Australian Weather News -- 07 SEP 2011

Wednesday 07 SEP 2011

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0338 EST on 26/05/2012. 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

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Lowest grass minimum temperature

Upper North

019062

YONGALA

-9.5

-8.4

02/09/1967

1 N

Lowest minimum temperature

NE Pastoral

017126

MARREE AERO

2.8

3.4

02/09/2004

1 N

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 03:38EST, 26/05/2012.

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 COMPARISON	19.9	-2.1	5.6	-3.6	--	2.0	--	--	387 (16.1)	46/12
PERTH AIRPORT	20.3	+0.2	7.2	-1.7	4.8	0.0	3.6	10.3	395 (16.5)	37/16
ALBANY AIRPORT	15.0	-2.3	11.4	+3.4	9.4	1.0	3.2	5.8	460 (19.2)	41/01
BUNBURY	19.2	+0.9	3.7	-4.7	--	0.0	--	--	236 ( 9.8)	35/10
MANDURAH	20.2	--	10.4	--	--	0.0	--	--	382 (15.9)	30/16
DARWIN AIRPORT	31.6	-0.9	23.1	0.0	22.8	0.0	6.8	10.0	303 (12.6)	31/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	22.2	-5.0	13.7	+3.4	12.3	0.0	6.6	6.2	292 (12.2)	31/12
WHYALLA AERO	21.2	-0.2	4.5	-3.6	--	0.0	--	--	260 (10.8)	44/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	17.4	-1.5	7.5	-2.2	5.3	2.8	2.0	8.7	323 (13.5)	39/23
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	14.6	-1.2	3.0	-3.3	1.4	5.0	2.4	3.8	395 (16.5)	30/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	30.6	-0.6	9.0	-5.3	7.0	0.0	7.2	10.5	221 ( 9.2)	37/10
CAIRNS AERO	27.9	-0.2	17.1	-1.6	15.2	0.0	6.8	10.0	480 (20.0)	37/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO	26.7	-1.0	13.0	-4.4	9.8	0.0	7.2	10.3	340 (14.2)	41/13
MACKAY M.O	22.8	-2.5	15.1	-1.6	--	0.0	--	10.0	354 (14.8)	30/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	25.7	-1.6	13.8	+0.1	12.0	0.4	3.8	--	278 (11.6)	34/12
BUNDABERG AERO	25.1	-0.3	14.1	+0.3	--	--	--	--	--	35/09
NAMBOUR DPI	24.0	-0.9	13.0	+2.3	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	23.3	+0.1	11.5	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	209 ( 8.7)	34/15
BRISBANE AERO	23.9	-0.3	12.2	-0.6	9.5	0.0	3.4	10.6	285 (11.9)	28/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	21.9	-0.4	10.1	-0.6	--	0.0	--	--	445 (18.5)	31/00
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	25.9	+4.5	11.1	+2.5	5.4	0.0	4.8	--	184 ( 7.7)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	24.9	+3.0	11.6	+0.6	7.4	0.0	4.0	8.7	477 (19.9)	35/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	23.0	+0.5	8.0	-1.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	19.2	-2.1	8.8	-0.2	5.1	0.0	4.8	9.6	218 ( 9.1)	37/09
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	20.2	-1.1	11.6	+3.9	--	0.0	--	--	89 ( 3.7)	22/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	17.8	+3.8	1.8	-2.4	-4.2	8.6	3.2	9.5	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	20.2	-0.9	7.0	+0.6	--	2.2	--	--	457 (19.0)	43/08
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	18.1	-2.4	11.3	+0.9	7.7	1.0	8.4	10.4	561 (23.4)	48/08
RICHMOND RAAF	20.2	-2.4	10.2	+2.1	--	0.8	--	--	309 (12.9)	30/16
BELLAMBI AWS	17.9	-2.2	10.8	-1.6	--	1.8	--	--	491 (20.5)	48/04
CANBERRA AIRPORT	14.0	-2.2	-1.0	-4.2	--	7.0	--	--	--	--
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	14.3	-3.3	0.3	-4.8	-0.3	5.0	2.2	10.3	247 (10.3)	28/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	14.4	-3.6	-0.1	-5.9	--	1.0	--	--	186 ( 7.8)	30/13
MILDURA AIRPORT	18.3	-2.1	0.2	-7.2	-3.7	0.0	4.4	9.8	295 (12.3)	24/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	15.0	-2.4	-1.3	-6.7	-1.0	0.4	1.8	--	316 (13.2)	22/11
BENDIGO AIRPORT	15.3	-1.4	-2.3	-6.6	--	0.0	--	--	322 (13.4)	--
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	16.1	-1.1	6.9	-1.1	4.5	0.0	1.8	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	12.1	-1.7	-0.2	-5.0	--	0.2	--	--	461 (19.2)	26/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	14.7	-0.8	2.9	-2.2	--	3.0	--	--	269 (11.2)	26/13
HOBART AIRPORT	13.2	-2.1	1.9	-4.1	-0.5	0.4	1.8	7.5	410 (17.1)	41/12
	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

37.4 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
37.4 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
37.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
36.4 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
36.3 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT

+4.5 : 29.5 MUNGINDI POST OFFICE NW Plains W NSW
+4.5 : 25.9 GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE NW Slopes S NSW
+4.5 : 26.0 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW
+4.3 : 29.9 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD
+4.2 : 29.2 COLLARENEBRI (ALBERT ST) Upper Darling NSW

25.1 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
25.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.1 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
24.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
23.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+4.5 : 17.6 YUENDUMU N Plateau NT
+4.3 : 22.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
+4.1 : 18.0 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
+4.1 : 16.3 TERRITORY GRAPE FARM N Plateau NT
+4.0 : 13.3 WINDY HARBOUR Lower West WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

-1.7 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-1.6 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-1.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.7 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-0.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-8.6 : 15.7 FORREST Eucla WA
-7.9 : 16.7 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
-7.9 : 19.8 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-7.9 : 20.5 CARNEGIE Interior WA
-7.7 : 22.0 YUENDUMU N Plateau NT

-7.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-6.9 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-6.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-9.0 : -2.1 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
-8.2 : 2.8 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
-8.0 : 1.5 ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
-8.0 : -0.8 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW
-7.8 : 1.0 IVANHOE AERODROME AWS Southwest Plains 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.

55.4 AMPTHILL TM Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
34.0 ROSEBERY (GEPP STREET) W Coast TAS
34.0 NARRABRI (MOLLEE) NW Plains E NSW
32.6 QUEENSTOWN (SOUTH QUEENSTOWN) W Coast TAS
32.0 STRATHDEE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD

QUEENSLAND
Wide Bay/Burnett
55.4 AMPTHILL TM
32.0 STRATHDEE

NEW SOUTH WALES
NW Plains E
34.0 NARRABRI (MOLLEE)

TASMANIA
W Coast
34.0 ROSEBERY (GEPP STREET)
32.6 QUEENSTOWN (SOUTH QUEENSTOWN)

11.1 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.0 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.6 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
10.5 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.5 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW

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5.8 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
5.5 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
3.8 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
3.8 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
2.4 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1489 (62.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1060 (44.2) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
953 (39.7) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
903 (37.6) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
859 (35.8) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
852 (35.5) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
833 (34.7) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
832 (34.7) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
821 (34.2) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
809 (33.7) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
774 (32.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
772 (32.2) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
749 (31.2) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
748 (31.2) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
720 (30.0) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
712 (29.7) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
700 (29.2) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
695 (29.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
694 (28.9) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
693 (28.9) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
684 (28.5) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
682 (28.4) AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
680 (28.3) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
674 (28.1) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
668 (27.8) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
663 (27.6) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
659 (27.5) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
655 (27.3) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
650 (27.1) AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
646 (26.9) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
639 (26.6) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
637 (26.5) TELFER AERO Interior WA
626 (26.1) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
625 (26.0) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
619 (25.8) BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
600 (25.0) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD

115/00 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
111/01 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
93/00 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
76/14 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
74/00 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St 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	VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 115(270/ 80 ) at 00:59 KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 74(281/ 63 ) at 03:20 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 91(250/ 70 ) at 00:30 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 102(300/ 80 ) at 01:33