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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 1826 EST on 11/03/2015. 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

QLD

Central Coast E

033045

MACKAY AERO

26.8

26.7

16/03/2000

27

1 N

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040121

MALENY TAMARIND ST

21.6

21.4

12/03/2007

12

1 N

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040854

LOGAN CITY WATER TREATMENT PLANT

27.9

24.9

26/03/2001

21

27.7

09/01/1994

23

1 N

NSW

North Coast

058216

BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS)

24.1

24.0

10/03/2004

11

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

NT

Roper-McArthur

014703

CENTRE ISLAND

38.1

38.1

01/03/1980

38

1 N Equal to record.

QLD

Gulf Country

029077

BURKETOWN AIRPORT

40.0

40.0

06/03/2015

12

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


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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 18:25EST, 11/03/2015.

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
PERTH AIRPORT 33.0 +3.3 12.7 -3.2 11.0 0.0 9.4 11.7 375 (15.6) 34/13
BUNBURY 27.3 -0.5 13.8 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 290 (12.1) 34/17
MANDURAH 27.5 -0.4 17.7 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 305 (12.7) 34/14
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.6 +1.7 27.7 +3.2 26.0 3.2 5.6 10.3 432 (18.0) 39/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 33.6 +1.0 16.0 -1.5 15.1 0.0 13.2 11.9 296 (12.3) 43/13
WHYALLA AERO 25.0 -2.2 18.5 +3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 475 (19.8) 41/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 25.4 -0.9 12.1 -3.1 -- 0.4 16.6 11.6 147 ( 6.1) 28/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 22.9 -0.2 3.7 -6.8 0.4 0.4 3.8 9.2 300 (12.5) 37/14
MOUNT ISA AERO 39.3 +5.2 21.4 -0.3 19.1 0.0 13.2 11.4 371 (15.5) 39/09
CAIRNS AERO 33.1 +2.6 26.0 +2.9 23.7 0.0 9.4 6.1 449 (18.7) 54/17
TOWNSVILLE AERO 35.2 +4.5 25.4 +2.5 23.2 0.0 11.2 8.8 443 (18.5) 50/17
MACKAY M.O 31.0 +2.4 26.8 +4.5 -- 0.0 -- 5.5 356 (14.8) 44/15
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 33.0 +2.5 24.0 +3.2 23.0 0.0 6.8 -- 309 (12.9) 39/12
BUNDABERG AERO 31.4 +2.3 22.9 +3.0 -- 0.8 -- -- 316 (13.2) 41/12
COOLANGATTA 29.5 +2.2 22.6 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 322 (13.4) 34/15
BRISBANE AERO 29.6 +1.7 24.5 +5.1 22.3 0.0 5.8 10.8 293 (12.2) 35/12
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 29.0 +3.0 19.7 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 509 (21.2) 52/22
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 33.9 +4.8 21.7 +5.1 -- 0.0 7.6 -- 89 ( 3.7) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 28.6 +2.7 19.9 +1.8 -- 0.2 -- -- 265 (11.0) 30/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 28.4 +2.1 17.2 +0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 142 ( 5.9) 24/12
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 26.8 +0.6 18.0 +1.7 14.9 0.0 5.4 6.0 331 (13.8) 35/12
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 36.0 +7.1 16.7 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 373 (15.5) 44/18
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 25.5 +0.3 21.4 +3.9 20.2 0.0 7.2 0.9 506 (21.1) 46/05
RICHMOND RAAF 28.0 +1.1 19.9 +4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 214 ( 8.9) 28/15
BELLAMBI AWS 23.4 -0.5 19.8 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 348 (14.5) 34/23
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 30.8 +3.2 13.9 +0.5 10.4 0.0 8.2 11.4 279 (11.6) 37/16
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 30.0 +2.4 12.6 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 188 ( 7.8) 34/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 30.7 +2.4 14.4 +0.6 10.0 0.0 8.0 11.6 279 (11.6) 26/23
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 27.5 +1.3 12.3 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- -- 43/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 27.4 +1.7 9.6 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 288 (12.0) 30/10
BALLARAT AERODROME 23.7 +1.5 7.0 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 419 (17.5) 37/19
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 21.0 -1.5 8.8 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 233 ( 9.7) 34/15
HOBART AIRPORT 21.5 +0.8 8.4 -2.4 4.5 0.0 6.0 9.6 348 (14.5) 37/11
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

42.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
41.4 BORROLOOLA AIRPORT N Rivers NT
41.1 CENTURY MINE Gulf Country QLD
41.1 TREPELL AIRPORT Northwest QLD
40.8 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD

+8.1 : 41.4 BORROLOOLA AIRPORT N Rivers NT
+7.6 : 36.9 TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS CW Plains N NSW
+7.3 : 36.0 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
+7.1 : 37.9 COONAMBLE AIRPORT AWS CW Plains N NSW
+7.1 : 36.0 DUBBO AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes S NSW

29.0 DUM IN MIRRIE AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
28.9 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
28.8 NGAYAWILI N Rivers NT
28.5 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
28.2 BLACK POINT N Rivers NT
28.2 WARRUWI AIRPORT N Rivers NT

+9.0 : 27.9 LOGAN CITY WATER TREATMENT PLANT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+8.5 : 26.7 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD
+8.0 : 28.0 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
+6.0 : 22.2 NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes N NSW
+6.0 : 24.5 ST GEORGE AIRPORT Maranoa QLD

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

7.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
12.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
12.9 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
14.3 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-3.8 : 7.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
-3.8 : 22.4 PRICE Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-3.7 : 28.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
-3.6 : 21.3 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA

-0.3 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
1.3 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
2.3 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA

-8.8 : 14.0 WOLLOGORANG N Rivers NT
-7.5 : 2.5 COONAWARRA Lower SE SA
-7.4 : 2.3 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA
-6.8 : 3.7 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
-6.7 : 7.6 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
-6.7 : 3.4 PADTHAWAY SOUTH Lower SE SA

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.
98.6 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
59.0 GRAFTON AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW
58.0 MOUNT AMHURST E Kimberley WA
50.0 HALLS CREEK AIRPORT E Kimberley WA
46.0 YARRIE E Pilbara WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Kimberley
58.0 MOUNT AMHURST
50.0 HALLS CREEK AIRPORT
E Pilbara
46.0 YARRIE

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
98.6 COCONUT ISLAND

NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
59.0 GRAFTON AIRPORT AWS

11.9 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.8 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
11.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
11.6 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
11.6 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA

.....

3.9 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
3.5 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.9 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
0.3 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
0.1 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD

940 (39.2) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
813 (33.9) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
797 (33.2) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
796 (33.2) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
770 (32.1) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
759 (31.6) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
737 (30.7) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
681 (28.4) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
670 (27.9) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
667 (27.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
654 (27.3) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
638 (26.6) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
633 (26.4) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
631 (26.3) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
624 (26.0) NGAYAWILI N Rivers NT
621 (25.9) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
617 (25.7) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
605 (25.2) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
74/23 LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
74/12 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
68/14 GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes S NSW
67/19 CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
67/02 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

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
E Kimberley
HALLS CREEK AIRPORT
12.4mm in 1 hr to 02:30 12.4mm/h
17.4mm in 1 hr to 03:00 17.4mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.0mm/h
16.8mm in 1 hr to 03:30 16.8mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 04:00 10.6mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.0mm/h
KUNUNURRA AG STATION
28.0mm in 21 min to 19:30 80.0mm/h
33.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 33.0mm/h
35.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 35.6mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
OENPELLI AIRPORT
7.2mm in 6 min to 19:08 72.0mm/h
11.6mm in 11 min to 19:21 63.3mm/h
23.8mm in 1 hr to 19:30 23.8mm/h
22.2mm in 1 hr to 20:00 22.2mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 8.0mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
COCONUT ISLAND
10.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 10.4mm/h
N Coast--Barron
CAIRNS RACECOURSE
10.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.2mm/h
N Coast--Herbert
SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN
11.8mm in 30 min to 19:30 23.6mm/h
17.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 17.6mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 12.4mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 8.3mm/h
Central West
LONGREACH AERO
11.6mm in 1 hr to 01:30 11.6mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 02:00 12.8mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.3mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
NW Slopes N
NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS
10.6mm in 1 hr to 18:00 10.6mm/h
NW Slopes S
GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS
11.8mm in 1 hr to 16:30 11.8mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 12.0mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h
Hunter Valley
MURRURUNDI GAP AWS
7.6mm in 16 min to 19:00 28.5mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 19:30 12.8mm/h
C Tablelands N
MUDGEE AIRPORT AWS
11.0mm in 20 min to 17:50 33.0mm/h
14.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 14.8mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 11.8mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
7.6mm in 32 min to 11:43 14.2mm/h
13.8mm in 1 hr to 12:00 13.8mm/h

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
OENPELLI AIRPORT : 85(140/ 63 ) at 19:02
ISLANDS
Islands
BOUGAINVILLE REEF : 100(140/ 39 ) at 21:51