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

None known


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 14:05EST, 29/09/2018.

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 23.4 +3.3 10.6 +1.7 9.0 0.0 6.2 10.1 529 (22.0) 67/03
BUNBURY 20.7 +2.3 7.7 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 323 (13.5) 41/09
MANDURAH 23.1 +4.2 10.4 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 383 (16.0) 43/07
DARWIN AIRPORT 34.7 +2.1 24.3 +1.3 24.4 0.2 5.6 9.2 254 (10.6) 39/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 35.2 +8.0 9.1 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 249 (10.4) 39/12
WHYALLA AERO 17.4 -4.1 5.4 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 379 (15.8) 48/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 16.5 -2.5 11.6 +1.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 262 (10.9) 37/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 13.3 -2.5 7.3 +1.0 -- 3.6 -- -- 389 (16.2) 57/15
MOUNT ISA AERO 35.5 +4.3 15.2 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 226 ( 9.4) 37/06
CAIRNS AERO 29.5 +1.4 14.9 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 383 (16.0) 39/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.1 +0.4 16.8 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 241 (10.0) 34/14
MACKAY M.O 27.1 +1.9 15.8 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 235 ( 9.8) 24/15
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 30.3 +3.0 16.5 +2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 270 (11.3) 37/14
BUNDABERG AERO 28.2 +2.8 17.1 +3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 351 (14.6) 54/21
COOLANGATTA 24.5 +1.3 14.6 +1.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 254 (10.6) 35/12
BRISBANE AERO 24.7 +0.5 16.2 +3.5 13.6 0.0 3.2 8.7 187 ( 7.8) 39/21
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 25.6 +3.4 13.2 +2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 471 (19.6) 37/14
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 27.8 +6.4 9.9 +1.3 -- 0.0 4.4 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 25.4 +2.9 7.2 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 188 ( 7.8) 37/21
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 29.3 +8.0 7.1 -1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 265 (11.0) 43/23
BATHURST AIRPORT AWS 25.6 +8.7 2.8 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 160 ( 6.7) 76/16
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 21.7 +6.9 5.5 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 252 (10.5) 68/15
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 30.5 +9.2 8.6 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 292 (12.2) 57/11
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 31.3 +10.8 11.3 +0.9 9.0 0.2 5.6 10.4 463 (19.3) 59/23
RICHMOND RAAF 32.6 +9.9 5.3 -2.7 -- 0.2 -- -- 183 ( 7.6) 63/17
BELLAMBI AWS 29.6 +9.5 12.5 +0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 443 (18.5) 55/14
CANBERRA AIRPORT 24.7 -- 0.9 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 255 (10.6) 57/10
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 23.2 +5.6 5.4 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 242 (10.1) 48/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 18.9 +0.9 5.2 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 190 ( 7.9) 37/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 20.2 -0.2 5.6 -1.7 -- 0.0 4.6 8.0 354 (14.8) 44/17
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 18.8 +1.4 4.8 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 332 (13.8) 44/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT 18.1 +1.3 4.6 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 353 (14.7) 43/15
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 15.2 -1.4 6.4 -0.6 3.9 0.0 5.6 2.9 542 (22.6) 52/16
BALLARAT AERODROME 11.6 -2.3 2.0 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 398 (16.6) 54/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 16.4 +0.9 8.7 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 364 (15.2) 34/14
HOBART AIRPORT 13.7 -1.6 9.7 +3.7 5.7 0.0 5.2 5.3 486 (20.3) 68/11
Max
° C
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° 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

39.0 DOUGLAS RIVER RESEARCH FARM N Rivers NT
38.6 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
38.1 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
38.0 MIDDLE POINT N Rivers NT
38.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
38.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
38.0 KANGAROO FLATS (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT
38.0 MOUNT BUNDEY SOUTH (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT
38.0 WALUNGURRU AIRPORT N Plateau NT

+11.5 : 32.5 TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS CW Plains N NSW
+11.3 : 30.4 ULLADULLA AWS South Coast NSW
+11.3 : 35.2 KALBARRI Central West WA
+10.8 : 31.3 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
+10.3 : 31.0 DUNEDOO POST OFFICE CW Slopes N NSW

26.0 BRADSHAW-ANGALLARI VALLEY (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT
26.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
25.8 WARRUWI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
25.7 BLACK POINT N Rivers NT
25.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+9.5 : 15.5 CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT AWS CW Plains S NSW
+8.6 : 17.9 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
+8.4 : 21.5 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
+7.8 : 18.0 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
+7.1 : 15.2 PEAK HILL POST OFFICE CW Plains S NSW

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

2.2 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
2.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
2.7 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
2.9 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
3.6 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-8.4 : 16.9 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
-6.2 : 19.0 ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
-5.4 : 19.2 ANDAMOOKA NW Pastoral SA
-5.3 : 20.3 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
-5.0 : 18.6 LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA

-1.2 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
-0.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
-0.5 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-0.5 SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA
-0.3 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW

-6.0 : -0.5 SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA
-5.6 : 5.2 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT
-5.1 : 4.0 NAROOMA (MARINE RESCUE) South Coast NSW
-5.1 : 1.1 CLARE HIGH SCHOOL Lower North SA
-4.9 : 0.0 CASTLEMAINE PRISON N Central VIC

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.
21.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
17.0 ZACHARIAH TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
15.2 TEWANTIN RSL PARK Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
14.0 GYMPIE ALERT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
12.2 ZEEHAN (WEST COAST PIONEERS MUSEUM) W Coast TAS

Reports not yet available

1475 (61.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1386 (57.8) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
900 (37.5) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
896 (37.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
873 (36.4) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
869 (36.2) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
856 (35.7) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
788 (32.8) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
776 (32.3) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
761 (31.7) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
747 (31.1) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
741 (30.9) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
738 (30.8) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
734 (30.6) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
727 (30.3) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
720 (30.0) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
720 (30.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
687 (28.6) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
672 (28.0) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
657 (27.4) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
647 (27.0) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
647 (27.0) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
643 (26.8) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
639 (26.6) LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
639 (26.6) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
638 (26.6) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
637 (26.5) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
633 (26.4) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
617 (25.7) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
614 (25.6) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
614 (25.6) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
607 (25.3) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
602 (25.1) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
104/03 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
87/02 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
83/17 GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes S NSW
83/17 PENRITH LAKES AWS Sydney--west NSW
83/17 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N 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.
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
TEWANTIN RSL PARK
15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.0mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
NW Slopes S
GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS
4.6mm in 6 min to 17:08 46.0mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney--east
KURNELL AWS : 93(310/ 65 ) at 17:25
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 102(310/ 82 ) at 01:48
VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 70(240/ 65 ) at 23:41
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 83(240/ 65 ) at 17:16
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 87(350/ 67 ) at 03:00
W Coast
LOW ROCKY POINT : 80(290/ 69 ) at 06:24