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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2315 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

N Coast--Herbert

032167

EURAMO TM

53.0

43.0

04/05/2010

11

1 n

Lowest minimum temperature

WA

E Kimberley

002056

KUNUNURRA AERO

9.8

9.8

24/05/1996

27

1 Y 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 23:15EST, 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 29.7 +5.7 11.2 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 396 (16.5) 43/16
PERTH AIRPORT 24.9 +3.2 8.0 -2.4 6.1 0.0 2.2 9.4 327 (13.6) 37/09
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 21.8 +2.8 6.1 -3.7 -- 0.2 -- -- 183 ( 7.6) 24/13
BUNBURY 23.5 +2.4 7.5 -1.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 120 ( 5.0) --
MANDURAH 24.5 +3.2 12.1 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 199 ( 8.3) 24/01
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.1 +0.1 19.8 -2.3 17.1 0.0 5.2 10.9 349 (14.5) 35/11
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 24.5 +1.5 3.8 -4.4 2.1 0.0 3.6 10.0 234 ( 9.8) 41/14
WHYALLA AERO 18.7 -1.8 5.0 -3.7 -- 0.0 3.8 -- 181 ( 7.5) 30/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 18.0 -1.0 10.0 -0.2 -- 3.8 -- -- 86 ( 3.6) 31/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.0 -1.1 8.7 +1.4 6.4 2.8 2.4 8.3 310 (12.9) 34/10
MOUNT ISA AERO 29.5 +1.7 15.7 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 315 (13.1) 41/14
CAIRNS AERO 27.8 +0.2 19.7 -0.2 19.0 3.0 2.6 5.3 486 (20.3) 48/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.8 +1.2 16.9 -0.7 12.5 0.0 5.6 10.4 413 (17.2) 41/10
MACKAY M.O 23.6 -0.6 18.7 +1.6 -- 0.8 -- 4.1 447 (18.6) 43/23
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 25.3 -0.7 13.2 -1.0 11.4 0.0 4.8 -- 318 (13.3) 30/09
BUNDABERG AERO 25.5 +0.9 14.2 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 335 (14.0) 39/11
COOLANGATTA 23.4 +0.3 10.2 -4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 183 ( 7.6) 28/14
BRISBANE AERO 22.9 -0.6 10.4 -2.4 8.7 0.0 3.4 9.3 303 (12.6) 28/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 20.2 +0.4 8.0 -1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 352 (14.7) 22/15
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 21.6 +1.3 4.5 -4.2 -0.5 0.0 2.8 -- 47 ( 2.0) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 21.7 +0.3 8.3 -3.4 2.1 0.0 2.2 9.7 167 ( 7.0) 18/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 23.1 +1.7 7.4 -3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 99 ( 4.1) 21/09
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 21.5 +1.2 6.3 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 230 ( 9.6) 35/13
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 21.3 +1.0 3.9 -4.4 -- 0.2 -- -- 20 ( 0.8) 11/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- 0.5 -4.2 -4.0 0.0 1.0 -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 21.1 +1.2 0.6 -6.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 162 ( 6.8) 28/21
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.2 +2.2 10.2 -0.7 6.9 0.0 3.8 9.0 312 (13.0) 28/11
RICHMOND RAAF 20.8 +0.3 1.6 -6.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 19 ( 0.8) 18/18
BELLAMBI AWS 20.4 +0.8 13.1 +0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 228 ( 9.5) 30/11
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 18.7 +1.4 1.6 -4.3 -1.0 0.0 1.8 9.2 197 ( 8.2) 21/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 17.8 +0.2 2.6 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 48 ( 2.0) 17/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 20.6 +1.6 5.8 -1.6 2.4 0.0 4.0 6.6 181 ( 7.5) 26/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 17.3 +0.1 3.5 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 258 (10.8) 26/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT 17.1 +0.5 4.9 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 209 ( 8.7) 24/16
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 15.9 -0.8 11.2 +2.6 -- 0.6 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 12.6 -1.0 3.0 -2.7 -- 0.6 -- -- 314 (13.1) 30/09
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 16.1 +0.3 6.2 +1.1 -- 3.2 -- -- 210 ( 8.8) 21/15
HOBART AIRPORT 14.2 -1.0 9.6 +3.0 6.7 0.2 1.0 5.6 357 (14.9) 37/09
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

34.8 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
34.0 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
33.8 BORROLOOLA N Rivers NT
33.5 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.3 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
33.3 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE N Rivers NT

+6.3 : 29.5 JURIEN BAY Lower West WA
+5.7 : 29.7 GERALDTON AIRPORT COMPARISON Central West WA
+5.2 : 27.8 LANCELIN Lower West WA
+4.5 : 33.0 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
+4.4 : 30.4 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA

26.8 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
26.2 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
25.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
25.0 NORTH EAST ISLAND Islands ISL
25.0 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL

+4.8 : 6.9 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
+4.2 : 13.2 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
+4.1 : 11.2 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
+3.5 : 13.5 WILUNA Interior WA
+3.4 : 11.6 CERBERUS E Central VIC

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

2.7 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.7 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
2.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
4.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-4.1 : 15.1 CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
-3.9 : 15.0 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
-3.9 : 2.7 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-3.7 : 27.5 DOONGAN N Kimberley WA
-3.7 : 5.4 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-6.0 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.0 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-4.0 BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION C Tablelands S NSW

-9.0 : 9.8 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
-7.9 : 4.3 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley WA
-7.7 : 8.2 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
-7.7 : -3.4 MUDGEE AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands N 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.
62.0 BINGIL BAY N Coast--Herbert QLD
53.0 EURAMO TM N Coast--Herbert QLD
46.8 SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
43.0 NERADA ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD
43.0 JAPOONVALE WARRAKIN RD N Coast--Herbert QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Herbert
62.0 BINGIL BAY
53.0 EURAMO TM
43.0 NERADA ALERT
43.0 JAPOONVALE WARRAKIN RD
Wide Bay/Burnett
46.8 SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE

10.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.8 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.7 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.7 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
10.5 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

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2.3 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
2.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
0.8 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
0.3 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.2 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC

1109 (46.2) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1046 (43.6) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
913 (38.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
893 (37.2) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
868 (36.2) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
825 (34.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
777 (32.4) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
772 (32.2) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
750 (31.3) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
716 (29.8) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
704 (29.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
694 (28.9) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
680 (28.3) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
654 (27.3) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
643 (26.8) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
618 (25.8) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
603 (25.1) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
603 (25.1) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
81/19 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
76/08 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
76/22 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
76/19 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
72/03 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
72/04 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL

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.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide/Lofty
ADELAIDE AIRPORT
4.8mm in 13 min to 04:53 22.2mm/h
PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS)
16.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 5.3mm/h
VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE
5.4mm in 16 min to 04:00 20.2mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND
10.8mm in 1 hr to 21:00 10.8mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 8.3mm/h

VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 72(230/ 63 ) at 07:00
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 78(320/ 69 ) at 22:30