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  1. Real time data is compared to a records database as it is received, and possible records are put here. They are not checked in any way. Temperature records are to the nearest whole degree ("P" shows in Comments column) until replaced by readings to one decimal place mid-afternoon this day for minima and mid-afternoon next day for maxima.
  2. Within a few days, AWN checks the data for obvious errors, flags items "C" for "Checked" in the comments column and adds notes about possible errors.
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Prepared at 1307 EST on 23/04/2026.

District Site Today Previous monthly record Previous all time record
if equalled or broken
Comments and quality flags
Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Lowest minimum temperature

WA

SW & S Coast

009999

ALBANY AIRPORT

4.9

4.9

19/04/2023

14

1 N C Equal to record.

WA

Great Southern

010692

NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION

0.8

1.0

21/04/2019

29

1 N C

Highest wind gust (km/h)

NT

Roper-McArthur

014627

BULMAN

52

52

10/04/2012

21

N C Equal to record.


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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 13:04EST, 23/04/2026.

Observations and extremes for Wednesday 22 APR 2026
Cities with 2018 populations over 40,000 (QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC) or 20,000 (WA, NT ,SA, TAS)
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
GERALDTON AIRPORT 25.6 -3.3 9.2 -6.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 425 (17.7) 31/13
PERTH AIRPORT 24.6 -1.1 7.6 -5.4 5.7 0.0 2.4 9.9 304 (12.7) 31/13
PERTH METRO 24.0 -2.0 7.2 -6.6 -- 0.2 -- -- 139 ( 5.8) 24/14
BUSSELTON AERO 18.8 -5.2 8.9 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 261 (10.9) 46/23
BUNBURY 20.5 -3.7 5.5 -6.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 112 ( 4.7) 39/00
MANDURAH 21.1 -3.1 10.9 -4.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 169 ( 7.0) 43/23
ALBANY AIRPORT 21.8 -0.3 4.9 -6.9 -- 0.4 -- -- 342 (14.3) 39/10
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 25.3 0.0 9.1 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 384 (16.0) 41/08
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.4 -0.4 24.3 +0.2 -- 13.2 -- -- 323 (13.5) 39/22
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 30.7 +2.3 8.1 -4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 233 ( 9.7) 30/16
WHYALLA AERO 31.5 +7.6 13.5 +1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 390 (16.3) 35/11
PARAFIELD AIRPORT 29.1 +6.3 14.0 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 339 (14.1) 37/11
ADELAIDE AIRPORT COMPARISON 27.2 +4.9 16.3 +4.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY) 27.3 +5.8 16.3 +5.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 27.3 +7.7 13.1 +4.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 404 (16.8) 39/09
CAIRNS AERO 29.4 0.0 22.8 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 588 (24.5) 50/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.6 +0.9 19.5 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 415 (17.3) 41/10
MACKAY AERO 27.8 +0.1 16.4 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 470 (19.6) 44/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 28.4 -0.4 17.7 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 278 (11.6) 31/10
BUNDABERG AERO 26.4 -1.2 15.9 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 388 (16.2) 39/12
GLADSTONE AIRPORT 27.6 -0.6 16.8 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 348 (14.5) 39/16
HERVEY BAY AIRPORT 25.3 -1.8 17.2 -0.6 -- 2.8 -- -- 333 (13.9) 37/09
COOLANGATTA 25.1 -0.6 16.1 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 459 (19.1) 48/14
BRISBANE AERO 24.9 -1.2 14.5 -2.0 12.0 0.0 7.4 8.8 336 (14.0) 39/15
SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT 24.5 -1.6 17.3 +0.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 516 (21.5) 41/19
BRISBANE 26.5 -0.7 15.3 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 114 ( 4.8) 24/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.8 -0.4 10.0 -3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 393 (16.4) 39/21
TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS 24.6 -0.8 6.0 -4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 352 (14.7) 43/18
COFFS HARBOUR AIRPORT 24.0 -0.9 15.7 +0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 659 (27.5) 50/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 23.4 -0.4 13.9 +0.6 -- 4.0 -- -- 404 (16.8) 39/00
CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS 23.4 -0.9 9.4 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 216 ( 9.0) 37/14
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 18.0 -0.6 4.3 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 347 (14.5) 43/08
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.7 -0.3 16.4 +2.0 14.0 0.6 3.2 6.7 573 (23.9) 39/03
BADGERYS CREEK AWS 22.8 -1.3 11.9 +0.4 -- 0.6 -- -- 250 (10.4) 30/14
ALBION PARK (SHELLHARBOUR AIRPORT) 22.1 -1.2 13.0 +0.8 -- 0.4 -- -- 208 ( 8.7) 39/11
CANBERRA AIRPORT 19.8 -1.2 3.8 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 224 ( 9.3) 28/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 22.8 +0.2 7.2 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 170 ( 7.1) 24/11
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 22.0 -0.6 6.9 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 70 ( 2.9) 21/15
MILDURA AIRPORT 27.2 +3.5 11.6 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 127 ( 5.3) 28/11
BENDIGO AIRPORT 22.8 +1.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- 24/18
SHEPPARTON AIRPORT 23.2 +0.7 8.3 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 138 ( 5.8) 31/09
MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) -- -- 7.1 -1.7 -- 0.2 -- -- 313 (13.0) --
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 24.3 +3.9 14.8 +4.6 -- 0.2 -- -- 560 (23.3) 55/07
MELBOURNE (OLYMPIC PARK) 24.2 +3.6 13.7 +1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 232 ( 9.7) 34/11
BREAKWATER (GEELONG RACECOURSE) 25.1 +4.4 13.8 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 269 (11.2) 26/13
BALLARAT AERODROME 22.9 +5.2 13.1 +5.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 480 (20.0) 35/09
WYNYARD AIRPORT 17.3 -0.4 15.0 +7.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 581 (24.2) 41/21
DEVONPORT AIRPORT 18.1 +0.2 10.6 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 378 (15.8) 30/11
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 19.8 +0.7 7.1 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 117 ( 4.9) 31/13
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 23.5 +6.1 9.2 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 388 (16.2) 54/11
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 for Wednesday 22 APR 2026
Highest maximum temperature>Greatest variation above normal maximum Highest minimum temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

39.5 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
37.4 YAMPI SOUND (DEFENCE) W Kimberley WA
37.4 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
37.3 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
37.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA

+11.4 : 33.4 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA
+8.6 : 29.1 AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
+8.5 : 28.4 MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC
+8.4 : 27.5 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
+8.1 : 28.7 MOUNT BARKER Adelaide/Lofty SA

28.7 ROWLEY SHOALS Islands ISL
27.8 ADELE ISLAND Islands ISL
26.9 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
26.7 BROOME NTC AWS W Kimberley WA
26.5 LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA

+8.9 : 19.4 MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
+8.6 : 17.0 MOUNT BARKER Adelaide/Lofty SA
+8.5 : 16.7 KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA
+7.8 : 15.0 WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
+7.7 : 21.3 NOARLUNGA Adelaide/Lofty SA

Coldest for Wednesday 22 APR 2026
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

10.1 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
10.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
13.1 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
13.5 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS

-6.1 : 17.9 JARRAHWOOD Lower West & Perth WA
-5.2 : 18.8 BUSSELTON AERO Lower West & Perth WA
-4.1 : 25.5 KALBARRI Central West WA
-4.0 : 27.2 SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
-4.0 : 19.4 BRIDGETOWN Lower West & Perth WA

-2.8 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.8 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.6 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-0.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-0.2 OMEO Upper NE VIC

-9.4 : 0.8 NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
-9.2 : 0.9 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
-8.7 : 3.2 CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
-8.7 : 2.6 BEVERLEY Cent Wheatbelt WA
-8.5 : 0.9 WANDERING Cent Wheatbelt WA

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.
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.
48.6 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT Northern Rivers NT
41.2 NGUKURR AIRPORT Northern Rivers NT
32.4 DARWIN HOSPITAL Northern Rivers NT
24.2 MIDDLE POINT Northern Rivers NT
23.2 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL

10.0 WELLINGTON (D&J RURAL) CW Slopes S NSW
9.9 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West & Perth WA
8.9 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
8.8 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
6.7 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
6.7 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
6.2 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC

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1212 (50.5) KENNAOOK/CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
1025 (42.7) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1011 (42.1) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
993 (41.4) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
985 (41.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
975 (40.6) FLINDERS REEF Islands ISL
936 (39.0) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
936 (39.0) FREDERICK REEF Islands ISL
927 (38.6) MARION REEF Islands ISL
910 (37.9) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
906 (37.8) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
899 (37.5) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
879 (36.6) WATTAMOLLA AWS Sydney--east NSW
872 (36.3) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
850 (35.4) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
836 (34.8) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
833 (34.7) CATO ISLAND Islands ISL
829 (34.5) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
795 (33.1) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
776 (32.3) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
759 (31.6) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
749 (31.2) SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND E Central VIC
748 (31.2) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
743 (31.0) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
735 (30.6) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
733 (30.5) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
719 (30.0) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
716 (29.8) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
708 (29.5) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
692 (28.8) INNER RECIPROCAL MARKER Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
670 (27.9) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
660 (27.5) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
659 (27.5) COFFS HARBOUR AIRPORT MidNorth Coast N NSW
653 (27.2) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
651 (27.1) FORREST Eucla WA
649 (27.0) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
642 (26.8) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
637 (26.5) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
617 (25.7) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
607 (25.3) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
605 (25.2) BANANA BANK NORTH BEACON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
604 (25.2) LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD
602 (25.1) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
89/20 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
87/06 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
80/15 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
76/07 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
72/22 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West & Perth WA

High realtime reports for Wednesday 22 APR 2026
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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Northern Rivers
DARWIN AIRPORT
7.2mm in 17 min to 02:28 25.4mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
13.4mm in 30 min to 09:30 26.8mm/h
13.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 13.4mm/h

TASMANIA
Southeast
KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) : 89(270/ 63 ) at 20:30
TASMAN ISLAND : 85( 10/ 63 ) at 06:00