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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that has been checked for gross errors but has not yet been fully validated. They are based on data received as at 1438 EST on 24/01/2016. 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

SA

Adelaide Plains

023105

BROWNHILL CREEK (SCOTCH COLLEGE)

35.4

26.2

20/01/2005

18

1 N

Highest grass minimum temperature

NSW

MidNorth Coast S

060085

YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW)

23.5

22.5

25/01/1998

43

22.9

31/12/2005

46

1 N

Highest minimum temperature

NT

Darwin-Daly

014274

MCCLUER ISLAND

29.5

29.3

17/01/2012

15

1 N

NSW

MidNorth Coast S

060085

YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW)

23.8

23.8

27/01/1987

45

1 N Equal to record.

Highest maximum temperature

NT

Darwin-Daly

014198

JABIRU AIRPORT

38.4

37.9

05/01/2016

36

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.


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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 14:37EST, 24/01/2016.

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
PERTH AIRPORT 36.0 +4.3 17.6 +0.6 15.7 0.0 10.0 11.1 513 (21.4) 52/03
BUNBURY 31.9 +2.2 14.1 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 308 (12.8) 39/18
MANDURAH 32.2 +2.9 19.7 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 366 (15.3) 43/14
DARWIN AIRPORT 34.1 +2.3 26.3 +1.5 25.9 0.0 3.6 9.2 235 ( 9.8) 30/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 34.4 -2.0 25.8 +4.3 -- 0.0 9.2 8.3 254 (10.6) 31/09
WHYALLA AERO 25.6 -4.4 20.2 +2.7 -- 12.8 -- -- 455 (19.0) 43/10
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 25.9 -3.4 18.7 +1.6 -- 7.6 -- -- 183 ( 7.6) 37/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 23.0 -2.2 15.7 +4.6 14.3 1.2 6.2 6.5 386 (16.1) 37/08
MOUNT ISA AERO 39.2 +2.9 26.1 +2.4 -- 4.2 -- -- 240 (10.0) 48/18
CAIRNS AERO 30.4 -1.1 21.6 -2.1 20.0 0.2 8.1 12.1 280 (11.7) 28/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 32.8 +1.4 24.9 +0.6 21.2 0.0 11.0 12.3 388 (16.2) 34/12
MACKAY M.O 31.5 +1.4 20.8 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 232 ( 9.7) 34/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 38.9 +7.0 21.7 -0.4 20.0 0.0 20.4 -- 305 (12.7) 37/16
BUNDABERG AERO 31.8 +1.7 21.5 +0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 372 (15.5) 43/13
COOLANGATTA 28.0 -0.3 24.0 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 643 (26.8) --
BRISBANE AERO 28.8 -0.2 22.5 +1.3 21.6 0.0 10.0 2.5 618 (25.8) 35/00
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 31.6 +3.6 21.4 +3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 299 (12.5) 39/12
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 32.8 +0.9 22.6 +3.7 -- 6.8 8.4 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 30.1 +2.5 22.8 +4.5 -- 24.6 -- -- 326 (13.6) 52/14
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 30.1 +2.1 22.7 +4.7 -- 20.4 -- -- 307 (12.8) 55/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 32.8 -0.3 20.6 +2.4 -- 11.0 -- -- 345 (14.4) 46/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 24.7 -1.8 22.5 +3.7 20.5 21.8 3.4 9.5 333 (13.9) 52/09
RICHMOND RAAF 28.3 -1.6 21.1 +3.5 -- 24.0 -- -- 165 ( 6.9) 50/11
BELLAMBI AWS 23.7 -1.2 21.4 +2.4 -- 10.6 -- -- 279 (11.6) 44/07
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 31.8 +0.1 18.8 +2.5 17.5 11.4 0.8 12.8 253 (10.5) 43/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 31.3 -1.1 17.0 +0.4 -- 12.6 -- -- 220 ( 9.2) 41/17
MILDURA AIRPORT 28.9 -3.4 18.6 +1.9 17.0 14.4 2.4 7.7 236 ( 9.8) 31/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 25.5 -4.1 17.9 +3.8 -- 5.0 -- -- 177 ( 7.4) 44/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT 27.6 -2.1 16.5 +2.5 -- 4.0 -- -- 166 ( 6.9) 41/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 22.5 -2.6 13.5 +2.6 -- 7.4 -- -- 295 (12.3) 37/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 28.4 +4.1 11.8 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 204 ( 8.5) 37/14
HOBART AIRPORT 25.1 +2.6 15.2 +3.2 10.9 0.0 8.6 9.2 384 (16.0) 43/14
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

43.8 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
43.8 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
43.4 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
43.3 TELFER AERO Interior WA
43.1 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD

+7.3 : 42.9 BARCALDINE POST OFFICE Central West QLD
+7.0 : 38.9 ROCKHAMPTON AERO Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
+6.8 : 28.1 DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
+6.7 : 42.4 BLACKALL AIRPORT Central West QLD
+6.6 : 41.8 HUGHENDEN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD

31.8 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
30.8 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
30.4 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD
30.3 THE MONUMENT AIRPORT Northwest QLD
29.9 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD

+7.4 : 30.4 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD
+7.3 : 31.8 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
+6.6 : 21.8 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
+6.6 : 19.4 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
+6.3 : 23.8 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW
+6.3 : 21.4 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW

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

10.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
10.8 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
13.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
14.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
15.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
15.4 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-9.1 : 16.4 COMBIENBAR AWS E Gippsland VIC
-8.8 : 28.4 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA
-8.5 : 29.4 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
-7.9 : 26.0 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
-7.5 : 30.8 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA

3.1 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
5.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
6.0 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
6.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-6.8 : 8.5 EYRE Eucla WA
-5.3 : 16.2 SAMUEL HILL AERO Central Coast E QLD
-4.3 : 18.3 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-4.1 : 11.4 PINGELLY Cent Wheatbelt WA
-3.7 : 11.5 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West 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.
85.0 WAUKIVORY MidNorth Coast S NSW
73.2 CRAVEN (LONGVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW
72.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
65.0 NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS Illawarra NSW
65.0 PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
65.0 PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Mallee/Upper SE
61.2 SANDALWOOD (280 GOWLING ROAD)

NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast S
85.0 WAUKIVORY
73.2 CRAVEN (LONGVIEW)
52.5 KRAMBACH (FIREFLY RD)
50.2 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW)
Hunter Valley
60.0 DUNGOG - MAIN CREEK (YERANDA)
55.0 ELDERSLIE
Illawarra
65.0 NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS
59.4 BEAUMONT (THE CEDARS)
56.0 HAMPDEN BRIDGE (KANGAROO RIVER)
South Coast
54.6 ULLADULLA AWS

VICTORIA
E Gippsland
50.2 CANN RIVER

ISLANDS
Islands
72.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO

12.9 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
12.8 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
12.3 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
12.2 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
12.1 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

.....

7.0 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
6.5 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
4.9 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
4.5 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
2.5 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

1077 (44.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
771 (32.1) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
733 (30.5) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
727 (30.3) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
707 (29.5) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
687 (28.6) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
685 (28.5) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
678 (28.3) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
678 (28.3) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
659 (27.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
655 (27.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
653 (27.2) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
643 (26.8) COOLANGATTA Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
640 (26.7) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
634 (26.4) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
631 (26.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
626 (26.1) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
619 (25.8) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
618 (25.8) BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
617 (25.7) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
604 (25.2) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
117/16 NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
87/17 BEAUDESERT DRUMLEY STREET Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
78/17 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
78/13 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
76/22 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Kimberley
KUNUNURRA AERO
26.8mm in 30 min to 22:00 53.6mm/h
32.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 32.0mm/h
32.0mm in 1 hr to 22:30 32.0mm/h
Cent Wheatbelt
NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION
2.6mm in 1 min to 16:25 156.0mm/h
4.0mm in 1 min to 16:26 240.0mm/h
5.0mm in 1 min to 16:27 300.0mm/h
1.8mm in 1 min to 16:28 108.0mm/h
16.8mm in 1 hr to 16:30 16.8mm/h
5.0mm in 7 min to 16:37 42.9mm/h
23.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 23.2mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 8.0mm/h
EAST BEVERLEY AG STATION
8.6mm in 22 min to 17:00 23.5mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.8mm/h
LAKE KING AG STATION
16.4mm in 30 min to 18:00 32.8mm/h
18.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 18.2mm/h
14.6mm in 30 min to 18:30 29.2mm/h
31.0mm in 1 hr to 18:30 31.0mm/h
18.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 18.4mm/h
NEWDEGATE AG STATION
8.6mm in 2 min to 16:23 258.0mm/h
10.4mm in 37 min to 17:00 16.9mm/h
23.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 23.4mm/h
Goldfields
MUNGLINUP WEST
13.4mm in 30 min to 20:00 26.8mm/h
13.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 13.4mm/h
19.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 19.2mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.0mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT
9.0mm in 8 min to 16:00 67.5mm/h
VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS
14.0mm in 30 min to 20:00 28.0mm/h
20.2mm in 1 hr to 20:00 20.2mm/h
20.8mm in 1 hr to 20:30 20.8mm/h
4.0mm in 12 min to 21:30 20.0mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 21:30 10.0mm/h
28.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 9.3mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 14.0mm/h
DELAMERE WEAPONS RANGE
6.8mm in 12 min to 15:00 34.0mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 15:30 14.2mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane/SE Coast
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON
11.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 11.6mm/h
BRISBANE
10.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 10.2mm/h
BEAUDESERT DRUMLEY STREET
8.2mm in 6 min to 17:30 82.0mm/h
13.0mm in 11 min to 17:41 70.9mm/h
24.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 24.2mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 8.0mm/h
15.6mm in 1 hr to 18:30 15.6mm/h
Darling Downs E
OAKEY AERO
4.8mm in 6 min to 19:59 48.0mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.8mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
Far Northwest
TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT
24.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.0mm/h
NW Slopes N
NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS
6.4mm in 4 min to 12:16 96.0mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 12:30 11.4mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 13:00 11.4mm/h
N Tablelands W
ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS
4.6mm in 13 min to 11:00 21.2mm/h
MidNorth Coast N
KEMPSEY AIRPORT AWS
12.6mm in 30 min to 00:00 25.2mm/h
12.6mm in 1 hr to 00:00 12.6mm/h
15.4mm in 1 hr to 00:30 15.4mm/h
MidNorth Coast S
YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW)
40.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 6.7mm/h
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS
12.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 12.8mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.7mm/h
TAREE AIRPORT AWS
11.8mm in 1 hr to 16:00 11.8mm/h
Illawarra
JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS)
22.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.3mm/h
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS
10.2mm in 1 hr to 00:30 10.2mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 01:00 11.2mm/h
PERISHER VALLEY AWS
11.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.0mm/h
29.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 9.7mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
10.8mm in 1 hr to 08:00 10.8mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 08:30 13.0mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 09:00 10.8mm/h
24.2mm in 5 min to 09:05 290.4mm/h
24.2mm in 1 hr to 09:30 24.2mm/h
24.2mm in 1 hr to 10:00 24.2mm/h
POINT FAWCETT
10.0mm in 1 hr to 12:30 10.0mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 13:00 11.4mm/h
LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO
11.6mm in 1 hr to 23:00 11.6mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Cent Wheatbelt
NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION : 117(280/ 67 ) at 16:27
NEWDEGATE AG STATION : 93(250/ 32 ) at 16:23
QUEENSLAND
Northwest
TREPELL AIRPORT : 121( 80/ 87 ) at 15:38
Warrego
CHARLEVILLE AERO : 78(330/ 65 ) at 13:02
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 69(320/ 63 ) at 05:30
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 72(260/ 63 ) at 14:00