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Weather, Climate and Site News

Australia AUS: Failure of May rains puts winter crops at risk Fri 1 Jun 2018 - Australia's May average rainfall nationally came in at a mere 8.7mm, or 69% of average, making it the third driest May in the 119-year national record, according to the BoM's National Monthly Summary. It was only 0.9mm shy of the record dry May of 2008. QLD, NSW, SA and WA were all hard hit, with QLD receiving only 17% of normal May rain, NSW 25%, WA 26% and SA 42%.

Unfortunately, some of the driest parts were the farming areas looking for an autumn break to get winter crops in before the sowing window closed. These included large areas of southern WA, southern QLD and northern and eastern NSW. Fairfax Media reported that winter plantings were expected to be down 11% in QLD and 7% in NSW compared to 2017.


Records set or equalled today

None known


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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 18:02EST, 12/06/2018.

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 18.6 -0.3 8.5 -0.5 7.2 6.0 2.2 8.7 267 (11.1) 31/09
BUNBURY 17.5 -0.9 6.9 -1.2 -- 2.0 -- -- 222 ( 9.3) 17/13
MANDURAH 17.6 -1.0 10.6 -1.0 -- 6.6 -- -- 338 (14.1) 18/12
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.3 +1.7 23.4 +3.5 22.9 0.0 9.2 9.6 383 (16.0) 43/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 21.1 +1.3 -1.4 -6.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 297 (12.4) 31/12
WHYALLA AERO 21.0 +3.7 3.5 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 199 ( 8.3) 28/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 18.5 +2.4 4.8 -3.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 64 ( 2.7) 18/10
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.1 +1.3 2.4 -3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 179 ( 7.5) 26/11
MOUNT ISA AERO 25.7 +0.9 12.8 +2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 346 (14.4) 31/09
CAIRNS AERO 26.0 0.0 19.6 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 579 (24.1) 57/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO 24.4 -1.2 10.4 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 282 (11.8) 35/11
MACKAY M.O 20.4 -1.5 9.8 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 387 (16.1) 41/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 23.3 -0.2 7.2 -3.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 343 (14.3) 34/11
BUNDABERG AERO 21.8 -0.7 7.5 -4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 364 (15.2) 30/11
COOLANGATTA 21.1 +0.1 11.3 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 321 (13.4) 35/05
BRISBANE AERO 21.1 -0.1 7.4 -3.1 1.7 0.0 5.4 9.8 388 (16.2) 31/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 17.9 +1.0 4.0 -3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 465 (19.4) 31/15
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 16.6 -0.3 2.6 -3.5 -- 0.0 2.4 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.0 -0.4 11.0 +2.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 534 (22.3) 55/15
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 16.8 -0.9 8.9 +1.0 -- 3.6 -- -- 655 (27.3) 57/11
BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION 13.0 +0.8 1.2 -0.4 -7.8 0.0 0.2 -- -- --
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -0.5 -3.1 -7.0 0.0 1.6 -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 15.9 -0.5 1.0 -3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 393 (16.4) 31/03
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 15.9 -1.7 12.3 +3.7 10.3 0.0 5.0 3.2 1028 (42.8) 78/06
RICHMOND RAAF 17.8 -0.1 8.7 +3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 405 (16.9) 43/10
BELLAMBI AWS 16.3 -1.3 11.6 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 903 (37.6) 65/01
CANBERRA AIRPORT 12.6 -- 3.3 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 457 (19.0) 46/23
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 14.7 +0.9 0.7 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 314 (13.1) 28/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 15.2 +1.0 0.6 -3.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 183 ( 7.6) 21/11
MILDURA AIRPORT 16.0 0.0 0.9 -4.3 -- 0.0 3.0 8.3 212 ( 8.8) 22/10
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 14.5 +0.5 0.5 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 320 (13.3) 21/01
BENDIGO AIRPORT 16.7 +3.4 0.3 -3.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 259 (10.8) 22/09
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 14.1 +0.5 1.8 -4.4 0.3 0.0 1.8 9.1 322 (13.4) 21/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 14.0 +3.2 -1.6 -5.6 -- 0.4 -- -- 328 (13.7) 22/10
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 13.9 +0.8 -1.3 -4.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 97 ( 4.0) 22/14
HOBART AIRPORT 13.3 +0.4 4.6 0.0 1.1 0.0 1.6 3.8 318 (13.3) 26/10
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 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
33.4 DOUGLAS RIVER RESEARCH FARM N Rivers NT
33.3 NOONAMAH AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
33.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
33.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.0 KANGAROO FLATS (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT
33.0 MOUNT BUNDEY NORTH (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT
33.0 MOUNT BUNDEY SOUTH (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT
33.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
33.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA

+6.1 : 30.6 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
+6.0 : 25.7 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
+5.8 : 24.3 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
+5.8 : 25.0 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA
+5.7 : 32.6 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA

26.0 ROWLEY SHOALS Islands ISL
26.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
26.0 COCOS ISLAND NTC AWS Islands ISL
25.6 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.2 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL

+9.0 : 15.8 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
+8.3 : 14.3 FORREST Eucla WA
+7.8 : 20.6 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
+7.1 : 18.1 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
+6.7 : 13.5 EYRE Eucla WA

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

-0.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.9 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.9 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
2.8 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-4.8 : 7.0 COMBIENBAR AWS E Gippsland VIC
-4.4 : 6.5 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.0 : 8.0 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-3.8 : 6.4 GELANTIPY E Gippsland VIC
-3.4 : 7.7 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-6.7 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-5.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.7 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-5.6 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-5.5 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW

-8.6 : 4.1 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-8.3 : -3.5 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
-7.9 : -5.5 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-7.8 : -2.2 NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes N NSW
-7.5 : 5.4 AYR DPI RESEARCH STN Central Coast E 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.
50.2 FRASER ISLAND EURONG Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
47.2 BRUNSWICK JUNCTION Lower West WA
42.8 SMITHS LAKE (PATSYS FLAT ROAD) MidNorth Coast S NSW
36.2 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
33.8 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
47.2 BRUNSWICK JUNCTION

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
50.2 FRASER ISLAND EURONG

NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast S
42.8 SMITHS LAKE (PATSYS FLAT ROAD)
Hunter Valley
33.8 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)

ISLANDS
Islands
36.2 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO

Reports not yet available

1346 (56.1) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1257 (52.4) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
1237 (51.5) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
1225 (51.0) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
1131 (47.1) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1056 (44.0) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
1028 (42.8) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
1020 (42.5) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
969 (40.4) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
942 (39.3) KIAMA (BOMBO HEADLAND) Illawarra NSW
932 (38.8) JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
929 (38.7) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
919 (38.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
903 (37.6) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
896 (37.3) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
865 (36.0) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
819 (34.1) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
789 (32.9) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
779 (32.5) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
765 (31.9) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
736 (30.7) ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW
697 (29.0) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
693 (28.9) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
690 (28.8) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
687 (28.6) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
659 (27.5) BEGA AWS South Coast NSW
657 (27.4) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
656 (27.3) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
655 (27.3) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
643 (26.8) TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
643 (26.8) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
643 (26.8) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
638 (26.6) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
631 (26.3) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
617 (25.7) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
617 (25.7) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
612 (25.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
610 (25.4) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
608 (25.3) PORT KEMBLA NTC AWS Illawarra NSW
608 (25.3) ULLADULLA AWS South Coast NSW
605 (25.2) COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
603 (25.1) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
602 (25.1) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
600 (25.0) MALLACOOTA E Gippsland VIC
600 (25.0) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
85/06 MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
80/21 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
78/06 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
78/22 JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
78/17 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.
ISLANDS
Islands
NORFOLK ISLAND AERO
10.2mm in 1 hr to 02:30 10.2mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney--east
PORT BOTANY (MOLINEUX POINT AWS) : 87(170/ 63 ) at 06:00
WATTAMOLLA AWS : 100(170/ 76 ) at 02:00
VICTORIA
Upper NE
MOUNT HOTHAM : 80(150/ 65 ) at 21:30
E Gippsland
GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 76(220/ 65 ) at 18:00
ISLANDS
Islands
LORD HOWE ISLAND WINDY POINT : 80(230/ 70 ) at 18:56