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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 1438 EST on 03/09/2015. 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
Lowest grass minimum temperature

WA

Murchison

007139

PAYNES FIND

-1.7

-1.2

01/09/1995

34

1 N

Lowest minimum temperature

WA

Goldfields

012305

LAVERTON AERO

1.3

1.8

23/09/1998

20

1 N

WA

Goldfields

012314

LEINSTER AERO

1.4

2.3

12/09/2004

20

1 N

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040764

GOLD COAST SEAWAY

7.9

8.3

01/09/2000

19

1 N

Lowest maximum temperature

VIC

Wimmera N

078015

NHILL AERODROME

10.8

10.8

11/09/2004

11

1 N Equal to record.


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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 14:38EST, 03/09/2015.

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 16.7 -3.4 1.7 -7.2 0.3 0.0 3.8 7.1 376 (15.7) 37/11
BUNBURY 14.7 -3.7 0.8 -7.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 185 ( 7.7) 28/11
MANDURAH 15.7 -3.2 6.6 -5.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 279 (11.6) 34/12
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.0 -0.6 21.3 -1.7 20.9 0.0 7.0 11.0 309 (12.9) 41/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 23.6 -3.6 13.0 +2.7 8.9 0.0 11.8 11.5 563 (23.5) 39/13
WHYALLA AERO 16.6 -4.9 9.7 +1.6 -- 2.6 -- -- 612 (25.5) 65/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 14.0 -5.0 10.6 +0.9 -- 8.4 -- -- 220 ( 9.2) 39/09
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 12.8 -3.0 7.4 +1.1 6.4 0.4 1.4 0.0 318 (13.3) 37/09
MOUNT ISA AERO 35.8 +4.6 12.5 -1.7 11.0 0.0 7.8 9.0 246 (10.3) 54/14
CAIRNS AERO 27.9 -0.2 19.9 +1.2 17.1 0.0 4.8 9.2 198 ( 8.3) 26/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.8 +1.1 23.3 +5.9 22.0 0.0 8.0 10.9 420 (17.5) 41/15
MACKAY M.O 29.4 +4.2 21.1 +4.5 -- 0.0 -- 10.1 302 (12.6) 50/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 30.0 +2.7 11.5 -2.2 9.0 0.0 5.4 -- 146 ( 6.1) 35/14
BUNDABERG AERO 27.0 +1.6 7.1 -6.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 267 (11.1) 44/13
COOLANGATTA 21.8 -1.4 4.9 -8.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 228 ( 9.5) 22/16
BRISBANE AERO 23.1 -1.1 6.1 -6.6 1.2 0.0 4.4 11.6 295 (12.3) 48/21
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.6 +1.4 7.8 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 319 (13.3) 39/13
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 20.8 -0.6 5.4 -3.2 -- 0.0 3.4 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 20.6 -1.9 2.6 -6.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 143 ( 6.0) 35/16
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 20.9 -0.4 4.2 -4.8 0.8 0.0 4.0 7.8 320 (13.3) 31/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 14.4 +0.3 -1.0 -5.2 -9.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 21.9 +0.6 1.4 -4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 242 (10.1) 37/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 20.0 -0.5 7.7 -2.7 4.0 0.0 4.0 10.4 302 (12.6) 43/23
RICHMOND RAAF 20.7 -2.0 1.7 -6.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 101 ( 4.2) 26/15
BELLAMBI AWS 18.4 -1.7 9.9 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 239 (10.0) 41/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 17.2 -0.4 3.5 -1.6 2.0 0.0 2.0 5.8 206 ( 8.6) 35/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 17.6 -0.4 1.9 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 93 ( 3.9) 31/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 14.6 -5.8 10.5 +3.2 14.0 0.8 6.0 6.3 349 (14.5) 26/00
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 16.8 -0.6 2.8 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 179 ( 7.5) 44/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 16.1 -0.7 6.0 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 217 ( 9.0) 39/13
BALLARAT AERODROME 14.9 +1.0 5.2 +0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 488 (20.3) 50/09
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 13.9 -1.6 1.4 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 124 ( 5.2) 28/13
HOBART AIRPORT 15.4 +0.1 1.6 -4.4 -1.2 0.0 0.6 6.2 216 ( 9.0) 30/09
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

39.0 NGUKURR AIRPORT N Rivers NT
38.2 CENTURY MINE Gulf Country QLD
37.8 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
37.7 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
37.5 BULMAN N Rivers NT

+5.9 : 36.1 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD
+5.5 : 34.2 BARCALDINE POST OFFICE Central West QLD
+4.9 : 37.0 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
+4.6 : 35.8 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
+4.4 : 37.7 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
+4.4 : 30.4 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD

25.3 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
24.6 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
24.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.3 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+6.9 : 21.1 THE MONUMENT AIRPORT Northwest QLD
+6.4 : 17.7 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
+6.4 : 20.0 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
+5.9 : 23.3 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
+5.2 : 19.8 MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
+5.2 : 19.6 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD

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

3.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
4.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
4.5 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
4.8 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
5.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-8.7 : 14.7 POONCARIE MAIL AGENCY Lower Darling NSW
-8.6 : 12.9 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
-8.4 : 17.8 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
-8.4 : 12.1 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-8.2 : 17.3 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA
-8.2 : 20.3 CARNEGIE Interior WA

-5.8 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-5.2 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.5 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-9.2 : 1.4 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA
-9.1 : 1.3 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
-8.8 : -1.0 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
-8.6 : 0.9 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-8.5 : 5.7 HERVEY BAY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-8.5 : -0.9 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS

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.
32.2 MOUNT HOPE (FAIRVIEW) W Agricultural SA
30.2 PORT KENNY W Agricultural SA
28.4 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
27.8 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA
27.2 COULTA W Agricultural SA

11.6 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
11.5 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.5 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.3 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
11.0 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT

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3.4 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
2.4 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
2.4 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.8 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA

968 (40.3) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
944 (39.3) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
900 (37.5) FORREST Eucla WA
851 (35.5) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
789 (32.9) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
765 (31.9) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
694 (28.9) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
691 (28.8) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
689 (28.7) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
677 (28.2) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
677 (28.2) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
662 (27.6) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
656 (27.3) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
651 (27.1) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
647 (27.0) EUCLA Eucla WA
646 (26.9) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
628 (26.2) TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
622 (25.9) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
617 (25.7) MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
613 (25.5) COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
612 (25.5) WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
601 (25.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
81/14 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
81/21 CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT AWS CW Plains S NSW
76/16 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
72/12 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
72/13 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
72/13 CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
72/17 SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA
72/22 FORBES AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes S NSW
72/23 YOUNG AIRPORT SW Slopes N NSW
72/11 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC

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
Lower North
CLARE HIGH SCHOOL
10.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 10.8mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Maranoa
ROMA AIRPORT
10.4mm in 10 min to 19:00 62.4mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 19:00 12.8mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 19:30 14.2mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
Riverina E
NARRANDERA AIRPORT AWS
11.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 11.8mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 11.2mm/h
None reported