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National Daily Weather Summary


Records set | Charts | Cities | Hottest | Coldest | Rain, sun & wind | Downpours & gales
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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 15/05/2018. 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

SA

County Light

023373

NURIOOTPA PIRSA

-4.0

-3.9

16/05/2012

17

1 N

Highest wind gust (km/h)

NT

Darwin-Daly

014932

TINDAL RAAF

52

52.0

10/05/2011

11

N Equal to record.


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

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4pm EST Maximum temperature anomalies

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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 14:03EST, 15/05/2018.

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 26.2 +4.4 12.5 +2.1 10.0 0.0 3.6 8.7 336 (14.0) 52/22
BUNBURY 22.4 +1.2 13.0 +3.7 -- -- -- -- 217 ( 9.0) 35/14
MANDURAH 25.7 +4.4 16.0 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 249 (10.4) 28/14
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.0 -1.0 19.7 -2.4 18.5 0.0 8.8 10.8 377 (15.7) 41/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 21.5 -1.5 2.3 -5.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 315 (13.1) 43/14
WHYALLA AERO 17.0 -3.4 7.0 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 324 (13.5) 39/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 16.4 -2.5 5.9 -4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 87 ( 3.6) 22/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 13.7 -2.4 9.6 +2.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 245 (10.2) 21/16
MOUNT ISA AERO 25.4 -2.4 13.0 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 373 (15.5) 39/10
CAIRNS AERO 27.9 +0.3 16.3 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 483 (20.1) 46/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.6 0.0 10.6 -7.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 192 ( 8.0) 37/12
MACKAY M.O 23.9 -0.3 10.9 -6.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 342 (14.3) 37/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.0 +1.0 8.7 -5.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 160 ( 6.7) 24/13
BUNDABERG AERO 25.4 +0.8 11.2 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 261 (10.9) 24/15
COOLANGATTA 23.5 +0.4 8.7 -5.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 234 ( 9.8) 39/19
BRISBANE AERO 23.8 +0.3 10.1 -2.7 5.8 0.0 4.0 9.6 246 (10.3) 31/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 20.9 +1.1 7.0 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 296 (12.3) 31/14
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 20.5 +0.2 10.2 +1.5 -- 0.0 3.2 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.3 -2.1 13.9 +3.5 -- 1.0 -- -- 578 (24.1) 50/09
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 19.8 -0.5 12.8 +2.8 -- 11.2 -- -- 573 (23.9) 57/11
BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION 16.6 +0.9 6.3 +2.9 -1.5 0.0 1.2 -- -- --
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 14.3 +0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 20.2 +0.3 6.4 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 408 (17.0) 30/08
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 17.9 -2.1 13.6 +2.7 13.0 8.4 2.0 7.3 936 (39.0) 59/02
RICHMOND RAAF 21.0 +0.5 13.4 +5.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 481 (20.0) 39/08
BELLAMBI AWS 18.3 -1.3 13.4 +0.4 -- 1.2 -- -- 821 (34.2) 61/00
CANBERRA AIRPORT 17.7 -- 1.2 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 448 (18.7) 30/02
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 19.0 +1.7 4.7 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 367 (15.3) 24/00
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 19.8 +2.2 2.7 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 147 ( 6.1) 18/01
MILDURA AIRPORT 18.7 -0.3 4.4 -3.0 -- 0.0 4.5 8.7 313 (13.0) 24/20
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 17.9 +0.7 1.6 -4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 296 (12.3) 17/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT 18.8 +2.2 2.5 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 315 (13.1) 21/20
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 15.4 -1.2 6.1 -2.2 3.2 0.2 2.0 7.9 355 (14.8) 28/15
BALLARAT AERODROME 14.8 +1.2 5.2 -0.5 -- 0.2 -- -- 404 (16.8) 34/03
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.8 0.0 2.0 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 184 ( 7.7) 24/14
HOBART AIRPORT 15.8 +0.6 6.6 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.8 9.2 -- 24/11
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

33.6 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
33.2 KALBARRI Central West WA
33.0 MURGANELLA AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
32.4 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
32.2 PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
32.2 NOONAMAH AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
32.2 DOUGLAS RIVER RESEARCH FARM N Rivers NT

+7.8 : 30.5 CARNAMAH Central West WA
+7.5 : 30.2 LANCELIN Lower West WA
+7.2 : 31.0 MULLEWA Central West WA

27.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
26.3 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.8 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
25.2 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT

+7.5 : 14.0 SINGLETON STP Hunter Valley NSW
+6.2 : 13.6 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+5.8 : 15.1 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW
+5.8 : 13.4 RICHMOND RAAF Sydney--west NSW
+5.5 : 12.6 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW
+5.5 : 13.2 BROOKTON Cent Wheatbelt WA

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

8.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
9.7 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
9.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
10.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
10.3 NULLO MOUNTAIN AWS C Tablelands N NSW
10.3 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-4.5 : 13.3 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA
-4.4 : 13.1 PADTHAWAY SOUTH Lower SE SA
-4.1 : 14.6 KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA
-3.9 : 27.2 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT
-3.9 : 15.1 KAROONDA Mallee/Upper SE SA

-4.1 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-3.8 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.0 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
-1.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-8.6 : 5.2 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD
-8.5 : 7.3 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-8.4 : 0.8 EYRE Eucla WA
-8.3 : 8.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
-8.1 : 4.7 HUGHENDEN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria 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.
113.6 SMITHS LAKE (PATSYS FLAT ROAD) MidNorth Coast S NSW
59.4 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW
41.8 CAREYS PEAK (BARRINGTON TOPS) Hunter Valley NSW
39.0 CRAWFORD RIVER (CRAWFORD) MidNorth Coast S NSW
38.0 BUNGWAHL MidNorth Coast S NSW

NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast S
113.6 SMITHS LAKE (PATSYS FLAT ROAD)
39.0 CRAWFORD RIVER (CRAWFORD)
38.0 BUNGWAHL
Hunter Valley
59.4 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)
41.8 CAREYS PEAK (BARRINGTON TOPS)

Reports not yet available

1230 (51.3) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
1049 (43.7) BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
1002 (41.8) JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
999 (41.6) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
999 (41.6) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
985 (41.0) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
949 (39.5) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
939 (39.1) KIAMA (BOMBO HEADLAND) Illawarra NSW
936 (39.0) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
926 (38.6) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
925 (38.5) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
918 (38.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
858 (35.8) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
841 (35.0) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
821 (34.2) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
811 (33.8) ULLADULLA AWS South Coast NSW
792 (33.0) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
776 (32.3) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
765 (31.9) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
749 (31.2) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
748 (31.2) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
741 (30.9) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
712 (29.7) ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW
711 (29.6) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
693 (28.9) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
662 (27.6) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
655 (27.3) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
641 (26.7) NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS Illawarra NSW
623 (26.0) COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
620 (25.8) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
618 (25.8) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
618 (25.8) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
612 (25.5) TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
611 (25.5) PORT KEMBLA NTC AWS Illawarra NSW
78/23 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
74/19 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
72/05 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
72/16 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
68/07 LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
68/05 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
68/16 EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW

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.
NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast S
FORSTER - TUNCURRY MARINE RESCUE
42.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 7.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
10.6mm in 28 min to 12:30 22.7mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 12:30 10.8mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 13:00 11.6mm/h
15.8mm in 18 min to 15:56 52.7mm/h
16.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 16.4mm/h
16.6mm in 1 hr to 16:30 16.6mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 5.7mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney--east
WATTAMOLLA AWS : 83(180/ 65 ) at 00:57
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 70(320/ 63 ) at 16:30