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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 19/12/2015. 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
Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest minimum temperature

WA

W Kimberley

003096

WEST ROEBUCK

29.0

28.8

18/12/2012

15

1 P

WA

Interior

013012

WILUNA

35.0

31.0

17/12/2015

54

33.6

20/01/1991

58

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

Highest maximum temperature

WA

Goldfields

012305

LAVERTON AERO

44.3

43.9

16/12/2004

21

1 N

SA

Northeast

020062

YUNTA AIRSTRIP

43.0

43.0

31/12/2005

16

1 P Equal to record.

SA

Lower Murray

024511

EUDUNDA

41.8

41.7

30/12/2005

49

1 N

VIC

W Gippsland

085283

WILLOW GROVE (BLUE ROCK RESERVOIR)

37.5

37.2

21/12/2000

16

1 N

TAS

N Coast

091259

LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY)

31.8

30.8

30/12/2003

19

1 N

Lowest maximum temperature

QLD

Gulf Country

029077

BURKETOWN AIRPORT

26.6

27.9

28/12/2011

13

1 N

QLD

Gulf Country

029139

SWEERS ISLAND

26.6

27.9

20/12/2010

13

1 N


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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 14:39EST, 19/12/2015.

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 26.5 -2.4 17.0 +2.1 14.6 0.0 9.2 12.8 429 (17.9) 54/15
BUNBURY 23.2 -4.1 15.4 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 322 (13.4) 48/16
MANDURAH 24.4 -2.5 18.0 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 353 (14.7) 52/14
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.6 0.0 26.0 +0.7 25.9 8.6 4.0 4.3 314 (13.1) 39/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 35.6 +0.2 23.3 +3.1 22.1 0.2 6.8 11.3 328 (13.7) 50/13
WHYALLA AERO 37.9 +9.7 20.9 +5.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 457 (19.0) 35/18
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 40.8 +13.8 23.7 +8.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 134 ( 5.6) 34/19
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 32.4 +9.5 13.5 +3.5 9.7 0.0 9.8 10.7 391 (16.3) 37/06
MOUNT ISA AERO 28.4 -8.7 22.1 -0.9 -- 0.4 -- -- 254 (10.6) 35/12
CAIRNS AERO 29.9 -1.5 24.7 +1.3 23.7 0.2 6.2 0.6 309 (12.9) 41/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 32.9 +1.4 25.9 +1.8 25.0 0.0 9.6 5.8 400 (16.7) 46/13
MACKAY M.O 31.5 +1.4 25.6 +2.6 -- 0.0 -- 9.6 355 (14.8) 39/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 31.3 -0.8 21.2 0.0 20.5 0.0 9.0 -- 384 (16.0) 44/08
BUNDABERG AERO 30.0 +0.5 19.6 -0.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 435 (18.1) 50/17
COOLANGATTA 28.0 +0.8 18.9 -1.0 -- 0.4 -- -- 340 (14.2) 34/10
BRISBANE AERO 27.8 -0.3 18.4 -1.7 17.4 1.0 9.0 10.9 341 (14.2) 35/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 25.9 -1.5 15.4 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 570 (23.8) 37/10
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 33.2 +2.3 17.4 -0.1 -- 0.0 6.8 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 27.1 +0.6 15.2 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 218 ( 9.1) 37/11
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 30.7 +3.5 14.7 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 367 (15.3) 35/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 33.2 +2.0 18.1 +2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 353 (14.7) 35/08
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 29.9 +4.2 20.2 +2.7 13.5 0.0 13.6 12.3 482 (20.1) 55/16
RICHMOND RAAF 34.8 +6.4 15.5 -0.5 -- 0.2 -- -- 198 ( 8.3) 37/16
BELLAMBI AWS 28.9 +5.1 19.9 +2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 365 (15.2) 39/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 36.2 +6.8 17.5 +3.7 13.6 0.0 9.8 10.9 220 ( 9.2) 31/10
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 37.1 +7.9 16.5 +2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 153 ( 6.4) 26/10
MILDURA AIRPORT 43.0 +12.9 24.8 +10.0 12.0 0.0 14.8 12.5 333 (13.9) 63/21
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 38.6 +11.2 19.3 +7.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 221 ( 9.2) 39/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT 39.8 +12.8 17.9 +6.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 228 ( 9.5) 54/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 39.4 +16.8 18.5 +9.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 451 (18.8) 57/17
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 32.8 +10.4 16.6 +6.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 239 (10.0) 41/15
HOBART AIRPORT 20.4 -0.3 15.8 +5.1 12.2 0.0 6.0 0.1 462 (19.3) 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

46.5 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
45.9 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
45.7 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
45.5 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
45.2 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
45.2 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA

+17.0 : 41.7 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
+16.8 : 39.4 BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
+16.5 : 40.9 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
+16.3 : 40.8 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC
+16.3 : 40.2 SCORESBY RESEARCH INSTITUTE E Central VIC

35.0 WILUNA Interior WA
30.6 TELFER AERO Interior WA
30.4 CARNEGIE Interior WA
30.0 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
29.8 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA

+14.0 : 35.0 WILUNA Interior WA
+13.3 : 25.6 MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+13.2 : 24.1 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA
+12.8 : 27.0 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
+11.7 : 25.2 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC
+11.7 : 21.8 WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC

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

16.5 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
17.3 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
17.7 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
18.0 SPRING BAY NTC AWS E Coast TAS
18.0 DENNES POINT Southeast TAS

-9.9 : 28.6 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
-9.8 : 26.6 BURKETOWN AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
-9.8 : 28.3 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD
-9.2 : 24.9 SPRINGSURE COMET ST Central Highlands QLD
-9.1 : 29.2 CENTURY MINE Gulf Country QLD

5.9 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
6.4 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
6.6 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
8.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
8.6 GUYRA HOSPITAL N Tablelands W NSW
8.6 NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA

-4.3 : 23.0 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
-4.0 : 9.8 DORRIGO (OLD CORAMBA RD) MidNorth Coast N NSW
-3.7 : 20.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
-3.5 : 13.8 TEXAS POST OFFICE Darling Downs E QLD
-3.4 : 21.7 CENTURY MINE Gulf Country 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.
90.0 FLYING FOX N Rivers NT
78.0 BING BONG PORT N Rivers NT
74.2 SOUTHWELL STATION N Peninsula QLD
72.0 ALCAN MINESITE N Rivers NT
69.4 KING ASH BAY N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
90.0 FLYING FOX
78.0 BING BONG PORT
72.0 ALCAN MINESITE
69.4 KING ASH BAY
65.6 GOVE AIRPORT
51.4 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT
N Plateau
53.2 ELLIOTT

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
74.2 SOUTHWELL STATION
Upper Carpentaria
68.0 PROA STATION

13.2 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
13.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
12.8 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
12.7 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW
12.5 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.5 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.5 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

.....

3.2 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
2.9 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
0.6 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
0.2 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
0.1 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS

936 (39.0) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
871 (36.3) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
849 (35.4) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
838 (34.9) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
832 (34.7) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
828 (34.5) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
827 (34.5) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
822 (34.3) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
809 (33.7) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
795 (33.1) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
770 (32.1) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
723 (30.1) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
722 (30.1) ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
719 (30.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
715 (29.8) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
674 (28.1) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
668 (27.8) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
667 (27.8) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
650 (27.1) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
613 (25.5) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
604 (25.2) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
600 (25.0) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
118/19 BICKLEY Lower West WA
91/16 HOPETOUN AIRPORT Mallee S VIC
85/16 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
83/15 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
76/13 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior 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
N Kimberley
WYNDHAM AERO
16.6mm in 30 min to 19:00 33.2mm/h
16.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 16.6mm/h
18.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 18.0mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.0mm/h
E Kimberley
ARGYLE AERODROME
9.0mm in 24 min to 13:24 22.5mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 13:30 10.8mm/h
W Kimberley
FITZROY CROSSING AERO
6.0mm in 12 min to 15:00 30.0mm/h
7.2mm in 6 min to 15:06 72.0mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 15.0mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
DARWIN AIRPORT
6.4mm in 18 min to 22:48 21.3mm/h
7.8mm in 12 min to 23:00 39.0mm/h
16.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 16.4mm/h
14.4mm in 1 hr to 23:30 14.4mm/h
GUNN POINT
13.8mm in 30 min to 08:30 27.6mm/h
13.8mm in 1 hr to 08:30 13.8mm/h
13.8mm in 1 hr to 09:00 13.8mm/h
MIDDLE POINT
12.8mm in 30 min to 15:30 25.6mm/h
17.4mm in 1 hr to 15:30 17.4mm/h
17.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 17.4mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 6.3mm/h
BATCHELOR AIRPORT
14.2mm in 30 min to 14:00 28.4mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 14:00 14.2mm/h
14.4mm in 1 hr to 14:30 14.4mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 5.0mm/h
NGUKURR AIRPORT
19.4mm in 30 min to 01:30 38.8mm/h
22.8mm in 1 hr to 01:30 22.8mm/h
22.8mm in 1 hr to 02:00 22.8mm/h
32.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 10.7mm/h
29.6mm in 30 min to 17:00 59.2mm/h
29.6mm in 1 hr to 17:00 29.6mm/h
12.4mm in 30 min to 17:30 24.8mm/h
42.0mm in 1 hr to 17:30 42.0mm/h
16.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 16.8mm/h
46.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 15.3mm/h
MURGANELLA AIRSTRIP
10.6mm in 30 min to 05:30 21.2mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 05:30 10.6mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 10.6mm/h
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 09:30 5.0mm/h
WARRUWI AIRPORT
8.6mm in 14 min to 23:30 36.9mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 23:30 10.0mm/h
GOVE AIRPORT
8.6mm in 22 min to 02:30 23.5mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 02:30 10.8mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 03:00 10.8mm/h
15.2mm in 28 min to 07:58 32.6mm/h
21.8mm in 14 min to 08:26 93.4mm/h
40.4mm in 1 hr to 08:30 40.4mm/h
50.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 16.7mm/h
GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT
18.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 6.0mm/h
DALY WATERS AIRSTRIP
13.8mm in 30 min to 19:30 27.6mm/h
23.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 23.0mm/h
16.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 16.0mm/h
26.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 8.7mm/h
CENTRE ISLAND
12.6mm in 1 hr to 03:00 12.6mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 03:30 10.6mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 6.7mm/h
BORROLOOLA AIRPORT
15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 5.0mm/h
6.8mm in 9 min to 23:00 45.3mm/h
16.4mm in 1 hr to 23:30 16.4mm/h
N Plateau
TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT
11.4mm in 19 min to 20:59 36.0mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 21:00 13.2mm/h
18.6mm in 1 hr to 21:30 18.6mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
SCHERGER RAAF
14.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 14.0mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h
S Peninsula
LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT
12.2mm in 30 min to 14:30 24.4mm/h
14.6mm in 1 hr to 14:30 14.6mm/h
8.4mm in 20 min to 14:50 25.2mm/h
23.0mm in 1 hr to 15:00 23.0mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 9.0mm/h
18.8mm in 1 hr to 15:30 18.8mm/h
9.6mm in 26 min to 15:56 22.2mm/h
17.8mm in 1 hr to 16:00 17.8mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 16:30 10.2mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h
Gulf Country
JULIA CREEK AIRPORT
17.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.7mm/h
BURKETOWN AIRPORT
10.6mm in 30 min to 13:00 21.2mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 13:00 11.6mm/h
13.6mm in 1 hr to 13:30 13.6mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 14:30 11.2mm/h
12.6mm in 1 hr to 15:00 12.6mm/h
30.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 10.0mm/h
MORNINGTON ISLAND AIRPORT
13.8mm in 1 hr to 08:00 13.8mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.7mm/h
Upper Carpentaria
RICHMOND AIRPORT
10.0mm in 1 hr to 16:30 10.0mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
BICKLEY : 119(240/ 28 ) at 19:12
VICTORIA
Mallee S
HOPETOUN AIRPORT : 91(300/ 76 ) at 17:22