Australian Weather News -- 02 JAN 2012

Monday 02 JAN 2012

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0018 EST on 07/06/2012. 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

QLD

Wide Bay/Burnett

039104

MONTO TOWNSHIP

9.0

10.6

01/01/1980

1 P

QLD

Darling Downs E

041525

WARWICK

8.5

9.1

29/01/2007

1 Y

Lowest minimum temperature

QLD

Wide Bay/Burnett

039104

MONTO TOWNSHIP

13.0

20/01/2010

1 P Equal to record.

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040842

BRISBANE AERO

15.8

16.0

12/01/2005

1 N

NSW

Hunter Valley

061363

SCONE AIRPORT AWS

7.5

7.6

14/01/1997

1 Y

Lowest maximum temperature

ISL

Islands

200212

NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR

29.0

03/01/2006

1 P 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 00:18EST, 07/06/2012.

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	28.8	-2.8	19.4	+1.1	--	0.0	--	--	503 (21.0)	46/15
PERTH AIRPORT	31.6	-0.1	18.0	+1.0	16.5	0.0	4.8	12.3	353 (14.7)	48/17
ALBANY AIRPORT	20.6	-4.1	9.9	-3.8	6.2	0.0	3.2	1.1	262 (10.9)	28/12
BUNBURY	27.6	-2.0	14.3	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	348 (14.5)	41/20
MANDURAH	28.2	-0.8	18.1	-0.5	--	0.0	--	--	333 (13.9)	43/20
DARWIN AIRPORT	34.7	+2.9	24.2	-0.6	24.1	0.0	7.2	7.0	439 (18.3)	55/04
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	40.9	+4.5	25.2	+3.7	20.4	0.4	15.6	10.9	421 (17.5)	65/03
WHYALLA AERO	42.2	+12.2	26.3	+8.8	--	0.0	17.6	--	411 (17.1)	61/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	40.6	+11.4	29.2	+12.1	--	0.0	--	11.4	324 (13.5)	55/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	41.7	+16.5	17.0	+5.9	13.1	0.0	10.2	11.2	323 (13.5)	70/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	37.0	+0.8	22.2	-1.5	--	0.0	37.4	8.2	173 ( 7.2)	81/16
CAIRNS AERO	31.5	+0.1	23.3	-0.4	20.7	5.0	8.4	11.5	485 (20.2)	43/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO	32.0	+0.7	22.3	-2.0	18.0	0.0	12.6	12.3	490 (20.4)	43/13
MACKAY M.O	28.8	-1.2	24.4	+0.9	--	0.0	--	11.7	436 (18.2)	41/08
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	30.0	-1.9	18.9	-3.2	16.4	0.0	9.0	--	333 (13.9)	39/11
BUNDABERG AERO	29.2	-0.9	17.7	-3.7	--	0.0	--	--	486 (20.3)	48/16
NAMBOUR DPI	27.0	-2.3	15.0	-4.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	27.6	-0.7	16.6	-4.4	--	0.0	--	--	312 (13.0)	37/14
BRISBANE AERO	27.7	-1.3	15.8	-5.4	13.9	0.0	8.0	13.0	389 (16.2)	34/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	25.4	-2.7	14.1	-3.4	--	0.0	--	--	660 (27.5)	50/07
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	32.2	+0.3	16.2	-2.7	12.3	0.0	8.0	--	134 ( 5.6)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	25.8	-1.1	15.7	-3.7	13.9	0.0	6.4	11.6	263 (11.0)	31/12
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	26.2	-1.4	13.9	-4.3	--	0.0	--	--	166 ( 6.9)	37/12
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	28.5	+0.5	13.3	-4.7	6.9	0.0²	31.4	--	300 (12.5)	41/15
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	26.8	-0.8	12.5	-4.3	--	0.0	--	--	76 ( 3.2)	28/16
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	28.4	+1.9	14.0	+0.7	7.5	0.0	6.6	13.8	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	34.2	+1.1	14.8	-3.3	--	0.0	--	--	246 (10.3)	34/15
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	28.5	+2.1	18.7	-0.1	14.4	0.0	10.2	13.2	427 (17.8)	52/18
RICHMOND RAAF	31.0	+1.1	14.0	-3.6	--	0.0	--	--	105 ( 4.4)	30/15
BELLAMBI AWS	24.5	-0.4	18.0	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	439 (18.3)	50/15
CANBERRA AIRPORT	32.0	+4.0	13.0	-0.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	35.1	+3.5	17.0	+0.8	15.1	0.0	7.8	13.4	220 ( 9.2)	28/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	36.0	+3.8	17.8	+1.1	--	0.0	--	--	88 ( 3.7)	24/12
MILDURA AIRPORT	40.4	+8.2	22.8	+6.1	19.7	0.0	12.8	13.4	359 (15.0)	41/08
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	38.6	+9.1	17.6	+3.5	--	0.0	--	--	226 ( 9.4)	41/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT	39.0	+9.4	17.4	+3.4	--	0.0	--	--	207 ( 8.6)	50/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	40.0	+14.1	20.1	+5.8	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	37.4	+12.4	17.2	+6.4	--	0.0	--	--	488 (20.3)	57/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	28.6	+4.3	14.2	+2.0	--	0.0	--	--	209 ( 8.7)	24/11
HOBART AIRPORT	28.3	+5.8	15.6	+3.6	12.2	0.0	5.6	5.5	322 (13.4)	34/22
	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 temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

44.3 KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA
44.1 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
44.0 PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
43.6 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA
43.4 ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
43.4 KEITH Mallee/Upper SE SA

+19.9 : 42.6 PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
+19.2 : 41.9 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
+19.1 : 40.2 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
+18.7 : 40.4 PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
+18.5 : 42.7 WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC

30.7 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
30.3 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
29.7 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
29.4 PORT PIRIE NYRSTAR COMPARISON Lower North SA
29.2 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA

+12.2 : 26.1 MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+12.1 : 29.2 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+11.8 : 29.4 PORT PIRIE NYRSTAR COMPARISON Lower North SA
+11.8 : 28.1 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
+11.6 : 25.1 PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

20.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
20.2 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
20.3 JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
20.6 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
20.6 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA

-8.3 : 20.6 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.1 : 20.3 JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.2 : 21.0 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
-5.8 : 21.3 MANJIMUP Lower West WA
-5.7 : 24.0 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA

**S** 4.2 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA
5.9 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
7.5 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
8.0 MERRIWA (ROSCOMMON) Hunter Valley NSW
8.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-9.3 : 5.9 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
-9.3 : 7.5 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
**S** -8.0 : 4.2 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA
-7.4 : 9.0 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S 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.

51.0 JINDARE N Rivers NT
50.0 VIOLET VALE STATION S Peninsula QLD
46.6 POINT STUART N Rivers NT
41.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
40.6 CHANNEL POINT N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
51.0 JINDARE
46.6 POINT STUART
41.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS
40.6 CHANNEL POINT

QUEENSLAND
S Peninsula
50.0 VIOLET VALE STATION

13.8 ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE C Tablelands S NSW
13.6 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
13.4 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
13.4 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
13.2 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW

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2.7 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
1.6 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
1.1 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.5 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
0.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA

894 (37.3) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
861 (35.9) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
844 (35.2) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
799 (33.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
799 (33.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
774 (32.3) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
759 (31.6) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
746 (31.1) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
706 (29.4) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
687 (28.6) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
686 (28.6) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
682 (28.4) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
679 (28.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
676 (28.2) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
663 (27.6) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
660 (27.5) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
656 (27.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
640 (26.7) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
637 (26.5) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
626 (26.1) JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
609 (25.4) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
603 (25.1) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA

81/16 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
81/22 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
81/09 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
78/17 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
76/11 STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE Murray Valley SA
76/08 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA W Kimberley DERBY AERO 15.6mm in 1 hr to 16:00 15.6mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h CURTIN AERO 7.2mm in 21 min to 15:21 20.6mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 16:00 12.8mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers MIDDLE POINT AWS 26.6mm in 30 min to 03:30 53.2mm/h 31.0mm in 1 hr to 03:30 31.0mm/h 30.6mm in 1 hr to 04:00 30.6mm/h 36.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 12.0mm/h JABIRU AIRPORT 10.4mm in 30 min to 20:00 20.8mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 10.4mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.4mm/h BATCHELOR AERO 11.2mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.2mm/h N Plateau TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT 1.4mm in 1 min to 19:40 84.0mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 10.6mm/h QUEENSLAND Gulf Country MORNINGTON ISLAND 31.0mm in 30 min to 09:30 62.0mm/h 31.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 31.0mm/h 31.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 31.0mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 10.3mm/h CENTURY MINE 12.0mm in 30 min to 20:30 24.0mm/h 12.0mm in 1 hr to 20:30 12.0mm/h 13.8mm in 1 hr to 21:00 13.8mm/h ISLANDS Islands POINT FAWCETT 30.2mm in 1 hr to 07:30 30.2mm/h 34.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 11.3mm/h	SOUTH AUSTRALIA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 74(340/ 63 ) at 09:00 Adelaide/Lofty HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS : 83(320/ 67 ) at 09:41 QUEENSLAND Gulf Country CLONCURRY AIRPORT : 78(110/ 65 ) at 17:50 TASMANIA Southeast TASMAN ISLAND : 82( 10/ 65 ) at 23:30