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National Daily Weather Summary

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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.

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Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec


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 1344 EST on 27/09/2008. 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

WA

Central West

008297

DALWALLINU

21.8

19.0

11/09/1997

11

1

WA

Lower West

009018

GINGIN

55.0

44.0

11/09/1999

101

1 n

WA

Lower West

009221

CHITTERING HEIGHTS

56.3

39.0

11/09/1999

17

1 n

WA

SW & S Coast

009868

MUNGLINUP

27.0

22.1

08/09/1970

20

1 n

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010040

DOODLAKINE

24.2

22.4

20/09/1992

95

1 n

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010044

BUNGULLA

31.0

30.5

21/09/1955

80

1 n

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010111

NORTHAM

33.6

31.2

10/09/1973

100

1

WA

Gt Southern

010560

GRAHAM ROCK

39.6

24.9

30/09/1958

74

1 n

WA

Gt Southern

010568

HYDEN

32.0

28.2

01/09/1952

78

1

WA

Gt Southern

010576

KARLGARIN

27.6

21.8

22/09/1958

71

1 n

WA

Gt Southern

010668

KOORIKIN

32.4

29.2

28/09/1948

96

1 n

WA

Gt Southern

010889

MORDETTA

31.4

20.0

23/09/1992

36

1 n

WA

Gt Southern

010898

AKOONAH

29.0

26.0

14/09/1997

20

1 n

Lowest minimum temperature

WA

Lower West

009111

KARNET

0.0

0.0

11/09/2004

36

1 Equal to record.

Highest daily average wind speed - anemometer above 3m (km/h)

ANT

Antarctica

300004

MACQUARIE ISLAND

68.1

67.8

15/09/1975

60

1


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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 13:43EST, 27/09/2008.

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 21.2 -0.8 13.2 +4.0 10.7 25.0 1.0 -- 382 (15.9) 52/14
PERTH AIRPORT 18.5 -1.6 10.6 +1.7 9.7 13.0 2.2 1.3 347 (14.5) 35/14
ALBANY AIRPORT 14.0 -3.3 8.0 0.0 6.1 0.6 0.6 3.6 161 ( 6.7) 24/10
BUNBURY 19.0 +0.8 8.4 -0.1 -- 2.6 -- -- 256 (10.7) 34/10
MANDURAH 18.3 -- 10.3 -- -- 3.4 -- -- 360 (15.0) 43/17
DARWIN AIRPORT 34.3 +1.8 22.9 -0.1 22.0 0.0 11.0 10.5 320 (13.3) 37/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 32.3 +5.2 8.2 -2.0 6.1 0.0 7.6 11.6 198 ( 8.3) 35/11
WHYALLA AERO 32.0 +10.7 7.1 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 438 (18.3) 43/09
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 28.0 +9.1 14.0 +4.4 -- 0.0 5.6 -- 362 (15.1) 39/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 21.3 +5.5 10.8 +4.5 8.7 0.2 7.2 7.8 527 (22.0) 52/10
MOUNT ISA AERO 33.1 +2.0 18.4 +4.1 15.7 0.0 8.2 11.2 296 (12.3) 37/10
CAIRNS AERO 30.3 +2.3 21.6 +3.0 20.8 0.0 8.0 8.3 687 (28.6) 65/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.0 +0.3 18.1 +0.8 15.4 0.0 9.4 10.2 504 (21.0) 46/14
MACKAY M.O 24.7 -0.5 20.0 +3.4 -- 0.0 -- 10.4 667 (27.8) 54/02
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.9 -0.4 15.5 +2.0 14.2 0.0 7.0 -- 439 (18.3) 43/08
BUNDABERG AERO 25.3 0.0 13.9 +0.3 -- 0.0 5.2 -- 577 (24.0) 46/07
NAMBOUR DPI 23.0 -1.8 14.0 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 23.5 +0.5 14.5 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 397 (16.5) 39/10
BRISBANE AERO 23.3 -0.9 12.4 -0.1 9.6 0.0 7.2 11.3 482 (20.1) 34/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 20.7 -1.7 7.8 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 617 (25.7) 46/07
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 22.0 +0.7 8.8 +0.3 4.8 0.0 4.0 -- 135 ( 5.6) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 20.7 -1.2 9.2 -1.7 5.4 0.0 4.2 11.2 299 (12.5) 26/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 25.1 +3.9 6.1 -2.9 3.2 0.0 2.6 11.4 227 ( 9.5) 34/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 25.9 +4.7 5.5 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 77 ( 3.2) 28/10
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 17.7 +3.8 2.6 -1.6 -0.5 0.0 3.4 11.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 22.8 +1.7 6.6 +0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 25.3 +4.9 11.6 +1.3 6.1 0.0 6.2 11.4 418 (17.4) 35/16
RICHMOND RAAF 26.4 +3.7 3.8 -4.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 104 ( 4.3) 31/16
BELLAMBI AWS 22.1 +2.0 13.4 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 394 (16.4) 44/19
CANBERRA AIRPORT 20.9 +4.8 2.5 -0.7 -1.1 0.0 3.6 10.6 172 ( 7.2) 44/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 24.7 +7.2 5.6 +0.4 6.1 0.0 3.8 11.4 209 ( 8.7) 34/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 25.3 +7.3 4.7 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 94 ( 3.9) 37/16
MILDURA AIRPORT 30.3 +10.0 9.9 +2.5 3.9 0.0 7.0 11.7 378 (15.8) 46/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 27.1 +9.8 9.4 +3.9 -- 0.0 6.2 -- 405 (16.9) 52/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT 26.6 +10.0 4.9 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 346 (14.4) 52/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 28.2 +11.0 14.7 +6.8 11.9 0.0 7.6 -- 266 (11.1) 34/13
GEELONG AIRPORT 27.4 +10.7 12.6 +5.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 523 (21.8) 65/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 22.8 +9.0 8.6 +3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 792 (33.0) 52/11
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 16.4 +0.9 10.4 +5.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 456 (19.0) 55/10
HOBART AIRPORT 18.0 +2.7 13.4 +7.4 10.8 0.0 8.8 1.5 676 (28.2) 85/07
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

38.9 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
38.7 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
38.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
37.8 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
37.8 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA

+15.0 : 36.3 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+13.7 : 36.1 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+12.4 : 31.7 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
+11.9 : 33.7 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
+11.9 : 31.9 CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA

25.8 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
25.2 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
25.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
24.2 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+9.2 : 15.0 SWANSEA POST OFFICE E Coast TAS
+8.5 : 17.0 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
+8.5 : 17.1 CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
+8.1 : 14.4 SHEOAKS W Central VIC
+8.1 : 9.0 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
+8.1 : 13.1 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA

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

3.7 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
4.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
6.0 WARRA W Coast TAS
6.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
6.9 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS

-7.0 : 12.5 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.2 : 12.4 NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.0 : 14.2 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-5.9 : 13.2 LAKE GRACE COMPARISON Cent Wheatbelt WA
-5.9 : 12.6 JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA

-1.5 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-0.1 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
0.0 KARNET Lower West WA
0.5 ORANGE AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands S NSW
0.6 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-8.7 : 11.0 KIDMAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT
-8.0 : 7.0 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley WA
-7.8 : 11.7 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA
-7.5 : 7.0 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
-7.2 : 0.0 KARNET Lower West WA

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.
56.3 CHITTERING HEIGHTS Lower West WA
55.0 GINGIN Lower West WA
45.4 CALJIE Cent Wheatbelt WA
39.6 GRAHAM ROCK Cent Wheatbelt WA
36.8 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
56.3 CHITTERING HEIGHTS
55.0 GINGIN
36.8 HOPETOUN NORTH
Cent Wheatbelt
45.4 CALJIE
39.6 GRAHAM ROCK

11.7 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
11.7 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
11.6 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.6 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.6 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
11.6 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW

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1.3 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
1.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.4 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
0.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

 1581 (65.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1574 (65.6) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1502 (62.6) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
1260 (52.5) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1229 (51.2) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1225 (51.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
1153 (48.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
1143 (47.6) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
1120 (46.7) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
1106 (46.1) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1097 (45.7) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1080 (45.0) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
1058 (44.1) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
1034 (43.1) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
1028 (42.8) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
998 (41.6) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
985 (41.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
976 (40.7) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
937 (39.0) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
921 (38.4) FERNY CREEK (DUNNS HILL) E Central VIC
909 (37.9) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
901 (37.5) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
884 (36.8) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
853 (35.5) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
853 (35.5) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
847 (35.3) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
835 (34.8) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
825 (34.4) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
792 (33.0) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
775 (32.3) BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS
761 (31.7) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
758 (31.6) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
750 (31.3) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
728 (30.3) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
705 (29.4) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
695 (29.0) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
693 (28.9) CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS
689 (28.7) ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC
688 (28.7) RHYLL E Central VIC
688 (28.7) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
687 (28.6) CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
686 (28.6) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
676 (28.2) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
668 (27.8) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
667 (27.8) MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
664 (27.7) MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC
648 (27.0) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
643 (26.8) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
642 (26.8) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
639 (26.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
638 (26.6) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
634 (26.4) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
633 (26.4) MINNIPA DPI W Agricultural SA
632 (26.3) MAROOCHYDORE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
632 (26.3) LAUNCESTON AIRPORT COMPARISON N Coast TAS
630 (26.3) AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
626 (26.1) SHEOAKS W Central VIC
623 (26.0) WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
623 (26.0) CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
620 (25.8) NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
620 (25.8) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
617 (25.7) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
616 (25.7) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
607 (25.3) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
604 (25.2) GLADSTONE RADAR Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
601 (25.0) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
156/13 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
141/02 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
128/02 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
126/02 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
106/04 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
106/11 EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
106/08 HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
102/13 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
98/17 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
91/12 MOUNT HOTHAM 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Cent Wheatbelt
HYDEN
44.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 7.3mm/h
 Goldfields
NORSEMAN AERO
17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h
 TASMANIA
W Coast
LOW ROCKY POINT
15.0mm in 3 hr to 08:00 5.0mm/h
SCOTTS PEAK DAM
15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.0mm/h

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
GREEN ISLAND : 78(150/ 74 ) at 06:36
NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 98(330/ 76 ) at 17:20
VICTORIA
Upper NE
MT HOTHAM : 85(340/ 69 ) at 08:00
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 106(330/ 37 ) at 04:11
W Coast
COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 78(350/ 65 ) at 02:00
TASMANIA
E Coast
EDDYSTONE POINT : 106(300/ 67 ) at 11:00
SWAN ISLAND : 85(310/ 67 ) at 08:32
Southeast
HOBART AIRPORT : 82(310/ 65 ) at 08:22
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) : 106(300/ 56 ) at 08:19
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 139(330/109 ) at 02:30
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 156(270/109 ) at 13:31
HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 128(300/ 67 ) at 02:54
DROUGHTY HILL : 108(290/ 76 ) at 08:40
W Coast
WARRA : 96(310/ 48 ) at 01:41
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 126(330/ 87 ) at 02:30
MOUNT READ : 96(280/ 67 ) at 13:00
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 87(310/ 72 ) at 12:30