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National Daily Weather Summary

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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 received as at 0239 EST on 24/05/2012. 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 daily rainfall

WA

W Pilbara

005001

COOLAWANYAH

23.0

9.7

09/09/1968

86

1 y

WA

W Pilbara

005009

MARILLANA

38.7

35.0

09/09/2006

60

1 y

WA

W Pilbara

005026

WITTENOOM

41.0

19.2

30/09/1986

60

1 y

WA

E Gascoyne

007176

NEWMAN AERO

26.4

24.8

09/09/2006

34

1 n

WA

E Gascoyne

007181

WEELARRANA

19.6

10.2

29/09/1986

23

1 y

NT

Alice Springs

015511

CURTIN SPRINGS

28.0

22.2

29/09/1975

56

1 y

NT

Alice Springs

015519

PALMER VALLEY

51.0

29.0

23/09/1998

35

1 y

NT

Alice Springs

015635

YULARA AERO

24.8

16.0

30/09/1984

20

1 n

NT

Alice Springs

015637

ERLDUNDA ROADHOUSE

31.0

12.4

30/09/2003

16

1 y

NT

Alice Springs

015652

WATARRKA

33.5

17.6

01/09/1997

21

1 y

NT

Alice Springs

015654

MEREENIE

36.0

22.0

22/09/1993

19

1 y

SA

NW Pastoral

016008

AMATA AIRSTRIP

23.2

21.4

08/09/2010

21

1 y Previous record set earlier this month.


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Summary of observations

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**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 02:39EST, 24/05/2012.

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 19.1 -2.9 11.0 +1.7 8.4 0.2 3.2 -- 309 (12.9) 46/09
PERTH AIRPORT 17.3 -2.8 10.0 +1.1 8.8 5.6 2.4 10.7 413 (17.2) 54/09
ALBANY AIRPORT 12.3 -5.0 7.3 -0.7 5.6 11.8 6.0 5.2 473 (19.7) 54/11
BUNBURY 16.0 -2.2 7.0 -1.5 -- 8.0 -- -- 371 (15.5) 54/12
MANDURAH 16.1 -- 10.9 -- -- 3.0 -- -- 452 (18.8) 61/02
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.2 +0.7 24.2 +1.2 23.9 0.0 8.6 8.7 361 (15.0) 37/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 19.9 -7.4 14.0 +3.6 13.8 0.0 6.0 1.3 361 (15.0) 39/11
WHYALLA AERO 20.7 -0.8 7.1 -0.9 -- 0.0 3.0 -- 188 ( 7.8) 46/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 19.6 +0.6 8.1 -1.6 4.6 0.0 -- 9.2 210 ( 8.8) 39/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 17.4 +1.6 7.0 +0.7 4.7 0.0 2.4 7.9 423 (17.6) 50/14
MOUNT ISA AERO 34.9 +3.7 16.3 +2.1 13.5 0.0 9.0 11.1 340 (14.2) 34/23
CAIRNS AERO 30.3 +2.3 23.0 +4.3 20.5 0.0 6.6 8.6 379 (15.8) 34/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.0 +1.3 22.9 +5.6 21.8 0.0 8.0 8.1 403 (16.8) 37/15
MACKAY M.O 25.1 -0.1 17.2 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- 10.4 345 (14.4) 34/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.6 -0.7 15.2 +1.6 12.7 0.0 6.2 -- 248 (10.3) 31/14
BUNDABERG AERO 25.2 -0.2 11.1 -2.6 12.2 0.0 -- -- 295 (12.3) 37/10
NAMBOUR DPI 24.0 -0.9 11.0 +0.4 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 23.2 +0.1 10.5 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 182 ( 7.6) 26/13
BRISBANE AERO 23.0 -1.2 11.5 -1.2 8.4 0.0 5.8 9.5 302 (12.6) 30/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 21.0 -1.4 7.3 -3.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 378 (15.8) 31/13
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 20.2 -1.2 6.2 -2.3 2.5 0.0 4.2 -- 112 ( 4.7) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 23.1 +1.2 7.9 -3.0 4.3 0.0 4.2 10.1 214 ( 8.9) 43/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 23.0 +0.5 8.0 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 21.7 +0.5 3.7 -5.3 1.4 0.2 3.8 8.9 264 (11.0) 26/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 20.5 -0.8 4.0 -3.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 49 ( 2.0) 21/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 13.0 -1.0 0.2 -4.0 6.5 0.0 2.8 8.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 19.1 -2.1 2.6 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 248 (10.3) 22/11
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 20.7 +0.2 8.4 -1.9 4.5 0.0 3.8 10.0 296 (12.3) 39/14
RICHMOND RAAF 21.1 -1.6 2.7 -5.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 69 ( 2.9) 28/11
BELLAMBI AWS 20.0 -0.2 9.6 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 240 (10.0) 44/17
CANBERRA AIRPORT COMPARISON 14.8 -1.4 -0.7 -3.9 -3.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 17.7 +0.1 2.5 -2.6 -0.1 0.0 1.8 8.7 133 ( 5.5) 21/08
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 16.3 -1.8 4.5 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 106 ( 4.4) 22/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 20.6 +0.2 9.7 +2.3 9.8 0.0 1.0 4.2 181 ( 7.5) 61/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 15.4 -2.0 4.3 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 206 ( 8.6) 35/20
BENDIGO AIRPORT 15.4 -1.4 8.8 +4.5 -- 0.2 -- -- 184 ( 7.7) 35/18
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 16.5 -0.7 10.5 +2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
GROVEDALE (GEELONG AIRPORT) 17.7 +0.9 8.1 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 408 (17.0) 46/11
BALLARAT AERODROME 13.5 -0.4 7.3 +2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 439 (18.3) 43/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.6 +0.1 9.2 +4.1 -- 2.4 -- -- 298 (12.4) 46/13
HOBART AIRPORT 19.1 +3.8 7.9 +1.9 3.4 0.0 3.4 8.6 404 (16.8) 55/22
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

40.1 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
39.7 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
39.4 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
39.4 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
39.2 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT

+5.4 : 37.7 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD
+4.0 : 36.2 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
+3.9 : 38.5 DALY WATERS AWS N Rivers NT
+3.9 : 39.4 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
+3.9 : 35.5 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT

28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
27.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.9 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
26.2 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
26.1 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA

+9.1 : 23.8 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+8.6 : 26.9 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
+7.0 : 22.0 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley WA
+7.0 : 24.9 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT
+6.6 : 22.8 CARDWELL MARINE PDE N Coast--Herbert QLD
Coldest
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

-0.2 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
0.9 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
1.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.4 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-11.9 : 15.0 KULGERA N Plateau NT
-10.5 : 18.7 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT
-9.7 : 18.0 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
-9.4 : 20.3 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
-9.3 : 17.4 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA

-5.1 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.8 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.6 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-3.5 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-6.5 : -5.1 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-6.0 : -2.5 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW
-5.8 : 1.2 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-5.8 : 2.5 MAITLAND VISITORS CENTRE Hunter Valley NSW
-5.8 : -2.3 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
-5.8 : -4.6 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro 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.
127.6 FERGUSON VALLEY ALERT
51.0 PALMER VALLEY N Plateau NT
41.8 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT
41.0 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
38.7 MARILLANA W Pilbara WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
W Pilbara
41.0 WITTENOOM
38.7 MARILLANA

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Plateau
51.0 PALMER VALLEY
41.8 WALUNGURRU

ISLANDS

127.6 FERGUSON VALLEY ALERT

11.4 COWRA RESEARCH CENTRE (EVANS ST) C Tablelands S NSW
11.1 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
10.5 LARRIMAH N Rivers NT
10.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

.....

1.8 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
1.8 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
1.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
1.3 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.3 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC

 1372 (57.2) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1127 (47.0) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1092 (45.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
966 (40.3) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
952 (39.7) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
944 (39.3) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
889 (37.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
864 (36.0) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
848 (35.3) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
778 (32.4) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
751 (31.3) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
724 (30.2) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
707 (29.5) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
703 (29.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
696 (29.0) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
685 (28.5) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
673 (28.0) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
649 (27.0) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
622 (25.9) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
619 (25.8) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
611 (25.5) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
605 (25.2) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
603 (25.1) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
601 (25.0) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
600 (25.0) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
 115/23 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
104/09 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
94/21 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
94/22 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
91/23 MOUNT READ 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Plateau
CURTIN SPRINGS
17.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.7mm/h
WATARRKA
21.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.0mm/h
WULUNGURRU
12.4mm in 30 min to 06:00 24.8mm/h
18.4mm in 1 hr to 06:00 18.4mm/h
26.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 8.7mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 06:30 14.0mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
ROTTNEST ISLAND : 87(200/ 72 ) at 03:53
CAPE LEEUWIN : 80(210/ 70 ) at 03:41
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS : 80(280/ 63 ) at 03:00
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 95(330/ 63 ) at 21:18
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 91(290/ 63 ) at 04:30
HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 100(280/ 69 ) at 08:30
W Coast
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 115(320/ 78 ) at 23:45
MOUNT READ : 91(340/ 48 ) at 23:00