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National Daily Weather Summary

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Noteworthy weather today
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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that is unchecked and are likely to pick up errors as well as true records. They are limited to data received as at 1849 EST on 10/05/2008. 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 daily rainfall

NSW

MidNorth Coast S

060128

NUNDLE (BARRY)

253.0

23.0

21/05/1991

12

93.0

17/01/2004

16

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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 23:46EST, 10/05/2008.

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 27.0 +3.0 15.9 +3.0 13.9 0.0 4.4 -- 280 (11.7) --
PERTH AIRPORT 23.0 +1.3 11.8 +1.3 10.2 0.6 2.2 -- 215 ( 9.0) --
ALBANY AIRPORT 23.0 +4.1 12.8 +3.0 10.4 0.0 2.6 -- 239 (10.0) --
BUNBURY 20.0 -1.2 14.5 +5.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 151 ( 6.3) --
MANDURAH 21.0 -- 16.3 -- -- 0.4 -- -- 161 ( 6.7) --
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.0 +1.0 20.5 -1.6 19.0 0.0 5.4 -- 310 (12.9) --
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 23.0 0.0 5.8 -2.5 3.7 0.0 7.0 -- 257 (10.7) --
WHYALLA AERO 22.0 +1.5 6.1 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 177 ( 7.4) --
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 20.0 +1.1 7.7 -2.4 5.6 0.0 -- -- 89 ( 3.7) --
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 18.0 +1.9 11.9 +4.7 11.3 0.2 0.2 -- 189 ( 7.9) --
MOUNT ISA AERO 29.0 +1.2 10.9 -3.0 8.5 0.0 6.0 -- 218 ( 9.1) --
CAIRNS AERO 29.0 +1.4 20.7 +0.8 19.5 0.0 7.4 -- 460 (19.2) --
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.0 +1.4 16.1 -1.5 13.8 0.0 6.6 -- 351 (14.6) --
MACKAY M.O 25.0 +0.8 17.5 +0.4 -- 6.6 -- -- 380 (15.8) --
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.0 +1.0 14.4 +0.2 12.7 0.0 4.0 -- 255 (10.6) --
BUNDABERG AERO 26.0 +1.4 13.0 -1.2 -- 0.0 3.4 -- 231 ( 9.6) --
NAMBOUR DPI 25.0 +1.3 12.0 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 25.0 +2.0 12.3 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 200 ( 8.3) --
BRISBANE AERO 25.0 +1.5 11.0 -1.8 7.7 0.0 3.0 -- 261 (10.9) --
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.0 +2.3 9.0 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 303 (12.6) --
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 23.0 +1.7 9.9 -1.8 5.7 0.0 2.8 -- 206 ( 8.6) --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 23.0 +1.6 11.7 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 21.0 +0.8 8.8 -1.3 6.6 0.0 3.6 -- 243 (10.1) --
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 21.0 +0.7 8.0 -0.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 47 ( 2.0) --
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- 3.3 -1.4 -0.1 0.0 4.0 -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 25.0 +5.3 6.2 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 21.0 +1.1 13.4 +2.6 9.1 0.0 3.0 -- 273 (11.4) --
RICHMOND RAAF 19.0 -1.6 7.5 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 31 ( 1.3) --
BELLAMBI AWS 19.0 -0.5 13.6 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 186 ( 7.8) --
CANBERRA AIRPORT 21.0 +5.5 1.5 -1.6 -1.3 0.0 2.4 -- 88 ( 3.7) --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 21.0 +3.8 3.7 -2.2 1.4 0.0 2.0 -- 96 ( 4.0) --
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 21.0 +3.4 5.0 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 51 ( 2.1) --
MILDURA AIRPORT 18.0 -1.0 4.4 -3.0 2.0 0.0 1.8 -- 179 ( 7.5) --
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 19.0 +1.8 4.7 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 202 ( 8.4) --
BENDIGO AIRPORT 20.0 +3.5 5.1 +0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 158 ( 6.6) --
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 18.0 +1.3 13.8 +5.2 12.0 0.0 1.0 -- 84 ( 3.5) --
GEELONG AIRPORT 17.0 +0.1 12.4 +4.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 310 (12.9) --
BALLARAT AERODROME 14.0 +0.4 9.1 +3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 300 (12.5) --
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 21.0 +5.3 8.9 +3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 146 ( 6.1) --
HOBART AIRPORT 15.0 -0.1 9.3 +2.8 5.8 0.0 2.4 -- 389 (16.2) --
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

35.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
34.0 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
34.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
34.0 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
34.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
34.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
34.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
34.0 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
34.0 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
34.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT

+10.8 : 31.0 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
+10.4 : 32.0 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
+10.4 : 30.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+10.1 : 31.0 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+9.7 : 30.0 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA

25.2 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
25.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
25.0 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT

+7.2 : 12.4 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC
+6.9 : 9.2 TARRALEAH VILLAGE Derwent Valley TAS
+6.7 : 13.2 MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
+6.6 : 17.2 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
+6.5 : 10.5 MAYDENA POST OFFICE Derwent Valley TAS
+6.5 : 8.0 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

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

6.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
9.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
9.0 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
9.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
10.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
10.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
10.0 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC

-5.0 : 13.0 KERANG Lower North VIC
-3.7 : 15.0 SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
-1.9 : 18.0 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
-1.7 : 27.0 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD
-1.7 : 11.0 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS

-4.6 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.8 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-1.6 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-1.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-1.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-6.9 : 5.5 ENEABBA Central West WA
-6.4 : 14.3 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
-6.4 : 12.6 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
-6.4 : 12.0 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
-6.0 : 10.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers 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.
253.0 NUNDLE (BARRY) MidNorth Coast S NSW
27.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
22.4 WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
18.6 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION W Coast TAS
13.8 QUEENSTOWN (SOUTH QUEENSTOWN) W Coast TAS

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
22.4 WITCHCLIFFE

NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast S
253.0 NUNDLE (BARRY)

TASMANIA
W Coast
27.0 MOUNT READ
18.6 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION
13.8 QUEENSTOWN (SOUTH QUEENSTOWN)

Reports not yet available

1204 (50.2) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1077 (44.9) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
946 (39.4) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
916 (38.2) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
914 (38.1) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
823 (34.3) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
783 (32.6) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
773 (32.2) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
698 (29.1) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
679 (28.3) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
667 (27.8) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
664 (27.7) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
643 (26.8) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
638 (26.6) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
633 (26.4) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
631 (26.3) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
621 (25.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
Reports not yet available

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
BICKLEY
15.4mm in 1 hr to 15:00 15.4mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h
BUSSELTON
11.6mm in 1 hr to 11:00 11.6mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 12:00 10.8mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 8.0mm/h
BUSSELTON AERO
20.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.7mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 14:00 11.4mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.7mm/h
BRIDGETOWN
15.2mm in 1 hr to 12:00 15.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
WITCHCLIFFE
11.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.4mm/h
8.8mm in 21 min to 13:00 25.1mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 13:00 13.0mm/h
BUNBURY
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
MANDURAH
15.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 15.4mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 8.0mm/h
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Murray Valley
MURRAY BRIDGE (PALLAMANA AERODROME)
801.0mm in * hr to 21:30 66.8mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS)
9.6mm in 54 min to 20:00 10.7mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 10.0mm/h
None reported