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National Daily Weather Summary

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.

The graphics and statistical information on this page fill gradually as they become available. The page is updated every 30 minutes at about 15 and 45 minutes past the hour.

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 1332 EST on 11/12/2009. 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
District		Site		Reading	Reading	Date	Years	Reading	Date	Years	Comments
Highest grass minimum temperature
NT	Darwin-Daly	014015	DARWIN AIRPORT	29.4	29.1	03/12/2007	18	29.1	03/12/2007	18	1
QLD	Maranoa	043020	MITCHELL POST OFFICE	26.4	25.5	26/12/1988	33				1
Lowest grass minimum temperature
NT	Alice Springs	015511	CURTIN SPRINGS	6.0	7.8	05/12/1992	18				1
Highest minimum temperature
NT	Darwin-Daly	014015	DARWIN AIRPORT	29.7	29.7	03/12/2007	68	29.7	03/12/2007	68	1 Equal to record.
NT	Darwin-Daly	014277	DUM IN MIRRIE AWS	30.0	30.0	30/12/2002	11	30.0	11/03/2005	11	1 Equal to record.
NT	Darwin-Daly	014954	BRADSHAW	29.2	29.0	02/12/2009	11	29.0	02/12/2009	11	1 Previous record set earlier this month.
QLD	Maranoa	043020	MITCHELL POST OFFICE	29.3	28.0	07/12/2005	37	29.0	05/01/2006	41	1
QLD	Maranoa	043035	SURAT	28.2	27.5	24/12/2003	42				1
QLD	Maranoa	043091	ROMA AIRPORT	28.4	27.6	13/12/2005	17				1
Highest maximum temperature
QLD	Darling Downs E	041359	OAKEY AERO	40.2	40.2	23/12/1990	36				1 Equal to record.
QLD	Darling Downs E	041525	WARWICK	39.2	38.3	25/12/2005	14				1
QLD	Darling Downs E	041529	TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	38.2	37.6	25/12/2005	13	37.7	27/01/2001	13	1

The day in charts
Surface charts	Satellite images	Rain & temperatures
4am EST		Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
		Week to 9am \| SE AUS detail
10am EST		Minimum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
4pm EST		Maximum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
10pm EST		Solar Radiation

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 09:19EST, 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	33.1	+3.6	11.7	-4.6	8.3	0.0	11.0	--	740 (30.8)	65/12
PERTH AIRPORT	28.4	-0.5	13.6	-1.2	11.3	0.0	9.8	12.7	516 (21.5)	44/04
ALBANY AIRPORT	20.4	-2.7	11.5	-0.9	7.4	0.0	6.8	8.5	--	--
BUNBURY	25.2	-1.9	9.6	-3.7	--	0.0	--	--	361 (15.0)	35/13
MANDURAH	24.3	--	13.7	--	--	0.0	--	--	481 (20.0)	44/12
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.3	-0.3	29.7	+4.4	29.4	0.0	8.2	1.1	--	--
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	31.8	-3.6	24.9	+4.7	24.7	0.0	12.6	1.3	429 (17.9)	41/00
WHYALLA AERO	23.7	-4.4	13.2	-2.6	--	0.0	6.6	--	255 (10.6)	68/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	19.4	-7.6	14.8	-0.7	13.2	1.8	5.2	9.0	334 (13.9)	67/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	18.7	-4.2	11.6	+1.7	10.6	2.6	6.4	9.6	538 (22.4)	70/16
MOUNT ISA AERO	40.7	+3.5	25.9	+2.8	24.0	0.0	11.0	10.4	248 (10.3)	44/12
CAIRNS AERO	29.4	-2.0	23.3	-0.1	18.5	2.2	7.6	0.2	325 (13.5)	26/04
TOWNSVILLE AERO	32.7	+1.2	26.2	+2.1	23.8	0.0	12.8	11.6	485 (20.2)	41/13
MACKAY M.O	32.6	+2.5	24.3	+1.4	--	0.0	--	11.8	284 (11.8)	30/18
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	37.3	+5.2	21.5	+0.3	19.7	0.0	10.0	--	293 (12.2)	39/13
BUNDABERG AERO	32.2	+2.8	22.2	+1.7	--	0.0	8.0	--	346 (14.4)	34/13
NAMBOUR DPI	35.0	+5.8	23.0	+4.8	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	28.2	+1.0	19.1	-0.8	--	0.0	--	--	424 (17.7)	46/11
BRISBANE AERO	30.1	+1.8	22.7	+2.6	20.9	0.0	10.4	12.4	713 (29.7)	54/01
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	38.2	+10.5	19.6	+2.9	--	0.0	--	--	381 (15.9)	39/18
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	33.7	+2.7	19.7	+2.2	10.6	0.0	12.2	--	255 (10.6)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	29.2	+2.9	21.0	+2.9	19.6	0.0	6.2	2.7	366 (15.3)	59/12
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	27.7	+1.1	20.2	+3.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	28.0	+0.8	20.0	+3.5	16.8	0.0	8.0	3.7	397 (16.5)	35/19
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	29.0	+2.1	18.5	+3.2	--	0.0	--	--	111 ( 4.6)	28/17
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	27.3	+2.9	12.1	+0.8	6.2	0.2	8.2	7.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	31.8	+0.3	19.1	+3.2	--	0.0	--	--	298 (12.4)	61/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	30.3	+4.6	18.7	+1.2	19.5	0.0	7.8	1.2	448 (18.7)	50/14
RICHMOND RAAF	32.6	+3.9	18.9	+2.9	15.0	0.0	--	--	187 ( 7.8)	57/19
BELLAMBI AWS	27.2	+3.1	17.6	+0.1	--	0.0	--	--	268 (11.2)	50/22
CANBERRA AIRPORT	27.1	+1.0	10.2	-1.2	7.5	0.0	6.2	7.4	250 (10.4)	63/12
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	29.5	+0.1	14.4	+0.7	10.3	0.0	8.0	4.0	185 ( 7.7)	--
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	27.4	-2.0	14.2	+0.5	--	0.0	--	--	153 ( 6.4)	52/20
MILDURA AIRPORT	24.2	-5.9	14.6	-0.2	12.3	0.0	7.6	8.0	202 ( 8.4)	65/16
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	23.5	-3.9	13.5	+1.3	--	0.0	6.0	--	237 ( 9.9)	52/17
BENDIGO AIRPORT	23.0	-4.0	10.5	-1.0	--	0.2	--	--	234 ( 9.8)	57/16
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	24.4	+0.2	15.3	+2.4	12.9	0.0	6.8	--	--	--
GEELONG AIRPORT	22.8	-0.1	9.7	-1.2	--	0.0	--	--	352 (14.7)	67/13
BALLARAT AERODROME	20.0	-2.6	8.3	-1.1	--	0.0	--	--	431 (18.0)	61/18
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	17.1	-5.3	13.4	+2.8	--	0.6	--	--	498 (20.8)	46/02
HOBART AIRPORT	19.8	-0.8	13.9	+3.2	9.0	0.0	5.1	2.1	552 (23.0)	52/08
	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 temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

43.9 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
43.9 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
43.8 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA
43.7 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA
43.6 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA

+10.8 : 40.7 CASINO AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW
+10.5 : 38.2 TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
+10.4 : 41.8 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+10.2 : 37.2 TABULAM (MUIRNE) N Tablelands E NSW
+9.9 : 41.0 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW
+9.9 : 40.2 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD

31.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
30.3 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
30.2 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
30.0 DUM IN MIRRIE AWS N Rivers NT
30.0 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
30.0 BALGO HILLS Interior WA

+10.8 : 29.3 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
+9.9 : 30.3 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
+8.9 : 28.4 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
+8.8 : 28.2 SURAT Maranoa QLD
+8.2 : 28.1 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

7.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
9.0 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
9.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
10.3 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
10.6 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-10.4 : 17.0 CLARE HIGH SCHOOL Lower North SA
-9.6 : 19.0 YONGALA Upper North SA
-9.6 : 17.5 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
-9.2 : 19.0 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) Adelaide/Lofty SA
-9.1 : 15.9 MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA

2.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
3.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.7 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
3.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
4.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
4.0 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-6.5 : 7.2 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
-6.5 : 8.5 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
-6.4 : 5.3 WANDERING Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.0 : 8.8 GOOMALLING Cent Wheatbelt 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.

70.2 HEATHLANDS NATIONAL PARK N Peninsula QLD
60.7 LEXTON N Central VIC
55.0 NELSON SPRINGS N Rivers NT
51.0 BAMAGA N Peninsula QLD
50.0 ALYANGULA POLICE N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
55.0 NELSON SPRINGS
50.0 ALYANGULA POLICE

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
70.2 HEATHLANDS NATIONAL PARK
51.0 BAMAGA

VICTORIA
N Central
60.7 LEXTON

13.2 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
12.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
12.7 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
12.5 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
12.4 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

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1.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
1.2 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
1.1 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
1.0 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S NSW
0.2 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

1274 (53.1) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1166 (48.6) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1026 (42.8) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
927 (38.6) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
898 (37.4) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
882 (36.8) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
855 (35.6) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
830 (34.6) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
809 (33.7) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
793 (33.0) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
775 (32.3) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
766 (31.9) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
764 (31.8) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
764 (31.8) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
740 (30.8) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
735 (30.6) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
722 (30.1) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
713 (29.7) BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
700 (29.2) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
699 (29.1) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
695 (29.0) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
687 (28.6) GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
685 (28.5) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
685 (28.5) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
683 (28.5) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
680 (28.3) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
664 (27.7) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
661 (27.5) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
649 (27.0) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
645 (26.9) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
645 (26.9) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
640 (26.7) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
638 (26.6) HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
636 (26.5) CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
633 (26.4) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
626 (26.1) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
625 (26.0) BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
**S** 619 (25.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
618 (25.8) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
618 (25.8) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
602 (25.1) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA

106/23 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
102/05 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
100/19 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
81/15 WEST WYALONG AIRPORT AWS CW Plains S NSW
81/15 SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
81/10 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast 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 E Kimberley ARGYLE AERODROME 14.6mm in 1 hr to 00:00 14.6mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.0mm/h 14.0mm in 1 hr to 00:30 14.0mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DARWIN AIRPORT 3.4mm in 2 min to 21:13 102.0mm/h 3.6mm in 2 min to 21:15 108.0mm/h 8.8mm in 15 min to 21:30 35.2mm/h 16.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 16.8mm/h 18.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 18.2mm/h MIDDLE POINT AWS 13.4mm in 1 hr to 23:30 13.4mm/h POINT STUART AWS 22.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 7.3mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 7.3mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 16:30 6.3mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 20:30 8.0mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 8.0mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 22:30 6.7mm/h BATCHELOR AERO 2.0mm in 1 min to 19:37 120.0mm/h 22.4mm in 13 min to 19:50 103.4mm/h 9.2mm in 35 min to 20:25 15.8mm/h 37.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 37.4mm/h 37.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 12.3mm/h WARRUWI 34.6mm in 22 min to 15:30 94.4mm/h 36.4mm in 1 hr to 15:30 36.4mm/h 35.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 11.7mm/h MILINGIMBI AWS 16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h ALYANGULA POLICE 50.0mm in 9 hr to 15:00 5.6mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula WEIPA AERO 5.0mm in 6 min to 15:00 50.0mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 15:30 10.6mm/h N Coast--Herbert SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN 10.4mm in 1 hr to 15:00 10.4mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES North Coast GRAFTON RESEARCH STN 7.6mm in 7 min to 16:54 65.1mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 13.0mm/h 14.8mm in 1 hr to 17:30 14.8mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h GRAFTON AIRPORT 8.0mm in 18 min to 17:18 26.7mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 11.2mm/h VICTORIA Upper NE MOUNT BULLER 10.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.4mm/h 13.2mm in 1 hr to 21:00 13.2mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h W Gippsland MT BAW BAW 12.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 12.2mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 11.6mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.0mm/h TASMANIA W Coast MOUNT READ 10.6mm in 1 hr to 01:00 10.6mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.7mm/h ISLANDS Islands POINT FAWCETT 17.6mm in 1 hr to 08:30 17.6mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.7mm/h	NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers BATCHELOR AERO : 100(160/ 48 ) at 19:37 NEW SOUTH WALES Riverina E DENILIQUIN AIRPORT AWS : 78(260/ 63 ) at 18:11 VICTORIA N Central EILDON FIRE TOWER : 74(270/ 63 ) at 17:57 W Coast CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE : 82(280/ 63 ) at 11:51 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 102(320/ 83 ) at 06:19 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 106(320/ 72 ) at 00:30 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 69(310/ 63 ) at 00:30 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 72(***/ 63 ) at 22:30