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Saturday 18 JUL 2026 in charts
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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 23:46EST, 18/07/2026.

Observations and extremes for Saturday 18 JUL 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 21.0 +0.5 16.0 +6.8 -- 49.0 -- -- -- --
PERTH AIRPORT M.O. 19.0 +1.0 14.0 +5.9 -- 9.0 -- -- -- --
PERTH METRO 19.0 +0.5 14.0 +5.9 -- 12.0 -- -- -- --
BUSSELTON AERO 17.0 +0.1 11.0 +4.0 -- 7.0 -- -- -- --
BUNBURY 17.0 -0.4 12.0 +4.6 -- 11.0 -- -- -- --
MANDURAH 18.0 +0.4 15.0 +4.1 -- 5.0 -- -- -- --
ALBANY AIRPORT 17.0 +0.4 13.0 +5.3 -- 0.6 -- -- -- --
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 21.0 +4.1 13.0 +7.9 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
DARWIN AIRPORT 29.0 -1.7 17.0 -2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 20.0 +0.1 0.0 -3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WHYALLA AERO 19.0 +1.9 2.0 -3.3 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
PARAFIELD AIRPORT 19.0 +3.8 1.0 -5.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
ADELAIDE AIRPORT COMPARISON 18.0 +3.0 3.0 -4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY) -- -- 0.0 -6.6 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 12.0 -1.2 5.0 -0.2 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
CAIRNS AERO 26.0 +0.2 14.0 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.0 +1.8 9.0 -4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MACKAY AERO 23.0 +0.3 10.0 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 26.0 +2.7 11.0 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BUNDABERG AERO 24.0 +1.7 12.0 +1.7 -- 0.8 -- -- -- --
GLADSTONE AIRPORT 25.0 +1.8 15.0 +2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
HERVEY BAY AIRPORT 22.0 +0.2 13.0 +2.9 -- 8.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 21.0 +0.3 14.0 +4.0 -- 15.0 -- -- -- --
BRISBANE AERO 22.0 +1.0 13.0 +3.6 11.0 5.0 -- -- -- --
SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT 23.0 +1.8 15.0 +5.3 -- 2.0 -- -- -- --
BRISBANE 23.0 +1.0 14.0 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 19.0 +2.3 8.0 +1.3 -- 0.4 -- -- -- --
TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS 19.0 +2.5 3.0 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COFFS HARBOUR AIRPORT 20.0 0.0 13.0 +5.3 -- 6.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 18.0 +0.8 10.0 +3.5 -- 1.0 -- -- -- --
CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS 16.0 -1.6 7.0 +2.7 -- 0.6 -- -- -- --
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 13.0 +3.1 2.0 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 19.0 +1.8 11.0 +3.6 -- 4.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) 20.0 -- 11.0 -- -- 5.0 -- -- -- --
BADGERYS CREEK AWS 20.0 +2.4 9.0 +4.7 -- 3.0 -- -- -- --
ALBION PARK (SHELLHARBOUR AIRPORT) 20.0 +2.2 6.0 -0.4 -- 0.8 -- -- -- --
CANBERRA AIRPORT 17.0 +4.2 -1.0 -1.1 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 16.0 +3.2 2.0 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 16.0 +2.7 2.0 -1.2 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
MILDURA AIRPORT 14.0 -1.5 0.0 -4.4 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
BENDIGO AIRPORT 10.0 -2.7 -2.0 -4.7 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
SHEPPARTON AIRPORT 12.0 -1.4 1.0 -2.4 -- 0.4 -- -- -- --
MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) 15.0 +1.3 2.0 -1.7 -- 0.4 -- -- -- --
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 18.0 +4.8 2.0 -3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MELBOURNE (OLYMPIC PARK) 19.0 +4.5 4.0 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BREAKWATER (GEELONG RACECOURSE) 15.0 +0.6 3.0 -3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 14.0 +3.9 0.0 -3.2 -- 0.4 -- -- -- --
WYNYARD AIRPORT 16.0 +3.3 6.0 +2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
DEVONPORT AIRPORT 15.0 +2.1 5.0 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 14.0 +1.3 3.0 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 16.0 +4.2 10.0 +5.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
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 Saturday 18 JUL 2026
Highest maximum temperature>Greatest variation above normal maximum Highest minimum temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

31.0 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
31.0 SCHERGER RAAF N Peninsula QLD
31.0 MIDDLE POINT Northern Rivers NT
31.0 NOONAMAH AIRSTRIP Northern Rivers NT
31.0 YAMPI SOUND (DEFENCE) W Kimberley WA
31.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA

+11.1 : 11.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
+10.1 : 14.0 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
+10.0 : 15.0 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
+9.9 : 11.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
+9.0 : 12.0 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

27.0 COCOS ISLAND NTC AWS Islands ISL
27.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
25.0 ROWLEY SHOALS Islands ISL
24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
24.0 ADELE ISLAND Islands ISL
24.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

+9.5 : 15.0 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne WA
+9.3 : 13.0 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
+9.1 : 14.0 CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
+9.0 : 15.0 LEONORA AERO Goldfields WA
+8.9 : 13.0 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA

Coldest for Saturday 18 JUL 2026
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

5.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
6.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
7.0 KELLALAC (WARRACKNABEAL AIRPORT) Wimmera N VIC
7.0 STAWELL AERODROME Wimmera S VIC
7.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-5.9 : 9.0 HOPETOUN AIRPORT Mallee S VIC
-5.9 : 8.0 CHARLTON Lower North VIC
-5.8 : 9.0 SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
-5.7 : 8.0 HORSHAM AERODROME Wimmera S VIC
-5.5 : 7.0 STAWELL AERODROME Wimmera S VIC

-9.0 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-8.0 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-6.0 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-6.0 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.0 OMEO Upper NE VIC

-9.3 : 4.0 GEORGETOWN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
-7.4 : 1.0 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA
-7.1 : -9.0 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.0 : -1.0 KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-6.6 : 0.0 VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY) Adelaide/Lofty SA

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.
49.0 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
45.0 DALWALLINU Central West WA
32.0 NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
23.0 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
22.0 NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA

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High realtime reports for Saturday 18 JUL 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Central West
PERENJORI AG STATION
12.8mm in 1 hr to 05:00 12.8mm/h
Lower West & Perth
MANDURAH
1.4mm in 1 min to 00:00 84.0mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West & Perth
CAPE LEEUWIN : 95(300/ 76 ) at 03:49
CAPE NATURALISTE : 87(270/ 72 ) at 05:29
BUSSELTON JETTY : 85(270/ 70 ) at 07:30
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 76(180/ 63 ) at 14:12
DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 87(160/ 65 ) at 07:00
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 82(320/ 63 ) at 08:00
KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) : 80(250/ 63 ) at 06:30
ISLANDS
Islands
LORD HOWE ISLAND WINDY POINT : 76(100/ 63 ) at 03:26