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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2103 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

WA

E Pilbara

004004

BAMBOO CREEK

110.0

94.8

08/04/1999

86

1 y

NT

Alice Springs

015664

WALUNGURRU

7.0

2.2

23/04/2009

12

1 n

Highest grass minimum temperature

NT

Alice Springs

015511

CURTIN SPRINGS

30.2

23.1

11/04/2005

18

1 N

Highest minimum temperature

SA

NW Pastoral

016065

ANDAMOOKA

24.1

23.3

02/04/2005

43

1 N

SA

NW Pastoral

016090

COOBER PEDY AIRPORT

23.3

23.2

05/04/2012

18

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

SA

W Agricultural

018120

WHYALLA AERO

23.2

22.7

14/04/2004

25

1 N

SA

Northeast

020062

YUNTA AIRSTRIP

20.4

20.0

09/04/2005

14

1 N

SA

Adelaide Plains

023122

ROSEWORTHY AWS

20.7

20.0

29/04/2000

15

1 N

QLD

Central Coast E

033065

ST LAWRENCE POST OFFICE

28.8

27.4

25/04/1968

55

28.2

04/01/2002

56

1 N

NSW

South Coast

069137

GREEN CAPE AWS

20.2

19.5

01/04/2009

12

1 N

NSW

Goulburn/Monaro

070310

TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE

15.0

15.0

08/04/2010

28

1 N Equal to record.

Highest maximum temperature

NT

Alice Springs

015528

YUENDUMU

39.0

39.0

04/04/2012

48

1 P Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

TAS

W Coast

097000

CAPE SORELL

23.0

22.8

01/04/1959

15

1 P

Highest wind gust (km/h)

VIC

W Gippsland

085280

MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT)

89

81.0

03/04/1998

13

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 21:02EST, 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 31.4 +3.7 12.1 -3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 624 (26.0) 54/07
PERTH AIRPORT 23.3 -2.2 10.7 -2.2 9.3 0.0 7.8 9.9 555 (23.1) 52/06
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 18.1 -3.7 7.2 -4.4 6.0 1.0 -- -- 210 ( 8.8) 28/13
BUNBURY 22.4 -1.7 6.1 -5.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 308 (12.8) 39/10
MANDURAH 22.9 -0.9 11.2 -4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 416 (17.3) 35/09
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.2 +0.5 24.0 0.0 23.0 0.0 7.6 11.0 266 (11.1) 31/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 35.0 +6.8 18.8 +6.2 -- 0.0 10.4 8.3 -- 41/16
WHYALLA AERO 27.6 +3.9 23.2 +11.6 -- 0.0 8.0 -- 375 (15.6) 65/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 24.8 +2.2 19.1 +6.7 -- 0.0 -- 8.8 146 ( 6.1) 65/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 29.2 +9.8 15.6 +6.9 13.4 0.0 2.8 7.2 323 (13.5) --
MOUNT ISA AERO 37.6 +5.8 15.3 -3.2 14.3 0.0 8.0 -- 183 ( 7.6) 35/11
CAIRNS AERO 30.3 +1.1 21.1 -0.5 18.7 0.0 7.2 5.4 300 (12.5) 39/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.7 +1.1 21.1 +0.5 15.6 0.0 8.8 10.8 338 (14.1) 35/13
MACKAY M.O 27.6 +0.9 20.9 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 330 (13.8) 34/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 28.9 +0.1 19.6 +1.7 17.1 0.0 6.2 -- 268 (11.2) 34/11
BUNDABERG AERO 28.2 +0.8 17.2 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 349 (14.5) 34/15
NAMBOUR DPI 26.0 -0.1 16.0 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 26.4 +1.0 18.2 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 299 (12.5) 37/15
BRISBANE AERO 26.3 +0.3 16.4 +0.1 15.4 0.0 8.0 10.6 342 (14.3) 34/12
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.0 -0.3 14.2 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 536 (22.3) 43/09
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 28.7 +3.5 16.7 +3.9 13.4 0.0 6.0 -- 161 ( 6.7) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 24.9 +0.9 16.2 +1.0 12.4 0.0 4.8 9.8 298 (12.4) 26/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 25.8 +1.7 13.9 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 114 ( 4.8) 26/15
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 26.3 +2.7 11.8 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 224 ( 9.3) 31/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 25.7 +2.1 12.5 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 45 ( 1.9) 21/16
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 23.5 +5.1 12.2 +5.0 8.0 0.0 5.0 10.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 30.0 +5.5 16.3 +6.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 338 (14.1) 43/00
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 27.1 +4.2 18.3 +4.1 12.9 0.0 6.6 10.3 313 (13.0) 39/13
RICHMOND RAAF 26.8 +3.0 15.5 +4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 66 ( 2.8) 2/02
BELLAMBI AWS 24.8 +2.7 18.2 +2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 308 (12.8) 46/16
CANBERRA AIRPORT 25.0 +5.0 12.0 +5.3 7.0 0.6 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 29.8 +7.3 16.7 +7.6 10.4 0.0 4.2 9.9 242 (10.1) 48/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 28.6 +6.3 14.5 +6.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 44 ( 1.8) 57/22
MILDURA AIRPORT 33.7 +10.2 15.4 +5.3 11.8 0.0 4.8 6.1 188 ( 7.8) 63/16
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 28.6 +7.0 11.3 +3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 45 ( 1.9) 55/19
BENDIGO AIRPORT 29.0 +7.8 11.8 +4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 114 ( 4.8) 67/18
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 28.5 +8.2 16.0 +5.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 26.3 +8.7 12.7 +5.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 256 (10.7) 68/20
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 23.2 +4.3 12.8 +5.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 138 ( 5.8) 61/21
HOBART AIRPORT 26.8 +8.7 10.7 +1.9 7.0 0.0 7.0 7.7 228 ( 9.5) 37/10
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

39.1 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
39.0 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
39.0 YUENDUMU N Plateau NT
38.9 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
38.3 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD

+13.6 : 31.6 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
+13.4 : 33.0 MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC
+13.2 : 32.4 PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
+12.6 : 34.1 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC
+12.6 : 30.5 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC

28.8 ST LAWRENCE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD
27.9 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
27.5 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
27.5 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
27.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.0 LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
27.0 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL

+12.4 : 22.7 MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+11.6 : 23.2 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
+11.6 : 20.4 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
+11.3 : 20.5 KEITH Mallee/Upper SE SA
+11.2 : 19.2 KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA

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

12.3 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
12.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
13.5 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
13.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
16.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-4.6 : 17.3 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
-4.6 : 23.3 LEONORA Goldfields WA
-4.2 : 32.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
-4.2 : 19.3 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
-4.2 : 18.5 ONGERUP Cent Wheatbelt WA

1.6 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
2.2 COLLIE EAST Lower West WA
2.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
2.5 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA
2.6 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA

-7.4 : 1.6 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
-7.3 : 3.5 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
-7.2 : 3.0 NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.1 : 4.0 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.4 : 4.5 NARROGIN Cent Wheatbelt WA

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.
110.0 BAMBOO CREEK E Pilbara WA
31.4 JULATTEN N Coast--Barron QLD
21.2 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT
17.2 NORFOLK ISLAND (BALL BAY) Islands ISL
16.4 HAMERSLEY W Pilbara WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Pilbara
110.0 BAMBOO CREEK
W Pilbara
16.4 HAMERSLEY

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Plateau
21.2 YULARA AERO

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
31.4 JULATTEN

ISLANDS
Islands
17.2 NORFOLK ISLAND (BALL BAY)

11.3 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.0 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.8 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
10.8 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.8 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT

.....

5.2 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
4.6 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
3.6 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
3.4 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
1.5 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS

804 (33.5) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
793 (33.0) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
792 (33.0) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
780 (32.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
762 (31.8) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
685 (28.5) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
675 (28.1) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
634 (26.4) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
632 (26.3) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
624 (26.0) GERALDTON AIRPORT COMPARISON Central West WA
622 (25.9) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
619 (25.8) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
610 (25.4) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
607 (25.3) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
602 (25.1) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
601 (25.0) BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
139/23 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
128/23 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
126/23 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
120/19 COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
115/23 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
113/21 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
109/19 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
106/18 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
100/20 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
100/21 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
98/12 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
96/22 KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
94/14 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA
94/17 PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
94/22 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
93/19 PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Plateau
YULARA AERO
16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h
VICTORIA
W Central
SHEOAKS
4.2mm in 3 min to 17:30 84.0mm/h
TASMANIA
N Coast
DEVONPORT AIRPORT
7.0mm in 21 min to 20:21 20.0mm/h
13.4mm in 1 hr to 21:00 13.4mm/h
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)
11.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 11.8mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 13.2mm/h
LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY)
19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h
SHEFFIELD SCHOOL FARM
13.4mm in 1 hr to 21:00 13.4mm/h
LAUNCESTON AIRPORT
5.0mm in 11 min to 21:27 27.3mm/h
Southeast
CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY)
12.0mm in 1 hr to 23:30 12.0mm/h
GROVE (RESEARCH STATION)
10.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 10.0mm/h
Central Plateau
BUTLERS GORGE
14.0mm in 30 min to 21:30 28.0mm/h
17.6mm in 1 hr to 21:30 17.6mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 15.2mm/h
W Coast
LOW ROCKY POINT
10.8mm in 1 hr to 20:00 10.8mm/h
16.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 16.4mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 21:00 13.2mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 8.0mm/h
28.0mm in 3 hr to 22:00 9.3mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 23:00 6.7mm/h
MOUNT READ
10.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 10.6mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
W Agricultural
NEPTUNE ISLAND : 85(250/ 70 ) at 10:30
Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
MINLATON AERO : 82(250/ 63 ) at 12:00
CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 98(260/ 72 ) at 13:00
Mallee/Upper SE
LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS) : 80(270/ 63 ) at 14:00
Lower SE
NARACOORTE AERODROME : 95(300/ 63 ) at 14:29
PADTHAWAY SOUTH : 78(280/ 63 ) at 14:54
NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 113(310/ 69 ) at 23:39
VICTORIA
Wimmera N
NHILL AERODROME : 78(260/ 63 ) at 13:47
Wimmera S
GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 96(270/ 58 ) at 18:00
Upper NE
MOUNT BULLER : 89(340/ 63 ) at 21:30
MT HOTHAM : 95(350/ 69 ) at 21:30
W Gippsland
EAST SALE AIRPORT : 82(250/ 63 ) at 22:14
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 126(270/ 83 ) at 23:42
YARRAM AIRPORT : 83(270/ 65 ) at 21:36
E Central
ST KILDA HARBOUR - RMYS : 89(260/ 69 ) at 20:59
SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 115(270/ 52 ) at 18:03
FAWKNER BEACON : 91(250/ 70 ) at 21:21
W Central
AVALON AIRPORT : 87(290/ 63 ) at 20:30
POINT WILSON : 102(300/ 76 ) at 17:49
N Central
EILDON FIRE TOWER : 83(260/ 69 ) at 22:30
W Coast
CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE : 98(310/ 72 ) at 19:13
COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 113(290/ 93 ) at 19:27
PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) : 95(310/ 54 ) at 17:00
AIREYS INLET : 109(290/ 56 ) at 19:50
CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE : 106(270/ 78 ) at 18:30
PORTLAND NTC AWS : 89(310/ 65 ) at 17:01
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS : 121(250/102 ) at 23:30
CAPE GRIM COMPARISON : 109(240/ 59 ) at 23:38
Southeast
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 95(360/ 65 ) at 22:30
W Coast
MOUNT READ : 100(340/ 74 ) at 21:28
King Island
KING ISLAND AIRPORT : 93(250/ 63 ) at 22:14
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 139(280/106 ) at 23:00