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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1329 EST on 19/01/2010. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Comments
Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest daily rainfall

NSW

MidNorth Coast S

060139

PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS

119.0

103.0

24/04/2008

14

1 N


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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 04:14EST, 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 30.4 +2.8 14.8 -0.6 12.9 0.0 6.0 -- 498 (20.8) 41/21
PERTH AIRPORT 30.6 +5.1 13.9 +1.0 11.8 0.0 4.0 10.5 288 (12.0) 34/18
ALBANY AIRPORT 29.8 +8.0 13.9 +2.3 10.4 0.0 1.8 9.3 264 (11.0) 31/08
BUNBURY 26.5 +2.4 12.7 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 217 ( 9.0) 34/18
MANDURAH 26.9 -- 17.6 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 251 (10.5) 39/20
DARWIN AIRPORT 34.1 +1.4 25.1 +1.1 24.0 0.0 6.2 10.7 261 (10.9) 41/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 31.2 +3.0 12.4 -0.2 11.3 0.0 6.0 10.9 200 ( 8.3) 28/10
WHYALLA AERO 27.4 +3.8 11.8 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 106 ( 4.4) 34/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 27.4 +4.8 14.8 +2.4 -- 0.0 3.0 2.6 198 ( 8.3) 28/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 24.6 +5.2 6.3 -2.4 3.7 0.0 2.2 6.1 179 ( 7.5) 30/10
MOUNT ISA AERO 31.3 -0.6 11.3 -7.2 10.1 0.0 6.4 11.2 176 ( 7.3) 34/14
CAIRNS AERO 29.9 +0.7 19.3 -2.3 17.2 0.0 4.4 10.3 162 ( 6.8) 34/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.6 0.0 21.3 +0.8 19.0 0.0 4.8 10.6 178 ( 7.4) 31/15
MACKAY M.O 27.2 +0.5 18.5 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 239 (10.0) 21/03
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 30.7 +1.9 14.2 -3.6 11.8 0.0 4.0 -- 132 ( 5.5) 28/13
BUNDABERG AERO 27.9 +0.5 17.2 -0.3 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 199 ( 8.3) 28/20
NAMBOUR DPI -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 24.1 -1.2 18.0 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 472 (19.7) 43/11
BRISBANE AERO 25.8 -0.2 16.6 +0.4 13.0 0.0 5.6 8.7 426 (17.8) 44/12
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.6 -0.8 11.2 -2.1 -- 0.4 -- -- 284 (11.8) 37/15
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 23.9 -1.2 13.9 +1.1 11.1 0.0 6.0 -- 362 (15.1) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 21.8 -2.2 15.1 -0.1 14.2 59.0 8.4 1.0 694 (28.9) 72/06
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 22.6 -1.4 15.4 +1.7 -- 119.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 22.7 -0.9 16.7 +3.5 15.6 4.0 5.0 5.9 747 (31.1) 61/09
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 21.2 -2.4 14.6 +2.7 12.5 10.2 -- -- 149 ( 6.2) 39/02
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 17.3 -1.2 6.6 -0.6 2.6 0.0 2.1 9.1 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 24.3 -0.2 8.1 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 300 (12.5) 44/10
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 21.8 -1.1 15.8 +1.7 14.5 1.4 5.4 5.0 837 (34.9) 52/00
RICHMOND RAAF 20.9 -3.0 13.9 +2.6 -- 2.0 -- -- 326 (13.6) 43/12
BELLAMBI AWS 19.5 -2.6 14.9 -0.5 -- 11.4 -- -- 568 (23.7) 48/00
CANBERRA AIRPORT 17.9 -2.1 9.5 +2.8 5.9 0.0 3.4 6.6 350 (14.6) 39/10
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 23.9 +1.4 6.1 -3.0 5.3 0.0 4.4 10.6 151 ( 6.3) 26/10
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 21.4 -1.0 5.7 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 69 ( 2.9) 17/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 24.9 +1.4 11.0 +0.9 5.9 0.0 4.6 9.9 239 (10.0) 35/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 22.1 +0.5 3.5 -4.7 -- 0.0 1.2 -- 60 ( 2.5) 17/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT 22.8 +1.6 4.6 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 85 ( 3.5) 24/09
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 24.6 +4.3 9.4 -1.4 6.6 0.0 2.4 -- 87 ( 3.6) 21/13
GEELONG AIRPORT 24.0 +4.0 6.6 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 227 ( 9.5) 28/15
BALLARAT AERODROME 20.8 +3.2 4.3 -3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 245 (10.2) 31/09
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 18.3 -0.6 9.8 +2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 66 ( 2.8) 15/14
HOBART AIRPORT 16.8 -1.3 6.2 -2.5 3.1 0.0 1.0 9.4 278 (11.6) 28/14
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

38.7 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
38.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
37.5 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
37.5 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
37.4 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA

+8.0 : 29.8 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
+7.4 : 28.5 MOUNT BARKER Lower West WA
+7.0 : 29.4 DWELLINGUP Lower West WA
+6.9 : 24.8 PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+6.4 : 29.7 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA
+6.4 : 29.2 KATANNING COMPARISON Cent Wheatbelt WA

26.5 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
26.3 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
26.2 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
26.1 BLACK POINT N Rivers NT
25.9 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.9 HALLS CREEK AIRPORT E Kimberley WA
25.9 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT

+7.5 : 22.5 WILUNA Interior WA
**S** +7.2 : 18.3 BROOKTON Cent Wheatbelt WA
+7.0 : 19.1 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
+6.0 : 12.9 WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
+5.8 : 20.7 MULLEWA Central West WA

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

7.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
8.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
8.7 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
9.9 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
10.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-6.3 : 21.6 LEONORA Goldfields WA
-5.8 : 12.7 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.5 : 13.8 BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE) Illawarra NSW
-5.4 : 29.5 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
-4.8 : 22.1 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW
-4.8 : 21.4 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA

**S** -9.3 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.9 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-3.4 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.4 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC

**S** -8.7 : -9.3 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.2 : 11.3 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-7.1 : 3.1 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC
-5.3 : 3.3 BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
-5.2 : 11.6 URANDANGI Northwest QLD

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.
135.6 PORT MACQUARIE (BELLEVUE GARDENS) MidNorth Coast S NSW
119.0 PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS MidNorth Coast S NSW
111.6 KENDALL POST OFFICE MidNorth Coast S NSW
102.0 LAURIETON (ELOUERA ST) MidNorth Coast S NSW
98.0 CRESCENT HEAD (DELICATE NOBBY (BIG HILL MidNorth Coast N NSW

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
73.0 NHULUNBUY DTW
52.1 ALCAN REFINERY

NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast N
98.0 CRESCENT HEAD (DELICATE NOBBY (BIG HILL
91.0 CRESCENT HEAD
83.2 SOUTH WEST ROCKS (SMOKY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE)
69.0 WOOLGOOLGA (CLEAR PLACE)
65.0 URUNGA (SUNSET PLACE)
62.0 BELLWOOD (NAMBUCCA HEADS (NAMBUCCA RESOR
60.8 UPPER ORARA (AURANIA)
59.0 COFFS HARBOUR MO
55.6 FISHERMANS REACH
52.6 LEIGH (ROLLING ACRES)
52.0 PROMISED LAND (BELLINGEN (CRYSTAL CREEK)
MidNorth Coast S
135.6 PORT MACQUARIE (BELLEVUE GARDENS)
119.0 PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS
111.6 KENDALL POST OFFICE
102.0 LAURIETON (ELOUERA ST)
88.8 MOORLAND (DENRO-AN)
79.0 HANNAM VALE (HANNAM VALE ROAD)
71.0 OLD BAR (MOLONG RD)
70.0 WAUCHOPE (AVONDALE STREET)
69.6 WAUCHOPE (COMMERCE ST)
67.0 TAREE AIRPORT AWS
66.4 LANSDOWNE POST OFFICE
66.0 LORNE (LORNE ROAD)
65.6 UPPER LANSDOWNE (MONTEREY)
61.0 TELEGRAPH POINT (FARRAWELLS ROAD)
59.0 COMBOYNE SOUTH
58.2 BOBIN (BOBIN CREEK)
54.8 HARRINGTON (CROWN ST)

11.2 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.2 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
11.1 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.9 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
10.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT

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1.2 ALSTONVILLE TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH STAT North Coast NSW
1.0 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
1.0 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
0.3 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.3 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS

1168 (48.7) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1147 (47.8) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
1109 (46.2) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
1057 (44.0) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
1024 (42.7) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
837 (34.9) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
779 (32.5) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
747 (31.1) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
738 (30.8) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
694 (28.9) COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
684 (28.5) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
671 (28.0) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
664 (27.7) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
651 (27.1) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
635 (26.5) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
618 (25.8) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
615 (25.6) EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
89/05 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
80/06 MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
74/13 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
74/18 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
72/06 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
72/02 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
72/00 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland 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.
NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
YAMBA PILOT STATION
13.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 13.4mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 11:00 11.8mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 9.0mm/h
BALLINA AIRPORT AWS
7.8mm in 20 min to 11:00 23.4mm/h
17.6mm in 1 hr to 11:00 17.6mm/h
17.0mm in 1 hr to 11:30 17.0mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 12:00 12.2mm/h
33.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 11.0mm/h
EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS
10.4mm in 30 min to 09:00 20.8mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 09:00 11.4mm/h
MidNorth Coast S
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS
23.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.7mm/h
TAREE AIRPORT AWS
18.6mm in 1 hr to 00:00 18.6mm/h
37.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 12.3mm/h
13.0mm in 48 min to 00:48 16.2mm/h
14.4mm in 1 hr to 01:00 14.4mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.3mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 16:00 10.0mm/h
Illawarra
BELLAMBI AWS
5.6mm in 7 min to 09:37 48.0mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 10.4mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
CAPE WESSEL
15.0mm in 3 hr to 16:28 5.0mm/h
33.0mm in 3 hr to 17:28 11.0mm/h
43.0mm in 3 hr to 18:28 14.3mm/h
30.0mm in 3 hr to 19:28 10.0mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
NORAH HEAD AWS : 69(160/ 63 ) at 02:30
VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 69( 50/ 63 ) at 00:30
E Central
WESTERNPORT NEAR SOMERS : 295(110/ 37 ) at 17:20
ISLANDS
Islands
LORD HOWE ISLAND WINDY POINT : 93(110/ 50 ) at 10:18
LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO : 80( 70/ 67 ) at 03:39
LBDD (TIMOR SEA) : 76(120/ 72 ) at 14:59