Australian Weather News -- 12 SEP 2011

Monday 12 SEP 2011

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0351 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

Roper-McArthur

014612

LARRIMAH

5.0

7.0

04/09/2004

1 N

NSW

SW Slopes S

072023

HUME RESERVOIR

-5.4

-5.0

05/09/1977

1 N

Lowest minimum temperature

N Kimberley

001006

WYNDHAM AERO

10.9

12.0

02/09/2001

1 Y

N Kimberley

001013

WYNDHAM

13.8

14.0

05/09/2003

1 N

Darwin-Daly

014949

DELAMERE WEAPONS RANGE

11.0

12.0

01/09/2006

1 Y

QLD

Central Coast E

033247

PROSERPINE AIRPORT

3.8

4.0

11/09/2011

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

QLD

Central Coast E

033257

BOWEN AIRPORT

6.4

6.8

11/09/2011

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

QLD

Central Coast E

033307

WOOLSHED

4.4

5.4

18/09/2005

1 Y

QLD

Central Coast W

034084

CHARTERS TOWERS AIRPORT

5.7

8.1

11/09/2011

1 Y Previous record set earlier this month.

QLD

Central Highlands

035019

CLERMONT SIRIUS ST

2.1

2.2

11/09/2011

1 Y Previous record set earlier this month.

NSW

Riverina E

074037

YANCO AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE

0.4

0.8

30/09/2010

1 Y

VIC

Mallee S

077094

SWAN HILL AERODROME

-1.6

-1.2

01/09/2007

1 Y

Lowest maximum temperature

QLD

N Coast--Barron

031209

COOKTOWN AIRPORT

25.8

11/09/2006

1 Y 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 03:51EST, 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	27.2	+5.2	8.4	-0.8	--	0.0	--	--	348 (14.5)	37/09
PERTH AIRPORT	26.2	+6.1	7.7	-1.2	4.2	0.0	3.8	11.1	303 (12.6)	52/12
ALBANY AIRPORT	24.2	+6.9	5.5	-2.5	1.9	0.0	3.8	10.7	241 (10.0)	63/12
BUNBURY	21.4	+3.1	4.4	-4.0	--	0.0	--	--	136 ( 5.7)	31/11
MANDURAH	21.2	--	12.4	--	--	0.0	--	--	252 (10.5)	35/09
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.2	-0.3	17.8	-5.3	15.1	0.0	9.6	10.7	406 (16.9)	52/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	21.4	-5.8	2.5	-7.8	0.8	0.0	7.0	11.3	316 (13.2)	43/09
WHYALLA AERO	16.8	-4.6	6.4	-1.7	--	0.4	4.8	--	296 (12.3)	28/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	16.3	-2.6	5.0	-4.7	2.1	0.8	4.4	5.4	191 ( 8.0)	28/10
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	15.2	-0.6	7.8	+1.5	7.0	0.2	3.4	3.8	373 (15.5)	35/11
MOUNT ISA AERO	25.8	-5.4	10.9	-3.4	5.9	0.0	13.0	11.1	444 (18.5)	46/09
CAIRNS AERO	26.6	-1.5	14.1	-4.6	12.4	0.0	7.2	6.4	503 (21.0)	41/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO	25.9	-1.8	9.2	-8.2	4.0	0.0	8.0	7.9	282 (11.8)	35/14
MACKAY M.O	22.6	-2.7	10.6	-6.1	--	0.0	--	10.8	353 (14.7)	31/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	25.2	-2.1	7.2	-6.5	3.4	0.0	4.4	--	141 ( 5.9)	34/13
BUNDABERG AERO	23.5	-1.9	6.0	-7.8	--	0.0	--	--	268 (11.2)	39/13
NAMBOUR DPI	23.0	-1.9	7.0	-3.7	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	21.0	-2.2	5.2	-8.3	--	0.0	--	--	229 ( 9.5)	44/14
BRISBANE AERO	21.3	-2.9	7.3	-5.5	2.2	0.0	7.4	8.3	318 (13.3)	34/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	16.4	-5.9	4.3	-6.4	--	0.0	--	--	479 (20.0)	37/11
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	17.6	-3.8	3.9	-4.7	0.2	0.4	3.0	--	150 ( 6.3)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	19.0	-2.9	7.2	-3.8	2.6	0.0	4.2	8.1	334 (13.9)	59/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	19.0	-3.5	6.0	-3.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	17.8	-3.5	9.0	0.0	--	21.0⁴	15.0	--	499 (20.8)	41/10
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	17.8	-3.5	8.5	+0.8	--	0.0	--	--	117 ( 4.9)	22/06
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	11.7	-2.3	-0.2	-4.4	-7.4	2.6	2.0	6.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	18.1	-3.0	2.3	-4.1	--	2.0	--	--	262 (10.9)	30/16
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	17.2	-3.3	8.5	-1.9	5.8	0.2	6.0	10.8	624 (26.0)	48/00
RICHMOND RAAF	18.7	-3.9	6.2	-1.9	--	0.0	--	--	263 (11.0)	31/01
BELLAMBI AWS	16.8	-3.3	9.3	-3.1	--	1.2	--	--	459 (19.1)	39/03
CANBERRA AIRPORT	15.0	-1.2	-3.0	-6.2	--	1.0	--	--	--	--
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	15.4	-2.2	-2.7	-7.8	-5.1	0.4	2.4	10.1	293 (12.2)	28/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	16.6	-3.8	1.3	-6.1	-3.5	0.0	3.6	9.0	336 (14.0)	28/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	13.7	-3.7	-0.4	-5.8	-2.5	2.4³	8.0	--	370 (15.4)	50/05
BENDIGO AIRPORT	13.5	-3.2	-2.6	-6.9	--	0.2	--	--	301 (12.5)	30/11
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	14.4	-2.8	9.5	+1.5	2.5	0.2	11.2	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	10.2	-3.6	3.5	-1.3	--	0.2	--	--	445 (18.5)	34/15
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	14.8	-0.7	1.2	-3.9	--	0.0	--	--	211 ( 8.8)	31/13
HOBART AIRPORT	15.3	0.0	4.0	-2.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	7.6	439 (18.3)	44/11
	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

33.9 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
33.1 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
33.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
32.6 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
32.6 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA

+8.5 : 27.8 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
+7.9 : 25.1 ALBANY Lower West WA
+7.5 : 26.3 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
+7.4 : 31.8 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
+7.4 : 27.7 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA

25.2 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
23.9 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.7 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

+3.3 : 12.4 EUCLA Eucla WA
+3.0 : 13.0 GOOSEBERRY HILL Lower West WA
+2.7 : 10.8 BICKLEY Lower West WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

0.0 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
1.2 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
1.3 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
3.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-8.1 : 27.1 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT
-7.9 : 11.5 DORRIGO (OLD CORAMBA RD) MidNorth Coast N NSW
-7.7 : 26.7 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
-7.6 : 25.9 BRUNETTE DOWNS N Plateau NT
-7.3 : 18.2 DALBY AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
-7.3 : 10.4 ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW

-9.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-8.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.9 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-7.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-11.6 : 6.8 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
-11.4 : 8.8 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM N Rivers NT
-11.3 : 10.9 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
-11.3 : 7.9 CROYDON TOWNSHIP Gulf Country QLD
-11.2 : 5.9 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT

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.

43.0 SANDY HILLS (TOURELLO PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
21.6 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
20.2 MOUNT NOWA NOWA E Gippsland VIC
19.4 LOCK (TERRAH WINDS) W Agricultural SA
19.0 NOWA NOWA E Gippsland VIC

11.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.2 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
11.2 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.1 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
11.1 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

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5.4 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
3.8 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
1.7 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
1.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.9 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC

1086 (45.3) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1086 (45.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1065 (44.4) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
995 (41.5) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
995 (41.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
957 (39.9) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
950 (39.6) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
917 (38.2) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
842 (35.1) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
813 (33.9) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
743 (31.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
706 (29.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
688 (28.7) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
664 (27.7) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
660 (27.5) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
648 (27.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
647 (27.0) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
644 (26.8) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
626 (26.1) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
624 (26.0) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
610 (25.4) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
603 (25.1) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS

83/17 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
80/20 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
78/16 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
76/23 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
74/14 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC

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	NEW SOUTH WALES Sydney--east WATTAMOLLA : 74(180/ 65 ) at 01:21 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 80(320/ 70 ) at 17:00 ISLANDS Islands LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO : 72(250/ 65 ) at 04:36