA

30.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
29.7 CENTURY MINE Gulf Country QLD
29.3 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
29.0 KIDMAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT
29.0 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA

+5.3 : 19.0 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
+4.5 : 27.4 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD
+4.1 : 29.3 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
+4.1 : 18.2 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA
+4.0 : 26.4 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD

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

11.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
12.3 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
13.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
14.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
14.3 CAPE BRUNY LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS

-8.8 : 18.2 TABULAM (MUIRNE) N Tablelands E NSW
-7.7 : 19.0 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-7.7 : 23.4 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW
-7.1 : 22.8 CASINO AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW
-7.0 : 25.7 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA

-1.8 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-1.5 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-0.6 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC

-12.0 : 2.1 EYRE Eucla WA
-8.9 : 1.1 COONAWARRA Lower SE SA
-8.1 : 3.0 MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
-7.9 : 7.0 ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW
-7.7 : 3.0 KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is 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.
85.0 BRAYS CREEK (MISTY MOUNTAIN) North Coast NSW
81.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
80.2 KANDANGA UPPER Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
79.0 FISHERMANS POCKET TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
78.2 MURGON POST OFFICE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

QUEENSLAND
Central Coast W
53.4 SELOH NOLEM
Wide Bay/Burnett
54.2 MOOLBOOLAMAN
52.6 BUILYAN GUM STREET
Brisbane/SE Coast
81.0 GYMPIE
80.2 KANDANGA UPPER
79.0 FISHERMANS POCKET TM
78.2 MURGON POST OFFICE
73.0 KILKIVAN TM
72.2 POINT ARKWRIGHT
71.0 WOOLOOGA
69.0 KILKIVAN POST OFFICE
68.4 MAROOCHYDORE AERO
68.0 COOROY COMPOSITE
67.6 KANDANGA TM
66.0 ZACHARIAH TM
62.6 LAKE COOROIBAH(PINES AV)
62.6 SUNNYBANK BOWLS CLUB
60.4 BLI BLI
59.0 KANDANGA POST OFFICE
58.0 MACLEAN BRIDGE ALERT
57.2 RUDDS LANE TM
57.0 TALLOWOOD
56.2 CHRISTMAS CREEK RD
54.0 GOOMBOORIAN WEBSTER RD
53.4 MACLEAN BRIDGE
52.4 BORUMBA DAM
52.0 YARRAHAPPINI TM
52.0 GOOMBOORIAN TM
52.0 SHAMROCK MINE
50.0 WATERFORD ALERT
50.0 DARLINGTON ALERT
50.0 JIMBOOMBA MILLSTREAM ROAD

NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
85.0 BRAYS CREEK (MISTY MOUNTAIN)
69.0 LOADSTONE (HIGH VIEW)
60.0 WIANGAREE POST OFFICE
56.2 TUMBULGUM (BAWDEN ST)
55.0 TOMEWIN (BORDER GATE)
51.8 GREEN PIGEON (MORNING VIEW)

14.0 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.8 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
13.6 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
13.4 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.1 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
13.1 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS

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4.3 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
3.1 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
2.0 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1.3 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
1.3 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC

1147 (47.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
966 (40.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
912 (38.0) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
828 (34.5) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
826 (34.4) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
816 (34.0) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
814 (33.9) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
782 (32.6) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
765 (31.9) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
757 (31.5) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
728 (30.3) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
711 (29.6) EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
697 (29.0) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
692 (28.8) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
691 (28.8) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
677 (28.2) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
667 (27.8) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
665 (27.7) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
658 (27.4) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
624 (26.0) BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
612 (25.5) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
610 (25.4) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
607 (25.3) MAROOCHYDORE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
109/11 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
106/22 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
91/22 EMERALD AIRPORT Central Highlands QLD
81/04 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
72/19 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
72/14 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
WYNDHAM AERO
10.2mm in 5 min to 12:52 122.4mm/h
19.4mm in 8 min to 13:00 145.5mm/h
32.8mm in 1 hr to 13:00 32.8mm/h
1.8mm in 1 min to 13:01 108.0mm/h
10.2mm in 6 min to 13:07 102.0mm/h
5.2mm in 12 min to 13:24 26.0mm/h
23.6mm in 1 hr to 14:00 23.6mm/h
56.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 18.7mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
SCHERGER RAAF
18.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.0mm/h
S Peninsula
PALMERVILLE
11.6mm in 49 min to 02:49 14.2mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 03:00 11.6mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h
Gulf Country
KOWANYAMA AIRPORT
25.2mm in 1 hr to 07:00 25.2mm/h
34.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 11.3mm/h
Central Highlands
EMERALD AIRPORT
24.6mm in 15 min to 22:36 98.4mm/h
5.6mm in 2 min to 22:38 168.0mm/h
3.0mm in 2 min to 22:40 90.0mm/h
40.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 40.0mm/h
Brisbane/SE Coast
DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE
26.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.7mm/h
HERVEY BAY AIRPORT
27.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 9.0mm/h
TOOLARA (KELLY)
18.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.0mm/h
TEWANTIN RSL PARK
20.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.7mm/h
Darling Downs E
INGLEWOOD FOREST
8.6mm in 50 min to 21:00 10.3mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
WYNDHAM AERO : 109( 10/ 59 ) at 12:52
QUEENSLAND
Central Highlands
EMERALD AIRPORT : 89(140/ 63 ) at 22:36
Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 78(150/ 69 ) at 02:30
VICTORIA
W Gippsland
MT BAW BAW : 106(130/104 ) at 05:10
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 72(320/ 65 ) at 16:00