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National Daily Weather Summary

Records set | Charts | Cities | Hottest | Coldest | Rain, sun & wind | Downpours & gales
State extremes | Noteworthy weather | Capital Cities | Regional Cities | Alpine Stations
Charts and data courtesy Bureau of Meteorology. MTSAT-1R operated by JMA
Noteworthy weather today
significant newsworthy major

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. The solar radiation chart becomes available about 2.15am EST next day, while the temperature charts, sunshine and some wind gust data become available about 2.15pm EST the next day.

I also add descriptions of the day's significant weather events in this box when there's reliable information available and when I have the time. This may be days or even years after the event! If you are looking for weather news as it happens, your best source is ABC News for general weather events, rainfall events, storms, cyclones, floods, snowfalls or bushfires.


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 1333 EST on 02/05/2010. 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 minimum temperature

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040043

CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE

22.5

21.8

14/05/1977

54

1

Highest maximum temperature

WA

N Kimberley

001007

TROUGHTON ISLAND

35.0

35.0

11/05/2007

31

1 P Equal to record.

WA

E Pilbara

004083

KARRATHA AERO

36.1

36.0

16/05/2005

16

1

WA

W Pilbara

005007

LEARMONTH AIRPORT

37.3

37.3

07/05/1990

36

1 Equal to record.

WA

W Pilbara

005017

ONSLOW AIRPORT

38.4

38.0

03/05/1998

45

1

WA

W Pilbara

005084

THEVENARD ISLAND

35.7

35.6

07/05/2008

11

1

ISL

Islands

200100

VARANUS ISLAND

32.9

32.0

05/05/2002

12

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.
**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 13:31EST, 02/05/2010.

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 26.3 +2.3 14.9 +2.0 10.4 0.0 2.6 -- 350 (14.6) 44/13
PERTH AIRPORT 22.0 +0.3 11.3 +0.8 9.9 0.6 3.4 3.6 244 (10.2) 28/00
ALBANY AIRPORT 17.3 -1.6 10.5 +0.7 8.0 1.0 4.4 0.1 358 (14.9) 28/11
BUNBURY 21.6 +0.5 12.4 +2.9 -- 2.0 -- -- 191 ( 8.0) 31/10
MANDURAH 21.9 -- 15.4 -- -- 2.4 -- -- 226 ( 9.4) 30/16
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.5 +1.5 23.8 +1.7 22.3 0.0 6.6 11.9 406 (16.9) 41/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 25.4 +2.4 7.7 -0.6 6.3 0.0 5.8 11.1 236 ( 9.8) 30/10
WHYALLA AERO 28.0 +7.5 9.0 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 186 ( 7.8) 44/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 25.3 +6.3 11.9 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 189 ( 7.9) 35/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 22.5 +6.4 7.9 +0.6 6.2 0.0 1.6 9.3 300 (12.5) 50/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 32.5 +4.6 19.0 +5.1 15.2 0.0 7.2 10.3 283 (11.8) 37/10
CAIRNS AERO 28.5 +0.9 22.5 +2.6 21.9 8.8 5.2 2.5 506 (21.1) 54/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.7 +2.1 20.8 +3.2 18.2 0.0 6.8 10.4 394 (16.4) 41/10
MACKAY M.O 26.5 +2.3 22.3 +5.2 -- 0.0 -- 8.6 -- 39/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.4 +3.4 18.4 +4.2 17.0 0.0 4.4 -- 208 ( 8.7) 34/12
BUNDABERG AERO 26.9 +2.2 18.3 +4.1 -- 0.0 3.6 -- 256 (10.7) 41/14
NAMBOUR DPI 27.0 +3.3 16.0 +4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 26.5 +3.4 18.1 +3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 257 (10.7) 39/12
BRISBANE AERO 25.9 +2.3 16.1 +3.3 14.2 0.0 4.8 10.0 336 (14.0) 35/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.9 +2.9 12.7 +2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 386 (16.1) 39/10
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 26.3 +6.0 13.5 +4.8 9.1 0.0 3.6 -- 215 ( 9.0) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 23.3 +1.9 12.1 +0.4 9.4 0.0 3.0 8.2 243 (10.1) 28/17
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 24.0 +2.5 11.3 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 20.8 +0.6 15.7 +5.6 15.8 14.4 3.2 3.4 311 (13.0) 26/00
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 21.6 +1.2 13.3 +5.0 -- 2.8 -- -- 22 ( 0.9) 15/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 18.0 +3.8 8.3 +3.6 0.0 0.0 2.0 8.2 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 23.9 +3.9 10.3 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 261 (10.9) 31/08
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.4 +2.4 13.4 +2.5 11.3 1.0 2.4 4.6 441 (18.4) 28/08
RICHMOND RAAF 22.0 +1.4 12.7 +4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 49 ( 2.0) 24/14
BELLAMBI AWS 21.6 +1.9 15.5 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 435 (18.1) 35/16
CANBERRA AIRPORT COMPARISON 19.8 +4.2 6.2 +3.0 4.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 21.6 +4.3 6.5 +0.6 5.9 0.0 1.8 9.9 79 ( 3.3) 21/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 21.1 +3.4 5.9 +0.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 36 ( 1.5) 22/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 23.7 +4.7 7.1 -0.3 3.9 0.0 4.0 9.7 200 ( 8.3) 26/10
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 19.7 +2.4 2.8 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 168 ( 7.0) 24/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 19.0 +2.4 3.5 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 133 ( 5.5) 30/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 20.9 +4.2 8.2 -0.4 6.5 0.0 1.4 -- -- --
GEELONG AIRPORT 21.9 +4.8 7.3 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 111 ( 4.6) 50/13
BALLARAT AERODROME 16.3 +2.7 3.0 -2.7 -- 0.2 -- -- 251 (10.5) 44/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 17.8 +2.0 6.0 +0.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 116 ( 4.8) 44/23
HOBART AIRPORT 21.3 +6.1 6.1 -0.5 3.0 0.0 1.8 8.5 274 (11.4) 54/18
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

38.4 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
38.2 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
38.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
37.6 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
37.5 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
37.5 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
37.5 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA

+9.3 : 38.4 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
+8.8 : 37.3 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
+8.7 : 29.5 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
+8.7 : 27.9 NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
+8.6 : 29.5 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+8.6 : 37.5 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA

28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.4 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
27.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
27.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
26.6 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+7.9 : 23.9 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
+6.8 : 14.5 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+6.7 : 17.8 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
+6.4 : 15.0 CESSNOCK (NULKABA) Hunter Valley NSW
+6.3 : 13.1 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW

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

5.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
6.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
8.5 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
8.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-2.5 : 9.5 HUNTERS HILL Lower NE VIC
-2.4 : 16.4 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
-1.9 : 18.2 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA
-1.8 : 29.4 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD
-1.8 : 19.8 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA

-1.8 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.0 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
-0.7 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-0.1 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
0.0 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
0.0 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-4.1 : 3.7 KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-3.6 : 3.1 BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
-3.3 : 3.0 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
-3.2 : 4.1 WALGETT AIRPORT AWS NW Plains W NSW

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.
61.4 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW
55.0 CORSIS ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD
53.0 TUNG OIL ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD
51.0 TUNG OIL TM N Coast--Herbert QLD
48.0 DARADGEE N Coast--Herbert QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Herbert
55.0 CORSIS ALERT
53.0 TUNG OIL ALERT
51.0 TUNG OIL TM
48.0 DARADGEE

NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
61.4 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)

11.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.1 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.9 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.9 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

.....

3.6 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
3.4 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
2.5 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
2.5 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.1 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA

953 (39.7) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
850 (35.4) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
819 (34.1) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
782 (32.6) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
729 (30.4) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
710 (29.6) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
648 (27.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
639 (26.6) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
618 (25.8) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
602 (25.1) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
109/21 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
104/22 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
89/23 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
85/10 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
83/22 STRAHAN AERODROME W 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.
None reported

TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 109(320/ 91 ) at 21:28
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 82(310/ 67 ) at 11:00
W Coast
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 102(330/ 76 ) at 21:00