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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that has been checked for gross errors but has not yet been fully validated. They are based on data received as at 2044 EST on 18/01/2014. 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 minimum temperature

WA

W Pilbara

005084

THEVENARD ISLAND

30.3

29.9

13/02/2012

16

30.0

12/03/2005

19

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

NT

Darwin-Daly

200731

POINT FAWCETT

34.0

34.0

05/02/2013

16

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


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4am EST Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am

Week to 9am | SE AUS detail
10am EST Minimum temperature anomalies

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4pm EST Maximum temperature anomalies

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10pm EST Solar Radiation

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 15:36EST, 08/01/2017.

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 30.4 -2.2 20.7 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 697 (29.0) 55/16
PERTH AIRPORT 30.4 -1.5 16.3 -1.2 14.2 0.0 7.0 13.0 496 (20.7) 48/14
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 22.5 -2.4 16.1 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 198 ( 8.3) 34/13
BUNBURY 27.1 -2.9 9.2 -6.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 309 (12.9) 39/18
MANDURAH 26.5 -3.3 17.1 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 477 (19.9) 48/21
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.9 +2.5 26.6 +1.9 26.0 0.0 7.4 8.2 349 (14.5) 54/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 39.1 +4.0 17.0 -3.7 14.5 0.0 13.4 12.8 293 (12.2) 37/13
WHYALLA AERO 41.3 +11.7 16.4 -1.4 -- 0.0 12.0 -- 314 (13.1) 65/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 38.4 +9.0 16.8 -0.4 -- 0.0 7.2 10.6 117 ( 4.9) 35/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 37.5 +12.3 9.3 -2.4 5.9 0.0 6.6 10.9 282 (11.8) 59/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 41.3 +6.0 19.1 -4.2 17.4 0.0 11.2 -- 195 ( 8.1) 52/21
CAIRNS AERO 32.9 +1.7 23.9 +0.1 -- 3.2 8.6 11.0 396 (16.5) 44/17
TOWNSVILLE AERO 33.2 +2.1 24.1 0.0 21.5 0.0 10.8 10.5 465 (19.4) 37/11
MACKAY M.O 29.0 -0.6 22.7 -0.7 -- 7.6 -- 11.6 478 (19.9) 41/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 31.9 +0.7 21.9 -0.2 20.6 0.0 10.6 -- 401 (16.7) 34/15
BUNDABERG AERO 30.2 +0.3 19.0 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 477 (19.9) 54/14
COOLANGATTA 27.4 -0.9 18.6 -2.2 -- 5.4 -- -- 376 (15.7) 44/17
BRISBANE AERO 27.0 -1.9 18.4 -2.7 17.3 7.2 5.0 12.1 382 (15.9) 41/20
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 24.9 -2.2 14.5 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 593 (24.7) 48/02
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 28.8 -2.2 16.7 -2.0 -- 0.0 7.2 -- 210 ( 8.8) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 25.3 -1.5 16.2 -3.3 16.5 3.0 6.8 9.9 443 (18.5) 35/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 25.5 -2.0 15.3 -3.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 170 ( 7.1) 30/09
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 26.4 -1.2 15.2 -2.9 13.0 0.0 5.0 11.3 259 (10.8) 39/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 26.1 -1.0 15.2 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 74 ( 3.1) 26/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 26.5 +0.9 11.4 -1.8 7.1 0.0 5.0 11.7 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 32.6 +0.9 16.4 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 401 (16.7) --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 27.4 +1.0 19.3 +0.3 17.0 0.2 8.2 11.2 350 (14.6) 43/14
RICHMOND RAAF 28.7 -0.2 17.2 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 133 ( 5.5) 31/16
BELLAMBI AWS 25.0 +0.2 19.5 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 253 (10.5) 43/16
CANBERRA AIRPORT 29.2 -- 9.0 -- -- 0.0 6.0 -- 264 (11.0) 35/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 35.4 +4.6 19.2 +2.8 16.1 0.0 10.8 12.8 314 (13.1) 37/11
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 35.2 +4.1 14.2 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 129 ( 5.4) 35/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 40.4 +8.8 18.4 +1.9 10.5 0.0 9.8 12.8 211 ( 8.8) 41/22
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 35.9 +6.4 10.7 -3.7 -- 0.0 7.8 -- 175 ( 7.3) 31/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT 36.7 +7.4 12.7 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 119 ( 5.0) 63/15
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 37.2 +10.7 11.7 -2.4 9.8 0.0 8.6 12.4 389 (16.2) 54/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 34.7 +9.7 9.0 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 195 ( 8.1) 54/19
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 29.9 +5.4 14.1 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 194 ( 8.1) 35/14
HOBART AIRPORT 30.5 +8.2 14.4 +2.4 7.1 0.0 7.0 11.7 373 (15.5) 39/17
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

46.9 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
46.3 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
46.2 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
45.2 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
44.4 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA

+13.0 : 37.8 WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
+13.0 : 37.5 HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
+12.8 : 35.9 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
+12.7 : 36.7 VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+12.3 : 37.5 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA

33.0 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
30.3 THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
30.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
29.6 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
29.5 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL

+8.4 : 33.0 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
+6.1 : 29.2 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
+6.0 : 24.3 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW
+5.4 : 30.3 THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
+4.9 : 27.4 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
+4.9 : 16.4 WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS

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

16.9 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
17.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
19.5 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
19.9 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
20.2 GUYRA HOSPITAL N Tablelands W NSW

-4.7 : 23.8 GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
-3.8 : 22.2 MOUNT BARKER Lower West WA
-3.7 : 21.9 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-3.7 : 27.5 HARVEY Lower West WA
-3.6 : 21.3 ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW

**W** 2.0 WILLOW GROVE (BLUE ROCK RESERVOIR) W Gippsland VIC
4.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
4.9 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.8 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
6.5 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS

**W** -11.3 : 2.0 WILLOW GROVE (BLUE ROCK RESERVOIR) W Gippsland VIC
-6.7 : 9.2 BUNBURY Lower West WA
-6.1 : 7.4 KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-6.1 : 8.5 VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY) Adelaide/Lofty SA
-6.0 : 8.6 BUSSELTON AERO Lower West 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.
1330.0 LAKE LUCY TM N Coast--Herbert QLD
44.0 NUMINBAH Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
34.4 BALLINA AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW
30.0 POINT LOOKOUT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
28.6 DUNWICH Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Herbert
1330.0 LAKE LUCY TM
Brisbane/SE Coast
44.0 NUMINBAH
30.0 POINT LOOKOUT
28.6 DUNWICH

NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
34.4 BALLINA AIRPORT AWS

13.0 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
13.0 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
12.8 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
12.8 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
12.8 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

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10.0 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
9.9 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
8.2 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
7.2 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
6.1 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1000 (41.7) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
981 (40.9) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
951 (39.6) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
943 (39.3) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
870 (36.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
866 (36.1) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
851 (35.5) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
844 (35.2) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
827 (34.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
825 (34.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
789 (32.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
789 (32.9) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
778 (32.4) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
766 (31.9) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
764 (31.8) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
724 (30.2) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
717 (29.9) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
711 (29.6) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
700 (29.2) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
697 (29.0) GERALDTON AIRPORT COMPARISON Central West WA
696 (29.0) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
695 (29.0) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
676 (28.2) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
655 (27.3) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
637 (26.5) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
627 (26.1) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
609 (25.4) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
609 (25.4) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
605 (25.2) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
604 (25.2) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
603 (25.1) BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
603 (25.1) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
80/01 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
78/22 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
76/23 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
70/21 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
70/13 MURRAY BRIDGE (PALLAMANA AERODROME) Murray Valley 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
PIRLANGIMPI
4.4mm in 12 min to 15:42 22.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
10.0mm in 30 min to 21:00 20.0mm/h
13.8mm in 1 hr to 21:00 13.8mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 21:30 10.6mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 23:00 5.0mm/h
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
21.8mm in 38 min to 09:38 34.4mm/h
21.8mm in 1 hr to 10:00 21.8mm/h
8.2mm in 12 min to 12:00 41.0mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 12:00 12.4mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 13:00 5.7mm/h

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 80(110/ 74 ) at 01:43