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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0857 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

Eucla

011051

NO WORRIES

40.8

31.6

27/11/2008

20

1 N

Highest minimum temperature

SA

NE Pastoral

017110

LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT

29.4

29.3

27/11/2006

28

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 08:57EST, 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 28.5 +1.3 13.6 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 380 (15.8) 39/17
PERTH AIRPORT 30.1 +4.3 15.2 +2.5 13.8 0.0 7.0 12.7 412 (17.2) 35/13
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 28.5 +7.7 6.9 -3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 284 (11.8) 44/15
BUNBURY 24.1 -0.2 15.1 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MANDURAH 24.5 -0.1 17.1 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 334 (13.9) 34/14
DARWIN AIRPORT 35.4 +2.1 25.0 -0.3 24.9 0.0 7.4 11.7 318 (13.3) 39/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 38.6 +5.0 24.1 +6.3 22.0 0.4 12.2 5.1 461 (19.2) 65/16
WHYALLA AERO 34.0 +7.5 18.8 +4.8 -- 0.0 8.0 -- 532 (22.2) 50/21
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 33.4 +8.3 20.5 +6.5 -- 0.2 3 21.6 -- 175 ( 7.3) 54/20
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 25.9 +5.5 10.4 +2.0 8.3 0.0 6.0 7.5 446 (18.6) 48/07
MOUNT ISA AERO 43.2 +6.9 26.4 +5.0 23.4 0.0 12.0 10.6 308 (12.8) 50/18
CAIRNS AERO 32.1 +1.5 24.4 +2.1 22.5 0.0 9.0 7.2 364 (15.2) 41/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.4 +0.7 25.2 +2.3 -- 0.0 11.0 9.3 509 (21.2) 44/11
MACKAY M.O 29.5 +0.3 23.6 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- 10.9 383 (16.0) 34/22
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 30.4 -0.8 19.6 +0.1 17.8 0.0 6.0 -- 246 (10.3) 31/13
BUNDABERG AERO 29.5 +1.2 16.2 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 232 ( 9.7) 37/13
COOLANGATTA 27.9 +2.0 19.2 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 388 (16.2) 35/17
BRISBANE AERO 27.4 +0.7 21.0 +2.8 19.5 0.0 7.6 9.7 390 (16.3) 31/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 27.3 +1.7 16.4 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 451 (18.8) 41/22
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 35.9 +7.6 19.3 +4.3 9.9 0.0 8.0 -- 153 ( 6.4) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 28.0 +3.1 18.8 +2.6 14.6 0.0 4.8 10.7 556 (23.2) 59/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 28.8 +3.9 16.0 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 248 (10.3) 44/15
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 31.7 +6.2 16.1 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 263 (11.0) 50/17
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 27.6 +2.5 16.3 +3.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 73 ( 3.0) 24/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 30.9 +9.9 15.8 +6.6 9.2 0.0 8.2 7.7 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 38.1 +9.8 18.3 +4.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 237 ( 9.9) 48/17
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 25.0 +1.0 20.1 +4.7 19.1 0.0 9.4 2.9 418 (17.4) 46/14
RICHMOND RAAF 34.4 +7.8 17.6 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 135 ( 5.6) 35/15
BELLAMBI AWS 22.8 +0.7 18.9 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 220 ( 9.2) 30/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 34.6 +8.9 16.4 +5.6 13.7 0.0 9.8 4.1 255 (10.6) 48/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 31.9 +5.9 16.6 +4.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 172 ( 7.2) 43/16
MILDURA AIRPORT 35.5 +8.0 21.2 +8.7 19.4 0.0 13.0 7.0 295 (12.3) 39/19
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 28.1 +3.5 12.9 +2.7 -- 0.0 21.8 -- 370 (15.4) 34/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT 29.7 +5.4 12.3 +2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 320 (13.3) 39/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 22.2 +0.2 13.7 +2.5 10.9 0.0 15.4 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 25.5 +5.9 9.5 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 493 (20.5) 44/00
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 22.5 +2.1 12.8 +3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 261 (10.9) 30/15
HOBART AIRPORT 20.4 +1.4 6.8 -2.4 2.7 0.0 4.8 8.2 365 (15.2) 39/16
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

45.5 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
45.3 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
44.9 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA
44.5 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
44.1 THE MONUMENT AIRPORT Northwest QLD

+12.2 : 45.5 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
+12.1 : 42.4 PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
+11.8 : 43.8 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+11.7 : 44.9 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA
+11.6 : 45.3 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA

30.7 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
29.4 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
29.4 LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
28.9 ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
28.8 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD

+13.5 : 27.0 HAWKER Upper North SA
+13.0 : 29.4 LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+12.4 : 28.9 ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
+12.1 : 30.7 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+11.8 : 29.4 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA

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

12.8 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
13.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
14.9 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
15.5 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
15.7 CAPE BRUNY LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS

-5.7 : 33.7 TELFER AERO Interior WA
-5.4 : 35.3 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
-5.0 : 33.0 CROYDON TOWNSHIP Gulf Country QLD
-5.0 : 22.8 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
-4.5 : 21.4 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
-4.5 : 33.8 HALLS CREEK AIRPORT E Kimberley WA

0.9 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
1.3 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
1.9 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
3.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.0 WARRA W Coast TAS

-4.0 : 15.0 HERVEY BAY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-3.9 : 6.9 ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON Lower West WA
-3.8 : 13.7 SAMUEL HILL AERO Central Coast E QLD
-3.5 : 3.6 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS

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.
62.0 MOUNT GEORGE (MANNING RIVER) MidNorth Coast S NSW
52.4 NARRABRI (MT KAPUTAR NATIONAL PARK) NW Slopes N NSW
51.0 EBOR (WONGWIBINDA) N Tablelands E NSW
43.0 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley WA
40.8 NO WORRIES Eucla WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
43.0 MOUNT ELIZABETH
Eucla
40.8 NO WORRIES

NEW SOUTH WALES
NW Slopes N
52.4 NARRABRI (MT KAPUTAR NATIONAL PARK)
N Tablelands E
51.0 EBOR (WONGWIBINDA)
MidNorth Coast S
62.0 MOUNT GEORGE (MANNING RIVER)

12.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
12.0 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.7 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.4 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.3 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA

.....

2.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
1.6 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
1.4 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
1.0 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
0.8 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA

853 (35.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
795 (33.1) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
745 (31.0) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
729 (30.4) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
693 (28.9) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
660 (27.5) PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
645 (26.9) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
641 (26.7) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
636 (26.5) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
636 (26.5) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
631 (26.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
626 (26.1) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
618 (25.8) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
614 (25.6) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
612 (25.5) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
611 (25.5) EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
603 (25.1) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
601 (25.0) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
**S** 241/07 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
81/21 LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
74/19 COONAMBLE AIRPORT AWS CW Plains N NSW
72/22 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
68/16 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
68/12 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
68/18 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD

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
Gulf Country
BURKETOWN AIRPORT
7.2mm in 8 min to 13:00 54.0mm/h
17.2mm in 29 min to 13:30 35.6mm/h
26.0mm in 1 hr to 13:30 26.0mm/h
20.8mm in 1 hr to 14:00 20.8mm/h
29.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 9.7mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS
10.2mm in 30 min to 20:30 20.4mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.2mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 21:00 10.2mm/h

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
DARWIN NTC AWS : 163( 50/ 4 ) at 06:00