Australian Weather News -- 14 AUG 2018

Tuesday 14 AUG 2018

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2018

Dec

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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 1413 EST on 15/08/2018. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
if equalled or broken

Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Lowest minimum temperature

E Kimberley

002064

ARGYLE AERODROME

9.8

16/08/2014

1 N C

E Pilbara

004106

MARBLE BAR

5.9

14/08/2017

1 N C Equal to record.

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

TAS

Southeast

094087

KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE)

71.8

69.5

22/08/2009

1 N

The day in charts
Surface charts	Satellite images	Rain & temperatures
4am EST		Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
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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 14:12EST, 15/08/2018.

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	18.8	+0.3	13.3	+5.3	10.3	15.0	3.6	6.7	455 (19.0)	39/10
BUNBURY	17.5	0.0	14.1	+6.7	--	10.0	--	--	549 (22.9)	43/01
MANDURAH	17.4	-0.5	14.3	+3.5	--	5.4	--	--	667 (27.8)	43/02
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.1	+0.7	19.3	-1.1	17.5	0.2	9.0	11.2	367 (15.3)	52/09
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	23.1	+0.5	-1.2	-7.2	--	0.0	--	--	327 (13.6)	39/09
WHYALLA AERO	22.6	+4.1	1.5	-4.4	--	0.0	--	--	279 (11.6)	61/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	18.7	+2.1	7.3	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	139 ( 5.8)	39/16
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	16.1	+2.0	8.4	+2.9	--	0.2	--	--	480 (20.0)	67/14
MOUNT ISA AERO	26.2	-1.1	5.1	-5.1	--	0.0	--	--	380 (15.8)	41/09
CAIRNS AERO	26.4	-0.2	18.3	+0.9	--	0.0	--	--	512 (21.3)	44/09
TOWNSVILLE AERO	25.5	-0.5	--	--	--	0.0	--	--	--	39/16
MACKAY M.O	21.7	-0.8	9.6	-4.4	--	0.0	--	--	415 (17.3)	48/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	24.7	-0.1	6.6	-4.1	--	0.0	--	--	158 ( 6.6)	28/12
BUNDABERG AERO	24.2	+0.9	7.6	-3.3	--	0.0	--	--	260 (10.8)	28/14
COOLANGATTA	21.1	-0.3	5.4	-5.0	--	0.0	--	--	226 ( 9.4)	34/12
BRISBANE AERO	21.3	-0.5	5.6	-4.0	1.7	0.0	4.6	10.5	259 (10.8)	30/18
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	21.8	+3.3	3.6	-3.9	--	0.0	--	--	321 (13.4)	21/04
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	21.0	+3.0	2.4	-3.4	--	0.0	2.6	--	--	--
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	20.2	0.0	0.0	-6.7	--	0.0	--	--	155 ( 6.5)	22/12
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	21.2	+2.6	8.1	+1.3	--	0.0	--	--	511 (21.3)	48/08
BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION	16.0	+3.0	-0.3	-1.6	-5.0	0.0	2.0	--	--	--
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	--	--	3.1	+1.0	-5.9	0.0	0.9	--	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	18.7	+1.2	-0.8	-4.2	--	0.0	--	--	309 (12.9)	24/10
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	22.9	+4.6	9.6	+1.5	5.0	0.0	4.0	10.3	550 (22.9)	37/04
RICHMOND RAAF	23.6	+3.9	-0.9	-5.3	--	0.0	--	--	211 ( 8.8)	21/13
BELLAMBI AWS	19.3	+1.3	11.2	+0.7	--	0.0	--	--	489 (20.4)	48/01
CANBERRA AIRPORT	16.4	--	2.8	--	--	0.0	--	--	547 (22.8)	44/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	14.8	+0.3	-0.1	-3.6	--	0.0	--	--	238 ( 9.9)	24/11
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	15.0	0.0	3.5	-0.2	--	0.0	--	--	213 ( 8.9)	22/14
MILDURA AIRPORT	20.5	+3.2	4.2	-1.1	--	0.0	3.6	7.2	256 (10.7)	39/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	16.1	+1.4	5.2	+1.3	--	0.2	--	--	315 (13.1)	34/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT	15.8	+1.6	0.9	-1.7	--	0.0	--	--	185 ( 7.7)	41/15
MELBOURNE AIRPORT	16.5	+2.1	6.4	+0.5	4.4	0.0	1.4	10.2	528 (22.0)	74/19
BALLARAT AERODROME	13.6	+2.2	4.0	+0.3	--	0.4	--	--	447 (18.6)	61/16
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	15.1	+1.3	5.5	+1.8	--	0.0	--	--	415 (17.3)	54/23
HOBART AIRPORT	17.3	+3.8	10.8	+6.1	9.0	0.0	2.2	6.7	747 (31.1)	81/06
	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 temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

33.5 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
33.2 MIDDLE POINT N Rivers NT
33.1 NOONAMAH AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
33.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.0 MOUNT BUNDEY NORTH (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT

+9.4 : 28.6 EUCLA Eucla WA
+8.8 : 28.1 EYRE Eucla WA
+8.0 : 27.6 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+8.0 : 19.2 KATOOMBA (MURRI ST) C Tablelands S NSW
+7.1 : 28.0 FORREST Eucla WA

23.8 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.6 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
23.1 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.1 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
23.0 TORRES STRAIT NTC AWS Islands ISL
23.0 ROWLEY SHOALS Islands ISL

+7.8 : 10.0 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
+7.2 : 11.3 EAST SALE AIRPORT COMPARISON W Gippsland VIC
+7.2 : 10.9 WANDERING Cent Wheatbelt WA
+6.7 : 14.1 BUNBURY Lower West WA
+6.6 : 11.3 CORRIGIN Cent Wheatbelt WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

-0.2 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.3 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
4.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
4.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-6.8 : 25.5 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
-4.6 : 15.5 MORAWA AIRPORT Central West WA
-4.5 : 26.8 ELLIOTT N Plateau NT
-4.4 : 27.7 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
-4.4 : 18.0 KALBARRI Central West WA

-6.6 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-6.6 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-5.3 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-4.8 STANTHORPE LESLIE PARADE Darling Downs E QLD
-4.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-9.6 : 5.3 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
-9.5 : 3.7 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
-9.2 : 3.5 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT
-8.8 : 7.1 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
-8.5 : 3.2 PROSERPINE AIRPORT 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.

65.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
41.2 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION W Coast TAS
35.4 QUEENSTOWN (SOUTH QUEENSTOWN) W Coast TAS
35.2 WARRA W Coast TAS
30.6 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS

TASMANIA
Central Plateau
30.6 BUTLERS GORGE
W Coast
65.4 MOUNT READ
41.2 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION
35.4 QUEENSTOWN (SOUTH QUEENSTOWN)
35.2 WARRA

Reports not yet available

2159 (90.0) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1770 (73.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1724 (71.8) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
1420 (59.2) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1400 (58.3) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
1383 (57.6) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
1378 (57.4) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1345 (56.0) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1182 (49.3) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1135 (47.3) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
1086 (45.3) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
1051 (43.8) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1033 (43.0) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
1028 (42.8) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
987 (41.1) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
972 (40.5) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
969 (40.4) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
964 (40.2) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
956 (39.8) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
937 (39.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
934 (38.9) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
916 (38.2) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
909 (37.9) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
894 (37.3) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
882 (36.8) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
851 (35.5) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
849 (35.4) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
846 (35.3) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
829 (34.5) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
815 (34.0) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
802 (33.4) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
794 (33.1) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
793 (33.0) YARRAM AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
763 (31.8) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
758 (31.6) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
757 (31.5) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
755 (31.5) JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
751 (31.3) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
748 (31.2) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
747 (31.1) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
745 (31.0) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
742 (30.9) WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
741 (30.9) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
722 (30.1) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
715 (29.8) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
708 (29.5) WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
708 (29.5) NORTH WALPOLE Lower West WA
707 (29.5) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
685 (28.5) ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW
682 (28.4) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
682 (28.4) LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS
678 (28.3) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
672 (28.0) GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
667 (27.8) MANDURAH Lower West WA
663 (27.6) WARRA W Coast TAS
658 (27.4) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
651 (27.1) NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
649 (27.0) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
645 (26.9) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
641 (26.7) ORANGE AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands S NSW
640 (26.7) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
639 (26.6) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
631 (26.3) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
631 (26.3) CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
630 (26.3) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
629 (26.2) KIAMA (BOMBO HEADLAND) Illawarra NSW
623 (26.0) MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
623 (26.0) SHEFFIELD SCHOOL FARM N Coast TAS
623 (26.0) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
614 (25.6) NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS Illawarra NSW
613 (25.5) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
609 (25.4) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
603 (25.1) TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
601 (25.0) MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

131/22 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
128/20 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
126/12 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
113/02 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
106/22 LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
102/06 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
102/23 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
102/04 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
100/22 LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
100/07 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
98/19 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
98/23 CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
98/23 CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
98/22 KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
96/22 PORTLAND NTC AWS W Coast VIC
94/23 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
94/01 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
94/23 MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
93/21 HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
93/22 STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
91/21 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast 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 Lower West PERTH METRO 15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h BICKLEY 16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h DWELLINGUP 13.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 13.8mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.0mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West CAPE LEEUWIN : 83(270/ 74 ) at 09:05 SOUTH AUSTRALIA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 78(340/ 65 ) at 05:30 NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 98(300/ 80 ) at 21:30 VICTORIA Wimmera S GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 91(280/ 58 ) at 22:30 W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 113(270/ 59 ) at 02:48 E Central SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 80(360/ 69 ) at 21:30 FAWKNER BEACON : 80(360/ 65 ) at 18:00 N Central WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) : 78(360/ 63 ) at 23:30 W Coast COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) : 78(330/ 67 ) at 15:30 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE : 91(330/ 50 ) at 21:39 PORTLAND NTC AWS : 96(340/ 61 ) at 23:00 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 91(260/ 72 ) at 00:47 CAPE GRIM : 95(330/ 72 ) at 23:30 E Coast LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) : 95(310/ 69 ) at 22:00 MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 83(310/ 67 ) at 23:28 Southeast HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) : 93(280/ 56 ) at 21:05 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 126(*/ 95 ) at 13:00 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) : 132(310/100 ) at 22:30 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 102(300/ 48 ) at 19:47 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 100(280/ 67 ) at 08:00 W Coast CAPE SORELL : 96(350/ 76 ) at 23:00 STRAHAN AERODROME : 93(350/ 54 ) at 22:29 LOW ROCKY POINT : 102(330/ 74 ) at 23:00 SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 128(330/ 80 ) at 20:16 MOUNT READ : 95(350/ 76 ) at 23:43 King Island KING ISLAND AIRPORT : 98(330/ 65 ) at 23:00 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 102**(280/ 83 ) at 02:32