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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 23:12EST, 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 27.0 +3.0 10.1 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 271 (11.3) 44/16
PERTH AIRPORT 23.6 +1.9 8.6 -1.8 6.8 0.0 2.0 9.4 192 ( 8.0) 28/11
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 17.8 -1.2 12.3 +2.5 -- 4.4 -- -- 163 ( 6.8) 30/14
BUNBURY 21.6 +0.5 7.9 -1.5 -- 0.2 -- -- 67 ( 2.8) 18/10
MANDURAH 23.2 +1.9 13.3 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 142 ( 5.9) 21/16
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.0 -1.0 18.6 -3.5 17.0 0.0 6.6 11.2 326 (13.6) 39/11
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 24.3 +1.3 1.8 -6.4 0.0 0.0 11.6 10.2 224 ( 9.3) 41/13
WHYALLA AERO 20.2 -0.3 5.7 -3.0 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 306 (12.8) 22/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 19.0 0.0 11.3 +1.1 -- 0.0 2.2 -- 179 ( 7.5) 22/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 18.5 +2.4 9.0 +1.7 8.8 0.2 1.0 7.4 361 (15.0) 37/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 29.2 +1.4 9.1 -4.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 225 ( 9.4) 35/10
CAIRNS AERO 27.9 +0.3 20.8 +0.9 20.2 2.4 6.4 3.8 498 (20.8) 50/21
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.0 +0.4 21.0 +3.4 18.9 0.2 5.2 7.1 396 (16.5) 43/11
MACKAY M.O 24.2 0.0 18.3 +1.2 -- 8.2 -- 8.8 449 (18.7) 39/00
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.7 +0.7 15.7 +1.5 13.5 0.0 5.4 -- 314 (13.1) 35/11
BUNDABERG AERO 25.7 +1.1 13.3 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 341 (14.2) 34/16
COOLANGATTA 23.6 +0.5 11.4 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 215 ( 9.0) 30/14
BRISBANE AERO 22.5 -1.0 12.0 -0.8 10.9 0.0 3.8 8.7 322 (13.4) 28/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 19.2 -0.6 9.1 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 395 (16.5) 31/01
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 21.8 +1.5 4.3 -4.4 -0.4 0.0 2.6 -- 53 ( 2.2) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 21.1 -0.3 8.1 -3.6 4.6 0.0 2.0 9.7 189 ( 7.9) 18/11
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.9 +0.5 7.6 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 92 ( 3.8) 18/14
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 21.3 +1.0 5.9 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 162 ( 6.8) 30/08
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 22.0 +1.7 5.0 -3.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 12 ( 0.5) 17/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 16.0 +1.8 0.0 -4.7 -3.8 0.0 2.0 9.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 21.0 +1.1 0.4 -6.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 143 ( 6.0) 21/04
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.8 +2.8 10.4 -0.5 7.8 0.0 1.8 9.7 275 (11.5) 24/11
RICHMOND RAAF 21.7 +1.2 3.9 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 21 ( 0.9) 15/14
BELLAMBI AWS 21.6 +2.0 12.1 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 194 ( 8.1) 30/07
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 18.3 +1.0 1.4 -4.5 -0.9 0.0 1.6 8.8 185 ( 7.7) 17/03
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 15.3 -2.3 2.3 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 36 ( 1.5) 13/10
MILDURA AIRPORT 23.1 +4.1 4.9 -2.5 0.5 0.0 1.8 9.0 232 ( 9.7) 30/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 18.1 +0.9 1.4 -4.3 -4.5 0.0 2.2 -- 105 ( 4.4) 26/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 18.9 +2.3 3.4 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 84 ( 3.5) 30/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 17.0 +0.3 10.3 +1.7 7.5 0.0 2.2 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 15.4 +1.8 5.1 -0.6 -- 0.2 -- -- 452 (18.8) 44/10
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 16.5 +0.7 6.6 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 104 ( 4.3) 37/17
HOBART AIRPORT 18.2 +3.0 8.3 +1.7 4.8 0.0 1.8 2.1 305 (12.7) 48/14
Max
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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

34.5 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
34.0 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
33.2 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
32.9 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
32.9 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD

+5.1 : 25.2 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA
+4.8 : 34.0 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
+4.8 : 23.1 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC
+4.7 : 21.8 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC
+4.6 : 22.2 HORSHAM AERODROME Wimmera S VIC

27.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
26.0 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
25.8 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 NORTH EAST ISLAND Islands ISL
24.4 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+5.2 : 11.9 PADTHAWAY SOUTH Lower SE SA
+4.4 : 11.2 COONAWARRA Lower SE SA
+4.0 : 10.9 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA
+4.0 : 6.5 TARRALEAH VILLAGE Derwent Valley TAS
+3.8 : 15.9 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA

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

3.2 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
5.1 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
6.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
6.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
6.6 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-4.0 : 17.5 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
-3.4 : 27.8 DOONGAN N Kimberley WA
-3.4 : 16.4 JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
-2.9 : 13.3 KHANCOBAN AWS SW Slopes S NSW
-2.7 : 30.4 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT

-6.7 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-6.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.2 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.0 TUMBARUMBA POST OFFICE SW Slopes S NSW
-4.0 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-8.8 : -0.8 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT
-8.7 : 7.3 DALY WATERS AWS N Rivers NT
-8.4 : 3.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
-7.9 : 10.9 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
-7.6 : 8.3 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
-7.6 : -6.7 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.6 : 4.6 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley 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.
89.0 BINGIL BAY N Coast--Herbert QLD
85.0 DUNK ISLAND RESORT N Coast--Herbert QLD
60.0 TULLY SUGAR MILL N Coast--Herbert QLD
48.6 TREE HOUSE CREEK N Coast--Barron QLD
46.6 LUCINDA TOWNSHIP N Coast--Herbert QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
48.6 TREE HOUSE CREEK
N Coast--Herbert
89.0 BINGIL BAY
85.0 DUNK ISLAND RESORT
60.0 TULLY SUGAR MILL
46.6 LUCINDA TOWNSHIP

11.2 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.0 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.9 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.8 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.5 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA

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2.0 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
1.3 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
1.3 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.6 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1061 (44.2) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
841 (35.0) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
834 (34.8) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
827 (34.5) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
788 (32.8) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
774 (32.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
728 (30.3) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
683 (28.5) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
660 (27.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
621 (25.9) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
618 (25.8) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
83/13 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
78/02 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
74/13 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
72/22 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
72/23 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
Lower West
CAPE LEEUWIN
14.2mm in 30 min to 00:30 28.4mm/h
14.4mm in 1 hr to 00:30 14.4mm/h
21.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 21.8mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.7mm/h
ESPERANCE
10.2mm in 1 hr to 06:30 10.2mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Herbert
SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN
10.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 10.8mm/h
VICTORIA
W Coast
CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE
11.8mm in 1 hr to 23:00 11.8mm/h

TASMANIA
Southeast
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 83(300/ 65 ) at 13:40