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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0338 EST on 21/08/2008. 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 wind gust (km/h)

QLD

Central West

036031

LONGREACH AERO

72

72.0

18/04/1974

42

Y Equal to record.


The day in charts
Surface charts Satellite images Rain & temperatures
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Week to 9am | SE AUS detail
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Actual temperatures
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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 00:23EST, 15/05/2012.

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 27.7 +0.1 14.4 -1.0 13.6 0.0 6.0 -- 334 (13.9) 32/13
PERTH AIRPORT 26.3 +0.8 11.6 -1.3 8.2 0.0 5.4 9.8 284 (11.8) 35/11
ALBANY AIRPORT 24.5 +2.7 10.6 -1.0 9.0 0.0 2.6 4.5 292 (12.2) 39/11
BUNBURY 24.2 +0.1 8.1 -3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 111 ( 4.6) 31/15
MANDURAH 22.5 -- 17.0 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 253 (10.5) 30/09
DARWIN AIRPORT 34.0 +1.3 25.1 +1.1 24.5 0.0 6.6 9.4 244 (10.2) 37/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 30.6 +2.4 12.4 -0.2 9.9 0.0 7.8 11.4 211 ( 8.8) 35/12
WHYALLA AERO 32.2 +8.6 9.8 -1.8 -- 0.0 5.8 -- 182 ( 7.6) 34/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 31.8 +9.2 17.6 +5.2 11.6 0.0 5.2 7.2 225 ( 9.4) --
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 30.5 +11.1 8.9 +0.2 4.1 0.0 4.4 9.9 287 (12.0) 32/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 31.5 -0.4 20.2 +1.7 16.6 0.0 8.4 11.1 345 (14.4) 37/09
CAIRNS AERO 27.4 -1.8 20.9 -0.7 20.0 5.0 3.8 5.4 517 (21.5) 50/18
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.5 -0.1 19.8 -0.7 16.8 0.0 8.6 5.9 509 (21.2) 52/12
MACKAY M.O 26.9 +0.2 20.5 +0.4 -- 1.8 -- 10.1 580 (24.2) 52/04
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.0 -1.8 18.4 +0.6 16.2 0.0 6.6 -- 375 (15.6) 43/12
BUNDABERG AERO 28.0 +0.6 19.3 +1.8 -- 0.0 7.2 -- 474 (19.8) 52/11
NAMBOUR DPI 25.8 -0.3 15.9 +0.5 -- 1.2 3.6 -- 136 ( 5.7) 31/13
COOLANGATTA 25.8 +0.5 17.8 +0.8 -- 1.4 -- -- 377 (15.7) 76/11
BRISBANE AERO 26.2 +0.2 15.3 -0.9 12.8 0.0 6.0 10.5 407 (17.0) 35/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.8 +0.4 13.0 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 664 (27.7) 43/09
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 27.2 +2.1 11.3 -1.5 5.4 0.0 5.6 -- 164 ( 6.8) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 23.3 -0.7 10.6 -4.6 8.2 0.0 4.6 9.6 348 (14.5) 37/11
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 23.5 -0.5 11.3 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 22.8 -0.8 8.1 -5.1 6.5 0.0 4.2 7.2 208 ( 8.7) 28/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 23.4 -0.2 8.9 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 48 ( 2.0) 18/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 23.0 +4.5 7.8 +0.6 3.5 0.0 4.0 9.2 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 27.3 +2.8 13.2 +3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.5 -0.4 13.3 -0.8 9.3 0.0 3.6 7.1 254 (10.6) 22/11
RICHMOND RAAF 22.2 -1.7 8.1 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 54 ( 2.3) 18/14
BELLAMBI AWS 22.3 +0.2 13.4 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 193 ( 8.0) 17/17
CANBERRA AIRPORT 24.3 +4.3 7.9 +1.2 4.0 0.0 4.0 10.1 179 ( 7.5) 32/18
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 28.5 +6.0 11.8 +2.7 8.9 0.0 4.0 10.2 81 ( 3.4) 22/09
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 28.4 +6.0 9.0 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 66 ( 2.8) 21/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 30.8 +7.3 13.2 +3.1 8.9 0.0 6.6 10.4 239 (10.0) 35/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 28.5 +6.9 9.9 +1.7 -- 0.0 3.6 -- 236 ( 9.8) 26/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 27.6 +6.4 11.2 +3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 325 (13.5) 28/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 24.6 +4.3 10.4 -0.4 8.1 0.0 1.2 -- 99 ( 4.1) 17/11
GEELONG AIRPORT 21.3 +1.3 6.3 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 156 ( 6.5) 26/13
BALLARAT AERODROME 26.3 +8.7 6.0 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 349 (14.5) 31/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 22.8 +3.9 5.0 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 87 ( 3.6) 26/15
HOBART AIRPORT 21.0 +2.9 5.7 -3.0 2.7 0.0 2.8 10.5 314 (13.1) 30/18
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

38.6 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
38.4 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
38.2 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
38.0 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
37.8 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
37.8 MARDIE W Pilbara WA

+12.2 : 33.9 NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
+11.9 : 36.1 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+11.1 : 31.9 STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+11.1 : 30.5 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
+11.0 : 33.5 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA

29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.1 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
26.8 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
26.3 WARRUWI N Rivers NT

+9.3 : 19.0 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA
+7.5 : 18.4 PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+7.5 : 17.7 MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
+7.2 : 17.4 ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
+7.1 : 19.5 CAPE BORDA COMPARISON Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

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

13.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
14.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
15.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
15.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
15.3 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-3.9 : 27.2 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
-2.9 : 27.5 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
-2.7 : 23.9 YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE Central Coast E QLD
-2.7 : 30.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
-2.5 : 23.0 KEMPSEY (WIDE STREET) MidNorth Coast N NSW

-2.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.1 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-2.0 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-2.0 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-0.9 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS

-8.0 : 0.5 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
-7.3 : -2.0 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.3 : 3.0 KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
-6.9 : 4.9 EYRE Eucla WA
-6.7 : 3.5 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E 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.
133.8 PUNSAND BAY N Peninsula QLD
44.0 BAMAGA N Peninsula QLD
38.5 THURSDAY ISLAND TOWNSHIP N Peninsula QLD
36.0 CAPE WILBERFORCE N Rivers NT
34.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
36.0 CAPE WILBERFORCE

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
133.8 PUNSAND BAY
44.0 BAMAGA
38.5 THURSDAY ISLAND TOWNSHIP
34.0 HORN ISLAND

11.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.4 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
11.1 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
11.1 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

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5.4 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
4.5 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
2.6 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
1.0 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1025 (42.7) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
984 (41.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
971 (40.5) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
944 (39.3) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
918 (38.3) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
875 (36.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
866 (36.1) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
812 (33.8) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
791 (33.0) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
780 (32.5) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
664 (27.7) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
651 (27.1) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
628 (26.2) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
623 (26.0) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
617 (25.7) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
605 (25.2) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
76/11 COOLANGATTA Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
72/11 CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
72/12 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD
68/22 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
67/11 RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
67/06 LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD

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

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
GREEN ISLAND : 72(110/ 63 ) at 09:56