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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0243 EST on 20/04/2013. 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
Lowest minimum temperature

WA

Lower West

009131

JURIEN BAY

0.5

0.6

26/07/1990

43

1 Y

Lowest maximum temperature

NT

Arnhem

014517

NGAYAWILI

25.6

25.9

10/07/2006

13

1 Y

Highest wind gust (km/h)

VIC

N Central

088109

MANGALORE AIRPORT

68

68.0

26/07/1974

22

Y Equal to record.


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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 02:43EST, 20/04/2013.

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
GERALDTON AIRPORT COMPARISON 15.7 -3.8 1.6 -7.8 -- 0.2 -- -- 335 (14.0) 39/12
PERTH AIRPORT 16.1 -1.8 -0.7 -8.7 -2.2 0.0 2.2 5.5 236 ( 9.8) 34/12
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 15.1 -0.7 6.4 -1.1 -- 1.0 -- -- 249 (10.4) 31/15
BUNBURY 16.3 -0.9 2.8 -4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 120 ( 5.0) 28/14
MANDURAH 15.0 -2.4 6.6 -4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 202 ( 8.4) 15/13
DARWIN AIRPORT 29.0 -1.5 17.3 -2.0 16.7 0.0 5.8 9.7 304 (12.7) 30/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 23.3 +3.6 2.9 -1.2 0.7 0.0 3.6 10.2 235 ( 9.8) 37/10
WHYALLA AERO 17.0 +0.1 8.2 +3.0 -- 0.0 3.8 -- 394 (16.4) 54/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 14.5 -0.8 11.2 +3.7 -- 0.2 2.0 -- 285 (11.9) 57/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.0 +1.8 8.2 +3.0 6.5 0.0 1.2 4.0 353 (14.7) 59/21
MOUNT ISA AERO 29.5 +4.8 7.0 -1.6 6.0 0.0 4.2 10.5 167 ( 7.0) 35/13
CAIRNS AERO 26.8 +1.1 19.3 +2.3 17.6 0.0 7.4 10.9 506 (21.1) 35/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO 24.0 -1.1 15.1 +1.5 11.4 0.0 4.4 10.2 357 (14.9) 31/09
MACKAY M.O 20.8 -0.5 12.7 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- 10.1 340 (14.2) 34/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 23.1 0.0 10.3 +0.8 8.1 0.0 2.8 -- 242 (10.1) 31/09
BUNDABERG AERO 22.8 +0.8 10.9 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 355 (14.8) 30/11
COOLANGATTA 20.2 -0.3 13.3 +3.4 -- 0.2 -- -- 359 (15.0) 37/12
BRISBANE AERO 20.4 -0.5 9.8 +0.9 8.1 0.0 3.8 7.2 356 (14.8) 34/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 16.6 +0.1 5.0 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 349 (14.5) 76/11
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 19.4 +3.3 5.9 +1.2 1.9 0.0 2.4 -- 83 ( 3.5) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 18.9 +0.2 9.5 +1.9 7.0 0.6 2.2 9.5 471 (19.6) 26/00
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 19.1 +0.4 9.9 +3.5 -- 0.8 -- -- 224 ( 9.3) 24/02
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 18.9 +1.9 7.0 +0.6 7.5 0.4 1.2 7.5 267 (11.1) 21/07
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 19.3 +1.8 4.9 +0.2 -- 1.8 -- -- 17 ( 0.7) 24/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 11.8 +2.4 1.0 -0.5 -5.0 0.2 1.0 7.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 17.0 +1.8 6.0 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 323 (13.5) 31/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 19.7 +2.7 9.0 +1.9 7.6 3.4 0.2 6.5 313 (13.0) 31/06
RICHMOND RAAF 19.6 +2.2 6.8 +3.2 -- 0.4 -- -- 49 ( 2.0) 28/12
BELLAMBI AWS 17.7 +0.9 10.5 +0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 225 ( 9.4) 41/11
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 15.2 +2.5 4.4 +1.7 1.3 0.0 1.4 1.2 252 (10.5) 31/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 14.6 +1.6 2.9 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 47 ( 2.0) 28/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 19.8 +4.5 5.4 +1.1 2.2 0.0 1.6 2.6 343 (14.3) 39/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 13.6 +0.6 6.1 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 259 (10.8) 41/22
BENDIGO AIRPORT 13.7 +1.2 6.4 +3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 261 (10.9) 31/16
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 15.9 +2.4 8.1 +2.1 5.5 0.0 1.4 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 12.4 +2.4 6.2 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 550 (22.9) 50/16
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 12.8 +0.2 4.7 +2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- 15/15
HOBART AIRPORT 13.6 +1.2 2.3 -1.8 -0.6 0.0 0.8 4.0 293 (12.2) 28/02
Max
° C
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° 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

33.4 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
33.4 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.4 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
33.4 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
33.2 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA

+6.0 : 23.8 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+5.5 : 30.8 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
+5.5 : 23.4 TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW
+5.5 : 20.6 BROKEN HILL AIRPORT AWS Lower Darling NSW
+5.4 : 24.9 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+5.4 : 20.6 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW

26.3 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.4 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.2 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
22.9 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

+5.6 : 11.6 KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+5.3 : 9.7 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
+5.3 : 8.6 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC
+5.1 : 8.9 NONNING NW Pastoral SA
+4.9 : 7.7 CASTLEMAINE PRISON N Central VIC

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

-0.3 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
0.9 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
2.3 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-5.2 : 6.4 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
-4.4 : 6.7 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS
-4.3 : 16.7 NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
-4.3 : 15.0 WILUNA Interior WA
-4.3 : 16.9 CARNEGIE Interior WA

-4.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.0 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-3.6 BATHURST AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands S NSW
-3.5 BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION C Tablelands S NSW
-3.2 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA

-9.3 : -0.8 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
-9.0 : -2.7 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-8.9 : 0.5 JURIEN BAY Lower West WA
-8.7 : -0.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
-8.3 : -1.6 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
-8.3 : -2.9 NORTHAM 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.
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.
30.0 WILLMOT (RESOLUTION AVE) Sydney--west NSW
25.0 WILLALOOKA (YARDOOKRA) Lower SE SA
22.6 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD
20.0 LORD HOWE ISLAND (MILKY WAY) Islands ISL
15.0 WATERVALE Lower North SA

10.9 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.9 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
10.8 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.8 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.6 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD

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0.8 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.7 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.5 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
0.3 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
**W** 0.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA

964 (40.2) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
952 (39.7) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
862 (35.9) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
855 (35.6) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
853 (35.5) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
757 (31.5) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
742 (30.9) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
737 (30.7) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
736 (30.7) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
733 (30.5) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
733 (30.5) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
730 (30.4) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
714 (29.8) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
710 (29.6) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
694 (28.9) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
655 (27.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
645 (26.9) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
642 (26.8) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
634 (26.4) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
627 (26.1) COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
617 (25.7) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
615 (25.6) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
607 (25.3) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
106/19 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
102/13 NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
102/16 CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
85/13 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
83/16 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
83/19 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

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
Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE
11.4mm in 1 hr to 16:30 11.4mm/h

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
W Agricultural
NEPTUNE ISLAND : 102(320/ 69 ) at 01:48
NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 106(310/ 69 ) at 20:00