Sunday 23 JUN 2013
 

Home page

DWS ARCHIVE
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Before 2003

About the DWS

 

2013

Dec

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
            01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31          

Nov

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
        01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30  

Oct

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
  01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31      

Sep

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
            01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30           

Aug

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
      01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  

Jul

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        

Jun

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
          01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30

May

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
    01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    

Apr

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30          

Mar

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
        01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Feb

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
        01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28      

Jan

M Tu W Th F Sa Su
  01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31      

Monthly summaries:
from BoM

Find a place:
Google Maps |
Aust Gazetteer|
Geonames

Weather terms:
WeatherZone | BoM |
American Met Soc | NOAA | uk.sci.weather | India Meteorological Department

National Daily Weather Summary


Records set | Charts | Cities | Hottest | Coldest | Rain, sun & wind | Downpours & gales
State extremes | Noteworthy weather | Capital Cities | Regional Cities | Alpine Stations
Charts and data courtesy Bureau of Meteorology. MTSAT-1R operated by JMA
Noteworthy weather today
significant newsworthy major

The graphics and statistical information on this page fill gradually as they become available. The page is updated every 30 minutes at about 15 and 45 minutes past the hour. The solar radiation chart becomes available about 2.15am EST next day, while the temperature charts, sunshine and some wind gust data become available about 2.15pm EST the next day.

If you are looking for weather news as it happens, use the links on the Severe weather real-time news reports page.


Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that is unchecked and are likely to pick up errors as well as true records. They are limited to data received as at 1355 EST on 24/06/2013. 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

SW & S Coast

009746

WITCHCLIFFE

62.6

59.2

30/06/2003

15

1 N

SA

Lower North

021133

SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK)

37.0

26.0

16/06/2002

15

1 N

Lowest minimum temperature

VIC

E Central

086068

VIEWBANK

-1.3

-1.2

20/06/2006

14

-1.3

20/08/2003

15

1 N

TAS

Derwent Valley

095048

OUSE FIRE STATION

-6.5

-6.1

18/06/2007

15

1 N

TAS

Central Plateau

096033

LIAWENEE

-11.2

-10.6

27/06/2012

13

-11.2

23/07/2011

13

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

NT

Victoria

014840

WAVE HILL

36.9

35.7

30/06/2009

39

1 N


The day in charts
Surface charts Satellite images Rain & temperatures
4am EST Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am

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

See actual temperatures
4pm EST Maximum temperature anomalies

See actual temperatures
10pm EST Solar Radiation

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 13:53EST, 24/06/2013.

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 24.7 +3.8 9.9 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 398 (16.6) 52/13
PERTH AIRPORT 21.2 +2.3 8.6 -0.4 5.7 0.0 2.8 3.3 347 (14.5) 50/12
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 19.2 +2.5 7.4 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 304 (12.7) 46/11
BUNBURY 18.7 +0.3 12.4 +4.3 -- 5.6 -- -- 366 (15.3) 68/16
MANDURAH 19.1 +0.5 13.9 +2.3 -- 1.6 -- -- 490 (20.4) 70/17
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.1 +1.5 23.9 +4.0 23.6 0.0 6.8 7.7 467 (19.5) 48/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 18.3 -1.5 1.3 -3.7 -1.1 0.0 3.0 10.4 211 ( 8.8) 28/10
WHYALLA AERO 13.5 -3.8 9.3 +3.2 -- 11.2 -- -- 364 (15.2) 28/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 15.0 -1.1 10.0 +1.9 -- 1.0 -- 4.2 417 (17.4) 59/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 14.6 +0.8 1.8 -3.9 -2.2 0.0 1.2 8.8 293 (12.2) 30/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 23.0 -1.8 8.9 -1.0 3.4 0.0 13.6 10.3 312 (13.0) 34/09
CAIRNS AERO 25.8 -0.2 19.4 +1.6 16.4 0.0 6.6 3.4 510 (21.3) 39/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 24.9 -0.7 11.8 -2.8 7.9 0.0 4.6 10.4 216 ( 9.0) 37/14
MACKAY M.O 20.5 -1.4 10.1 -3.9 -- 0.0 -- 10.4 356 (14.8) 30/15
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 22.8 -0.7 5.8 -5.1 2.5 0.0 2.6 -- 99 ( 4.1) 26/13
BUNDABERG AERO 20.1 -2.4 10.5 -1.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 205 ( 8.5) 30/11
COOLANGATTA 20.7 -0.3 12.5 +1.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 336 (14.0) 35/05
BRISBANE AERO 20.9 -0.3 8.6 -1.9 6.4 0.0 2.6 8.0 323 (13.5) 31/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 17.0 +0.1 4.1 -3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 218 ( 9.1) 18/12
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 17.2 +0.3 4.2 -1.9 -- 0.0 2.0 -- 109 ( 4.5) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 18.5 -0.8 7.2 -1.9 4.2 0.0 3.6 9.0 436 (18.2) 31/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 18.0 -1.4 7.4 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 246 (10.3) 28/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 14.3 -3.4 7.9 0.0 4.0 9.6 4.0 -- 312 (13.0) 28/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 10.0 -0.5 1.2 -1.4 -2.9 0.0 1.0 7.6 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 16.4 0.0 3.4 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 305 (12.7) 28/08
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 14.7 -2.9 7.7 -0.9 9.9 56.8 0.4 0.2 440 (18.3) 50/20
RICHMOND RAAF 14.1 -3.8 6.6 +1.7 -- 2.6 -- -- 99 ( 4.1) 24/12
BELLAMBI AWS 14.6 -3.0 10.3 -0.7 -- 14.4 -- -- 400 (16.7) 30/09
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 14.2 +0.4 0.0 -3.7 -2.6 0.0 1.8 3.9 224 ( 9.3) 17/09
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 14.1 -0.1 -0.4 -4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 40 ( 1.7) 18/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 17.4 +1.4 8.0 +2.8 5.6 0.0 -- 6.4 314 (13.1) 35/16
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 14.7 +0.7 -1.6 -5.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 180 ( 7.5) 17/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 14.5 +1.2 1.8 -1.7 -- 0.2 -- -- 196 ( 8.2) 39/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 14.2 +0.1 1.5 -5.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 13.5 +2.7 -0.5 -4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 244 (10.2) 28/16
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 10.9 -2.2 -2.9 -5.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 50 ( 2.1) 11/14
HOBART AIRPORT 11.3 -1.6 1.8 -2.8 -0.4 0.0 1.2 5.8 300 (12.5) 28/09
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

36.9 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT
34.8 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
32.9 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
32.7 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
32.7 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT

+8.8 : 36.9 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT
+4.4 : 24.3 MULLEWA Central West WA
+4.2 : 21.5 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+3.9 : 26.2 NORTH ISLAND Central West WA

27.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
25.4 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.1 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
25.0 ADELE ISLAND Islands ISL

+6.8 : 12.2 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
+6.2 : 19.9 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
+4.8 : 20.2 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT
+4.7 : 23.4 PIRLANGIMPI N Rivers NT
+4.7 : 13.5 WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA

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

-1.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.3 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
1.8 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
1.9 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-5.8 : 11.1 NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS Illawarra NSW
-5.8 : 19.4 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
-5.6 : 11.9 MORUYA AIRPORT AWS South Coast NSW
-5.5 : 7.2 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
-5.3 : 11.5 BEGA AWS South Coast NSW
-5.3 : 11.6 MERIMBULA AIRPORT AWS South Coast NSW

-11.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-8.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.4 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.5 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
-5.8 ROSS (THE BOULEVARDS) Midlands TAS

-10.2 : -11.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-9.2 : -5.1 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC
-8.5 : -1.9 MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC
-8.5 : -1.7 EYRE Eucla WA
-8.0 : -0.2 BLACKALL AIRPORT Central West QLD
-8.0 : -1.7 SCORESBY RESEARCH INSTITUTE E Central VIC

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.
87.0 MELROSE Upper North SA
75.6 FOREST GROVE Lower West WA
64.0 WILPENA POUND Upper North SA
62.6 WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
60.0 MARRICKVILLE GOLF CLUB Sydney--east NSW

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
75.6 FOREST GROVE
62.6 WITCHCLIFFE

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Upper North
87.0 MELROSE
64.0 WILPENA POUND

NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney--east
60.0 MARRICKVILLE GOLF CLUB
58.4 CANTERBURY RACECOURSE AWS
57.0 SYDNEY BOTANIC GARDENS
56.8 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO
56.6 CONCORD GOLF CLUB
56.2 SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL)
55.0 ABBOTSFORD (BLACKWALL POINT RD)
54.2 RIVERVIEW OBSERVATORY
53.8 DOVER HEIGHTS (PORTLAND ST)
51.8 SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK AWS (ARCHERY CENTRE)
51.0 STRATHFIELD GOLF CLUB

10.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.4 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.4 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.4 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
10.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.3 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

.....

2.0 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
2.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
1.7 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.2 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
0.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

1040 (43.3) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
1027 (42.8) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
940 (39.2) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
856 (35.7) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
851 (35.5) EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
841 (35.0) MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
785 (32.7) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
784 (32.7) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
783 (32.6) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
782 (32.6) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
779 (32.5) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
766 (31.9) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
764 (31.8) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
752 (31.3) NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
742 (30.9) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
741 (30.9) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
722 (30.1) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
719 (30.0) ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
710 (29.6) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
702 (29.3) KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
700 (29.2) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
695 (29.0) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
683 (28.5) PORTLAND NTC AWS W Coast VIC
682 (28.4) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
682 (28.4) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
680 (28.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
675 (28.1) PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
672 (28.0) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
671 (28.0) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
661 (27.5) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
658 (27.4) KADINA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
655 (27.3) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
645 (26.9) CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
634 (26.4) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
631 (26.3) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
620 (25.8) PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
614 (25.6) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
609 (25.4) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
609 (25.4) KUITPO FOREST RESERVE Adelaide/Lofty SA
608 (25.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
602 (25.1) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
85/11 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
80/23 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
78/17 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
76/16 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
72/01 NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural 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
W Pilbara
LEARMONTH AIRPORT
11.2mm in 30 min to 21:30 22.4mm/h
15.6mm in 1 hr to 21:30 15.6mm/h
14.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 14.6mm/h
Lower West
CAPE LEEUWIN
6.2mm in 12 min to 11:00 31.0mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 11:30 12.2mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 8.0mm/h
BUSSELTON AERO
10.2mm in 1 hr to 04:30 10.2mm/h
BRIDGETOWN
10.0mm in 1 hr to 16:30 10.0mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h
WITCHCLIFFE
22.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.3mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS
17.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.7mm/h
NORAH HEAD AWS
17.0mm in 30 min to 18:30 34.0mm/h
20.6mm in 1 hr to 18:30 20.6mm/h
17.0mm in 30 min to 19:00 34.0mm/h
34.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 34.0mm/h
18.8mm in 30 min to 19:30 37.6mm/h
35.8mm in 1 hr to 19:30 35.8mm/h
23.2mm in 1 hr to 20:00 23.2mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 11.4mm/h
67.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 22.3mm/h
6.2mm in 6 min to 23:36 62.0mm/h
4.4mm in 6 min to 23:42 44.0mm/h
3.0mm in 2 min to 23:44 90.0mm/h
7.6mm in 5 min to 23:50 91.2mm/h
Sydney--east
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO
10.4mm in 7 min to 09:50 89.1mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 13.0mm/h
13.8mm in 1 hr to 10:30 13.8mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
TERREY HILLS AWS
11.0mm in 30 min to 17:00 22.0mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 13.2mm/h
16.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 16.2mm/h
29.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 9.7mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 11.4mm/h
CANTERBURY RACECOURSE AWS
10.6mm in 1 hr to 01:00 10.6mm/h
South Coast
GREEN CAPE AWS
13.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 13.2mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h
MERIMBULA AIRPORT AWS
16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
5.8mm in 31 min to 16:00 11.2mm/h
22.2mm in 55 min to 21:00 24.2mm/h
23.2mm in 1 hr to 21:00 23.2mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.7mm/h
8.2mm in 36 min to 21:36 13.7mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 22:00 11.8mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
NORAH HEAD AWS : 80(100/ 65 ) at 23:45
ISLANDS
Islands
BAYU UNDAN : 130( 90/ 46 ) at 06:15