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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2053 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 daily rainfall

QLD

Central Coast E

033310

SOUTH YAAMBA TM

155.2

45.0

14/04/2007

12

1 n

Highest grass minimum temperature

NT

Victoria

014825

VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS

28.9

24.8

14/04/2010

14

1 N

Highest minimum temperature

NSW

MidNorth Coast S

060013

FORSTER - TUNCURRY MARINE RESCUE

21.0

20.3

14/04/2003

14

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

NT

Alice Springs

015612

PAPUNYA

38.8

38.4

03/04/2003

11

1 N

QLD

Central Coast E

033307

WOOLSHED

30.2

30.2

06/04/2005

14

1 N Equal to record.

QLD

Channel Country

038026

BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT

40.9

40.7

01/04/2005

12

1 N

QLD

Far SW

045025

THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT

37.5

37.0

04/04/2000

13

1 N

NSW

Far Northwest

046126

TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT

37.7

37.0

09/04/2002

15

1 N

NSW

Upper Darling

048079

WANAARING POST OFFICE

37.4

37.0

16/04/2004

21

1 N

NSW

Upper Darling

048237

COBAR AIRPORT AWS

36.2

34.9

15/04/2004

18

1 N


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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 20:52EST, 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 27.5 -0.2 16.5 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 303 (12.6) 34/14
PERTH AIRPORT 25.8 +0.3 18.1 +5.2 17.7 4.2 4.6 6.8 465 (19.4) 48/11
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 28.4 +6.6 17.3 +5.7 15.0 0.0 -- -- 437 (18.2) 65/10
BUNBURY 25.3 +1.2 18.7 +7.1 -- 0.4 -- -- 425 (17.7) 43/00
MANDURAH 23.9 +0.1 19.9 +4.4 -- 3.0 -- -- 607 (25.3) 43/04
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.3 +0.6 23.3 -0.7 22.5 1.4 5.6 11.2 252 (10.5) 34/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 38.9 +10.7 21.5 +8.9 19.5 0.0 9.4 8.6 263 (11.0) 37/17
WHYALLA AERO 25.8 +2.1 13.7 +2.1 -- 0.0 7.8 -- 338 (14.1) 31/01
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 25.8 +3.2 17.3 +4.9 -- 0.6 3.8 9.3 174 ( 7.3) 26/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 24.2 +4.8 14.4 +5.7 13.0 0.0 4.6 9.6 393 (16.4) 35/12
MOUNT ISA AERO 36.7 +4.9 13.7 -4.8 12.6 0.0 7.8 11.1 179 ( 7.5) 48/15
CAIRNS AERO 30.6 +1.4 17.5 -4.1 12.9 0.0 4.0 11.3 191 ( 8.0) 24/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 33.1 +3.5 19.8 -0.8 14.7 0.0 6.8 10.9 124 ( 5.2) 26/14
MACKAY M.O 28.9 +2.2 19.3 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 241 (10.0) 21/05
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 33.3 +4.5 17.0 -0.9 14.9 0.0 6.0 -- 152 ( 6.3) 35/13
BUNDABERG AERO 30.2 +2.8 17.4 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 262 (10.9) 30/15
NAMBOUR DPI 29.0 +2.9 17.0 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 28.5 +3.1 19.4 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 364 (15.2) 39/12
BRISBANE AERO 28.4 +2.4 16.6 +0.3 14.5 0.0 5.2 10.4 287 (12.0) 34/16
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 27.2 +3.9 13.9 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 299 (12.5) 39/12
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 30.1 +4.9 12.9 +0.1 9.4 0.0 4.6 -- 74 ( 3.1) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 26.5 +2.5 14.9 -0.3 11.4 1.0 4.4 10.3 338 (14.1) 35/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 26.9 +2.8 15.3 +1.6 -- 1.4 -- -- 163 ( 6.8) 26/12
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 27.6 +4.0 13.4 +0.2 11.3 4.4 3.4 10.4 175 ( 7.3) 24/16
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 28.4 +4.8 12.5 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 29 ( 1.2) 17/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 25.6 +7.2 8.5 +1.3 3.8 0.2 3.6 10.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 31.4 +6.9 10.2 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 195 ( 8.1) 21/01
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 28.6 +5.7 17.2 +3.0 15.0 0.0 3.0 8.6 299 (12.5) 30/15
RICHMOND RAAF 29.1 +5.3 14.2 +2.8 -- -- -- -- -- 22/13
BELLAMBI AWS 26.6 +4.5 18.3 +2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 31/05
CANBERRA AIRPORT 26.0 +6.0 8.0 +1.3 3.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 30.5 +8.0 11.3 +2.2 9.2 0.0 3.4 9.3 206 ( 8.6) 28/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 29.9 +7.6 12.9 +4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 68 ( 2.8) 30/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 29.6 +6.1 15.9 +5.8 12.6 0.0 4.4 10.9 300 (12.5) 28/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 27.1 +5.5 15.7 +7.5 -- 0.0 3.4 -- 273 (11.4) 28/08
BENDIGO AIRPORT 26.5 +5.3 12.9 +5.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 252 (10.5) 30/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 26.0 +5.7 15.3 +4.5 11.9 0.4 7.4 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 23.5 +5.9 11.5 +4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 592 (24.7) 39/01
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 24.2 +5.3 12.1 +4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 243 (10.1) 35/15
HOBART AIRPORT 22.0 +3.9 14.4 +5.6 14.2 0.0 5.8 8.6 479 (20.0) 35/13
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

42.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
41.1 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
41.1 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT
40.9 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
40.1 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

+11.2 : 38.2 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+11.1 : 34.7 EUCLA Eucla WA
+10.7 : 38.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+10.7 : 36.2 COBAR AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW

28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
28.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
27.4 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
27.4 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL

+10.0 : 21.8 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW
+9.5 : 20.5 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
+9.4 : 23.2 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+9.3 : 19.5 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW
+9.2 : 17.6 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA

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

11.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
13.1 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
13.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
14.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
14.1 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-1.8 : 24.0 GOOSEBERRY HILL Lower West WA
-1.6 : 29.2 SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
-1.3 : 27.7 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
-1.2 : 34.5 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
-1.2 : 22.3 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-1.2 : 27.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

3.1 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
3.6 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
4.2 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
5.0 OBERON (WOODCHEM) C Tablelands S NSW
5.3 ORANGE AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands S NSW

-4.8 : 13.7 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-4.2 : 18.8 COOKTOWN AIRPORT N Coast--Barron QLD
-4.1 : 14.0 HUGHENDEN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
-4.1 : 17.5 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron 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.
155.2 SOUTH YAAMBA TM Central Coast E QLD
28.0 CAPE GRIM (WOOLNORTH) N Coast TAS
24.0 SERPENTINE MAIN DAM Lower West WA
24.0 HUNTLY Lower West WA
22.2 MOUNT WILLIAM

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
24.0 SERPENTINE MAIN DAM
24.0 HUNTLY

QUEENSLAND
Central Coast E
155.2 SOUTH YAAMBA TM

TASMANIA
N Coast
28.0 CAPE GRIM (WOOLNORTH)

ISLANDS

22.2 MOUNT WILLIAM

11.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
11.3 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
11.2 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.2 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.1 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

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6.6 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
6.6 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
5.9 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
5.8 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
4.8 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
1.5 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

1130 (47.1) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1052 (43.8) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
908 (37.8) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
810 (33.8) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
796 (33.2) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
782 (32.6) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
781 (32.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
752 (31.3) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
728 (30.3) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
726 (30.3) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
683 (28.5) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
666 (27.8) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
659 (27.5) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
647 (27.0) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
625 (26.0) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
607 (25.3) MANDURAH Lower West WA
601 (25.0) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
85/01 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
78/08 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
74/02 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
72/10 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
72/01 SCOTTS PEAK DAM 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.
None reported

TASMANIA
Southeast
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 85(330/ 69 ) at 01:30