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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 1439 EST on 01/04/2016. 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

VIC

E Central

086375

CRANBOURNE BOTANIC GARDENS

-4.0

-2.9

20/03/2016

14

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

Lowest minimum temperature

NSW

Lower Darling

047029

POONCARIE MAIL AGENCY

6.8

7.0

28/03/2008

11

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 14:38EST, 01/04/2016.

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 26.4 -3.3 11.8 -4.1 10.9 0.0 7.0 10.3 301 (12.5) 39/14
BUNBURY 22.9 -4.9 12.0 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 145 ( 6.0) 31/14
MANDURAH 23.9 -4.0 17.3 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 240 (10.0) 30/13
DARWIN AIRPORT 34.8 +2.9 25.8 +1.3 25.2 0.0 6.4 8.2 262 (10.9) 37/22
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 30.5 -2.1 11.7 -5.8 10.6 0.0 7.8 11.4 350 (14.6) 39/15
WHYALLA AERO 24.2 -3.0 8.8 -6.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 319 (13.3) 26/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 23.9 -2.4 9.9 -5.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 58 ( 2.4) 22/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 22.9 -0.2 11.7 +1.2 10.3 0.0 1.8 6.2 347 (14.5) 41/14
MOUNT ISA AERO 33.3 -0.8 20.4 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 520 (21.7) 37/02
CAIRNS AERO 32.6 +2.1 21.2 -1.9 19.8 0.0 5.6 10.8 294 (12.3) 35/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.9 +1.2 23.2 +0.3 21.5 0.0 8.0 11.1 274 (11.4) 37/15
MACKAY M.O 29.4 +0.8 20.7 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 285 (11.9) 26/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 32.0 +1.5 21.5 +0.7 20.3 0.0 5.6 -- 200 ( 8.3) 22/10
BUNDABERG AERO 30.4 +1.3 21.5 +1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 214 ( 8.9) 24/15
COOLANGATTA 28.6 +1.3 18.1 -1.5 -- 5.0 -- -- 245 (10.2) 34/14
BRISBANE AERO 30.3 +2.4 19.8 +0.4 19.1 21.8 7.2 10.6 263 (11.0) 34/16
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 26.8 +0.8 15.2 -1.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 261 (10.9) 31/12
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 27.1 -2.0 9.7 -6.9 -- 2.6 2.6 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 26.5 +0.2 15.8 -1.0 -- 0.6 -- -- 203 ( 8.5) 35/16
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 25.4 -0.8 14.2 -2.1 10.6 0.0 4.2 -- 377 (15.7) 39/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 26.9 -2.0 7.2 -7.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 275 (11.5) 31/13
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 23.0 -2.2 16.9 -0.6 13.1 0.0 6.8 10.6 431 (18.0) 55/13
RICHMOND RAAF 27.4 +0.5 10.5 -5.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 246 (10.3) 34/16
BELLAMBI AWS 22.4 -1.5 16.5 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 290 (12.1) 44/09
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 24.9 -2.7 8.8 -4.6 6.2 0.0 4.8 10.7 225 ( 9.4) 22/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 25.5 -2.1 9.5 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 102 ( 4.3) 18/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 24.9 -3.4 8.3 -5.5 4.0 0.0 6.6 11.0 292 (12.2) 21/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 23.5 -2.7 8.5 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 347 (14.5) 22/02
BENDIGO AIRPORT 23.0 -2.7 7.0 -4.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 295 (12.3) 28/11
BALLARAT AERODROME 20.3 -1.9 7.5 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 338 (14.1) 50/07
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 21.5 -1.0 7.0 -3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 77 ( 3.2) 39/15
HOBART AIRPORT 25.5 +4.8 10.4 -0.4 6.3 0.0 3.8 8.8 296 (12.3) 41/15
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

42.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
41.8 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
41.3 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
41.1 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
41.0 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA

+7.3 : 42.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
+6.9 : 40.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
+6.1 : 31.8 EYRE Eucla WA
+6.0 : 41.1 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
+6.0 : 41.8 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
+6.0 : 41.3 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA

29.9 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
29.0 ROWLEY SHOALS Islands ISL
29.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
28.8 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
28.8 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA

+5.1 : 29.9 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
+4.0 : 28.3 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
+4.0 : 17.5 WINDY HARBOUR Lower West WA
+3.9 : 28.8 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
+3.8 : 21.0 MONTO TOWNSHIP Wide Bay/Burnett QLD

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

10.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
10.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
10.6 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
11.4 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
12.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-7.0 : 25.3 TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW
-6.3 : 22.3 BROKEN HILL AIRPORT AWS Lower Darling NSW
-6.2 : 27.5 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
-5.7 : 25.4 WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW
-5.7 : 27.7 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
-5.7 : 25.0 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW

-0.1 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
1.1 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.4 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
1.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.9 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC

-9.1 : 7.1 COBAR AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
-9.1 : 9.5 LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFORMATION CEN Upper Darling NSW
-9.1 : 9.0 BOURKE AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
-8.8 : 6.9 TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS CW Plains N NSW
-8.5 : 7.6 WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW

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.
74.6 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
42.0 CAPE CONRAN (YEERUNG PARK) E Gippsland VIC
41.0 MALLACOOTA E Gippsland VIC
38.0 POINT HICKS (LIGHTHOUSE) E Gippsland VIC
37.6 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Kimberley
37.6 KUNUNURRA AERO

VICTORIA
E Gippsland
74.6 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
42.0 CAPE CONRAN (YEERUNG PARK)
41.0 MALLACOOTA
38.0 POINT HICKS (LIGHTHOUSE)

11.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.4 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
11.0 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
10.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.8 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

.....

7.9 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
6.9 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
6.9 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
6.4 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
6.2 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA

1119 (46.6) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
1100 (45.8) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
782 (32.6) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
768 (32.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
701 (29.2) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
683 (28.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
656 (27.3) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
72/18 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
68/02 GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
65/00 MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
65/18 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
61/18 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
61/00 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
KALUMBURU
7.2mm in 11 min to 14:00 39.3mm/h
E Kimberley
KUNUNURRA AERO
31.0mm in 22 min to 08:58 84.5mm/h
5.4mm in 2 min to 09:00 162.0mm/h
37.6mm in 1 hr to 09:00 37.6mm/h
38.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 12.7mm/h
13.8mm in 7 min to 09:07 118.3mm/h
7.8mm in 12 min to 09:19 39.0mm/h
24.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 24.2mm/h
18.8mm in 30 min to 10:00 37.6mm/h
43.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 43.0mm/h
27.0mm in 1 hr to 10:30 27.0mm/h
55.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 18.3mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
GUNN POINT
16.4mm in 1 hr to 14:30 16.4mm/h
MIDDLE POINT
13.0mm in 23 min to 22:00 33.9mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 13.0mm/h
15.8mm in 1 hr to 22:30 15.8mm/h
PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT
13.0mm in 21 min to 14:21 37.1mm/h
8.0mm in 9 min to 14:30 53.3mm/h
21.0mm in 1 hr to 14:30 21.0mm/h
21.0mm in 1 hr to 15:00 21.0mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 7.0mm/h
JABIRU AIRPORT
9.4mm in 18 min to 21:00 31.3mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 21:00 15.0mm/h
15.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 15.8mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 5.0mm/h
GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT
11.0mm in 1 hr to 14:30 11.0mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 15:00 11.4mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 15:30 10.4mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 6.0mm/h
VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS
10.4mm in 1 hr to 07:30 10.4mm/h
TINDAL RAAF
21.6mm in 25 min to 22:30 51.8mm/h
22.4mm in 1 hr to 22:30 22.4mm/h
31.6mm in 1 hr to 23:00 31.6mm/h
VICTORIA
E Gippsland
GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
5.4mm in 13 min to 01:13 24.9mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 01:30 12.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
NORFOLK ISLAND AERO
10.0mm in 10 min to 09:10 60.0mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 10.0mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
BICKLEY : 124(250/ 22 ) at 16:00