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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1515 EST on 19/01/2010. 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

Gt Southern

010880

GOLDEN PARK

51.2

47.0

15/06/1990

34

1 y

Highest minimum temperature

NSW

South Coast

069147

MERIMBULA AIRPORT AWS

13.0

13.0

04/06/2008

12

Y Equal to record.


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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 04:28EST, 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 22.1 +1.2 9.5 -1.5 5.4 0.2 2.8 -- 276 (11.5) 35/13
PERTH AIRPORT 20.3 +1.4 7.2 -1.8 5.6 0.0 1.6 8.9 262 (10.9) 26/09
ALBANY AIRPORT 16.1 -0.5 10.4 +2.3 7.4 6.0 2.4 3.2 243 (10.1) 34/13
BUNBURY 18.3 -0.1 7.9 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 209 ( 8.7) 26/14
MANDURAH 19.3 -- 11.0 -- -- 0.2 -- -- 260 (10.8) 30/20
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.1 +0.5 19.5 -0.4 18.4 0.0 5.0 10.3 302 (12.6) 28/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 19.7 -0.1 11.4 +6.3 9.9 1.2 4.8 10.3 354 (14.8) 34/13
WHYALLA AERO 16.5 -0.8 6.7 +0.6 -- 5.0 6.6 -- 285 (11.9) 44/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 15.8 -0.3 10.5 +2.4 8.8 3.6 -- 2.4 278 (11.6) 34/01
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 10.8 -3.0 8.7 +2.9 6.7 1.2 1.0 0.0 253 (10.5) 34/12
MOUNT ISA AERO 30.0 +5.1 8.4 -1.6 7.3 0.0 4.6 10.5 112 ( 4.7) 39/13
CAIRNS AERO 27.1 +1.1 17.5 -0.3 14.3 0.0 4.8 10.7 259 (10.8) 28/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.9 +2.3 15.4 +0.8 13.9 0.0 5.0 9.8 209 ( 8.7) 31/14
MACKAY M.O 26.4 +4.5 16.7 +2.7 -- 0.2 -- 10.1 243 (10.1) 21/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 28.5 +5.0 12.7 +1.8 11.5 0.0 2.8 -- 125 ( 5.2) 28/12
BUNDABERG AERO 24.6 +2.0 14.5 +2.9 -- 0.0 2.4 -- 105 ( 4.4) 26/12
NAMBOUR DPI 24.0 +2.4 11.0 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 21.4 +0.3 8.8 -2.7 -- 0.2 -- -- 103 ( 4.3) 18/14
BRISBANE AERO 23.7 +2.4 10.2 -0.3 6.2 0.0 1.6 10.0 201 ( 8.4) 28/21
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 19.8 +2.8 8.6 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 30/12
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 18.5 +1.7 5.4 -0.7 1.7 0.0 1.9 -- 67 ( 2.8) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 19.2 -0.2 8.5 -0.6 6.6 0.0 1.8 9.1 194 ( 8.1) 30/01
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.8 +0.3 8.8 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 19.0 +1.4 6.4 -1.5 2.4 0.0 3.8 9.5 379 (15.8) 44/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 19.1 +1.2 5.7 -0.8 2.3 0.0 -- -- 57 ( 2.4) 24/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 11.3 +0.8 -0.8 -3.4 -4.2 0.4 1.2 2.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 17.7 +1.3 3.6 -1.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 136 ( 5.7) 44/20
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 19.5 +1.9 9.1 +0.6 3.9 0.0 2.2 9.8 344 (14.3) 37/11
RICHMOND RAAF 18.5 +0.5 4.2 -0.7 -- 0.2 -- -- 40 ( 1.7) 34/11
BELLAMBI AWS 18.8 +1.1 11.6 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 265 (11.0) 44/10
CANBERRA AIRPORT 12.6 +0.4 1.6 +0.6 0.9 1.2 1.0 5.6 123 ( 5.1) 39/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 11.4 -2.4 1.0 -2.7 -1.4 0.0 1.6 0.1 117 ( 4.9) 21/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 10.5 -3.7 1.7 -2.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 57 ( 2.4) 11/09
MILDURA AIRPORT 16.3 +0.3 8.8 +3.6 6.5 6.0 2.2 3.8 209 ( 8.7) 31/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 10.0 -4.0 2.3 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 35 ( 1.5) 22/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT 9.3 -3.9 2.3 -1.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 53 ( 2.2) 18/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 14.3 +0.3 5.5 -1.4 3.3 0.0 1.2 -- 95 ( 4.0) 50/07
GROVEDALE (GEELONG AIRPORT) 11.8 -2.8 2.3 -4.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 86 ( 3.6) 15/12
BALLARAT AERODROME 9.9 -0.9 2.0 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 122 ( 5.1) 34/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.0 +1.9 7.5 +4.6 -- 0.4 -- -- 62 ( 2.6) 46/14
HOBART AIRPORT 13.0 +0.1 9.5 +4.9 7.6 1.4 0.4 0.0 232 ( 9.7) 31/23
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

36.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
35.6 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
35.6 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
35.2 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
35.1 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA

+6.0 : 27.5 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
+5.5 : 29.0 WALKAMIN DPI N Coast--Barron QLD
+5.4 : 33.6 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT
+5.3 : 29.8 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+5.2 : 34.2 WOLLOGORANG N Rivers NT
+5.2 : 34.4 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT

28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.2 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
25.1 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.8 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL

+8.6 : 16.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+7.5 : 13.0 MERIMBULA AIRPORT AWS South Coast NSW
+7.5 : 8.9 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
+7.2 : 9.6 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
+7.1 : 17.0 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT

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

-0.5 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.3 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
2.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
2.9 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-4.4 : 12.0 HAWKER Upper North SA
-4.3 : 14.2 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
-4.1 : 10.7 TOCUMWAL AIRPORT Riverina E NSW
-4.0 : 10.0 TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG Upper North VIC
-4.0 : 10.3 SHEPPARTON AIRPORT Upper North VIC

-4.3 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-4.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-2.8 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-2.1 ORANGE AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands S NSW
-2.0 GLEN INNES AG RESEARCH STN N Tablelands W NSW

-7.1 : 2.0 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA
-5.4 : -1.3 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC
-5.1 : 0.7 AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
-4.9 : 2.5 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-4.7 : 3.0 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.
51.2 GOLDEN PARK Cent Wheatbelt WA
45.0 DUBBO (DARLING STREET) CW Slopes S NSW
37.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
37.0 POONCARIE (MULURULU STATION) Lower Darling NSW
35.0 NIERINNA (CUTHBERTS ROAD) Southeast TAS

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Cent Wheatbelt
51.2 GOLDEN PARK

NEW SOUTH WALES
Lower Darling
37.0 POONCARIE (MULURULU STATION)
CW Slopes S
45.0 DUBBO (DARLING STREET)

TASMANIA
Southeast
37.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON
35.0 NIERINNA (CUTHBERTS ROAD)

10.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
10.5 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.5 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.4 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

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0.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.0 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.0 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
0.0 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
0.0 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

936 (39.0) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
903 (37.6) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
823 (34.3) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
717 (29.9) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
704 (29.3) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
689 (28.7) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
635 (26.5) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
622 (25.9) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
619 (25.8) FORREST Eucla WA
615 (25.6) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
81/22 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
76/22 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
70/17 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
70/17 SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
68/13 EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
68/12 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA

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 None reported