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National Daily Weather Summary

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Noteworthy weather today
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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 1332 EST on 18/05/2010. 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 grass minimum temperature

NT

Darwin-Daly

014015

DARWIN AIRPORT

25.8

25.6

18/05/1998

20

1

NT

Darwin-Daly

014253

CHANNEL POINT

24.3

24.3

01/05/2007

12

1 Equal to record.

Highest minimum temperature

NT

Darwin-Daly

014142

PIRLANGIMPI

26.2

26.0

19/05/1998

29

1

NT

Darwin-Daly

014153

BLACK POINT

27.3

27.2

14/05/1992

17

1

NT

Darwin-Daly

200731

POINT FAWCETT

26.1

26.0

25/05/1998

13

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, 18/05/2010.

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 27.3 +3.3 8.6 -4.3 4.6 0.0 3.8 -- 344 (14.3) 35/15
PERTH AIRPORT 22.8 +1.1 5.7 -4.8 4.5 0.0 3.2 8.4 209 ( 8.7) 35/22
ALBANY AIRPORT 19.0 +0.1 9.4 -0.4 6.4 0.2 1.6 3.7 192 ( 8.0) 21/15
BUNBURY 21.5 +0.4 11.6 +2.1 -- 1.2 -- -- 180 ( 7.5) 50/20
MANDURAH 22.5 -- 10.2 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 154 ( 6.4) 26/11
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.2 +0.2 26.1 +4.0 25.8 1.4 4.4 0.8 338 (14.1) 37/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 21.6 -1.4 6.3 -2.0 4.5 0.0 2.0 9.7 202 ( 8.4) 30/12
WHYALLA AERO 17.7 -2.8 8.2 -0.5 -- 1.6 -- -- 132 ( 5.5) 18/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 20.4 +1.4 7.0 -3.2 -- 0.0 6.4 9.5 140 ( 5.8) 17/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 17.8 +1.7 3.3 -4.0 1.2 0.2 1.2 9.8 228 ( 9.5) 24/10
MOUNT ISA AERO 22.1 -5.8 15.7 +1.8 16.0 16.4 2.6 0.4 208 ( 8.7) 26/16
CAIRNS AERO 28.4 +0.8 21.3 +1.4 18.1 0.0 6.8 2.2 335 (14.0) 30/03
TOWNSVILLE AERO 24.0 -3.6 20.6 +3.0 21.0 0.0 6.0 0.2 356 (14.8) 26/09
MACKAY M.O 20.4 -3.8 15.8 -1.3 -- 2.0 -- 0.1 345 (14.4) 28/01
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 20.9 -5.1 15.7 +1.5 15.7 2.2 2.0 -- 157 ( 6.5) 24/20
BUNDABERG AERO 20.4 -4.3 15.6 +1.4 -- 0.0 2.0 -- 320 (13.3) 30/12
NAMBOUR DPI 22.0 -1.7 12.0 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 20.8 -2.3 15.3 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 222 ( 9.3) 31/11
BRISBANE AERO 21.3 -2.3 11.9 -0.9 5.9 0.0 1.8 1.3 287 (12.0) 26/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 16.0 -4.0 8.4 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 337 (14.0) 28/12
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 17.7 -2.6 12.6 +3.9 9.7 0.0 3.0 -- 143 ( 6.0) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 20.3 -1.1 11.5 -0.2 8.5 0.0 2.4 0.5 352 (14.7) 35/16
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 20.0 -1.5 10.0 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 16.0 -4.2 9.8 -0.3 7.8 1.4 1.2 0.0 234 ( 9.8) 37/17
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 16.7 -3.7 10.5 +2.2 -- 2.2 -- -- 36 ( 1.5) 22/23
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 12.0 -2.2 5.8 +1.1 -2.6 1.4 1.8 2.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 18.9 -1.1 10.8 +4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 293 (12.2) 30/05
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.1 -1.9 13.1 +2.2 10.8 12.0 2.4 0.2 272 (11.3) 37/11
RICHMOND RAAF -- -- 6.6 -1.3 3.9 0.0 -- -- 38 ( 1.6) --
BELLAMBI AWS 19.5 -0.2 14.0 +0.9 -- 0.8 -- -- 218 ( 9.1) 50/18
CANBERRA AIRPORT COMPARISON 16.3 +0.7 4.0 +0.8 1.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 16.9 -0.4 5.1 -0.8 5.0 0.0 1.8 2.1 151 ( 6.3) 24/03
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 17.0 -0.7 4.5 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 47 ( 2.0) 48/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 17.6 -1.4 10.3 +2.9 8.8 2.4 1.6 4.4 202 ( 8.4) 22/16
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 17.4 +0.1 4.8 -1.0 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 89 ( 3.7) 21/08
BENDIGO AIRPORT 18.0 +1.4 6.5 +1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 60 ( 2.5) 21/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 17.2 +0.5 7.3 -1.3 5.5 0.0 2.2 -- -- --
GEELONG AIRPORT 17.6 +0.5 5.8 -1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 132 ( 5.5) 17/15
BALLARAT AERODROME 16.4 +2.8 2.6 -3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 97 ( 4.0) 18/17
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.5 -0.3 2.2 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 46 ( 1.9) 13/15
HOBART AIRPORT 16.6 +1.4 4.1 -2.5 0.0 0.0 1.6 7.7 252 (10.5) 28/23
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

34.1 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
33.9 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.1 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
33.0 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
32.6 MILINGIMBI AWS N Rivers NT

+4.4 : 20.9 MOUNT BARKER Adelaide/Lofty SA
+4.1 : 30.3 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
+3.6 : 12.3 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
+3.6 : 23.2 MURRAY BRIDGE COMPARISON Murray Valley SA
+3.5 : 15.0 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS

27.3 BLACK POINT N Rivers NT
27.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
26.2 PIRLANGIMPI N Rivers NT
26.1 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
26.1 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
26.1 POINT FAWCETT Islands ISL

+8.1 : 20.0 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley WA
+6.8 : 23.4 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
+6.2 : 22.8 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
+5.7 : 22.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
+5.7 : 22.1 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE N Rivers NT

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

6.1 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
6.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
6.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
6.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
8.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-10.3 : 19.2 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT
-10.3 : 21.7 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
-10.1 : 21.1 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT
-9.9 : 21.5 ELLIOTT N Plateau NT
-9.8 : 20.1 BRUNETTE DOWNS N Plateau NT

-4.9 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.0 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-3.3 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-3.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-8.7 : 0.8 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-7.4 : 2.9 DALWALLINU Central West WA
-7.3 : 1.3 CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.3 : 2.3 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne 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.
46.6 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
27.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
27.5 THEDA N Kimberley WA
27.4 DARKES FOREST (KINTYRE) Illawarra NSW
27.2 PORT KEATS AERO N Rivers NT

10.8 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.5 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
10.0 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
10.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
9.8 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
9.8 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA

.....

0.0 LARRIMAH N Rivers NT
0.0 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
0.0 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
0.0 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW
0.0 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
0.0 COWRA RESEARCH CENTRE (EVANS ST) C Tablelands S NSW

834 (34.8) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
769 (32.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
762 (31.8) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
727 (30.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
651 (27.1) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
617 (25.7) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
63/07 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
55/22 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
55/06 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
52/09 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
52/20 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
52/19 HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
52/17 MALLACOOTA E Gippsland VIC
52/23 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
DOUGLAS RIVER
29.8mm in 1 hr to 19:30 29.8mm/h
35.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 11.7mm/h
CENTRAL ARNHEM PLATEAU
23.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.7mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Wide Bay/Burnett
LADY ELLIOT ISLAND
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
POINT FAWCETT
10.4mm in 1 hr to 14:30 10.4mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 7.0mm/h
None reported