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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0752 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
Highest daily rainfall

WA

Central West

008304

MOASCAR

16.4

9.6

19/11/2009

12

1 N

WA

Lower West

009178

GINGIN AERO

24.6

18.0

06/11/1996

17

1 N

WA

Lower West

009225

PERTH METRO

26.0

22.8

01/11/2002

20

1 N

WA

Lower West

009249

MARIGINIUP

32.4

26.6

01/11/2002

16

1 N

Lowest maximum temperature

WA

Central West

008296

MORAWA AIRPORT

20.0

20.2

06/11/2008

16

1 N


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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 07:52EST, 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 21.1 -6.1 15.0 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 499 (20.8) 67/10
PERTH AIRPORT 18.8 -7.0 12.7 0.0 11.7 22.8 3.4 7.0 458 (19.1) 63/12
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 19.8 -1.0 13.8 +3.0 -- 10.6 -- -- 320 (13.3) 48/15
BUNBURY 18.4 -5.9 13.6 +1.5 -- 14.8 -- -- 492 (20.5) 52/05
MANDURAH 18.2 -6.4 14.5 -1.1 -- 21.0 -- -- 645 (26.9) 57/09
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.3 0.0 25.4 +0.1 24.5 0.0 4.0 9.1 281 (11.7) 52/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 41.5 +7.9 22.3 +4.5 20.8 0.0 13.4 7.5 385 (16.0) 52/11
WHYALLA AERO 41.9 +15.4 14.1 +0.1 -- 0.0 12.0 -- 255 (10.6) 68/21
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 35.0 +9.9 20.1 +6.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 235 ( 9.8) 41/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 31.9 +11.5 10.1 +1.7 8.1 0.0 2.8 11.8 236 ( 9.8) 54/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 41.5 +5.2 18.8 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 230 ( 9.6) 41/11
CAIRNS AERO 31.9 +1.3 22.7 +0.4 21.3 0.0 8.0 9.4 306 (12.8) 37/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.5 -0.2 24.5 +1.6 23.2 0.0 10.6 10.9 518 (21.6) 39/13
MACKAY M.O 30.1 +0.9 22.9 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- 9.0 282 (11.8) 34/17
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.7 -4.5 20.9 +1.4 20.8 0.0 5.2 -- 433 (18.0) 43/09
BUNDABERG AERO 26.5 -1.8 18.1 -0.7 -- 4.0 -- -- 386 (16.1) 34/14
COOLANGATTA 24.4 -1.5 16.4 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 270 (11.3) 35/10
BRISBANE AERO 25.7 -1.0 18.1 -0.1 16.9 1.0 7.0 9.1 334 (13.9) 31/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.2 -3.4 13.6 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 717 (29.9) 44/01
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 29.3 +1.0 16.2 +1.2 12.3 0.0 5.0 -- 174 ( 7.3) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 23.7 -1.2 16.1 -0.1 14.5 3.6 3.4 -- 281 (11.7) 41/12
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 23.6 -1.3 15.8 +0.7 -- 2.0 -- -- 200 ( 8.3) 44/11
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 27.7 +2.2 13.8 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 283 (11.8) 48/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 24.9 -0.2 11.0 -2.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 61 ( 2.5) 28/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 23.0 +2.0 7.2 -2.0 2.6 0.0 2.2 3.6 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 31.0 +2.7 13.1 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 494 (20.6) 39/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 23.8 -0.2 14.3 -1.1 12.2 0.8 2.6 9.3 310 (12.9) 48/16
RICHMOND RAAF 28.1 +1.5 11.6 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 85 ( 3.5) 31/15
BELLAMBI AWS 21.4 -0.7 13.5 -2.2 -- 2.8 -- -- 188 ( 7.8) 37/17
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 29.8 +4.1 12.7 +1.9 10.2 0.0 6.0 12.9 419 (17.5) 34/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 28.5 +2.5 9.2 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 162 ( 6.8) 31/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 37.1 +9.6 13.2 +0.7 9.0 0.0 7.4 12.8 241 (10.0) 43/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 29.1 +4.5 11.8 +1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 273 (11.4) 34/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 31.2 +6.9 8.3 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 167 ( 7.0) 41/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 29.1 +7.1 12.1 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 27.1 +7.5 6.7 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 225 ( 9.4) 48/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 23.6 +3.2 10.1 +1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 139 ( 5.8) 26/18
HOBART AIRPORT 19.3 +0.3 6.5 -2.7 2.7 0.0 1.2 5.9 307 (12.8) 28/15
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

44.3 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
44.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
43.9 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
43.4 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
43.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD

+18.0 : 44.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+16.9 : 42.8 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+16.1 : 40.2 EUCLA Eucla WA
+15.4 : 41.9 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
+14.8 : 40.4 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA

29.0 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
28.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
27.4 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.2 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
27.1 CAPE DON N Rivers NT

+7.8 : 20.6 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
+7.2 : 20.1 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA
+7.2 : 27.0 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
+7.1 : 25.7 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+7.0 : 17.9 ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA

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

11.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
12.5 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
13.1 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
14.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
14.9 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS

-13.1 : 18.6 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne WA
-11.9 : 20.0 MORAWA AIRPORT Central West WA
-11.4 : 18.9 DALWALLINU Central West WA
-11.3 : 19.7 MULLEWA Central West WA
-11.2 : 15.8 CORRIGIN Cent Wheatbelt WA

-1.0 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
2.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.2 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
2.5 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-19.6 : 6.8 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
-6.1 : 12.0 LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFORMATION CEN Upper Darling NSW
-4.9 : 12.7 BOURKE AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
-4.6 : 6.0 AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
-4.4 : 11.2 WILCANNIA (REID ST) Far Northwest 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.
45.6 QUANBUN DOWNS W Kimberley WA
43.6 WAGERUP REFINERY Lower West WA
42.4 DWELLINGUP Lower West WA
39.6 BEAU MAISON Darling Downs E QLD
37.8 BICKLEY Lower West WA

12.9 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
12.8 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
12.5 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.2 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
12.2 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC

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4.7 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
4.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
3.6 ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE C Tablelands S NSW
2.7 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
1.8 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA

935 (39.0) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
934 (38.9) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
847 (35.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
845 (35.2) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
819 (34.1) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
791 (33.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
752 (31.3) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
751 (31.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
717 (29.9) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
713 (29.7) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
712 (29.7) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
711 (29.6) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
693 (28.9) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
691 (28.8) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
677 (28.2) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
673 (28.0) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
654 (27.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
650 (27.1) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
645 (26.9) MANDURAH Lower West WA
612 (25.5) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
609 (25.4) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
601 (25.0) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
601 (25.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
89/16 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
85/15 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
83/12 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
83/10 NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
83/14 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
83/21 FORREST Eucla WA
83/17 RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
83/21 KADINA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

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
Central West
GERALDTON AIRPORT
5.6mm in 6 min to 10:06 56.0mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 11:00 12.8mm/h
Lower West
GINGIN AERO
11.6mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.6mm/h
BICKLEY
10.2mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.2mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
NOONAMAH AWS
23.4mm in 20 min to 16:30 70.2mm/h
27.8mm in 1 hr to 16:30 27.8mm/h
31.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 31.8mm/h
PORT KEATS AERO
4.6mm in 6 min to 13:36 46.0mm/h
3.8mm in 2 min to 13:38 114.0mm/h
15.6mm in 1 hr to 14:00 15.6mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 14:30 15.2mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 5.3mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Gascoyne
MOUNT MAGNET AERO : 83(280/ 65 ) at 12:19
Lower West
ROTTNEST ISLAND : 82(230/ 63 ) at 20:50
CAPE LEEUWIN : 83(270/ 69 ) at 14:21
Goldfields
LAVERTON AERO : 82(250/ 63 ) at 18:02
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
NW Pastoral
COOBER PEDY AIRPORT : 89(290/ 74 ) at 17:09
Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
KADINA AWS : 83(360/ 69 ) at 22:45