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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0055 EST on 20/04/2013. 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
Lowest grass minimum temperature

VIC

Upper NE

083083

EDI UPPER

-4.8

-4.8

28/06/2010

24

1 Y Equal to record.

Lowest minimum temperature

VIC

E Gippsland

084145

ORBOST

0.3

1.0

28/06/2001

12

1 Y

VIC

E Central

088162

WALLAN (KILMORE GAP)

-0.2

-0.1

28/06/2010

18

1 Y


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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 00:55EST, 20/04/2013.

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 19.0 -1.9 14.1 +3.1 -- 10.0 -- -- 343 (14.3) 41/14
PERTH AIRPORT 15.5 -3.4 7.0 -2.0 5.5 8.0 2.6 4.0 337 (14.0) 41/17
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 11.6 -5.0 6.3 -1.8 -- 24.0 -- -- 217 ( 9.0) 50/23
BUNBURY 15.8 -2.6 5.2 -2.8 -- 2.4 -- -- 180 ( 7.5) 63/13
MANDURAH 16.5 -2.1 9.4 -2.1 -- 11.2 -- -- 267 (11.1) 67/15
DARWIN AIRPORT 29.8 -0.8 18.2 -1.7 16.5 0.0 6.4 10.8 380 (15.8) 43/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 23.9 +4.1 -1.4 -6.4 -3.2 0.0 3.4 10.1 179 ( 7.5) 30/12
WHYALLA AERO 22.5 +5.2 10.1 +4.0 -- 0.0 3.6 -- 470 (19.6) 67/09
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 18.3 +2.2 10.2 +2.1 -- 0.0 1.2 -- 239 (10.0) 59/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 13.2 -0.6 6.2 +0.5 6.9 0.0 3.2 1.0 407 (17.0) 55/10
MOUNT ISA AERO 24.7 -0.1 1.5 -8.5 -0.2 0.0 5.2 10.4 214 ( 8.9) 31/11
CAIRNS AERO 25.2 -0.8 13.3 -4.5 7.3 0.0 7.6 10.7 469 (19.5) 48/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 23.7 -1.9 8.7 -5.9 3.3 0.0 4.2 10.5 213 ( 8.9) 34/15
MACKAY M.O 21.7 -0.2 9.6 -4.4 -- 0.0 -- 10.4 356 (14.8) --
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 23.6 +0.1 5.4 -5.5 2.8 0.0 2.8 -- 91 ( 3.8) 21/16
BUNDABERG AERO 22.6 0.0 7.9 -3.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 22/16
COOLANGATTA 21.9 +0.8 8.4 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 195 ( 8.1) 24/10
BRISBANE AERO 20.9 -0.3 7.3 -3.2 3.8 0.0 2.0 9.8 277 (11.5) 28/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 17.5 +0.6 3.5 -3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 370 (15.4) 31/08
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 16.6 -0.2 0.5 -5.6 -0.3 0.0 1.6 -- 27 ( 1.1) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 18.7 -0.7 4.8 -4.3 2.1 0.0 1.4 9.4 158 ( 6.6) 26/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 18.3 -1.1 5.0 -3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 133 ( 5.5) 24/08
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 17.4 -0.3 5.9 -2.0 4.2 0.0 3.6 9.8 428 (17.8) 28/08
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 17.6 -0.3 3.0 -3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 42 ( 1.8) 21/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 10.2 -0.3 -3.6 -6.1 -7.5 0.3 0.7 2.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 14.0 -2.4 -0.6 -5.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 186 ( 7.8) 17/07
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.4 +0.8 7.4 -1.2 4.4 0.0 4.4 9.6 513 (21.4) 26/03
RICHMOND RAAF 17.4 -0.6 1.1 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 109 ( 4.5) 13/01
BELLAMBI AWS 16.4 -1.3 7.9 -3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 317 (13.2) 35/11
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 12.0 -1.8 -2.6 -6.3 -4.1 0.0 1.6 4.3 243 (10.1) 22/22
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 11.7 -2.5 -1.3 -5.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 138 ( 5.8) 21/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 19.1 +3.1 3.4 -1.8 -1.7 0.0 2.6 8.5 243 (10.1) 50/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 13.5 -0.5 -2.6 -6.3 -- 0.0 1.4 -- 188 ( 7.8) 41/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT 15.0 +1.7 -2.7 -6.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 109 ( 4.5) 50/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 13.6 -0.5 4.7 -2.2 1.3 0.0 1.8 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 12.0 +1.2 -1.0 -5.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 381 (15.9) 70/15
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 12.7 -0.4 -1.3 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 103 ( 4.3) 59/22
HOBART AIRPORT 12.3 -0.6 0.5 -4.1 -2.1 0.0 0.4 1.0 422 (17.6) 50/22
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

31.3 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
31.3 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
31.2 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
31.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
31.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
31.0 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT

+6.8 : 25.7 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
+6.3 : 24.7 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
+6.1 : 25.8 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
+6.0 : 27.1 CARNEGIE Interior WA
+5.3 : 28.4 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA

25.6 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.4 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.9 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
23.3 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL

+8.6 : 21.7 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
**S** +6.6 : 19.2 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
+6.5 : 14.0 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
+6.2 : 13.6 LEONORA Goldfields WA
+5.7 : 12.4 KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

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

-0.4 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.3 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
2.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-5.4 : 16.4 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-5.2 : 14.7 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
-5.1 : 10.8 PEMBERTON Lower West WA
-5.0 : 11.6 ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON Lower West WA
-4.9 : 13.5 HARVEY Lower West WA
-4.9 : 14.2 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA

-8.2 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.5 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-7.0 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-6.6 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-9.0 : 2.5 WOOLSHED Central Coast E QLD
-8.8 : 3.9 CHARTERS TOWERS AIRPORT Central Coast W QLD
-8.5 : 1.2 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT
-8.5 : 1.5 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-8.3 : -3.5 WARWICK 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.
43.2 DENMARK Lower West WA
42.2 MACCLESFIELD Adelaide/Lofty SA
42.0 DENMARK AGRIC. SCHOOL Lower West WA
39.8 ALBANY Lower West WA
38.0 TWO ROCKS Lower West WA

10.8 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.7 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.7 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
10.6 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.6 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT

.....

1.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
1.0 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
1.0 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
0.8 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
0.4 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
0.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

993 (41.4) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
944 (39.3) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
862 (35.9) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
855 (35.6) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
846 (35.3) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
807 (33.6) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
805 (33.5) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
801 (33.4) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
797 (33.2) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
794 (33.1) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
774 (32.3) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
774 (32.3) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
722 (30.1) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
721 (30.0) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
718 (29.9) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
714 (29.8) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
671 (28.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
671 (28.0) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
653 (27.2) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
646 (26.9) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
633 (26.4) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
629 (26.2) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
624 (26.0) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
618 (25.8) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
616 (25.7) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
615 (25.6) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
613 (25.5) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
606 (25.3) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
118/21 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
117/19 LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
106/19 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
98/21 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
98/19 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
94/12 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
94/20 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
94/20 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
94/22 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
91/13 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
91/22 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
91/10 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
91/16 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S 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.
None reported

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
ROTTNEST ISLAND : 98(250/ 43 ) at 17:00
CAPE LEEUWIN : 95(270/ 58 ) at 12:09
CAPE NATURALISTE : 91(220/ 48 ) at 13:53
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Lower North
SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) : 83(330/ 65 ) at 11:36
Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 76(340/ 63 ) at 07:00
NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 113(300/ 85 ) at 20:30
PERISHER VALLEY AWS : 95(270/ 45 ) at 22:30
VICTORIA
Wimmera S
GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 91(350/ 58 ) at 17:00
Upper NE
MOUNT BULLER : 89(360/ 63 ) at 20:18
FALLS CREEK : 85(340/ 63 ) at 22:00
MOUNT HOTHAM : 80(350/ 63 ) at 18:00
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 93(340/ 46 ) at 20:30
E Central
MELBOURNE AIRPORT : 83(360/ 63 ) at 16:00
SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 85(360/ 69 ) at 12:00
FAWKNER BEACON : 82(350/ 65 ) at 18:30
N Central
WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) : 85(360/ 65 ) at 14:30
W Coast
COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) : 85(350/ 65 ) at 15:00
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 91(270/ 58 ) at 20:00
LOW HEAD : 78(310/ 63 ) at 22:32
CAPE GRIM : 80(290/ 65 ) at 19:51
E Coast
MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 82(350/ 63 ) at 22:00
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 83(330/ 63 ) at 20:00
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 106(330/ 72 ) at 20:00
W Coast
CAPE SORELL : 85( 10/ 69 ) at 12:30
LOW ROCKY POINT : 117(320/ 98 ) at 19:02
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 95(300/ 76 ) at 20:09