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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0854 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 daily rainfall

WA

Central West

008057

GREEN GROVE

35.4

34.6

17/11/1983

59

1 N

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010018

BURAKIN

51.0

40.4

14/11/1993

77

1 N

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010119

KITLANE

42.2

37.6

17/11/1983

100

1 N

WA

Cent Wheatbelt

010151

HINES HILL

41.4

39.2

04/11/2011

67

1 N

WA

Gt Southern

010881

GIBB ROCK

41.2

31.4

01/11/2012

32

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

WA

Goldfields

012009

NORSEMAN AERO

40.6

25.6

02/11/2012

13

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

WA

Goldfields

012227

KOOLYANOBBING

37.0

21.8

26/11/1971

20

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

SA

NW Pastoral

016097

ERNABELLA (PUKATJA)

41.8

41.8

17/11/2009

16

1 N Equal to record.


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Summary of observations

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**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 08:54EST, 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 26.3 -0.9 18.6 +4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 521 (21.7) 43/00
PERTH AIRPORT 28.2 +2.4 16.8 +4.1 14.4 26.4 11.4 13.2 500 (20.8) 44/01
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 21.3 +0.5 13.5 +2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 341 (14.2) 44/14
BUNBURY 25.6 +1.3 13.5 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MANDURAH 26.2 +1.6 17.5 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 467 (19.5) 43/16
DARWIN AIRPORT 35.7 +2.4 24.4 -0.9 24.4 0.4 4.8 11.7 297 (12.4) 39/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 40.9 +7.3 26.6 +8.8 24.2 0.0 12.4 7.4 335 (14.0) 50/17
WHYALLA AERO 28.2 +1.7 16.1 +2.1 -- 0.0 8.0 -- 447 (18.6) 57/19
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 32.4 +7.3 14.4 +0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 170 ( 7.1) 26/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 23.5 +3.1 13.1 +4.7 13.0 0.2 7.0 6.4 449 (18.7) 39/15
MOUNT ISA AERO 41.3 +5.0 24.3 +2.9 -- 1.6 27.0 10.4 292 (12.2) 55/17
CAIRNS AERO 32.5 +1.9 20.7 -1.6 17.3 0.0 9.4 10.3 314 (13.1) 37/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.4 +0.7 24.5 +1.6 20.4 0.0 11.0 11.2 462 (19.3) 39/16
MACKAY M.O 30.5 +1.3 23.8 +2.0 -- 0.0 -- 7.2 274 (11.4) 31/18
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.8 -1.4 22.6 +3.1 22.2 0.0 8.8 -- 272 (11.3) 30/13
BUNDABERG AERO 29.0 +0.7 18.5 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 234 ( 9.8) 35/11
COOLANGATTA 27.1 +1.2 21.4 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 448 (18.7) 37/12
BRISBANE AERO 27.1 +0.4 20.1 +1.9 17.8 0.0 6.8 11.7 435 (18.1) 34/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 27.7 +2.1 15.6 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 559 (23.3) 44/17
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 35.3 +7.0 18.7 +3.7 8.9 0.0 7.6 -- 158 ( 6.6) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 28.0 +3.1 20.5 +4.3 -- 0.0 4.0 8.8 559 (23.3) 61/12
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 29.3 +4.4 19.0 +3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 342 (14.3) 31/10
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 35.9 +10.4 14.7 +0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 326 (13.6) 35/10
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 34.2 +9.1 14.7 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 60 ( 2.5) 22/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 30.2 +9.2 14.1 +4.9 8.2 0.0 6.4 10.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 36.2 +7.9 17.4 +3.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 214 ( 8.9) 35/20
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 33.1 +9.1 19.6 +4.2 16.8 0.0 7.8 12.7 454 (18.9) 31/16
RICHMOND RAAF 37.8 +11.2 16.6 +2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 141 ( 5.9) 41/14
BELLAMBI AWS 24.6 +2.5 18.6 +2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 359 (15.0) 31/21
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 37.0 +11.3 15.5 +4.7 13.6 0.0 8.0 12.8 250 (10.4) 39/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 36.7 +10.7 15.3 +3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 110 ( 4.6) 41/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 37.1 +9.6 18.1 +5.6 16.0 0.0 9.2 11.8 316 (13.2) 37/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 32.7 +8.1 15.5 +5.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 229 ( 9.5) 37/17
BENDIGO AIRPORT 33.7 +9.4 17.3 +7.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 260 (10.8) 43/19
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 21.8 -0.2 16.4 +5.2 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 25.0 +5.4 11.3 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 384 (16.0) 44/22
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 24.5 +4.1 12.0 +3.0 -- 0.6 -- -- 242 (10.1) 37/16
HOBART AIRPORT 18.9 -0.1 10.7 +1.5 6.4 0.0 4.2 10.5 338 (14.1) 37/14
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

45.6 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
44.8 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
44.6 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA
44.2 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
44.2 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD

+13.1 : 44.8 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
+12.9 : 42.6 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
+12.2 : 43.9 ANDAMOOKA NW Pastoral SA
+11.9 : 45.6 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+11.8 : 37.1 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC

29.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
28.5 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
28.5 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
28.5 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
28.5 KULGERA N Plateau NT

+10.2 : 28.5 KULGERA N Plateau NT
+9.9 : 28.5 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+9.6 : 19.5 COMBIENBAR AWS E Gippsland VIC
**S** +9.2 : 22.5 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA
+8.8 : 26.6 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT

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

12.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
14.2 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
15.1 CAPE BRUNY LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
15.2 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
15.3 CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS

-7.4 : 20.4 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
-7.1 : 17.9 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.9 : 21.5 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.9 : 20.2 NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.9 : 19.1 MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA

3.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.3 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
4.3 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
5.5 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS

-2.6 : 5.7 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-2.4 : 9.8 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
-2.4 : 21.1 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
-2.3 : 15.3 BOURKE AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
-2.0 : 6.0 WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
-2.0 : 8.9 ROSEWORTHY AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
-2.0 : 15.8 MARYBOROUGH Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-2.0 : 21.9 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT

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.
63.4 ROLLESTON AIRPORT Central Highlands QLD
60.6 NELSON SPRINGS N Rivers NT
58.0 BRINARD STATION Gulf Country QLD
55.0 HAVELOCK Maranoa QLD
51.0 BURAKIN Cent Wheatbelt WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Cent Wheatbelt
51.0 BURAKIN

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
60.6 NELSON SPRINGS
50.6 JABIRU AIRPORT

QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
58.0 BRINARD STATION
Central Highlands
63.4 ROLLESTON AIRPORT
Maranoa
55.0 HAVELOCK

13.2 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
13.0 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
12.8 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
12.8 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
12.7 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW

.....

7.3 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
7.2 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
6.4 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
6.1 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
4.7 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS

912 (38.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
819 (34.1) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
779 (32.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
770 (32.1) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
722 (30.1) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
719 (30.0) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
713 (29.7) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
707 (29.5) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
701 (29.2) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
693 (28.9) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
687 (28.6) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
658 (27.4) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
655 (27.3) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
654 (27.3) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
635 (26.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
624 (26.0) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
623 (26.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
607 (25.3) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
81/20 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
76/18 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
72/15 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
70/15 THE MONUMENT AIRPORT Northwest QLD
70/17 CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS

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
Lower West
ESPERANCE AERO
12.4mm in 30 min to 03:00 24.8mm/h
17.8mm in 1 hr to 03:00 17.8mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.0mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 03:30 15.2mm/h
Goldfields
NORSEMAN AERO
9.2mm in 55 min to 06:55 10.0mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 07:00 11.4mm/h
13.6mm in 1 hr to 08:00 13.6mm/h
31.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 10.3mm/h
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT
5.4mm in 12 min to 06:17 27.0mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 07:00 10.0mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
POINT STUART AWS
17.8mm in 30 min to 00:00 35.6mm/h
25.2mm in 1 hr to 00:00 25.2mm/h
18.2mm in 1 hr to 00:30 18.2mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 8.3mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Central Highlands
CLERMONT AIRPORT
11.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.0mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 00:30 11.4mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
POINT FAWCETT
11.6mm in 19 min to 13:49 36.6mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 14:00 15.2mm/h
14.4mm in 30 min to 14:30 28.8mm/h
29.6mm in 1 hr to 14:30 29.6mm/h
14.4mm in 1 hr to 15:00 14.4mm/h
30.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 10.0mm/h

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
DARWIN NTC AWS : 143( 30/ 4 ) at 12:00
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 69(220/ 63 ) at 18:00