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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 14/02/2016. 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

QLD

N Peninsula

027054

COCONUT ISLAND

181.4

143.2

27/02/2007

18

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

NT

Arnhem

014404

MILINGIMBI AIRPORT

36.3

36.0

09/02/2007

11

1 N

NT

Arnhem

014517

NGAYAWILI

34.9

34.9

28/02/2005

15

1 N Equal to record.


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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 14:37EST, 14/02/2016.

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 31.6 -0.3 19.4 +1.9 17.9 0.0 10.0 12.5 592 (24.7) 39/00
BUNBURY 28.0 -2.0 13.4 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 368 (15.3) 43/22
MANDURAH 29.2 -0.6 18.1 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 547 (22.8) 41/00
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.4 +2.0 25.1 +0.4 25.0 0.4 6.4 2.7 356 (14.8) 48/18
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 41.3 +6.2 19.2 -1.5 17.0 0.0 15.8 12.7 258 (10.8) 39/15
WHYALLA AERO 31.2 +1.6 14.3 -3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 385 (16.0) 55/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 29.3 -0.1 16.8 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 91 ( 3.8) 28/16
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 26.4 +1.2 12.3 +0.6 9.5 0.0 7.0 8.5 291 (12.1) 43/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 39.7 +4.4 20.7 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 41/14
CAIRNS AERO 31.6 +0.4 21.9 -1.9 20.0 0.0 6.2 11.9 330 (13.8) 30/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 32.1 +1.0 24.2 +0.1 21.9 0.0 8.0 11.8 262 (10.9) 34/12
MACKAY M.O 29.9 +0.3 22.4 -1.0 -- 0.8 -- -- 420 (17.5) 34/08
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 33.5 +2.3 21.0 -1.1 18.3 0.0 9.0 -- 340 (14.2) 100/16
BUNDABERG AERO 29.2 -0.7 21.2 -0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 505 (21.0) 61/15
COOLANGATTA 28.0 -0.3 21.8 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 547 (22.8) 52/15
BRISBANE AERO 28.4 -0.5 20.0 -1.1 19.4 0.0 10.6 2.9 451 (18.8) 46/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 27.2 +0.1 15.1 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 604 (25.2) 50/17
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 34.7 +3.7 18.2 -0.5 -- 0.0 8.8 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 28.0 +0.5 17.3 -1.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 189 ( 7.9) 31/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 30.4 +2.8 17.1 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 277 (11.5) 37/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 34.6 +2.9 19.6 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 395 (16.5) 34/03
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 30.6 +4.2 22.4 +3.4 18.3 0.0 8.8 12.1 453 (18.9) 52/18
RICHMOND RAAF -- -- 17.4 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 193 ( 8.0) --
BELLAMBI AWS 28.5 +3.7 22.2 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 425 (17.7) 52/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 37.3 +6.5 20.0 +3.6 16.5 0.0 9.0 12.6 276 (11.5) 35/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 37.7 +6.6 16.9 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 138 ( 5.8) 30/16
MILDURA AIRPORT 39.6 +8.0 16.5 0.0 13.0 0.0 12.0 12.6 196 ( 8.2) 43/16
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 36.3 +6.8 12.9 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 104 ( 4.3) 50/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT 34.8 +5.5 14.5 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 154 ( 6.4) 46/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 33.2 +8.2 13.7 +2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 247 (10.3) 55/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 26.1 +1.6 16.8 +4.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 259 (10.8) 46/15
HOBART AIRPORT 29.7 +7.4 16.7 +4.7 13.9 0.0 6.6 10.1 403 (16.8) 52/18
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

47.8 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
46.0 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
44.9 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
44.5 TELFER AERO Interior WA

+12.0 : 35.7 POINT HICKS (LIGHTHOUSE) E Gippsland VIC
+11.1 : 35.5 MOUNT NOWA NOWA E Gippsland VIC
+11.0 : 37.5 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
+10.8 : 34.6 MALLACOOTA E Gippsland VIC
+10.7 : 36.0 ORBOST E Gippsland VIC

32.0 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
29.4 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
29.0 BROOME NTC AWS W Kimberley WA
28.8 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD

+8.0 : 32.0 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
+6.0 : 14.2 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
+5.6 : 17.7 HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
+5.1 : 20.7 MALLACOOTA E Gippsland VIC
+5.1 : 15.7 ROSS (THE BOULEVARDS) Midlands TAS
+5.1 : 17.0 MOUNT BARKER Adelaide/Lofty SA

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

15.2 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
15.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
18.4 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
18.4 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
19.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-6.2 : 21.2 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
-6.0 : 20.8 SHANNON Lower West WA
-5.9 : 22.5 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA
-4.9 : 22.2 MANJIMUP Lower West WA
-4.9 : 24.8 KATANNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
-4.9 : 24.1 MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
-4.9 : 25.0 LANCELIN Lower West WA

6.8 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
6.9 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
7.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
8.1 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
8.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-5.5 : 7.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-4.9 : 14.6 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-4.9 : 9.9 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW
-4.6 : 14.9 NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes N NSW
-4.5 : 13.1 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs 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.
181.4 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
134.4 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
71.6 PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
68.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
59.2 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
71.6 PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
181.4 COCONUT ISLAND
134.4 HORN ISLAND
54.2 MERLUNA
S Peninsula
59.2 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT

ISLANDS
Islands
68.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO

12.9 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
12.8 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
12.7 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
12.7 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
12.6 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
12.6 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

.....

6.8 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
2.9 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
2.7 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
2.6 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

1342 (55.9) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1265 (52.7) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1114 (46.4) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
1014 (42.3) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
994 (41.4) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
959 (40.0) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
923 (38.5) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
898 (37.4) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
860 (35.8) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
854 (35.6) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
844 (35.2) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
819 (34.1) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
808 (33.7) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
806 (33.6) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
794 (33.1) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
776 (32.3) BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
733 (30.5) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
731 (30.5) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
726 (30.3) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
717 (29.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
715 (29.8) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
697 (29.0) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
669 (27.9) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
667 (27.8) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
655 (27.3) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
654 (27.3) SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
653 (27.2) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
643 (26.8) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
635 (26.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
625 (26.0) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
608 (25.3) DALWALLINU Central West WA
604 (25.2) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
602 (25.1) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
100/16 ROCKHAMPTON AERO Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
87/12 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
80/13 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
80/07 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
80/05 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
DARWIN AIRPORT
6.2mm in 16 min to 19:30 23.2mm/h
MIDDLE POINT
3.0mm in 2 min to 17:24 90.0mm/h
10.2mm in 6 min to 17:30 102.0mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 17:30 14.0mm/h
8.6mm in 5 min to 17:35 103.2mm/h
25.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 25.2mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 11.2mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 8.3mm/h
DUM IN MIRRIE AIRSTRIP
10.8mm in 30 min to 03:00 21.6mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 03:00 10.8mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 03:30 11.2mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
COCONUT ISLAND
13.2mm in 30 min to 00:00 26.4mm/h
24.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 24.4mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.0mm/h
16.0mm in 1 hr to 00:30 16.0mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.7mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 03:30 12.8mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 04:00 15.2mm/h
17.6mm in 30 min to 04:30 35.2mm/h
25.0mm in 1 hr to 04:30 25.0mm/h
19.8mm in 30 min to 05:00 39.6mm/h
37.4mm in 1 hr to 05:00 37.4mm/h
19.6mm in 30 min to 05:30 39.2mm/h
39.4mm in 1 hr to 05:30 39.4mm/h
19.6mm in 30 min to 06:00 39.2mm/h
39.2mm in 1 hr to 06:00 39.2mm/h
92.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 30.7mm/h
22.4mm in 30 min to 06:30 44.8mm/h
42.0mm in 1 hr to 06:30 42.0mm/h
13.8mm in 30 min to 07:00 27.6mm/h
36.2mm in 1 hr to 07:00 36.2mm/h
17.0mm in 1 hr to 07:30 17.0mm/h
46.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 15.3mm/h
14.8mm in 1 hr to 22:30 14.8mm/h
14.2mm in 30 min to 23:00 28.4mm/h
23.6mm in 1 hr to 23:00 23.6mm/h
16.8mm in 30 min to 23:30 33.6mm/h
31.0mm in 1 hr to 23:30 31.0mm/h
HORN ISLAND
27.6mm in 30 min to 01:30 55.2mm/h
29.4mm in 1 hr to 01:30 29.4mm/h
33.0mm in 30 min to 02:00 66.0mm/h
60.6mm in 1 hr to 02:00 60.6mm/h
22.4mm in 30 min to 02:30 44.8mm/h
55.4mm in 1 hr to 02:30 55.4mm/h
13.2mm in 20 min to 02:50 39.6mm/h
38.6mm in 1 hr to 03:00 38.6mm/h
101.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 33.7mm/h
23.6mm in 1 hr to 03:30 23.6mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 04:00 10.2mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.0mm/h
Wide Bay/Burnett
LADY ELLIOT ISLAND
10.4mm in 30 min to 15:00 20.8mm/h
13.6mm in 1 hr to 15:00 13.6mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 15:30 10.6mm/h
ROCKHAMPTON AERO
2.8mm in 2 min to 16:25 84.0mm/h
6.8mm in 3 min to 16:28 136.0mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 16:30 13.0mm/h
15.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 15.4mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h
Brisbane/SE Coast
MARYBOROUGH
11.2mm in 1 hr to 14:30 11.2mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
20.8mm in 18 min to 09:18 69.3mm/h
25.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 25.4mm/h
31.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 31.4mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 10:30 11.4mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 11:00 10.2mm/h
3.2mm in 2 min to 18:52 96.0mm/h
8.2mm in 8 min to 19:00 61.5mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 11.6mm/h
16.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 16.6mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 20:00 6.3mm/h
POINT FAWCETT
11.6mm in 30 min to 10:00 23.2mm/h
13.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 13.4mm/h
15.6mm in 1 hr to 10:30 15.6mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 12:30 6.0mm/h
CAPE WESSEL
19.8mm in 30 min to 05:30 39.6mm/h
27.6mm in 1 hr to 05:30 27.6mm/h
20.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 20.0mm/h
28.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 9.3mm/h

QUEENSLAND
Wide Bay/Burnett
ROCKHAMPTON AERO : 100(160/ 41 ) at 16:23
Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 74(130/ 65 ) at 10:00
DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 87(120/ 69 ) at 12:30
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 80(330/ 65 ) at 06:30