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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 1434 EST on 02/10/2018. 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 daily rainfall

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010135

WIALKI

39.4

35.6

15/10/1975

85

1 N C

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

NT

Darwin-Daly

014041

MIDDLE POINT

14.2

13.6

21/10/2009

11

1 N

NT

Roper-McArthur

014627

BULMAN

11.8

10.8

11/10/2006

11

1 N

NT

Darwin-Daly

014932

TINDAL RAAF

18.8

17.9

18/10/2009

12

1 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 14:33EST, 02/10/2018.

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 20.9 -1.7 12.8 +2.6 12.2 0.0 3.0 1.2 412 (17.2) 37/20
BUNBURY 20.9 0.0 11.3 +2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 371 (15.5) 34/09
MANDURAH 19.8 -1.9 14.1 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 415 (17.3) 34/05
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.6 -0.6 22.0 -2.9 21.5 0.0 8.8 11.2 445 (18.5) 43/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 36.0 +5.1 16.9 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 459 (19.1) 50/11
WHYALLA AERO 27.1 +3.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 25.5 +3.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 22.2 +4.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MOUNT ISA AERO 36.2 +1.6 17.8 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 307 (12.8) 39/15
CAIRNS AERO 29.8 +0.3 21.1 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 602 (25.1) 61/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.2 +0.8 21.9 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 496 (20.7) 52/09
MACKAY M.O 26.7 -0.8 21.9 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 377 (15.7) 41/08
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.7 -1.9 16.7 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 350 (14.6) 37/08
BUNDABERG AERO 25.3 -1.6 14.6 -1.9 -- 16.8 -- -- 362 (15.1) 46/14
COOLANGATTA 23.2 -1.2 13.6 -2.4 -- 2.8 -- -- 365 (15.2) 48/09
BRISBANE AERO 22.4 -3.0 11.4 -4.2 9.8 11.6 2.0 11.5 332 (13.8) 44/16
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 21.3 -3.0 8.9 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 691 (28.8) 41/02
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 23.2 -1.9 9.9 -2.3 -- 0.0 6.2 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.1 -2.8 11.4 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 281 (11.7) 31/09
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 20.7 -2.9 7.3 -4.6 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BATHURST AIRPORT AWS 21.1 +0.9 1.8 -4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 245 (10.2) 24/00
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 18.9 +1.1 0.8 -4.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 208 ( 8.7) 21/08
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 25.2 +0.5 7.0 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 477 (19.9) 43/01
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.1 -0.4 10.0 -3.2 8.0 0.0 5.4 10.9 372 (15.5) 41/14
RICHMOND RAAF 24.8 0.0 5.7 -5.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 153 ( 6.4) 35/17
BELLAMBI AWS 19.5 -1.9 9.8 -4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 188 ( 7.8) --
CANBERRA AIRPORT 22.6 -- 0.4 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 175 ( 7.3) 39/12
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 24.4 +3.0 3.1 -4.6 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 22.9 +1.4 3.0 -5.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 113 ( 4.7) 22/16
MILDURA AIRPORT 26.8 +2.9 7.8 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 24.0 +3.1 2.0 -5.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 226 ( 9.4) 28/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT 23.0 +2.6 4.0 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 255 (10.6) 35/10
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 23.2 +4.0 3.0 -5.4 0.6 0.0 2.4 10.9 298 (12.4) 41/10
BALLARAT AERODROME 18.9 +2.3 -0.6 -6.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 232 ( 9.7) 39/10
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 17.0 -1.0 5.4 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 296 (12.3) 37/14
HOBART AIRPORT 18.5 +1.2 6.8 -0.7 0.6 0.0 4.8 7.9 382 (15.9) 41/10
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

39.3 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
39.2 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
39.0 URANDANGI AERODROME Northwest QLD
38.9 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
38.7 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA

+5.7 : 26.3 HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
+5.6 : 22.7 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
+5.5 : 20.4 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA
+5.5 : 26.3 NOARLUNGA Adelaide/Lofty SA

25.6 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
25.2 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
25.1 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.0 BRADSHAW-ANGALLARI VALLEY (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT
24.8 LAJAMANU AIRPORT N Rivers NT

+6.4 : 14.7 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+5.3 : 12.5 YORK Cent Wheatbelt WA
+5.0 : 12.6 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+4.9 : 13.1 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
+4.9 : 12.8 BEVERLEY Cent Wheatbelt WA

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

7.4 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
8.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.7 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
9.3 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
9.7 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-7.8 : 18.0 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
-7.3 : 18.2 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
-6.9 : 14.8 JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.9 : 15.5 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.8 : 19.5 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
-6.8 : 17.8 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA

-4.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-3.2 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
-3.1 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-2.9 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-2.8 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-9.4 : 14.6 TINDAL RAAF N Rivers NT
-8.8 : 8.2 HERVEY BAY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-8.2 : 4.9 WANAARING POST OFFICE Upper Darling NSW
-8.2 : 12.9 DALY WATERS AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
-7.7 : -1.5 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE 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.
70.0 SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
57.0 OLD RANGE RD ALERT Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
46.2 NAMBOUR DAFF - HILLSIDE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
45.8 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION W Coast TAS
44.0 BYRNESTOWN ALERT Wide Bay/Burnett QLD

QUEENSLAND
Wide Bay/Burnett
57.0 OLD RANGE RD ALERT
44.0 BYRNESTOWN ALERT
Brisbane/SE Coast
70.0 SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT
46.2 NAMBOUR DAFF - HILLSIDE

TASMANIA
W Coast
45.8 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION

Reports not yet available

1211 (50.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1057 (44.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
1031 (43.0) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1016 (42.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
958 (39.9) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
917 (38.2) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
851 (35.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
840 (35.0) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
814 (33.9) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
812 (33.8) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
797 (33.2) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
787 (32.8) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
785 (32.7) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
759 (31.6) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
740 (30.8) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
731 (30.5) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
731 (30.5) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
707 (29.5) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
691 (28.8) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
683 (28.5) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
671 (28.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
667 (27.8) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
649 (27.0) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
645 (26.9) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
636 (26.5) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
634 (26.4) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
632 (26.3) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
630 (26.3) GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
624 (26.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
602 (25.1) CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
601 (25.0) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
601 (25.0) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
87/10 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
87/12 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
72/08 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
68/11 DOUGLAS RIVER RESEARCH FARM N Rivers NT
67/08 LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E 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.
None reported

TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 87(220/ 74 ) at 10:55