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National Daily Weather Summary


Records set | Charts | Cities | Hottest | Coldest | Rain, sun & wind | Downpours & gales
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Provisional records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that has not been validated, but obvious errors have been corrected. The records are based on data received as at 2230 EST on 30/07/2018. 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
Highest minimum temperature

NSW

Upper Darling

048243

LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITOR INFORMATION CENT

16.4

16.0

26/07/2004

21

1 N

Highest wind gust (km/h)

NSW

Riverina E

074258

DENILIQUIN AIRPORT AWS

74

72.0

12/07/2016

15

N


The day in charts
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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 14:11EST, 30/07/2018.

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 19.4 +1.5 10.3 +2.3 9.0 0.0 1.4 6.3 209 ( 8.7) 39/13
BUNBURY 18.7 +1.5 10.6 +3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 244 (10.2) 52/15
MANDURAH 18.5 +1.1 13.1 +2.5 -- 0.2 -- -- 266 (11.1) 57/19
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.4 +0.9 22.0 +2.7 21.3 0.0 4.0 10.0 211 ( 8.8) 26/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 21.2 +1.5 4.2 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 233 ( 9.7) 39/11
WHYALLA AERO 17.9 +1.0 6.6 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 306 (12.8) 46/10
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 13.7 -1.6 8.7 +1.2 -- 3.4 -- -- 269 (11.2) 55/03
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 11.7 -1.5 5.3 +0.1 -- 7.0 -- -- 354 (14.8) 78/12
MOUNT ISA AERO 26.1 +1.4 19.0 +10.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 379 (15.8) 44/12
CAIRNS AERO 27.3 +1.6 14.2 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 171 ( 7.1) 26/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.6 +2.5 14.4 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 190 ( 7.9) 34/13
MACKAY M.O 24.7 +3.4 14.8 +1.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 248 (10.3) 22/15
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.2 +4.1 11.9 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 130 ( 5.4) 26/12
BUNDABERG AERO 26.0 +4.0 9.3 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 150 ( 6.3) 28/13
COOLANGATTA 23.3 +2.8 12.3 +2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 233 ( 9.7) 43/12
BRISBANE AERO 23.4 +2.6 10.5 +1.5 7.0 0.0 3.0 8.7 180 ( 7.5) 41/23
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.9 +6.4 11.6 +5.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 334 (13.9) 43/11
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 20.1 +4.0 12.9 +8.2 -- 1.4 2.4 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.7 +3.1 7.5 +1.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 142 ( 5.9) 39/16
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 23.5 +6.5 10.4 +4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 221 ( 9.2) 59/13
BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION 17.0 +5.7 5.5 +5.0 5.0 2.4 3.4 -- -- --
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 20.5 +5.2 11.3 +8.3 -- 1.0 -- -- 399 (16.6) 44/13
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 26.3 +9.3 12.8 +5.6 11.0 0.0 5.4 9.2 370 (15.4) 65/17
RICHMOND RAAF 25.6 +8.2 7.6 +4.0 -- 1.4 -- -- 197 ( 8.2) 59/15
BELLAMBI AWS 24.5 +7.7 14.5 +4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 420 (17.5) 70/12
CANBERRA AIRPORT 14.0 -- 2.4 -- -- 3.8 -- -- 214 ( 8.9) 72/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 14.2 +1.5 7.5 +4.8 -- 3.4 -- -- 341 (14.2) 54/20
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 14.3 +1.2 7.7 +4.6 -- 3.4 -- -- 167 ( 7.0) 52/18
MILDURA AIRPORT 16.0 +0.6 8.8 +4.5 -- 0.0 3.8 7.0 402 (16.8) 50/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 13.2 +0.2 9.2 +6.3 -- 4.0 -- -- 399 (16.6) 76/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT 12.6 +0.1 7.9 +5.4 -- 1.2 -- -- 304 (12.7) 52/12
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 14.0 +0.9 9.7 +4.3 7.6 1.6 1.6 6.1 607 (25.3) 72/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 9.2 -0.9 5.9 +2.7 -- 10.4 -- -- 580 (24.2) 72/15
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 11.5 -1.1 1.7 -0.6 -- 11.6 -- -- 131 ( 5.5) 57/13
HOBART AIRPORT 11.1 -1.4 2.7 -1.4 -2.6 1.8 0.4 1.8 183 ( 7.6) 30/19
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

35.0 NGUKURR AIRPORT N Rivers NT
34.1 MIDDLE POINT N Rivers NT
34.1 NOONAMAH AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
34.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
34.0 KANGAROO FLATS (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT
34.0 MOUNT BUNDEY SOUTH (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT

+9.3 : 26.3 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
+8.2 : 24.5 SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) Sydney--east NSW
+8.2 : 25.6 RICHMOND RAAF Sydney--west NSW
+8.2 : 25.8 PENRITH LAKES AWS Sydney--west NSW
+8.2 : 25.4 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW

24.1 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
23.7 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
23.0 NGUKURR AIRPORT N Rivers NT
23.0 ROWLEY SHOALS Islands ISL

+11.2 : 16.4 LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITOR INFORMATION CENT Upper Darling NSW
+10.9 : 14.3 WALGETT AIRPORT AWS NW Plains W NSW
+10.8 : 12.4 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW
+10.5 : 14.0 COONAMBLE AIRPORT AWS CW Plains N NSW
+10.4 : 19.0 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

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

0.1 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
0.4 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
0.7 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.5 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-3.7 : 22.9 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
-3.3 : 22.6 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
-2.9 : 10.6 WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
-2.8 : 9.5 DOVER Southeast TAS
-2.4 : 10.4 YONGALA Upper North SA

-2.0 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
-1.4 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
-1.3 FINGAL (LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
-1.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-0.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-6.7 : 10.6 COEN AIRPORT N Peninsula QLD
-6.0 : 7.9 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
-5.7 : 13.7 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD
-4.4 : 8.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
-4.2 : 10.6 DERBY AERO W Kimberley 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.
34.4 BURNIE (PARK GROVE) N Coast TAS
31.2 WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
30.6 YOLLA (SEA VIEW) N Coast TAS
29.8 WYNYARD AIRPORT (MANUAL RAINFALL) N Coast TAS
28.8 TARGA (MOUNTAIN VIEWS) N Coast TAS

Reports not yet available

1382 (57.6) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1199 (50.0) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
856 (35.7) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
818 (34.1) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
804 (33.5) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
779 (32.5) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
775 (32.3) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
747 (31.1) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
703 (29.3) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
678 (28.3) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
667 (27.8) MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
666 (27.8) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
652 (27.2) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
648 (27.0) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
640 (26.7) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
607 (25.3) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
150/23 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
126/12 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
126/21 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
124/19 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
117/18 CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
109/13 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
106/21 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
98/11 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
93/00 NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
93/17 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
93/14 COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
93/11 PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
93/20 CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
91/22 LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
91/16 KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
NORTH WALPOLE
10.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.2mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h
TASMANIA
N Coast
WYNYARD AIRPORT
15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.0mm/h
LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY)
15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.0mm/h
SMITHTON AERODROME
11.4mm in 1 hr to 08:00 11.4mm/h
W Coast
MOUNT READ
16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
CAPE LEEUWIN : 76(300/ 63 ) at 15:30
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
W Agricultural
NEPTUNE ISLAND : 93(240/ 74 ) at 02:44
Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 78(260/ 63 ) at 04:39
NEW SOUTH WALES
South Coast
MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 76(280/ 65 ) at 16:26
Goulburn/Monaro
BOMBALA AWS : 72(280/ 63 ) at 14:23
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 121(310/ 98 ) at 14:00
PERISHER VALLEY AWS : 109(270/ 43 ) at 13:01
VICTORIA
Wimmera N
NHILL AERODROME : 80(230/ 63 ) at 12:56
Wimmera S
LONGERENONG : 85(260/ 63 ) at 14:27
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 121(270/ 78 ) at 21:30
CORNER INLET (YANAKIE) : 93(270/ 54 ) at 20:33
E Central
ST KILDA HARBOUR - RMYS : 78(300/ 65 ) at 14:43
SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 91(290/ 80 ) at 13:58
FAWKNER BEACON : 87(270/ 65 ) at 16:30
W Central
POINT WILSON : 85(280/ 67 ) at 14:02
W Coast
CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE : 83(260/ 65 ) at 14:56
COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) : 93(290/ 74 ) at 14:30
CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE : 91(250/ 61 ) at 11:30
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 124(240/106 ) at 19:36
LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) : 91(200/ 46 ) at 22:30
CAPE GRIM : 113(230/ 85 ) at 19:00
Southeast
HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 74(230/ 63 ) at 23:45
W Coast
CAPE SORELL : 93(210/ 72 ) at 20:30
MOUNT READ : 104(210/ 80 ) at 21:00
King Island
KING ISLAND AIRPORT : 91(250/ 59 ) at 18:51
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 150(270/121 ) at 23:30