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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2047 EST on 19/04/2013. 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 minimum temperature

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040209

POINT LOOKOUT

25.4

24.6

01/04/1998

15

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

WA

Interior

013011

WARBURTON AIRFIELD

39.3

39.2

12/04/2005

22

1 N

WA

Interior

013017

GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE

38.3

38.3

01/04/2009

56

1 N Equal to record.


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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 20:47EST, 19/04/2013.

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 25.1 -2.6 13.4 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 400 (16.7) 39/12
PERTH AIRPORT 24.2 -1.3 12.1 -0.8 9.7 0.0 4.0 5.0 307 (12.8) 50/14
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 27.2 +5.4 11.0 -0.6 8.0 0.0 -- -- 294 (12.3) 61/10
BUNBURY 24.4 +0.3 13.7 +2.1 -- 1.6 -- -- 232 ( 9.7) 54/18
MANDURAH 23.3 -0.5 15.7 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 215 ( 9.0) 50/15
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.8 +1.1 23.6 -0.4 23.0 0.0 6.2 11.2 307 (12.8) 65/00
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 36.8 +8.6 16.4 +3.8 15.6 0.0 9.4 11.4 247 (10.3) 31/10
WHYALLA AERO 24.7 +1.0 17.4 +5.8 -- 0.0 8.0 -- 398 (16.6) 30/
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 24.2 +1.6 12.4 0.0 -- 0.0 -- 9.7 157 ( 6.5) 26/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 22.0 +2.6 9.4 +0.7 7.6 0.2 3.6 6.8 358 (14.9) 28/15
MOUNT ISA AERO 35.5 +3.7 16.4 -2.1 -- 0.0 22.8 11.1 190 ( 7.9) 34/14
CAIRNS AERO 31.5 +2.3 18.8 -2.8 14.9 0.0 8.0 10.8 308 (12.8) 39/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.6 +1.0 20.5 -0.1 14.6 0.0 6.6 10.0 227 ( 9.5) 31/15
MACKAY M.O 26.9 +0.2 19.3 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 379 (15.8) 37/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.9 +1.1 19.4 +1.5 17.2 0.0 6.0 -- 225 ( 9.4) 28/09
BUNDABERG AERO 29.4 +2.0 18.1 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 386 (16.1) 37/14
NAMBOUR DPI 28.0 +1.9 20.0 +4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 27.1 +1.7 18.8 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 350 (14.6) 44/15
BRISBANE AERO 27.6 +1.6 17.2 +0.9 16.2 0.0 6.0 8.2 370 (15.4) 31/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 24.6 +1.3 12.6 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 395 (16.5) 30/00
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 28.9 +3.7 11.4 -1.4 8.3 0.0 5.2 -- 129 ( 5.4) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 25.7 +1.7 16.6 +1.4 13.6 0.0 4.8 11.0 434 (18.1) 39/11
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 26.7 +2.6 15.6 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 243 (10.1) 31/12
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 27.2 +3.6 11.1 -2.1 -- 0.0 14.8 -- 206 ( 8.6) 22/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 27.2 +3.6 11.2 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 28 ( 1.2) 17/18
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 23.8 +5.4 9.5 +2.3 5.0 0.0 3.0 10.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 30.5 +6.0 10.2 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 244 (10.2) 52/15
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 25.1 +2.2 16.3 +2.1 13.4 0.0 5.6 8.1 304 (12.7) 41/17
RICHMOND RAAF 28.4 +4.6 12.0 +0.6 -- 0.2 -- -- 31 ( 1.3) 52/16
BELLAMBI AWS 23.0 +0.9 17.3 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 180 ( 7.5) 35/19
CANBERRA AIRPORT -- -- 8.0 +1.3 4.0 -- -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 22.9 +0.4 14.0 +4.9 11.2 0.0 3.8 5.8 238 ( 9.9) 35/12
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 26.3 +4.0 12.6 +4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 115 ( 4.8) 28/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 25.0 +1.5 12.4 +2.3 10.5 0.0 7.6 10.2 357 (14.9) 24/
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 22.8 +1.2 9.6 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 314 (13.1) 24/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT 22.3 +1.1 8.2 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 353 (14.7) 26/08
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 21.7 +1.4 16.4 +5.6 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 18.5 +0.9 8.3 +0.8 -- 0.2 -- -- 449 (18.7) 31/20
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 21.4 +2.5 7.0 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 219 ( 9.1) 17/16
HOBART AIRPORT 20.9 +2.8 11.7 +2.9 7.0 0.0 8.2 5.9 490 (20.4) 39/00
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

39.5 TELFER AERO Interior WA
39.4 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT
39.3 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
39.0 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
38.5 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT

+11.6 : 37.5 FORREST Eucla WA
+10.4 : 39.0 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
+10.2 : 36.5 BALGAIR Eucla WA
+10.0 : 39.3 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+9.4 : 37.9 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA

28.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
27.3 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
27.0 LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
27.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
27.0 NORTH EAST ISLAND Islands ISL

+9.9 : 11.4 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
+9.8 : 10.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
+8.8 : 23.2 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+7.9 : 18.8 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW
+7.5 : 20.8 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA

Coldest
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

9.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
9.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
10.0 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
11.6 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
12.0 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC

-3.5 : 23.8 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-3.0 : 16.1 MOUNT NOWA NOWA E Gippsland VIC
-2.8 : 23.0 GOOSEBERRY HILL Lower West WA
-2.7 : 20.8 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-2.6 : 28.2 SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
-2.6 : 25.1 GERALDTON AIRPORT COMPARISON Central West WA

-0.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
1.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
2.2 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
2.8 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
2.9 CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS

-4.5 : 2.2 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-4.4 : 18.6 COOKTOWN AIRPORT N Coast--Barron QLD
-4.0 : 11.7 BLACKALL AIRPORT Central West QLD
-3.8 : 8.4 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
-3.6 : 9.4 EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-3.6 : 6.0 STANTHORPE LESLIE PARADE Darling Downs E QLD

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.
30.2 ALBION DOWNS Goldfields WA
28.0 TORRENS CREEK Upper Carpentaria QLD
21.1 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
19.0 KOOLPINYAH N Rivers NT
16.2 LEANYER N Rivers NT

11.5 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.4 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
11.3 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
11.3 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW

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5.3 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
5.0 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
3.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
2.6 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
0.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

1341 (55.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1085 (45.2) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1073 (44.7) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1043 (43.5) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
986 (41.1) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
862 (35.9) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
846 (35.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
839 (35.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
825 (34.4) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
793 (33.0) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
762 (31.8) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
743 (31.0) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
737 (30.7) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
718 (29.9) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
710 (29.6) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
694 (28.9) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
692 (28.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
691 (28.8) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
687 (28.6) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
683 (28.5) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
624 (26.0) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
609 (25.4) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
601 (25.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
94/00 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
89/ MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
85/18 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
83/ HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
80/ MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Gascoyne
NEWMAN AERO
6.4mm in 34 min to 16:34 11.3mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
C Tablelands N
NULLO MOUNTAIN AWS
8.4mm in 3 min to 16:33 168.0mm/h
3.2mm in 1 min to 16:34 192.0mm/h
12.6mm in 26 min to 17:00 29.1mm/h
28.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 28.0mm/h
25.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 25.2mm/h
29.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 9.7mm/h
Illawarra
NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS
7.8mm in 17 min to 16:00 27.5mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 10.4mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 16:30 12.2mm/h
CAMPBELLTOWN (MOUNT ANNAN)
11.8mm in 30 min to 17:00 23.6mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 11.8mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 14.2mm/h
SW Slopes S
CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS
12.4mm in 1 hr to 13:00 12.4mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
CAPE LEEUWIN : 85(290/ 67 ) at 18:38
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 76(150/ 65 ) at 19:30
VICTORIA
Upper NE
MT HOTHAM : 76(360/ 63 ) at 00:00
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 76(310/ 65 ) at 00:30
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 95(260/ 72 ) at 01:19