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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1748 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

TAS

Flinders Is/Bass St

099021

LACKRANA (FERN HILL)

35.4

28.8

22/08/2001

14

1 y


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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 04:47EST, 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 20.5 +0.5 11.6 +2.7 9.0 1.8 2.2 -- 287 (12.0) 44/12
PERTH AIRPORT 18.9 +0.5 11.7 +3.7 10.6 12.0 1.8 5.1 347 (14.5) 48/12
ALBANY AIRPORT 16.7 +0.6 9.7 +2.2 7.2 0.4 1.8 7.9 459 (19.1) 48/10
BUNBURY 18.1 +0.8 10.9 +3.3 -- 8.0 -- -- 451 (18.8) 63/22
MANDURAH 18.1 -- 13.2 -- -- 8.4 -- -- 601 (25.0) 61/01
DARWIN AIRPORT 30.3 -1.0 18.9 -1.5 18.2 0.0 6.6 8.8 266 (11.1) 43/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 31.7 +9.1 10.2 +4.2 6.8 0.0 11.2 11.1 435 (18.1) 37/14
WHYALLA AERO 16.5 -2.0 4.4 -1.5 -- 0.6 4.6 -- 226 ( 9.4) 26/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 17.6 +0.9 10.8 +2.6 8.1 1.0 1.6 6.7 190 ( 7.9) 26/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 16.3 +2.2 4.5 -1.0 2.4 0.2 2.0 5.0 173 ( 7.2) 26/15
MOUNT ISA AERO 32.7 +5.4 7.2 -3.1 5.6 0.0 5.4 11.0 130 ( 5.4) 30/13
CAIRNS AERO 29.0 +2.4 19.1 +1.7 17.6 0.0 7.4 8.8 407 (17.0) 31/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.3 +1.3 14.0 -0.7 12.4 0.0 5.6 10.4 268 (11.2) 30/13
MACKAY M.O 27.3 +4.8 14.4 +0.4 -- 0.0 -- 10.8 291 (12.1) 28/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 30.5 +5.7 9.4 -1.2 7.6 0.0 4.0 -- 179 ( 7.5) 31/11
BUNDABERG AERO 24.6 +1.3 10.7 -0.2 -- 0.0 3.2 -- 156 ( 6.5) 70/22
NAMBOUR DPI 26.0 +3.5 11.0 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 23.0 +1.7 15.5 +5.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 433 (18.0) 52/14
BRISBANE AERO 22.1 +0.3 11.2 +1.6 7.0 0.0 3.6 6.9 309 (12.9) 41/16
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.3 +4.6 10.4 +2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 396 (16.5) 46/17
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 20.7 +2.8 9.1 +3.3 3.6 1.0 3.6 -- 213 ( 8.9) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 24.5 +4.7 13.7 +5.5 10.4 0.0 3.6 2.7 462 (19.3) 37/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 22.2 +2.0 10.3 +3.6 -- 2.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 21.8 +3.2 6.9 +0.1 1.7 0.4 1.0 8.7 332 (13.8) 37/11
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 20.7 +1.7 3.8 -1.5 0.2 2.2 -- -- 35 ( 1.5) 31/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 11.4 +0.4 3.7 +1.6 -1.7 0.0 1.2 6.3 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 18.0 +0.5 0.9 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 353 (14.7) 39/13
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 20.5 +2.2 9.1 +1.0 4.3 4.8 1.6 9.7 388 (16.2) 37/15
RICHMOND RAAF 19.1 -0.7 2.9 -1.5 0.5 5.8 -- -- 104 ( 4.3) 31/16
BELLAMBI AWS 19.3 +1.3 9.9 -0.6 -- 3.8 -- -- 341 (14.2) 43/19
CANBERRA AIRPORT 12.6 -0.4 2.3 +1.3 -1.2 11.8 1.8 3.6 145 ( 6.0) 43/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 14.3 -0.2 7.2 +3.6 3.1 5.6 3.6 3.3 246 (10.3) 31/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 14.3 -0.7 6.9 +3.1 -- 4.8 -- -- 200 ( 8.3) 24/15
MILDURA AIRPORT 18.1 +0.9 5.9 +0.7 3.6 0.0 3.2 6.9 337 (14.0) 31/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 15.7 +1.0 4.3 +0.4 -- 0.2 1.8 -- 213 ( 8.9) 22/23
BENDIGO AIRPORT 15.9 +1.6 1.7 -0.8 -- 8.2 -- -- 179 ( 7.5) 24/16
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 14.5 -0.5 6.0 -0.7 4.8 5.8 1.6 -- 52 ( 2.2) 15/12
GEELONG AIRPORT 15.4 +0.4 5.4 -0.5 -- 2.0 -- -- 176 ( 7.3) 28/22
BALLARAT AERODROME 12.2 +0.8 0.8 -2.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 297 (12.4) 18/05
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.2 +1.5 10.5 +6.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 603 (25.1) 63/12
HOBART AIRPORT 11.7 -1.8 8.8 +4.1 8.3 3.2 0.8 0.0 465 (19.4) 37/03
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 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
35.0 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
34.7 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
34.6 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
34.5 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
34.5 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA

+9.1 : 31.7 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+9.1 : 34.2 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
+8.8 : 32.9 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD
+8.8 : 30.5 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
+8.6 : 33.7 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
24.9 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
24.5 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
23.5 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.2 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+10.1 : 14.6 TEXAS POST OFFICE Darling Downs E QLD
+9.9 : 17.0 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
+9.3 : 16.8 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
+8.9 : 14.0 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
+8.9 : 14.3 MILES CONSTANCE STREET Darling Downs W QLD
+8.9 : 10.0 BARRABA POST OFFICE NW Slopes N NSW

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

-0.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.9 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
1.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
1.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-4.7 : 9.8 MT NOWA NOWA E Gippsland VIC
-4.3 : 12.5 SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
-4.1 : 9.7 MT MOORNAPA W Gippsland VIC
-4.1 : 10.7 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC
-3.6 : 10.0 FRANKSTON AWS E Central VIC

-1.8 MUDGEE AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands N NSW
-1.8 YOUNG AIRPORT SW Slopes N NSW
-1.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-1.6 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC

-6.1 : 9.8 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
-5.9 : 0.2 EYRE Eucla WA
-4.3 : 8.7 DALY WATERS AWS N Rivers NT
-4.1 : 11.5 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA
-4.0 : 0.5 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-4.0 : 11.7 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley 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.
53.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
50.8 ST MARYS (CLIVE STREET) E Coast TAS
50.4 MOUNT VICTORIA (UNA PLAIN) N Coast TAS
46.2 CORNWALL E Coast TAS
46.0 CAPE BARREN ISLAND (CAPE BARREN SCHOOL) Flinders Is/Bass St TAS

TASMANIA
N Coast
50.4 MOUNT VICTORIA (UNA PLAIN)
E Coast
50.8 ST MARYS (CLIVE STREET)
46.2 CORNWALL
Southeast
53.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON
Flinders Is/Bass St
46.0 CAPE BARREN ISLAND (CAPE BARREN SCHOOL)

11.1 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.0 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.0 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.9 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.8 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD

.....

0.0 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
0.0 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E 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 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

1161 (48.4) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
1005 (41.9) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
962 (40.1) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
945 (39.4) FRIENDLY BEACHES E Coast TAS
889 (37.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
867 (36.1) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
838 (34.9) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
830 (34.6) SHEFFIELD SCHOOL FARM N Coast TAS
826 (34.4) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
819 (34.1) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
792 (33.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
728 (30.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
717 (29.9) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
696 (29.0) SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
691 (28.8) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
680 (28.3) CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
672 (28.0) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
663 (27.6) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
647 (27.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
640 (26.7) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
637 (26.5) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
634 (26.4) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
613 (25.5) WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
610 (25.4) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
608 (25.3) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
603 (25.1) LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) N Coast TAS
601 (25.0) MANDURAH Lower West WA
100/09 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
91/01 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
89/20 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
81/08 SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
78/12 MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
78/16 EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS

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
JANDAKOT AERO
4.8mm in 6 min to 05:48 48.0mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 06:30 10.6mm/h
SWANBOURNE
5.8mm in 15 min to 05:45 23.2mm/h
DWELLINGUP
10.4mm in 1 hr to 05:00 10.4mm/h
WITCHCLIFFE
3.6mm in 2 min to 01:17 108.0mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 02:00 10.4mm/h
SOUTH PERTH AG STATION
10.8mm in 1 hr to 06:00 10.8mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
CAPE LEEUWIN : 100(300/ 59 ) at 09:48
CAPE NATURALISTE : 91(270/ 67 ) at 01:45
BUSSELTON JETTY : 91(280/ 65 ) at 02:06
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 70(360/ 63 ) at 16:30
DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 89(330/ 65 ) at 20:43
NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
MURRURUNDI GAP AWS : 78(320/ 65 ) at 12:53