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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 1442 EST on 20/05/2015. 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 daily rainfall

SA

Yorke Peninsula

022031

MINLATON AERO

27.6

27.0

11/05/2003

13

1 N

SA

Adelaide Plains

023032

PORT GAWLER (BUCKLAND PARK)

31.6

30.4

24/05/2012

13

1 N

SA

Adelaide Plains

023115

ADELAIDE (KESWICK)

34.8

30.6

18/05/2004

13

1 N

SA

Murray Mallee

025048

MERIBAH (MERALLEN)

20.4

12.6

29/05/2010

12

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

NT

Darwin-Daly

200731

POINT FAWCETT

34.0

34.0

22/05/2003

15

1 P Equal to record.


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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 14:42EST, 20/05/2015.

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 17.7 -4.1 9.4 -1.0 7.0 0.0 2.6 4.2 343 (14.3) 39/14
BUNBURY 17.9 -3.3 6.9 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 279 (11.6) 35/10
MANDURAH 17.6 -3.7 10.0 -3.6 -- 0.6 -- -- 309 (12.9) 35/09
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.1 +1.1 22.9 +0.8 22.4 0.0 7.4 10.9 315 (13.1) 37/09
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 25.9 +2.9 9.9 +1.7 7.3 0.0 4.2 7.6 282 (11.8) 22/11
WHYALLA AERO 23.3 +2.9 11.9 +3.2 -- 8.2 -- -- 285 (11.9) 52/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 19.7 +0.8 12.3 +2.1 -- 32.0 1.6 4.5 -- 35/17
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 18.2 +2.1 11.2 +3.9 11.3 8.4 1.8 4.6 368 (15.3) 34/12
MOUNT ISA AERO 32.5 +4.7 13.4 -0.4 12.4 0.0 5.4 8.4 135 ( 5.6) 24/11
CAIRNS AERO 28.1 +0.5 22.0 +2.1 20.7 0.2 4.2 5.8 448 (18.7) 34/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.4 +0.8 20.2 +2.6 17.6 0.0 6.6 9.6 426 (17.8) 35/15
MACKAY M.O 24.3 +0.1 18.9 +1.8 -- 1.4 -- -- 503 (21.0) 34/01
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 28.1 +2.1 17.5 +3.4 15.5 0.0 10.0 -- 361 (15.0) 30/08
BUNDABERG AERO 26.1 +1.5 16.3 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 355 (14.8) 28/14
COOLANGATTA 22.9 -0.2 16.4 +2.3 -- 1.0 -- -- 328 (13.7) 24/06
BRISBANE AERO 22.1 -1.4 14.8 +2.0 14.1 0.4 3.2 2.9 314 (13.1) 28/07
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 19.2 -0.6 12.6 +2.8 -- 0.2 -- -- 590 (24.6) 43/09
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 22.6 +2.3 12.5 +3.8 -- 0.0 2.2 -- 58 ( 2.4) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 22.5 +1.1 14.6 +2.9 -- 12.6 -- -- 215 ( 9.0) 26/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 20.8 -0.6 14.7 +4.3 -- 4.2 -- -- 162 ( 6.8) 24/14
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 20.6 +0.3 11.1 +1.1 -- 1.0 -- -- 194 ( 8.1) 18/19
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 16.3 +2.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 18.0 -1.9 12.7 +6.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 344 (14.3) 46/10
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.5 +2.5 14.7 +3.8 13.0 0.0 0.4 1.8 211 ( 8.8) 28/21
RICHMOND RAAF 19.2 -1.3 11.4 +3.8 -- 0.2 -- -- 69 ( 2.9) 50/15
BELLAMBI AWS 18.6 -1.0 15.6 +2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 277 (11.5) 39/04
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 19.0 +1.7 8.8 +3.0 6.8 0.4 2.6 1.6 329 (13.7) 48/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 17.4 -0.2 6.7 +1.3 -- 3.4 -- -- 76 ( 3.2) 57/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 20.7 +1.7 12.9 +5.5 11.0 2.6 2.8 6.9 288 (12.0) 35/06
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 15.8 -1.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- 37/09
BENDIGO AIRPORT 15.1 -1.5 9.1 +4.0 -- 8.0 -- -- 203 ( 8.5) 34/07
BALLARAT AERODROME 12.1 -1.5 8.2 +2.5 -- 4.6 -- -- 586 (24.4) 46/23
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 17.1 +1.3 3.1 -1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 105 ( 4.4) 39/13
HOBART AIRPORT 16.7 +1.5 6.5 -0.1 1.9 0.0 0.8 1.2 299 (12.5) 34/11
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

37.0 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT
36.5 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT
36.3 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
36.2 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
36.0 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
36.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
36.0 BULMAN N Rivers NT
36.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
36.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA

+7.4 : 28.8 WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW
+6.8 : 29.0 TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW
+6.7 : 32.3 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
+6.4 : 31.7 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
+6.2 : 28.8 WANAARING POST OFFICE Upper Darling NSW

27.5 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
27.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
26.3 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
26.3 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
25.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+9.6 : 17.3 BOURKE AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
+9.1 : 17.5 WANAARING POST OFFICE Upper Darling NSW
+8.1 : 15.1 WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW
+8.1 : 14.8 COBAR AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW

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

4.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.2 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
5.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
6.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
6.3 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-7.0 : 14.4 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
-6.8 : 13.7 BROOKTON Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.4 : 15.6 YORK Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.4 : 13.3 PINGELLY Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.3 : 15.2 BEVERLEY Cent Wheatbelt WA

-3.2 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-3.0 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.4 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-2.1 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-6.9 : 9.1 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
-5.0 : 13.2 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
-4.4 : 12.3 HALLS CREEK AIRPORT E Kimberley WA
-4.3 : -1.6 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.3 : -0.5 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
-4.3 : 14.6 CYGNET BAY W Kimberley 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.
39.2 VERDUN Adelaide/Lofty SA
39.0 BELAIR (STATE FLORA NURSERY) Adelaide/Lofty SA
38.0 PICCADILLY (WOODHOUSE) Adelaide/Lofty SA
38.0 URAIDLA Adelaide/Lofty SA
37.2 BELAIR Adelaide/Lofty SA

10.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.4 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.4 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
9.7 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
9.6 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD

.....

1.0 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
0.7 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.7 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
0.2 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
0.0 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S NSW

971 (40.5) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
869 (36.2) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
851 (35.5) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
844 (35.2) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
842 (35.1) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
835 (34.8) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
830 (34.6) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
824 (34.3) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
806 (33.6) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
803 (33.5) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
774 (32.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
770 (32.1) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
767 (32.0) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
761 (31.7) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
727 (30.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
712 (29.7) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
702 (29.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
686 (28.6) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
682 (28.4) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
666 (27.8) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
655 (27.3) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
654 (27.3) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
632 (26.3) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
618 (25.8) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
612 (25.5) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
604 (25.2) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
601 (25.0) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
601 (25.0) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
102/02 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
100/05 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
89/13 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
87/14 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW
85/11 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
85/03 MOUNT WELLINGTON 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.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide/Lofty
MOUNT LOFTY
15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 5.0mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
Lower Darling
BROKEN HILL AIRPORT AWS
1.4mm in 1 min to 14:09 84.0mm/h
CW Slopes S
COWRA AIRPORT AWS
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS
10.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 10.2mm/h
PERISHER VALLEY AWS
11.4mm in 1 hr to 17:30 11.4mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h
SW Slopes S
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS
8.6mm in 15 min to 14:30 34.4mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 14:30 11.2mm/h
12.6mm in 1 hr to 15:00 12.6mm/h
CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS
10.8mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.8mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h
KHANCOBAN AWS
10.4mm in 1 hr to 16:30 10.4mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 11.8mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h
Riverina E
NARRANDERA AIRPORT AWS
5.0mm in 2 min to 13:30 150.0mm/h
Riverina W
GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS
8.4mm in 13 min to 14:58 38.8mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 15:00 11.0mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 7.3mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 15:30 11.6mm/h
VICTORIA
Lower NE
HUNTERS HILL
10.8mm in 1 hr to 16:00 10.8mm/h
Upper NE
MOUNT HOTHAM
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
12.4mm in 10 min to 07:00 74.4mm/h
14.6mm in 1 hr to 07:00 14.6mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.0mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 102(330/ 83 ) at 02:20
VICTORIA
Wimmera S
GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 100(360/ 48 ) at 05:11
TASMANIA
Southeast
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 85(310/ 69 ) at 04:00