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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1031 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 maximum temperature

WA

Eucla

011019

EYRE

37.1

37.1

30/09/2006

21

1 Y Equal to record.


The day in charts
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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 01:17EST, 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 17.5 -4.5 13.7 +4.4 11.8 4.8 4.6 -- 473 (19.7) 74/03
PERTH AIRPORT 18.0 -2.1 11.1 +2.2 9.4 8.8 3.6 6.4 423 (17.6) 55/15
ALBANY AIRPORT 15.4 -1.9 11.1 +3.1 7.9 2.2 4.2 3.2 443 (18.5) 55/11
BUNBURY 15.6 -2.6 13.1 +4.6 -- 22.4 -- -- 529 (22.0) 63/01
MANDURAH 16.8 -- 13.7 -- -- 6.4 -- -- 728 (30.3) 76/02
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.5 +1.0 22.6 -0.4 21.0 0.0 6.4 10.5 278 (11.6) 34/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 37.5 +10.2 14.2 +3.8 11.4 0.0 12.0 10.3 381 (15.9) 59/16
WHYALLA AERO 21.4 -0.1 10.4 +2.4 -- 0.0 9.6 -- 378 (15.8) 24/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 22.1 +3.1 8.0 -1.7 4.2 0.0 17.4 10.6 195 ( 8.1) 28/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.6 -0.2 4.8 -1.5 1.0 0.0 4.0 7.7 405 (16.9) 35/11
MOUNT ISA AERO 35.7 +4.5 10.8 -3.4 8.6 0.0 8.2 11.1 179 ( 7.5) 37/10
CAIRNS AERO 27.3 -0.7 21.6 +2.9 19.4 1.4 7.0 3.2 313 (13.0) 32/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.8 +0.1 21.0 +3.7 19.8 0.0 10.8 9.9 600 (25.0) 45/10
MACKAY M.O 24.4 -0.8 20.4 +3.8 -- 0.0 -- 10.3 382 (15.9) 30/03
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.0 -0.3 14.9 +1.3 12.5 0.0 5.6 -- 271 (11.3) 28/09
BUNDABERG AERO 24.2 -1.2 11.5 -2.2 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 379 (15.8) 31/12
NAMBOUR DPI 24.1 -0.8 8.0 -2.6 -- 0.0 12.1 -- 67 ( 2.8) 26/13
COOLANGATTA 23.1 0.0 9.4 -4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 296 (12.3) 37/14
BRISBANE AERO 23.3 -0.9 10.1 -2.6 5.4 0.0 4.8 10.9 338 (14.1) 35/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.7 +0.3 9.2 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 457 (19.0) 31/14
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 25.6 +4.2 5.4 -3.1 -2.4 0.0 4.4 -- 106 ( 4.4) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 24.4 +2.5 8.9 -2.0 5.7 0.0 4.0 11.0 230 ( 9.6) 35/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 23.9 +1.4 6.5 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 26.4 +5.2 4.0 -5.0 0.3 0.0 3.8 10.7 243 (10.1) 39/11
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 26.7 +5.4 3.9 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 62 ( 2.6) 24/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 19.5 +5.5 3.8 -0.4 -2.1 0.0 4.0 10.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 26.4 +5.2 2.4 -4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 27.4 +6.9 9.0 -1.3 4.5 0.0 3.4 10.0 365 (15.2) 37/17
RICHMOND RAAF 27.2 +4.5 3.5 -4.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 100 ( 4.2) 41/14
BELLAMBI AWS 23.9 +3.7 10.8 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 322 (13.4) 50/20
CANBERRA AIRPORT 22.1 +5.9 2.0 -1.2 -2.9 0.0 4.6 10.4 240 (10.0) 52/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 24.2 +6.6 5.7 +0.6 1.8 0.0 4.4 11.3 245 (10.2) 46/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 20.9 +2.8 6.1 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 119 ( 5.0) 39/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 21.4 +1.0 7.0 -0.4 5.0 0.0 9.2 10.8 427 (17.8) 30/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 19.0 +1.6 1.8 -3.6 -- 0.0 12.2 -- 327 (13.6) 34/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 17.3 +0.5 4.3 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 324 (13.5) 35/11
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 18.4 +1.2 10.2 +2.3 5.7 0.0 4.2 -- 230 ( 9.6) 22/14
GEELONG AIRPORT 16.4 -0.4 3.2 -3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 390 (16.3) 52/13
BALLARAT AERODROME 13.1 -0.8 2.8 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 510 (21.3) 39/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 13.8 -1.7 7.2 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 323 (13.5) 54/10
HOBART AIRPORT 15.1 -0.2 4.4 -1.6 0.5 0.0 4.8 3.4 446 (18.6) 45/22
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

40.2 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
40.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
40.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
39.7 WARMUN E Kimberley WA

+15.9 : 37.1 EYRE Eucla WA
+14.4 : 35.7 EUCLA Eucla WA
+11.9 : 36.6 FORREST Eucla WA
+11.4 : 34.0 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+10.9 : 32.3 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA

25.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.7 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.7 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
24.5 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA

+8.2 : 22.9 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+7.1 : 12.9 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+6.5 : 17.1 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
+6.3 : 16.0 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA
+6.3 : 18.1 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA

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

3.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
4.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.5 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
6.6 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-5.8 : 17.6 MULLEWA Central West WA
-5.5 : 16.5 CARNAMAH Central West WA
-5.2 : 15.7 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-5.0 : 16.1 DALWALLINU COMPARISON Central West WA
-4.7 : 16.1 DALWALLINU Central West WA

-2.9 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-2.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-1.6 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-1.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-0.8 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-6.4 : 2.7 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
-6.4 : 0.1 KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-5.9 : 1.1 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-5.8 : -2.9 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-5.7 : 2.6 MAITLAND VISITORS CENTRE Hunter Valley NSW

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.
30.2 BUSSELTON AERO Lower West WA
29.2 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
27.6 YOONGARILLUP Lower West WA
26.6 THE WOLD Lower West WA
26.4 MARRIWOOD Lower West WA

11.4 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
11.3 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.3 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
11.3 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
11.1 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

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3.4 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
3.4 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
3.2 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
3.2 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
3.1 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
0.8 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1093 (45.5) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1066 (44.4) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
949 (39.5) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
942 (39.3) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
918 (38.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
891 (37.1) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
880 (36.7) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
863 (36.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
858 (35.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
826 (34.4) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
812 (33.8) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
767 (32.0) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
747 (31.1) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
743 (31.0) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
734 (30.6) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
734 (30.6) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
728 (30.3) MANDURAH Lower West WA
724 (30.2) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
720 (30.0) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
710 (29.6) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
708 (29.5) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
702 (29.3) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
700 (29.2) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
700 (29.2) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
674 (28.1) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
672 (28.0) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
667 (27.8) ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD
662 (27.6) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
657 (27.4) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
655 (27.3) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
651 (27.1) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
631 (26.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
604 (25.2) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
600 (25.0) TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
102/14 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
96/11 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
94/12 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
94/16 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
91/01 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA

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
Lower West
BUSSELTON AERO
9.4mm in 18 min to 00:44 31.3mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 01:00 12.0mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.3mm/h
TASMANIA
W Coast
MOUNT READ
16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
ROTTNEST ISLAND : 91(330/ 56 ) at 01:36
CAPE LEEUWIN : 78(270/ 70 ) at 06:20
NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 82(320/ 63 ) at 13:19
VICTORIA
Upper NE
MT HOTHAM : 87(330/ 69 ) at 03:05
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 102(270/ 69 ) at 14:15
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS : 89(270/ 65 ) at 13:00
Southeast
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 76(190/ 63 ) at 22:30
W Coast
MOUNT READ : 95(300/ 35 ) at 11:23
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 95(280/ 76 ) at 16:31