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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 11/09/2015. 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
Highest grass minimum temperature

WA

SW & S Coast

009581

MOUNT BARKER

13.8

13.2

24/09/1963

43

1 N

WA

Gt Southern

010647

WAGIN

13.2

12.7

11/09/2006

34

1 N

Highest minimum temperature

WA

Lower West

009106

GOSNELLS CITY

19.6

18.5

30/09/2010

22

1 N

WA

Lower West

009204

GOOSEBERRY HILL

18.0

17.0

30/09/2010

13

1 P

WA

Lower West

009215

SWANBOURNE

19.0

16.7

28/09/1998

19

1 N

WA

Lower West

009240

BICKLEY

16.1

15.0

27/09/2000

20

1 N

WA

SW & S Coast

009534

DONNYBROOK

17.5

16.9

27/09/1961

54

1 N

WA

SW & S Coast

009573

MANJIMUP

15.5

15.0

24/09/1963

55

1 N

WA

SW & S Coast

009581

MOUNT BARKER

15.6

14.7

24/09/1963

45

1 N

WA

SW & S Coast

009842

JARRAHWOOD

15.0

15.0

06/09/1981

37

1 N Equal to record.

WA

SW & S Coast

009964

ROCKY GULLY

16.2

13.3

10/09/2006

18

1 N

WA

SW & S Coast

009965

BUNBURY

18.1

15.3

10/09/2006

18

1 N

WA

SW & S Coast

009968

SHANNON

15.5

14.0

10/09/2006

17

1 N

WA

SW & S Coast

009977

MANDURAH

18.1

17.9

30/09/2010

12

1 N

WA

Gt Southern

010614

NARROGIN

15.4

14.1

20/09/1972

46

1 N

WA

Gt Southern

010647

WAGIN

16.3

13.8

21/09/1977

39

1 N

WA

Gt Southern

010916

KATANNING

15.6

13.0

11/09/2006

15

1 N

Highest wind gust (km/h)

WA

SW & S Coast

009994

COLLIE EAST

81

72.0

14/09/2007

11

N

Highest daily average wind speed - anemometer above 3m (km/h)

WA

N Kimberley

001019

KALUMBURU

12.8

12.0

10/09/2011

11

1 N

NT

Roper-McArthur

014627

BULMAN

13.8

11.5

13/09/2004

11

1 N


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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 14:38EST, 11/09/2015.

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 21.9 +1.8 16.3 +7.4 12.5 0.0 6.4 0.3 478 (19.9) 55/10
BUNBURY 18.6 +0.2 18.1 +9.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 432 (18.0) 65/16
MANDURAH 18.7 -0.2 18.1 +6.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 545 (22.7) 59/16
DARWIN AIRPORT 35.4 +2.8 20.7 -2.3 20.1 0.0 7.4 11.2 398 (16.6) 52/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 24.7 -2.5 4.2 -6.1 1.4 0.0 7.2 11.4 282 (11.8) 37/09
WHYALLA AERO 21.2 -0.3 7.0 -1.1 -- 0.4 -- -- 330 (13.8) 26/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 20.2 +1.2 5.5 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 97 ( 4.0) 26/10
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 16.8 +1.0 1.7 -4.6 -1.0 0.0 1.8 7.7 213 ( 8.9) 22/15
MOUNT ISA AERO 29.3 -1.9 16.3 +2.1 12.5 0.0 10.6 -- 490 (20.4) 43/09
CAIRNS AERO 27.0 -1.1 20.6 +1.9 19.8 0.0 7.6 -- 428 (17.8) 54/09
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.3 +0.6 17.9 +0.5 14.5 0.0 10.0 10.6 431 (18.0) 50/13
MACKAY M.O 24.8 -0.4 13.8 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- 10.4 372 (15.5) 46/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.6 -0.7 9.6 -4.1 6.7 0.0 7.6 -- 221 ( 9.2) 37/16
BUNDABERG AERO 25.6 +0.2 11.2 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 294 (12.3) 43/10
COOLANGATTA 23.7 +0.5 9.9 -3.4 -- 0.2 -- -- 313 (13.0) 46/12
BRISBANE AERO 23.0 -1.2 10.4 -2.3 6.9 0.0 5.2 10.8 341 (14.2) 41/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 20.5 -1.7 6.9 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 499 (20.8) 43/20
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 21.2 -0.2 4.2 -4.4 -- 0.0 4.0 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 18.9 -3.6 8.2 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 312 (13.0) 34/16
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 18.5 -2.8 10.1 +1.1 7.8 2.0 5.6 -- 302 (12.6) 35/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- 2.5 -1.7 -4.6 0.0 2.4 -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 20.4 -0.9 0.6 -5.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 338 (14.1) 28/23
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.9 -1.6 11.4 +1.0 10.4 0.0 4.8 6.5 444 (18.5) 43/10
RICHMOND RAAF 19.8 -2.9 5.1 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 144 ( 6.0) 22/09
BELLAMBI AWS 17.7 -2.4 11.5 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 432 (18.0) 37/11
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 17.8 +0.2 2.6 -2.5 0.8 0.0 2.2 10.1 261 (10.9) 22/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 19.0 +1.0 4.9 -0.8 -- 0.2 -- -- 247 (10.3) 28/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 19.7 -0.7 5.4 -1.9 3.0 0.0 2.7 10.9 253 (10.5) 24/09
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 17.1 -0.3 7.8 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 286 (11.9) 41/09
BENDIGO AIRPORT 15.7 -1.1 3.0 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 13.2 -0.7 6.8 +2.0 -- 1.0 -- -- 347 (14.5) 24/03
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 18.2 +2.7 2.6 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 101 ( 4.2) 37/15
HOBART AIRPORT 18.8 +3.5 10.3 +4.3 7.2 0.2 2.0 8.2 440 (18.3) 55/13
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

38.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
37.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
36.9 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
36.8 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
36.7 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA

+13.5 : 34.7 EYRE Eucla WA
+12.5 : 34.7 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+10.7 : 33.0 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
+10.3 : 32.6 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
+9.4 : 34.1 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA

25.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
25.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.4 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
24.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT

+10.4 : 17.5 DONNYBROOK Lower West WA
+10.2 : 16.3 WAGIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+9.9 : 16.3 DWELLINGUP Lower West WA
+9.7 : 18.1 BUNBURY Lower West WA
+9.7 : 19.6 GOSNELLS CITY Lower West WA

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

5.3 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
5.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
6.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
6.7 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
7.3 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-6.5 : 16.9 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW
-5.2 : 17.8 TAREE AIRPORT AWS MidNorth Coast S NSW
-5.0 : 29.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
-4.7 : 18.3 IVANHOE AERODROME AWS Southwest Plains NSW
-4.7 : 29.9 LAJAMANU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
-4.7 : 18.0 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY Hunter Valley NSW

-4.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.3 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-3.5 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.4 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-2.1 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-9.4 : 8.5 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT
-9.2 : 3.9 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
-7.9 : 1.5 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
-7.7 : 10.5 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
-7.6 : 1.2 DALBY AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
-7.6 : 2.6 MILES CONSTANCE STREET Darling Downs W QLD

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.
26.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
14.0 BOOLARRA SOUTH W Gippsland VIC
14.0 ZEEHAN (WEST COAST PIONEERS MUSEUM) W Coast TAS
9.8 WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
9.4 COWARAMUP Lower West WA

11.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.4 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.4 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.2 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.9 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

.....

6.3 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
5.5 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
5.4 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
3.4 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.3 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA

1334 (55.6) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1191 (49.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1046 (43.6) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1027 (42.8) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
971 (40.5) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
935 (39.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
917 (38.2) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
835 (34.8) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
793 (33.0) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
779 (32.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
759 (31.6) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
756 (31.5) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
735 (30.6) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
716 (29.8) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
706 (29.4) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
697 (29.0) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
666 (27.8) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
661 (27.5) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
655 (27.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
653 (27.2) WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
651 (27.1) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
646 (26.9) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
642 (26.8) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
637 (26.5) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
602 (25.1) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
94/14 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
89/05 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
83/09 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
83/17 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
81/09 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
81/10 COLLIE EAST Lower West WA

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
Lower West
DARDANUP
4.0mm in 3 min to 09:33 80.0mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 10.0mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 10:30 11.2mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
CAPE LEEUWIN : 95(290/ 80 ) at 14:34
CAPE NATURALISTE : 70(270/ 63 ) at 14:06
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 74(140/ 63 ) at 22:00
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 83(330/ 65 ) at 15:08
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 89(250/ 72 ) at 06:00