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National Daily Weather Summary

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.

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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 09/05/2010. 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

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Lowest grass minimum temperature

NSW

NW Plains E

053115

MOREE AERO

-10.0

-5.5

31/05/2004

-8.1

02/07/2002

Highest maximum temperature

Gt Southern

010917

WANDERING

29.8

29.5

01/05/2002

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 13:31EST, 09/05/2010.

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	26.1	+2.1	10.6	-2.3	7.3	0.0	4.2	--	303 (12.6)	31/14
PERTH AIRPORT	26.9	+5.2	8.7	-1.8	5.2	0.0	4.6	9.8	299 (12.5)	28/01
ALBANY AIRPORT	20.0	+1.1	8.6	-1.2	6.6	0.4	2.4	5.3	148 ( 6.2)	26/11
BUNBURY	24.8	+3.7	9.5	0.0	--	0.0	--	--	163 ( 6.8)	34/15
MANDURAH	24.5	--	13.3	--	--	0.0	--	--	225 ( 9.4)	34/17
DARWIN AIRPORT	31.2	-0.8	22.0	-0.1	19.8	0.0	7.6	7.8	456 (19.0)	52/11
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	21.5	-1.5	2.4	-5.9	0.7	0.0	4.0	10.9	298 (12.4)	35/11
WHYALLA AERO	22.5	+2.0	8.5	-0.2	--	0.0	--	--	176 ( 7.3)	24/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	21.9	+2.9	14.5	+4.3	--	0.6	--	--	141 ( 5.9)	21/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	17.5	+1.4	7.2	-0.1	6.0	1.8	0.6	1.6	338 (14.1)	34/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	28.3	+0.4	12.1	-1.8	9.1	0.0	8.0	10.3	376 (15.7)	35/12
CAIRNS AERO	27.8	+0.2	21.7	+1.8	19.2	0.0	6.8	5.8	551 (23.0)	48/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO	29.3	+1.7	16.2	-1.4	12.1	0.0	7.2	8.8	359 (15.0)	46/14
MACKAY M.O	24.6	+0.4	16.1	-1.0	--	0.0	--	10.5	458 (19.1)	43/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	27.1	+1.1	14.2	0.0	12.8	0.0	4.6	--	242 (10.1)	30/11
BUNDABERG AERO	24.6	-0.1	13.5	-0.7	--	0.0	4.0	--	329 (13.7)	39/20
NAMBOUR DPI	24.0	+0.3	11.0	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	24.5	+1.4	14.7	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	273 (11.4)	41/14
BRISBANE AERO	24.8	+1.2	10.6	-2.2	8.6	0.0	3.4	9.1	312 (13.0)	37/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	21.4	+1.4	8.3	-1.7	--	0.0	--	--	243 (10.1)	34/21
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	23.7	+3.4	5.2	-3.5	-0.4	0.0	3.4	--	112 ( 4.7)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	23.2	+1.8	11.5	-0.2	9.5	0.0	3.0	9.6	331 (13.8)	34/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	23.0	+1.5	11.0	+0.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	22.8	+2.6	6.5	-3.6	4.2	0.0	2.0	10.4	209 ( 8.7)	26/07
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	22.6	+2.2	4.5	-3.8	--	0.2	--	--	27 ( 1.1)	17/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	17.5	+3.3	5.2	+0.5	-4.1	0.2	1.8	9.2	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	20.3	+0.3	2.6	-4.2	--	0.0	--	--	236 ( 9.8)	24/10
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	22.7	+2.7	11.2	+0.3	8.1	0.0	4.0	10.1	318 (13.3)	24/01
RICHMOND RAAF	22.9	+2.3	1.8	-6.1	-0.9	0.0	--	--	24 ( 1.0)	18/14
BELLAMBI AWS	23.0	+3.3	11.6	-1.5	--	0.0	--	--	194 ( 8.1)	18/21
CANBERRA AIRPORT COMPARISON	19.1	+3.5	1.4	-1.8	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	20.8	+3.5	7.9	+2.0	8.0	0.0	0.8	7.8	104 ( 4.3)	24/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	19.3	+1.6	9.6	+4.0	--	0.0	--	--	38 ( 1.6)	13/13
MILDURA AIRPORT	22.5	+3.5	7.6	+0.2	5.8	0.0	3.4	8.0	151 ( 6.3)	18/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	20.0	+2.7	8.2	+2.4	--	0.0	--	--	167 ( 7.0)	24/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT	19.0	+2.4	8.0	+2.8	--	0.2	--	--	138 ( 5.8)	21/00
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	19.9	+3.2	12.9	+4.3	10.0	4.2	1.6	--	--	--
GEELONG AIRPORT	18.4	+1.3	5.9	-1.8	--	0.4	--	--	360 (15.0)	41/12
BALLARAT AERODROME	16.2	+2.6	9.4	+3.7	--	1.6	--	--	340 (14.2)	26/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	17.2	+1.4	5.7	+0.6	--	0.4	--	--	195 ( 8.1)	34/23
HOBART AIRPORT	18.2	+3.0	8.4	+1.8	3.2	0.2	4.8	4.9	553 (23.0)	52/11
	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

35.1 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
34.9 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
34.6 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
34.3 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
34.2 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA

+12.2 : 33.3 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA
+9.8 : 30.3 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
+9.6 : 29.8 WANDERING Cent Wheatbelt WA
+9.4 : 28.2 NARROGIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+9.2 : 28.8 PINGELLY Cent Wheatbelt WA

29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
27.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.8 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
26.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
26.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT

+7.1 : 9.5 TUMBARUMBA POST OFFICE SW Slopes S NSW
+6.7 : 14.4 KEITH Mallee/Upper SE SA
+6.5 : 11.9 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC
+6.5 : 13.2 PADTHAWAY SOUTH Lower SE SA
+6.1 : 3.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

6.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
7.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
7.9 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
8.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
8.7 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-4.1 : 19.6 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW
-3.7 : 19.2 CASINO AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW
-2.3 : 30.6 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
-2.1 : 29.1 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD
-2.1 : 30.9 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA

-2.9 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-2.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-2.0 LITHGOW (COOERWULL) C Tablelands S NSW
-2.0 BARRABA POST OFFICE NW Slopes N NSW
-2.0 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-6.9 : 2.3 EYRE Eucla WA
-6.6 : 1.1 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-6.6 : 0.2 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-6.4 : -1.5 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-6.3 : -2.0 BARRABA POST OFFICE NW Slopes N 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.

99.4 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
59.6 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
26.4 WEEAPROINAH W Coast VIC
22.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
18.8 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC

VICTORIA
Wimmera S
18.8 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM)
W Coast
26.4 WEEAPROINAH

ISLANDS
Islands
99.4 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
59.6 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
22.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO

11.1 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.9 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.9 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.8 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

.....

4.6 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
2.3 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
1.7 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
1.6 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.4 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1688 (70.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1349 (56.2) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1077 (44.9) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
946 (39.4) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
903 (37.6) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
902 (37.6) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
855 (35.6) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
855 (35.6) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
846 (35.3) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
810 (33.8) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
794 (33.1) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
733 (30.5) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
715 (29.8) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
708 (29.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
697 (29.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
687 (28.6) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
677 (28.2) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
641 (26.7) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
620 (25.8) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
608 (25.3) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD

104/08 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
96/11 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
93/15 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
81/02 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
76/21 CAPE GRIM BAPS N 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.
ISLANDS Islands COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS (COCOS ISLAND AI 16.0mm in 3 hr to 10:00 5.3mm/h CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 15.0mm in 3 hr to 10:00 5.0mm/h 43.0mm in 3 hr to 13:00 14.3mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 16:00 6.3mm/h 61.0mm in 6 hr to 16:00 10.2mm/h	TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 104(320/ 83 ) at 08:38 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 95(270/ 76 ) at 11:31 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 91(280/ 63 ) at 16:00