Australian Weather News -- 28 OCT 2018

Sunday 28 OCT 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 1404 EST on 29/10/2018. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Site

Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
if equalled or broken

Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest minimum temperature

QLD

Gulf Country

029141

CLONCURRY AIRPORT

28.7

28.5

28/10/2014

1 N C

Highest maximum temperature

QLD

Upper Carpentaria

030161

RICHMOND AIRPORT

42.7

42.6

26/10/2004

1 N C

QLD

Central West

036007

BARCALDINE POST OFFICE

42.5

41.8

20/10/2002

1 N C

QLD

Northwest

037039

WINTON AIRPORT

44.3

43.9

26/10/2004

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
		See actual temperatures
4pm EST		Maximum temperature anomalies
		See actual temperatures
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 14:03EST, 29/10/2018.

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	28.7	+6.1	12.6	+2.4	10.5	0.0	6.6	12.2	458 (19.1)	46/07
BUNBURY	22.3	+1.4	9.6	+0.3	--	0.0	--	--	303 (12.6)	28/00
MANDURAH	23.7	+2.0	13.0	-0.3	--	0.0	--	--	294 (12.3)	35/14
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.9	+0.7	26.7	+1.8	25.2	0.0	6.8	9.2	366 (15.3)	30/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	33.2	+2.3	17.9	+3.1	--	1.4	--	--	404 (16.8)	44/19
WHYALLA AERO	21.8	-2.0	14.3	+3.7	--	0.8	--	--	298 (12.4)	35/20
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	23.1	+1.2	13.9	+2.4	--	0.0	--	--	153 ( 6.4)	28/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	17.9	0.0	2.0	-5.1	--	0.0	--	--	317 (13.2)	37/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	39.8	+5.2	24.6	+6.1	--	0.0	--	--	384 (16.0)	43/15
CAIRNS AERO	30.9	+1.4	16.7	-3.9	--	0.0	--	--	187 ( 7.8)	34/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO	33.1	+3.7	21.8	+1.1	--	0.0	--	--	264 (11.0)	41/16
MACKAY M.O	32.4	+4.9	22.7	+3.0	--	0.0	--	--	377 (15.7)	52/20
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	38.8	+9.2	21.3	+4.3	--	0.0	--	--	273 (11.4)	39/23
BUNDABERG AERO	30.4	+3.5	18.5	+2.0	--	0.0	--	--	240 (10.0)	39/21
COOLANGATTA	28.8	+4.4	18.1	+2.1	--	0.0	--	--	360 (15.0)	63/14
BRISBANE AERO	29.4	+4.0	17.5	+1.9	14.6	0.0	7.6	7.2	287 (12.0)	50/17
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	29.3	+5.0	14.5	+1.8	--	0.0	--	--	309 (12.9)	44/23
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	27.1	+2.0	18.7	+6.5	--	0.0	8.8	--	--	--
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	20.8	-3.1	15.3	+3.4	--	0.2	--	--	358 (14.9)	46/06
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	19.1	-4.5	15.3	+3.4	--	0.2	--	--	413 (17.2)	48/07
BATHURST AIRPORT AWS	22.4	+2.2	7.5	+1.4	--	0.0	--	--	303 (12.6)	30/08
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS	21.6	+3.8	4.0	-1.5	--	0.0	--	--	423 (17.6)	28/08
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	26.5	+1.8	14.0	+4.7	--	0.0	--	--	377 (15.7)	35/18
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	18.8	-3.7	16.4	+3.2	15.6	2.6	8.6	6.5	617 (25.7)	65/09
RICHMOND RAAF	20.8	-4.0	16.1	+5.1	--	0.0	--	--	327 (13.6)	37/06
BELLAMBI AWS	17.6	-3.8	15.3	+1.4	--	0.0	--	--	597 (24.9)	59/05
CANBERRA AIRPORT	24.2	--	5.9	--	--	0.0	--	--	370 (15.4)	41/18
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	26.1	+4.7	8.3	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	466 (19.4)	30/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	26.1	+4.6	6.5	-1.5	--	0.0	--	--	385 (16.0)	26/23
MILDURA AIRPORT	22.8	-1.1	13.2	+3.4	--	0.0	8.9	4.5	377 (15.7)	31/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	22.3	+1.4	7.3	-0.2	--	0.0	--	--	458 (19.1)	35/06
BENDIGO AIRPORT	23.1	+2.7	4.5	-1.9	--	0.0	--	--	407 (17.0)	37/20
MELBOURNE AIRPORT	17.2	-2.0	8.3	-0.1	4.7	0.0	5.8	9.4	536 (22.3)	37/17
BALLARAT AERODROME	17.3	+0.7	2.8	-3.4	--	0.0	--	--	495 (20.6)	48/07
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	17.9	-0.1	0.0	-6.9	--	0.0	--	--	295 (12.3)	41/10
HOBART AIRPORT	15.1	-2.2	5.3	-2.2	2.0	2.8	3.2	9.2	564 (23.5)	35/03
	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

44.3 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
44.2 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
43.3 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
43.2 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD
43.1 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
43.1 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA

+10.3 : 42.5 BARCALDINE POST OFFICE Central West QLD
+9.3 : 43.2 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD
+9.2 : 38.8 ROCKHAMPTON AERO Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
+8.8 : 40.4 EMERALD AIRPORT Central Highlands QLD
+8.8 : 36.0 MULLEWA Central West WA

29.7 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
28.7 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
28.5 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD
28.5 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
28.1 DUM IN MIRRIE AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
28.1 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD

+11.8 : 28.5 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD
+11.2 : 28.1 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD
+8.9 : 25.2 BLACKALL AIRPORT Central West QLD
+8.8 : 21.9 WANAARING POST OFFICE Upper Darling NSW
+8.6 : 27.1 TREPELL AIRPORT Northwest QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

4.5 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
4.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.3 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
10.2 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
10.4 WARRA W Coast TAS

-6.7 : 18.3 PATERSON (TOCAL AWS) Hunter Valley NSW
-5.9 : 19.1 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-5.9 : 16.5 MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-5.8 : 20.0 SINGLETON STP Hunter Valley NSW
-5.4 : 20.0 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW

-6.7 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.0 DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT) Upper NE VIC
-3.6 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
-3.5 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-3.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-9.7 : -1.2 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
-7.6 : -2.8 ROSS (THE BOULEVARDS) Midlands TAS
-6.9 : 0.0 LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) N Coast TAS
-6.9 : -3.4 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
-6.7 : 0.7 MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
-6.7 : -1.9 FINGAL (LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS

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.

31.4 EYRE Eucla WA
25.0 SEEMORE DOWNS Eucla WA
24.6 YARDEA NW Pastoral SA
24.0 MOUNT IVE NW Pastoral SA
22.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

Reports not yet available

1071 (44.6) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
1051 (43.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1004 (41.8) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
983 (41.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
943 (39.3) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
917 (38.2) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
885 (36.9) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
875 (36.5) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
866 (36.1) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
865 (36.0) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
862 (35.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
835 (34.8) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
825 (34.4) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
791 (33.0) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
785 (32.7) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
773 (32.2) BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
762 (31.8) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
746 (31.1) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
731 (30.5) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
700 (29.2) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
673 (28.0) BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD
670 (27.9) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
655 (27.3) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
650 (27.1) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
649 (27.0) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
648 (27.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
641 (26.7) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
641 (26.7) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
637 (26.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
633 (26.4) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
622 (25.9) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
621 (25.9) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
619 (25.8) ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
618 (25.8) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
617 (25.7) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
617 (25.7) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
615 (25.6) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
612 (25.5) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
610 (25.4) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
601 (25.0) YARRAM AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC

89/18 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
85/17 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
83/20 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
74/16 GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
74/17 REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

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 N Peninsula COCONUT ISLAND 15.8mm in 1 hr to 13:00 15.8mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 13:30 10.6mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 7.7mm/h Wide Bay/Burnett GLADSTONE AIRPORT 11.4mm in 15 min to 23:30 45.6mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 23:30 11.4mm/h Brisbane/SE Coast MARYBOROUGH 12.2mm in 13 min to 18:24 56.3mm/h 18.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 18.8mm/h 20.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 20.0mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.7mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES Sydney--east TERREY HILLS AWS 11.4mm in 30 min to 06:00 22.8mm/h 16.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 16.0mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.0mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 06:30 11.4mm/h	QUEENSLAND Brisbane/SE Coast CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 83(150/ 69 ) at 18:00 INNER RECIPROCAL MARKER : 76(150/ 65 ) at 17:30 REDCLIFFE : 74(150/ 63 ) at 17:30 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 87(310/ 78 ) at 19:30 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 80(250/ 67 ) at 20:42