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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 1403 EST on 09/11/2016. 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
Highest minimum temperature

WA

E Kimberley

002064

ARGYLE AERODROME

31.5

31.2

22/11/2009

20

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

NT

Victoria

014829

LAJAMANU AIRPORT

44.1

44.0

12/11/2006

22

1 N

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

NT

Roper-McArthur

014704

MCARTHUR RIVER MINE AIRPORT

14.9

14.7

24/11/2009

14

1 N

NT

Darwin-Daly

014948

PORT KEATS AIRPORT

15.5

13.3

07/11/2016

11

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.


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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 14:02EST, 09/11/2016.

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 24.0 -1.8 11.1 -1.6 6.3 0.0 7.2 12.4 422 (17.6) 48/19
BUNBURY 22.0 -2.3 8.3 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 318 (13.3) 41/18
MANDURAH 23.0 -1.5 11.8 -3.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 392 (16.3) 43/14
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.8 +0.5 28.8 +3.5 27.3 0.2 9.8 11.4 437 (18.2) 37/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 37.5 +3.9 22.2 +4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 455 (19.0) 37/03
WHYALLA AERO 19.6 -6.9 13.6 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 722 (30.1) 50/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 19.3 -5.9 9.7 -4.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 207 ( 8.6) 39/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 16.0 -4.4 3.0 -5.4 -- 2.8 -- -- 296 (12.3) 31/08
MOUNT ISA AERO 39.0 +2.6 18.9 -2.5 -- 11.6 -- -- 409 (17.0) 41/11
CAIRNS AERO 31.6 +1.0 22.9 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 284 (11.8) 31/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 32.0 +1.3 22.5 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 372 (15.5) 39/15
MACKAY M.O 30.8 +1.6 21.3 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 305 (12.7) 24/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 33.5 +2.3 20.2 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 280 (11.7) 34/16
BUNDABERG AERO 31.4 +3.1 23.3 +4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 476 (19.8) 46/15
COOLANGATTA 28.7 +2.8 22.2 +4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 510 (21.3) 52/17
BRISBANE AERO 29.3 +2.5 22.6 +4.4 21.5 0.0 9.0 9.6 530 (22.1) 52/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 30.8 +5.1 17.4 +2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 515 (21.5) 54/15
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 33.4 +5.0 15.6 +0.5 -- 0.0 6.8 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 30.8 +5.8 13.2 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 338 (14.1) 54/16
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 36.0 +10.5 13.1 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 268 (11.2) 72/18
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 34.5 +6.1 12.1 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 347 (14.5) 52/20
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.4 -1.6 18.6 +3.2 12.9 0.0 11.0 4.1 394 (16.4) 61/16
RICHMOND RAAF 32.8 +6.1 14.9 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 266 (11.1) 39/15
BELLAMBI AWS 20.2 -1.9 18.1 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 452 (18.8) 41/05
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 24.5 -1.3 12.5 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 294 (12.3) 24/10
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 24.9 -1.1 11.6 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 240 (10.0) 37/15
MILDURA AIRPORT 24.0 -3.5 12.0 -0.6 -- 0.0 15.4 -- 449 (18.7) 37/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 21.3 -3.4 11.2 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 356 (14.8) 34/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 21.5 -2.9 7.8 -1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 403 (16.8) 31/11
BALLARAT AERODROME 16.3 -3.3 6.1 -1.7 -- 1.0 -- -- 436 (18.2) 35/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 19.2 -1.3 6.2 -2.8 -- 2.4 -- -- 360 (15.0) 37/14
HOBART AIRPORT 18.0 -1.0 8.8 -0.4 6.1 0.0 5.2 10.6 581 (24.2) 48/09
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

44.1 LAJAMANU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
44.1 TELFER AERO Interior WA
43.9 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
43.5 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
43.2 WARMUN E Kimberley WA

+11.5 : 38.2 PATERSON (TOCAL AWS) Hunter Valley NSW
+10.5 : 36.0 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
+10.0 : 34.1 MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+9.9 : 36.5 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+9.8 : 36.2 LOSTOCK DAM Hunter Valley NSW

31.5 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
30.2 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
29.8 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
29.7 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
29.5 WARMUN E Kimberley WA

+7.4 : 21.5 PARRAMATTA NORTH (MASONS DRIVE) Sydney--east NSW
+6.7 : 28.0 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
+6.3 : 25.0 TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW
+6.2 : 10.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
+5.6 : 21.2 SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) Sydney--east NSW
+5.6 : 23.1 TAROOM POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD

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

6.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
7.7 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
9.8 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
10.2 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
10.5 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-8.8 : 12.3 COMBIENBAR AWS E Gippsland VIC
-8.8 : 18.9 ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
-8.3 : 22.1 PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
-7.8 : 20.6 SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA
-7.8 : 16.7 STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE Murray Valley SA

-1.4 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
-1.3 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-0.2 FINGAL (LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
-0.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
0.8 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-8.6 : 1.3 PADTHAWAY SOUTH Lower SE SA
-8.2 : 2.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
-8.0 : 3.9 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-7.7 : 3.4 NURIOOTPA PIRSA Adelaide/Lofty SA
-7.5 : 1.2 KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA

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.
34.8 MURGANELLA AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
25.0 DUCABROOK AL Central Highlands QLD
24.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
19.8 GINNINDERRA (CHARNWOOD (ACT)) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
18.2 KAROOLA PARK Maranoa QLD

Reports not yet available

1682 (70.1) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1325 (55.2) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1311 (54.6) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
1219 (50.8) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1143 (47.6) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
1044 (43.5) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
998 (41.6) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
958 (39.9) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
940 (39.2) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
928 (38.7) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
878 (36.6) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
877 (36.5) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
873 (36.4) OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
839 (35.0) BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
820 (34.2) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
810 (33.8) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
809 (33.7) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
807 (33.6) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
800 (33.3) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
796 (33.2) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
761 (31.7) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
757 (31.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
756 (31.5) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
743 (31.0) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
741 (30.9) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
739 (30.8) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
736 (30.7) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
731 (30.5) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
722 (30.1) WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
715 (29.8) PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
703 (29.3) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
702 (29.3) DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
692 (28.8) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
681 (28.4) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
678 (28.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
675 (28.1) PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
667 (27.8) CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
658 (27.4) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
649 (27.0) ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
649 (27.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
636 (26.5) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
635 (26.5) ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
635 (26.5) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
631 (26.3) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
630 (26.3) GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
629 (26.2) PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA
617 (25.7) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
611 (25.5) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
606 (25.3) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
602 (25.1) LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS
601 (25.0) LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
600 (25.0) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
600 (25.0) ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
600 (25.0) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
117/06 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
107/09 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
104/06 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
93/05 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
93/03 LOW ROCKY POINT W 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
MURGANELLA AIRSTRIP
34.8mm in 30 min to 09:30 69.6mm/h
34.8mm in 1 hr to 09:30 34.8mm/h
34.8mm in 1 hr to 10:00 34.8mm/h
29.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 9.7mm/h
26.4mm in 30 min to 16:30 52.8mm/h
28.6mm in 1 hr to 16:30 28.6mm/h
28.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 28.8mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
MOUNT ISA AERO
11.6mm in 30 min to 09:30 23.2mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 09:30 11.6mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 10:00 11.6mm/h
LAKE JULIUS AWS
14.0mm in 30 min to 09:30 28.0mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 14.0mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 14.0mm/h
Brisbane/SE Coast
AMBERLEY AMO
15.8mm in 1 hr to 16:30 15.8mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 11.2mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
SCONE AIRPORT AWS
5.0mm in 12 min to 21:00 25.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
WILLIS ISLAND
12.4mm in 1 hr to 15:00 12.4mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Far Northwest
TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT : 83(300/ 65 ) at 10:00
Illawarra
MOSS VALE AWS : 78(360/ 65 ) at 18:31
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 117(330/ 72 ) at 07:11
KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) : 104(270/ 70 ) at 05:00
HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 93(290/ 48 ) at 06:30
CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 89(250/ 74 ) at 08:30
W Coast
LOW ROCKY POINT : 93(290/ 74 ) at 04:45
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 104(310/ 58 ) at 07:12