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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0703 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
Highest maximum temperature

QLD

Far SW

045025

THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT

41.2

41.0

30/10/2008

14

1 Y

NSW

Upper Darling

048079

WANAARING POST OFFICE

40.6

40.0

30/10/2008

22

1 Y

NSW

CW Plains S

050137

CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT AWS

36.8

36.5

27/10/2008

18

1 N


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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 07:02EST, 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 25.4 +0.9 10.4 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 275 (11.5) 39/16
PERTH AIRPORT 23.0 +0.4 8.8 -1.4 6.5 0.0 5.2 11.7 307 (12.8) 37/14
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 19.0 +0.3 10.8 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 250 (10.4) 39/10
BUNBURY 21.5 +0.7 15.5 +6.3 -- 0.6 -- -- 344 (14.3) 34/08
MANDURAH 21.4 -0.2 16.4 +3.2 -- 0.6 -- -- 342 (14.3) 37/10
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.2 0.0 24.5 -0.5 23.5 1.2 4.6 10.0 302 (12.6) 34/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 39.4 +8.5 19.9 +5.1 17.8 0.0 12.4 11.4 338 (14.1) 39/15
WHYALLA AERO 21.8 -2.0 11.7 +1.1 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 183 ( 7.6) 39/10
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 22.6 +0.8 12.0 +0.5 -- 0.0 3.4 -- 124 ( 5.2) 26/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 21.4 +3.5 8.4 +1.3 5.7 0.0 1.4 9.8 269 (11.2) 35/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 37.2 +2.6 15.2 -3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 274 (11.4) 50/11
CAIRNS AERO 28.5 -1.0 21.2 +0.6 20.2 1.4 8.8 1.7 492 (20.5) 50/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.5 +0.1 17.9 -2.8 15.1 0.0 9.4 11.7 362 (15.1) 48/14
MACKAY M.O 27.4 -0.1 18.6 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- 10.5 306 (12.8) 31/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.2 -0.4 17.0 0.0 14.0 0.0 7.2 -- 214 ( 8.9) 37/11
BUNDABERG AERO 27.7 +0.8 16.0 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 197 ( 8.2) 30/16
COOLANGATTA 26.5 +2.1 18.9 +2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 359 (15.0) 46/14
BRISBANE AERO 25.9 +0.5 17.4 +1.7 14.6 0.0 5.6 11.5 370 (15.4) 46/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 29.3 +5.0 15.0 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 552 (23.0) 39/00
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 30.8 +5.7 15.2 +3.0 9.0 0.0 6.6 -- 78 ( 3.3) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 27.3 +3.7 16.5 +2.7 12.6 0.2 1.6 -- 319 (13.3) 50/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 27.0 +3.2 15.3 +3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 285 (11.9) 28/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 31.1 +7.5 9.9 -2.1 7.8 0.0 -- -- 380 (15.8) 34/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 30.4 +6.8 11.0 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 83 ( 3.5) 21/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 25.7 +8.2 4.0 -2.6 -1.0 0.0 4.0 10.6 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 33.1 +8.5 8.7 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 268 (11.2) 43/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 28.8 +6.3 16.5 +3.3 11.5 0.0 6.6 9.8 543 (22.6) 34/23
RICHMOND RAAF 32.7 +7.9 12.0 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 156 ( 6.5) 31/16
BELLAMBI AWS 25.7 +4.3 15.8 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 442 (18.4) 24/23
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 30.4 +9.0 8.9 +1.2 6.6 0.0 5.0 12.2 253 (10.5) 28/17
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 27.2 +5.7 8.5 +0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 87 ( 3.6) 24/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 34.9 +11.1 13.7 +3.9 9.0 0.0 9.8 11.6 258 (10.8) 46/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 28.7 +7.8 8.3 +0.8 -- 0.0 3.2 -- 139 ( 5.8) 30/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT 29.6 +9.3 9.0 +2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 121 ( 5.0) 39/16
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 28.4 +8.7 11.7 +2.2 9.6 0.4 3.6 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 24.2 +7.6 9.1 +2.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 244 (10.2) 46/09
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 18.4 +0.4 10.9 +4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 243 (10.1) 30/14
HOBART AIRPORT 17.7 +0.4 9.5 +2.0 7.8 0.0 4.0 7.2 276 (11.5) 30/12
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

42.9 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
42.1 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
41.8 TELFER AERO Interior WA
41.6 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
41.6 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA

+13.2 : 40.6 WILCANNIA (REID ST) Far Northwest NSW
+12.7 : 39.0 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW
+12.6 : 37.6 BROKEN HILL AIRPORT AWS Lower Darling NSW
+12.4 : 37.0 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW
+12.4 : 37.3 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW

27.5 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
27.4 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
26.9 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
26.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.5 TELFER AERO Interior WA

+10.1 : 27.4 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
+9.6 : 23.0 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA
+8.8 : 22.8 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
+8.3 : 22.4 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+8.1 : 19.6 BROKEN HILL AIRPORT AWS Lower Darling NSW
+8.1 : 25.0 PAPUNYA N Plateau NT

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

8.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
11.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
11.1 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
11.8 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
12.1 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-4.3 : 31.2 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD
-3.7 : 26.7 LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
-3.6 : 26.8 COOKTOWN AIRPORT N Coast--Barron QLD
-2.7 : 15.9 CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
-2.3 : 19.2 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA

1.4 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
1.7 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
1.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
2.0 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
2.8 OMEO Upper NE VIC

-5.0 : 13.5 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
-5.0 : 12.3 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD
-4.0 : 17.2 DALY WATERS AWS N Rivers NT
-3.8 : 6.3 EYRE Eucla WA
-3.6 : 18.4 ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD

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.
35.2 UPPER ADELAIDE RIVER N Rivers NT
25.6 PIRLANGIMPI N Rivers NT
23.0 OOLLOO N Rivers NT
18.0 MOONAN BROOK (PAMPAS) Hunter Valley NSW
17.9 BURRELL'S CREEK N Rivers NT

12.7 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.2 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
12.1 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
11.7 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD

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6.5 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
5.8 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
5.3 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
3.7 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
1.7 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

899 (37.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
876 (36.5) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
719 (30.0) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
713 (29.7) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
664 (27.7) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
661 (27.5) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
626 (26.1) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
85/19 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT
83/14 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
78/15 BROKEN HILL AIRPORT AWS Lower Darling NSW
72/16 IVANHOE AERODROME AWS Southwest Plains NSW
68/12 TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW

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
N Rivers
PIRLANGIMPI
16.2mm in 30 min to 15:00 32.4mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 15:00 19.4mm/h
16.4mm in 1 hr to 15:30 16.4mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 6.3mm/h
None reported