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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 1402 EST on 08/10/2018. 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

ANT

Antarctica

300017

CASEY

20.0

14.2

26/10/2011

30

1 N C


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 14:01EST, 08/10/2018.

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 23.3 +0.7 11.6 +1.4 10.1 0.0 2.2 11.3 257 (10.7) 43/03
BUNBURY 22.0 +1.1 11.8 +2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 299 (12.5) 31/03
MANDURAH 24.1 +2.4 14.1 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 304 (12.7) 31/16
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.4 +0.2 24.1 -0.8 23.7 0.0 7.0 11.1 267 (11.1) 30/23
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 37.7 +6.8 14.0 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 232 ( 9.7) 35/11
WHYALLA AERO 31.0 +7.2 9.3 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 207 ( 8.6) 34/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 30.1 +8.2 13.7 +2.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 71 ( 3.0) 26/22
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 23.0 +5.1 11.2 +4.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 250 (10.4) 28/07
MOUNT ISA AERO 36.9 +2.3 16.5 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 278 (11.6) 50/14
CAIRNS AERO 29.0 -0.5 21.9 +1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 30/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.5 +1.1 23.0 +2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 413 (17.2) 39/14
MACKAY M.O 30.5 +3.0 21.4 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 291 (12.1) 30/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 30.8 +1.2 18.4 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 239 (10.0) 39/14
BUNDABERG AERO 28.0 +1.1 15.8 -0.7 -- 4.6 -- -- 257 (10.7) 37/15
COOLANGATTA 24.0 -0.4 16.0 0.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 272 (11.3) 35/09
BRISBANE AERO 23.2 -2.2 16.0 +0.4 15.2 4.0 2.4 9.6 206 ( 8.6) 30/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.1 -2.2 13.0 +0.3 -- 6.8 -- -- 477 (19.9) 41/21
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 24.2 -0.9 10.4 -1.8 -- 0.0 6.0 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 23.7 -0.2 12.2 +0.3 -- 1.6 -- -- 451 (18.8) 28/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 19.2 -4.4 13.1 +1.2 -- 0.4 -- -- 594 (24.8) 39/13
BATHURST AIRPORT AWS 17.9 -2.3 2.2 -3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 295 (12.3) 34/12
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 16.6 -1.2 0.6 -4.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 259 (10.8) 35/13
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 23.2 -1.5 8.7 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 353 (14.7) 31/08
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 17.1 -5.4 11.5 -1.7 9.8 2.4 5.4 0.4 726 (30.3) 65/16
RICHMOND RAAF 19.8 -5.0 8.1 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BELLAMBI AWS 16.4 -5.0 11.8 -2.1 -- 7.2 -- -- 725 (30.2) 63/18
CANBERRA AIRPORT 21.2 -- 2.3 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 315 (13.1) 48/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 24.4 +3.0 6.3 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 228 ( 9.5) 24/22
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 25.0 +3.5 6.6 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 129 ( 5.4) 21/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 28.8 +4.9 12.6 +2.8 -- 0.0 6.3 11.3 259 (10.8) 31/10
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 24.2 +3.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BENDIGO AIRPORT 26.0 +5.6 6.8 +0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 222 ( 9.3) 24/16
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 25.5 +6.3 6.4 -2.0 2.8 0.0 5.0 6.2 363 (15.1) 35/12
BALLARAT AERODROME 19.2 +2.6 7.2 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 304 (12.7) 26/07
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 19.9 +1.9 6.1 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 130 ( 5.4) 30/15
HOBART AIRPORT 21.1 +3.8 8.0 +0.5 5.0 0.0 7.8 9.7 341 (14.2) 30/15
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

43.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
42.0 BRADSHAW-ANGALLARI VALLEY (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT
41.8 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
41.7 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
41.4 LAJAMANU AIRPORT N Rivers NT

+9.0 : 30.7 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
+9.0 : 23.9 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA
+8.7 : 32.1 ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
+8.6 : 30.4 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) Adelaide/Lofty SA

27.2 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.1 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
27.0 BROOME NTC AWS W Kimberley WA
26.5 CHANNEL POINT N Rivers NT
26.4 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
26.4 TELFER AERO Interior WA

+8.6 : 14.0 HORSHAM AERODROME Wimmera S VIC
+7.1 : 14.1 NHILL AERODROME Wimmera N VIC
+6.8 : 21.9 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
+6.7 : 13.4 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC
+6.0 : 14.8 OUYEN (POST OFFICE) Mallee N VIC

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

10.0 MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
10.4 KATOOMBA (MURRI ST) C Tablelands S NSW
10.7 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
11.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
11.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-7.6 : 10.0 MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
-7.5 : 18.3 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
-7.2 : 10.4 KATOOMBA (MURRI ST) C Tablelands S NSW
-6.5 : 16.3 NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS Illawarra NSW
-6.5 : 19.8 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA

-2.7 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.5 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.8 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-0.9 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-5.7 : -0.5 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.5 : -1.8 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.4 : 15.7 DALY WATERS AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
-5.0 : 2.4 MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
-5.0 : 2.7 KATOOMBA (MURRI ST) C Tablelands S NSW

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.
63.2 CAREYS PEAK (BARRINGTON TOPS) Hunter Valley NSW
44.6 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
39.2 HERVEY BAY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
31.0 ROSENTRETERS BRIDGE TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
30.6 GOOMBOORIAN ALERT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
44.6 GYMPIE
39.2 HERVEY BAY AIRPORT
31.0 ROSENTRETERS BRIDGE TM
30.6 GOOMBOORIAN ALERT

NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
63.2 CAREYS PEAK (BARRINGTON TOPS)

Reports not yet available

872 (36.3) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
860 (35.8) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
850 (35.4) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
791 (33.0) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
736 (30.7) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
735 (30.6) KIAMA (BOMBO HEADLAND) Illawarra NSW
726 (30.3) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
725 (30.2) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
712 (29.7) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
710 (29.6) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
707 (29.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
649 (27.0) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
623 (26.0) GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes S NSW
68/18 YULARA AIRPORT N Plateau NT
68/10 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
67/19 KIAMA (BOMBO HEADLAND) Illawarra NSW
65/16 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
65/17 SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
65/11 CAPE GRIM 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
Wide Bay/Burnett
ROCKHAMPTON AERO
5.8mm in 14 min to 15:00 24.9mm/h
Brisbane/SE Coast
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON
11.8mm in 30 min to 10:00 23.6mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 10:00 11.8mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 10:30 11.8mm/h
REDCLIFFE
19.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.3mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney--east
WATTAMOLLA AWS : 95(170/ 70 ) at 18:30