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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 1331 EST on 19/08/2010. 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

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Date

Years

Highest minimum temperature

QLD

N Peninsula

027058

HORN ISLAND

25.6

25.5

07/08/2010

1 Previous record set earlier this month.

Highest maximum temperature

QLD

N Peninsula

027058

HORN ISLAND

31.4

31.2

10/08/2010

1 Previous record set earlier this month.

Lowest maximum temperature

SW & S Coast

009961

HOPETOUN NORTH

12.6

14/08/2004

1 Equal to record.

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, 19/08/2010.

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	18.0	-2.0	9.6	+0.7	8.2	10.2	2.0	--	306 (12.8)	28/12
PERTH AIRPORT	16.1	-2.3	5.7	-2.3	4.4	2.8	2.4	8.0	279 (11.6)	35/10
ALBANY AIRPORT	11.5	-4.6	6.7	-0.8	4.8	15.2	3.4	6.8	337 (14.0)	44/01
BUNBURY	15.6	-1.7	3.5	-4.1	--	0.6	--	--	227 ( 9.5)	34/10
MANDURAH	14.9	--	8.6	--	--	6.8	--	--	295 (12.3)	37/09
DARWIN AIRPORT	31.9	+0.6	21.2	+0.8	20.6	0.0	6.4	10.3	326 (13.6)	30/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	29.3	+6.7	14.7	+8.7	18.3	0.0	8.0	8.9	628 (26.2)	70/13
WHYALLA AERO	23.5	+5.0	12.2	+6.3	--	1.2	--	--	617 (25.7)	76/03
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	19.8	+3.1	10.3	+2.1	9.3	4.6	2.8	5.5	454 (18.9)	54/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	12.5	-1.6	6.9	+1.4	4.5	0.4	2.2	0.0	530 (22.1)	54/09
MOUNT ISA AERO	34.8	+7.5	9.1	-1.2	7.4	0.0	5.6	10.9	125 ( 5.2)	34/12
CAIRNS AERO	30.0	+3.4	22.8	+5.4	21.0	0.0	6.8	4.8	511 (21.3)	37/03
TOWNSVILLE AERO	26.1	+0.1	18.9	+4.2	16.8	0.0	6.2	3.1	378 (15.8)	30/16
MACKAY M.O	23.3	+0.8	15.6	+1.6	--	0.0	--	5.0	287 (12.0)	24/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	26.3	+1.5	14.3	+3.7	12.6	0.0	5.2	--	317 (13.2)	30/07
BUNDABERG AERO	25.3	+2.0	11.8	+0.9	--	0.0	--	--	298 (12.4)	30/12
NAMBOUR DPI	23.0	+0.5	9.0	+1.0	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	22.0	+0.7	8.5	-1.9	--	0.0	--	--	209 ( 8.7)	34/19
BRISBANE AERO	22.5	+0.7	8.7	-0.9	6.3	0.0	4.0	10.5	291 (12.1)	22/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	20.5	+1.8	8.5	+1.0	--	0.0	--	--	459 (19.1)	35/10
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	22.7	+4.8	4.2	-1.6	1.1	0.0	2.2	--	98 ( 4.1)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	21.7	+1.9	4.7	-3.5	1.8	0.0	2.2	10.4	177 ( 7.4)	--
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	21.0	+0.8	3.0	-3.7	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	21.5	+2.9	1.3	-5.5	-1.3	0.0	3.0	9.8	102 ( 4.3)	28/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	20.9	+1.9	1.4	-3.9	--	0.0	--	--	38 ( 1.6)	22/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	13.0	+2.0	7.2	+5.1	-5.0	0.1²	0.7	7.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	20.5	+3.0	1.7	-1.7	--	0.0	--	--	261 (10.9)	54/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	20.4	+2.1	6.0	-2.1	1.3	0.0	4.2	6.6	270 (11.3)	50/16
RICHMOND RAAF	20.6	+0.8	0.3	-4.1	--	0.0	--	--	55 ( 2.3)	43/13
BELLAMBI AWS	18.2	+0.2	9.1	-1.4	--	0.0	--	--	227 ( 9.5)	55/22
CANBERRA AIRPORT	12.1	-0.9	-2.8	-3.8	-5.0	0.2	--	--	--	--
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	12.1	-2.4	2.9	-0.7	--	0.0	1.2	0.1	176 ( 7.3)	34/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	11.8	-3.2	1.3	-2.5	--	0.2	--	--	52 ( 2.2)	31/14
MILDURA AIRPORT	21.3	+4.1	5.9	+0.7	7.4	2.6	4.0	5.9	461 (19.2)	50/21
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	11.3	-3.4	4.3	+0.4	--	0.2	1.6	--	259 (10.8)	43/09
BENDIGO AIRPORT	10.2	-4.1	3.3	+0.8	--	0.0	--	--	276 (11.5)	35/11
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	13.5	-1.5	8.0	+1.3	5.1	0.0	1.8	--	--	--
GEELONG AIRPORT	11.5	-3.5	3.5	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	260 (10.8)	54/12
BALLARAT AERODROME	8.8	-2.6	4.2	+0.5	--	0.0	--	--	571 (23.8)	63/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	14.2	+0.5	2.6	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	86 ( 3.6)	37/13
HOBART AIRPORT	12.6	-0.9	0.9	-3.8	-2.4	0.2	1.4	2.6	350 (14.6)	41/11
	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

36.9 CROYDON TOWNSHIP Gulf Country QLD
36.9 NORMANTON AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
36.4 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
36.4 KIDMAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT
36.3 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD

+10.9 : 35.0 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD
+10.6 : 36.4 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
+9.2 : 36.0 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
+8.9 : 31.5 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD
+8.9 : 34.0 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.6 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.6 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.2 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
24.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
24.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+8.8 : 14.5 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
+8.7 : 14.7 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+8.0 : 16.6 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+7.5 : 13.6 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT
+7.5 : 12.2 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

0.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
1.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
1.8 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-7.1 : 6.6 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
-6.3 : 12.6 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
-6.0 : 9.0 MOUNT BARKER Lower West WA
-5.3 : 13.8 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
-5.1 : 11.0 NARRANDERA AIRPORT Riverina E NSW
-5.1 : 15.8 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
-5.1 : 12.3 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
-5.1 : 10.6 ONGERUP Cent Wheatbelt WA

-7.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.8 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.0 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
-5.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-5.5 : 1.3 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
-5.4 : -1.0 SWANSEA POST OFFICE E Coast TAS
-5.2 : 1.0 ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW
-5.2 : 1.4 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
-5.1 : 0.4 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley 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.

30.4 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
29.0 MERIVALE FARM Lower West WA
24.8 DONGARA Central West WA
22.4 MOUNT HOWICK Lower West WA
22.2 TABLETOP Central West WA

11.0 ALSTONVILLE TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH STAT North Coast NSW
10.9 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.8 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
10.8 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
10.5 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.5 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

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0.1 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
0.1 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
0.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.0 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
0.0 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC

884 (36.8) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
884 (36.8) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
882 (36.8) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
842 (35.1) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
814 (33.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
812 (33.8) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
803 (33.5) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
799 (33.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
771 (32.1) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
720 (30.0) MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
714 (29.8) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
707 (29.5) LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
694 (28.9) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
684 (28.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
681 (28.4) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
680 (28.3) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
672 (28.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
665 (27.7) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
659 (27.5) YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
654 (27.3) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
651 (27.1) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
642 (26.8) OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
636 (26.5) MINNIPA DPI W Agricultural SA
632 (26.3) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
628 (26.2) ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
623 (26.0) ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
619 (25.8) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
617 (25.7) WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
616 (25.7) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
606 (25.3) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
605 (25.2) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
603 (25.1) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
603 (25.1) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
602 (25.1) WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA

94/13 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
94/11 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
93/22 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
93/16 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
91/19 NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
91/06 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

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 ESPERANCE 15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.0mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES C Tablelands S ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h 11.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 11.8mm/h 13.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 13.4mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 22:30 11.4mm/h 6.4mm in 18 min to 23:30 21.3mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 23:30 10.6mm/h VICTORIA Upper North BENDIGO AIRPORT 18.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.0mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Cent Wheatbelt RAVENSTHORPE AG STATION : *(360/300 ) at 23:40 SOUTH AUSTRALIA W Agricultural NEPTUNE ISLAND : 91(270/ 82 ) at 19:04 WHYALLA AERO : 74(280/ 63 ) at 16:24 PORT AUGUSTA AERO : 85(290/ 65 ) at 18:54 Yorke Pen/Kanga Is CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 91(360/ 72 ) at 06:30 Adelaide/Lofty HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS : 89(280/ 65 ) at 16:34 NEW SOUTH WALES South Coast GREEN CAPE AWS : 74( 10/ 65 ) at 12:00 VICTORIA Wimmera S GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 91(300/ 61 ) at 21:00 Upper NE MOUNT BULLER : 93(350/ 52 ) at 22:46 FALLS CREEK : 93(360/ 63 ) at 16:30 MT HOTHAM : 95( 10/ 76 ) at 13:38 E Central MELBOURNE AIRPORT : 82(360/ 63 ) at 11:00 SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 78( 10/ 63 ) at 12:30 TASMANIA W Coast MOUNT READ : 87**( 10/ 65 ) at 19:25