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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 23:47EST, 31/12/2015.

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 32.0 +3.1 17.8 +2.9 16.4 0.0 9.0 -- 516 (21.5) --
BUNBURY 29.0 +1.7 14.3 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 489 (20.4) --
MANDURAH 31.0 +4.1 17.7 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 467 (19.5) --
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.0 +0.4 27.9 +2.6 26.6 0.0 8.8 -- 636 (26.5) --
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 20.0 -15.4 17.2 -3.0 16.7 49.6 0.2 -- 538 (22.4) --
WHYALLA AERO 38.0 +9.8 23.1 +7.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 289 (12.0) --
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 41.0 +14.0 20.7 +5.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 93 ( 3.9) --
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 40.0 +17.1 15.1 +5.1 6.4 0.0 14.8 -- 432 (18.0) --
MOUNT ISA AERO 34.0 -3.1 22.5 -0.5 22.0 6.2 3.4 -- 632 (26.3) --
CAIRNS AERO 29.0 -2.4 22.4 -1.0 22.0 16.4 6.6 -- 419 (17.5) --
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.0 -0.5 24.3 +0.2 22.6 0.0 11.4 -- 534 (22.3) --
MACKAY M.O 30.0 -0.1 22.8 -0.2 -- 0.6 -- -- 420 (17.5) --
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 33.0 +0.9 20.6 -0.6 18.8 0.0 11.0 -- 373 (15.5) --
BUNDABERG AERO 31.0 +1.5 19.6 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 518 (21.6) --
COOLANGATTA 27.0 -0.2 20.3 +0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 584 (24.3) --
BRISBANE AERO 28.0 -0.1 18.9 -1.2 17.8 0.0 10.8 -- 439 (18.3) --
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 26.0 -1.4 14.8 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 560 (23.3) --
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE -- -- 6.0 -11.5 -- 0.0 11.0 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 26.0 -0.5 17.0 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 359 (15.0) --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 25.0 -2.2 14.8 -1.7 12.9 0.0 7.8 -- 231 ( 9.6) --
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 33.0 +1.8 15.7 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 385 (16.0) --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 29.0 +3.3 18.1 +0.6 14.8 0.0 8.0 -- 304 (12.7) --
RICHMOND RAAF 29.0 +0.6 13.9 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 197 ( 8.2) --
BELLAMBI AWS 24.0 +0.2 17.3 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 35.0 +5.6 17.1 +3.3 13.6 0.0 10.0 -- 196 ( 8.2) --
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 36.0 +6.8 17.3 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 127 ( 5.3) --
MILDURA AIRPORT 39.0 +8.9 22.9 +8.1 20.0 0.0 10.2 -- 196 ( 8.2) --
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 36.0 +8.6 19.1 +6.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 148 ( 6.2) --
BENDIGO AIRPORT 38.0 +11.0 19.6 +8.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 166 ( 6.9) --
BALLARAT AERODROME 37.0 +14.4 17.2 +7.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 306 (12.8) --
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 33.0 +10.6 11.5 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 282 (11.8) --
HOBART AIRPORT 26.0 +5.3 12.4 +1.7 8.2 0.0 9.4 -- 428 (17.8) --
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

45.0 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
44.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
44.0 TELFER AERO Interior WA
43.0 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
43.0 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA

+18.8 : 40.0 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
+17.7 : 39.0 PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
+17.1 : 40.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
+17.0 : 41.0 AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
+16.6 : 39.0 CERBERUS E Central VIC
+16.6 : 40.0 MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC

30.6 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
30.5 MAITLAND Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
29.0 POINT FAWCETT Islands ISL
28.6 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
28.5 BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD
28.5 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA

+16.5 : 30.5 MAITLAND Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+14.0 : 26.3 MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+12.8 : 23.7 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA
+12.4 : 22.5 WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
+11.8 : 24.1 EUDUNDA Murray Valley SA

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

19.0 JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
19.0 ESPERANCE NTC AWS
20.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
20.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
20.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
20.0 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
20.0 ESPERANCE Lower West WA

-15.4 : 20.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
-13.4 : 21.0 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT
-13.3 : 23.0 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
-9.4 : 27.0 TERRITORY GRAPE FARM N Plateau NT
-8.5 : 30.0 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD

4.8 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
5.8 FINGAL (LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
6.0 GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE NW Slopes S NSW
6.5 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
7.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW

-11.5 : 6.0 GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE NW Slopes S NSW
-6.5 : 7.1 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
-6.1 : 18.8 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
-5.0 : 9.4 MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-4.7 : 17.3 CARNEGIE Interior 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.
112.0 INDIANA N Plateau NT
75.0 GLENORMISTON Channel Country QLD
71.0 DAINTREE VILLAGE N Coast--Barron QLD
70.0 MCALLISTER STATION Gulf Country QLD
69.8 MARQUA N Plateau NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Plateau
112.0 INDIANA
69.8 MARQUA
67.0 ALICE SPRINGS DESERT PARK

QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
70.0 MCALLISTER STATION
N Coast--Barron
71.0 DAINTREE VILLAGE
Channel Country
75.0 GLENORMISTON

ISLANDS
Islands
58.6 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO

Reports not yet available

1320 (55.0) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1142 (47.6) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1052 (43.8) BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
1046 (43.6) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
1017 (42.4) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
918 (38.3) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
915 (38.1) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
913 (38.0) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
893 (37.2) NGAYAWILI N Rivers NT
892 (37.2) TREPELL AIRPORT Northwest QLD
877 (36.5) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
866 (36.1) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
865 (36.0) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
860 (35.8) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
853 (35.5) PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA
848 (35.3) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
845 (35.2) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
841 (35.0) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
807 (33.6) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
805 (33.5) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
800 (33.3) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
786 (32.8) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
786 (32.8) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
750 (31.3) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
746 (31.1) ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
738 (30.8) EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
732 (30.5) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
730 (30.4) WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
719 (30.0) THE MONUMENT AIRPORT Northwest QLD
714 (29.8) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
693 (28.9) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
676 (28.2) DALWALLINU Central West WA
674 (28.1) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
674 (28.1) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
672 (28.0) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
668 (27.8) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
666 (27.8) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
652 (27.2) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
642 (26.8) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
639 (26.6) HUGHENDEN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
639 (26.6) LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD
636 (26.5) DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
635 (26.5) BUSSELTON AERO Lower West WA
634 (26.4) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
632 (26.3) MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
631 (26.3) SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
624 (26.0) CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
619 (25.8) BALLINA AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW
618 (25.8) NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
613 (25.5) BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD
613 (25.5) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
612 (25.5) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
612 (25.5) CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
612 (25.5) ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD
610 (25.4) KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
608 (25.3) OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
607 (25.3) ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
606 (25.3) TERRITORY GRAPE FARM N Plateau NT
601 (25.0) GLADSTONE RADAR Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
Reports not yet available

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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
BRADSHAW
5.4mm in 8 min to 05:30 40.5mm/h
N Plateau
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT
19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 6.3mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
COEN AIRPORT
12.0mm in 1 hr to 17:30 12.0mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.7mm/h
S Peninsula
LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT
7.8mm in 19 min to 12:19 24.6mm/h
8.6mm in 11 min to 12:30 46.9mm/h
16.4mm in 1 hr to 12:30 16.4mm/h
17.0mm in 1 hr to 13:00 17.0mm/h
26.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 8.7mm/h
Gulf Country
KOWANYAMA AIRPORT
7.8mm in 17 min to 10:00 27.5mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 11.0mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 10:30 11.0mm/h
NORMANTON AIRPORT
10.2mm in 1 hr to 07:30 10.2mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 08:00 14.0mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.0mm/h
MOUNT ISA AERO
1.6mm in 1 min to 16:38 96.0mm/h
1.8mm in 1 min to 16:39 108.0mm/h
5.6mm in 6 min to 16:45 56.0mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 11.2mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.6mm/h
Northwest
THE MONUMENT AIRPORT
9.0mm in 8 min to 17:30 67.5mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 17:30 11.6mm/h
1.6mm in 1 min to 17:31 96.0mm/h
3.0mm in 2 min to 17:33 90.0mm/h
19.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 19.2mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.7mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 12.2mm/h
CARTERS BORE
1.4mm in 1 min to 17:29 84.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
8.0mm in 14 min to 10:00 34.3mm/h
17.6mm in 1 hr to 10:00 17.6mm/h
13.6mm in 1 hr to 10:30 13.6mm/h

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 76(130/ 65 ) at 04:30
DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 76(140/ 63 ) at 00:00