Australian Weather News -- 07 DEC 2015

Monday 07 DEC 2015

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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 1440 EST on 08/12/2015. 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
District		Site		Reading	Reading	Date	Years	Reading	Date	Years	Comments
Highest daily rainfall
WA	SW & S Coast	009954	MERIVALE FARM	36.4	28.2	01/12/1999	20				1 N
Highest grass minimum temperature
SA	Adelaide Plains	023034	ADELAIDE AIRPORT	29.9	26.4	11/12/1975	54				1 N
SA	County Light	023343	ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE)	27.0	25.2	19/12/1994	33				1 N
SA	County Light	023373	NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL	24.8	22.5	18/12/2002	18				1 N
SA	Upper Murray	024024	LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE	27.0	23.5	30/12/2003	29	27.0	24/01/2001	31	1 N
SA	Lower Murray	024518	MENINGIE	28.2	23.2	05/12/2010	11	26.0	22/01/2006	12	1 N
Highest minimum temperature
SA	NW Pastoral	016096	ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME)	29.0	29.0	30/12/2003	17				1 N Equal to record.
SA	NE Pastoral	017123	MOOMBA AIRPORT	34.1	32.1	31/12/2003	19				1 N
SA	Adelaide Plains	023013	PARAFIELD AIRPORT	31.4	30.1	22/12/1942	56				1 N
SA	Adelaide Plains	023034	ADELAIDE AIRPORT	31.2	28.7	11/12/1975	59				1 N
SA	Adelaide Plains	023083	EDINBURGH RAAF	31.7	29.2	09/12/2006	42				1 N
SA	Adelaide Plains	023090	ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	30.7	29.3	12/12/1998	37				1 N
SA	Adelaide Plains	023122	ROSEWORTHY AWS	30.0	28.0	12/12/1998	17				1 N
SA	County Light	023343	ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE)	30.0	27.0	29/12/2002	51				1 N
SA	County Light	023373	NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL	27.9	25.4	17/12/2003	18				1 N
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023733	MOUNT BARKER	26.0	24.1	12/12/1998	57				1 N
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023804	VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY)	24.0	23.4	05/12/2010	13				1 N
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023885	NOARLUNGA	29.9	27.5	09/12/2006	14				1 N
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023887	KUITPO FOREST RESERVE	26.4	26.0	12/12/1998	16				1 N
SA	Upper Murray	024024	LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE	29.0	25.7	31/12/2009	30	28.2	11/01/2008	31	1 N
SA	Upper Murray	024048	RENMARK AERO	28.8	27.8	31/12/2009	19				1 N
SA	Lower Murray	024511	EUDUNDA	26.8	25.2	12/12/1998	49				1 N
SA	Lower Murray	024518	MENINGIE	28.8	26.6	12/12/1998	48				1 N
SA	Lower Murray	024521	MURRAY BRIDGE COMPARISON	27.0	26.4	12/12/1998	47				1 N
SA	Murray Mallee	025006	KAROONDA	28.8	24.9	29/12/2002	12	28.4	22/01/2006	13	1 N
SA	Upper SE	025557	KEITH (MUNKORA)	28.2	25.0	29/12/2002	13	28.1	22/01/2006	14	1 N
SA	Lower SE	026099	NARACOORTE AERODROME	25.6	25.0	29/12/2002	16				1 N
SA	Lower SE	026100	PADTHAWAY SOUTH	27.5	24.0	29/12/2002	14				1 N
SA	Lower SE	026105	ROBE AIRFIELD	21.0	20.6	08/12/2012	11				1 N
QLD	Channel Country	038026	BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT	33.7	31.4	24/12/2004	14				1 N
VIC	Wimmera N	078015	NHILL AERODROME	26.3	23.6	24/12/2009	11				1 N
VIC	N Central	088051	REDESDALE	21.9	21.8	22/12/2006	20				1 N
Lowest minimum temperature
QLD	N Peninsula	027073	COEN AIRPORT	18.4	18.8	16/12/2012	12				1 N
Highest maximum temperature
NT	Darwin-Daly	014142	PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT	37.2	37.0	26/12/2002	33				1 N
Highest wind gust (km/h)
TAS	King Island	098017	KING ISLAND AIRPORT	93	91.0	11/12/2010	19				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 14:39EST, 08/12/2015.

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	23.4	-5.5	12.7	-2.2	11.4	1.6	2.8	11.5	517 (21.5)	54/11
BUNBURY	22.5	-4.8	11.7	-1.9	--	0.0	--	--	371 (15.5)	44/14
MANDURAH	22.6	-4.3	15.2	-2.0	--	1.2	--	--	440 (18.3)	44/13
DARWIN AIRPORT	36.4	+3.8	27.0	+1.7	26.9	0.0	8.4	11.9	340 (14.2)	34/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	31.3	-4.1	23.5	+3.3	22.4	0.2	12.4	2.7	468 (19.5)	43/09
WHYALLA AERO	39.9	+11.7	23.9	+8.0	--	0.0	--	--	406 (16.9)	54/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	38.5	+11.5	30.7	+15.1	--	0.0	--	--	344 (14.3)	57/03
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	35.3	+12.4	18.0	+8.0	15.8	0.0	5.0	0.6	365 (15.2)	57/11
MOUNT ISA AERO	40.0	+2.9	25.9	+2.9	24.0	0.2	11.0	7.2	256 (10.7)	63/14
CAIRNS AERO	32.2	+0.8	21.5	-1.9	19.6	0.0	9.4	11.7	416 (17.3)	43/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO	31.4	-0.1	25.0	+0.9	23.9	0.0	11.2	8.3	475 (19.8)	39/10
MACKAY M.O	31.7	+1.6	25.0	+2.0	--	0.4	--	10.9	407 (17.0)	31/08
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.9	-0.2	21.7	+0.5	20.6	0.0	9.0	--	359 (15.0)	34/14
BUNDABERG AERO	30.7	+1.2	18.6	-1.9	--	0.0	--	--	447 (18.6)	35/13
COOLANGATTA	27.4	+0.2	16.7	-3.2	--	0.0	--	--	383 (16.0)	30/12
BRISBANE AERO	28.1	0.0	16.8	-3.3	15.9	0.0	9.6	13.1	353 (14.7)	37/12
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	28.0	+0.6	14.6	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	564 (23.5)	50/23
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	36.0	+5.1	19.4	+1.9	--	0.0	11.0	--	--	--
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	25.7	-0.8	12.2	-4.6	--	0.0	--	--	209 ( 8.7)	31/09
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	27.0	-0.2	13.7	-2.8	10.0	0.0	10.0	10.7	324 (13.5)	48/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	29.9	+5.6	5.5	-5.7	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	37.0	+5.8	19.4	+3.6	--	0.0	--	--	336 (14.0)	46/09
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	26.7	+1.0	19.1	+1.6	15.2	0.0	9.2	7.9	409 (17.0)	37/15
RICHMOND RAAF	28.5	+0.1	15.1	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	188 ( 7.8)	34/15
BELLAMBI AWS	24.2	+0.4	18.1	+0.7	--	0.0	--	--	238 ( 9.9)	34/17
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	33.2	+3.8	20.3	+6.5	17.6	0.0	9.4	5.8	409 (17.0)	59/22
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	33.6	+4.4	21.6	+7.8	--	0.0	--	--	269 (11.2)	31/11
MILDURA AIRPORT	42.7	+12.6	28.3	+13.5	21.0	0.0	16.0	6.0	349 (14.5)	52/16
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	33.2	+5.8	22.4	+10.2	--	0.0	--	--	175 ( 7.3)	39/19
BENDIGO AIRPORT	31.9	+4.9	24.3	+12.7	--	0.0	--	--	296 (12.3)	43/20
BALLARAT AERODROME	30.9	+8.3	16.7	+7.3	--	0.0	--	--	444 (18.5)	39/21
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	23.9	+1.5	13.1	+2.5	--	0.6	--	--	199 ( 8.3)	34/16
HOBART AIRPORT	23.4	+2.7	11.6	+0.9	11.5	0.2	6.0	9.0	374 (15.6)	41/17
	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 temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

45.6 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW
43.5 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
43.0 POONCARIE MAIL AGENCY Lower Darling NSW
42.7 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
42.1 THE MONUMENT AIRPORT Northwest QLD
42.1 TREPELL AIRPORT Northwest QLD

+15.0 : 37.8 CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
+14.6 : 38.4 VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+14.0 : 38.5 MENINGIE Murray Valley SA
+13.7 : 36.6 ROBE AIRFIELD Lower SE SA
+13.3 : 37.9 NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA

34.1 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
33.7 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
31.7 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA
31.5 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
31.4 WHITE CLIFFS AWS Far Northwest NSW
31.4 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA

+17.7 : 28.2 KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA
+17.5 : 30.0 ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
+16.9 : 31.7 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA
+16.9 : 27.5 PADTHAWAY SOUTH Lower SE SA
+16.7 : 31.2 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

11.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
15.5 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
15.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
15.7 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
15.8 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-9.2 : 27.2 TERRITORY GRAPE FARM N Plateau NT
-8.5 : 19.5 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-8.4 : 19.7 KARNET Lower West WA
-8.2 : 22.0 GOOSEBERRY HILL Lower West WA
-7.7 : 22.8 GOSNELLS CITY Lower West WA

1.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.3 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
5.8 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
6.0 WARRA W Coast TAS

-7.3 : 17.1 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
-7.0 : 16.8 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
-6.7 : 16.2 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
-6.5 : 18.2 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara 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.

42.4 MOUNT WINIFRED E Kimberley WA
40.0 KULIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
40.0 LAKE KING Cent Wheatbelt WA
36.4 MERIVALE FARM Lower West WA
33.6 MOUNT BARNETT W Kimberley WA

13.1 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
12.9 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
12.6 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
11.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.7 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

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2.7 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
0.6 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.2 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
0.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC

1039 (43.3) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
914 (38.1) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
911 (38.0) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
885 (36.9) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
852 (35.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
814 (33.9) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
788 (32.8) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
786 (32.8) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
773 (32.2) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
765 (31.9) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
758 (31.6) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
754 (31.4) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
746 (31.1) PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
745 (31.0) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
741 (30.9) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
740 (30.8) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
739 (30.8) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
738 (30.8) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
733 (30.5) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
731 (30.5) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
709 (29.5) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
701 (29.2) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
698 (29.1) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
683 (28.5) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
682 (28.4) MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
681 (28.4) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
669 (27.9) NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
665 (27.7) LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS) Mallee/Upper SE SA
660 (27.5) OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
658 (27.4) MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
655 (27.3) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
643 (26.8) EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA
629 (26.2) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
628 (26.2) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
624 (26.0) CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
621 (25.9) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
604 (25.2) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
601 (25.0) PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA

122/20 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
93/18 TREPELL AIRPORT Northwest QLD
93/14 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
93/13 KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
91/13 CAPE GRIM N Coast 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 Interior GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE 23.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 7.7mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers OENPELLI AIRPORT 13.4mm in 1 hr to 18:00 13.4mm/h 13.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 13.2mm/h CENTRE ISLAND 10.2mm in 1 hr to 11:30 10.2mm/h 10.2mm in 1 hr to 12:00 10.2mm/h LAJAMANU AIRPORT 10.0mm in 30 min to 19:30 20.0mm/h 16.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 16.0mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 10.4mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 5.7mm/h N Plateau CURTIN SPRINGS 15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 5.0mm/h YULARA AIRPORT 4.4mm in 12 min to 04:30 22.0mm/h 11.0mm in 1 hr to 05:00 11.0mm/h SOUTH AUSTRALIA NW Pastoral ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) 15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 5.0mm/h QUEENSLAND Gulf Country MORNINGTON ISLAND AIRPORT 14.0mm in 30 min to 12:00 28.0mm/h 14.0mm in 1 hr to 12:00 14.0mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.3mm/h 14.2mm in 1 hr to 12:30 14.2mm/h Central Coast E AYR DPI RESEARCH STN 15.2mm in 30 min to 09:00 30.4mm/h 15.2mm in 1 hr to 09:00 15.2mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.0mm/h	SOUTH AUSTRALIA NW Pastoral WOOMERA AERODROME : 122(340/ 43 ) at 21:50 QUEENSLAND Northwest TREPELL AIRPORT : 93(150/ 69 ) at 18:45 VICTORIA Wimmera S GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 76( 40/ 63 ) at 23:30 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 91( 90/ 69 ) at 23:00 CAPE GRIM : 91( 70/ 69 ) at 14:45 King Island KING ISLAND AIRPORT : 93( 90/ 61 ) at 15:00 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 78( 80/ 63 ) at 07:30