Australian Weather News -- 23 FEB 2016

Tuesday 23 FEB 2016

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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 24/02/2016. 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

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest grass minimum temperature

Victoria

014825

VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS

28.3

27.2

04/02/2007

1 N

Highest minimum temperature

Eucla

011053

RED ROCKS POINT

23.2

23.0

07/02/2001

1 N

QLD

Northwest

037036

TREPELL AIRPORT

30.1

29.2

01/02/2016

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

Highest maximum temperature

Darwin-Daly

014274

MCCLUER ISLAND

33.7

05/02/2008

1 N Equal to record.

The day in charts
Surface charts	Satellite images	Rain & temperatures
4am EST		Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
		Week to 9am \| SE AUS detail
10am EST		Minimum temperature anomalies
		See actual temperatures
4pm EST		Maximum temperature anomalies
		See actual temperatures
10pm EST		Solar Radiation

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 14:37EST, 24/02/2016.

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	24.2	-7.7	9.7	-7.8	8.0	0.2	8.0	8.7	370 (15.4)	44/13
BUNBURY	23.0	-7.0	11.1	-4.8	--	0.8	--	--	251 (10.5)	50/15
MANDURAH	23.4	-6.4	14.9	-4.5	--	0.4	--	--	294 (12.3)	43/16
DARWIN AIRPORT	34.3	+2.9	27.0	+2.3	26.2	0.0	7.4	11.6	332 (13.8)	48/23
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	41.1	+6.0	24.6	+3.9	23.4	0.0	17.4	12.1	300 (12.5)	43/17
WHYALLA AERO	36.3	+6.7	19.2	+1.4	--	0.0	--	--	275 (11.5)	68/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	37.0	+7.6	22.2	+5.0	--	0.0	--	--	53 ( 2.2)	37/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	35.4	+10.2	14.6	+2.9	10.5	0.0	4.4	1.9	294 (12.3)	50/11
MOUNT ISA AERO	39.0	+3.7	24.6	+1.3	22.7	0.0	11.2	10.5	290 (12.1)	35/15
CAIRNS AERO	32.0	+0.8	24.7	+0.9	23.8	38.2	10.0	--	427 (17.8)	--
TOWNSVILLE AERO	33.2	+2.1	25.0	+0.9	24.0	8.0	--	9.7	--	54/15
MACKAY M.O	29.8	+0.2	24.5	+1.1	--	18.8	--	--	597 (24.9)	65/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.2	0.0	22.1	0.0	21.2	0.0	7.8	--	511 (21.3)	41/13
BUNDABERG AERO	30.1	+0.2	20.6	-0.8	--	0.2	--	--	510 (21.3)	52/13
COOLANGATTA	29.6	+1.3	20.8	0.0	--	0.2	--	--	481 (20.0)	41/09
BRISBANE AERO	29.5	+0.6	20.5	-0.6	19.5	0.4	10.6	12.0	422 (17.6)	46/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	26.9	-0.2	16.1	-1.4	--	0.0	--	--	648 (27.0)	48/09
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	34.6	+3.6	17.6	-1.1	--	0.0	10.2	--	--	--
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	28.3	+0.8	17.4	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	187 ( 7.8)	31/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	31.9	+4.3	16.2	-1.9	9.6	0.0	7.6	12.2	341 (14.2)	37/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	35.8	+4.1	19.2	+1.5	--	0.0	--	--	337 (14.0)	34/02
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	31.1	+4.7	22.3	+3.3	17.6	0.0	9.4	12.4	419 (17.5)	48/17
RICHMOND RAAF	32.7	+3.8	17.2	-0.5	--	0.0	--	--	186 ( 7.8)	30/17
BELLAMBI AWS	27.4	+2.6	20.0	+0.8	--	0.0	--	--	393 (16.4)	44/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	38.6	+7.8	23.4	+7.0	21.0	0.0	8.8	12.5	286 (11.9)	35/12
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	39.5	+8.4	20.1	+3.8	--	0.0	--	--	155 ( 6.5)	41/12
MILDURA AIRPORT	43.5	+11.9	23.8	+7.3	19.0	0.0	10.6	11.5	254 (10.6)	46/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	41.7	+12.2	19.9	+5.5	--	0.0	--	--	223 ( 9.3)	63/18
BENDIGO AIRPORT	41.3	+12.0	20.5	+6.2	--	0.0	--	--	296 (12.3)	65/17
BALLARAT AERODROME	38.4	+13.4	15.4	+3.9	--	0.0	--	--	347 (14.5)	59/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	30.9	+6.4	14.2	+2.0	--	0.0	--	--	180 ( 7.5)	39/13
HOBART AIRPORT	33.3	+11.0	17.2	+5.2	16.6	0.8	3.4	8.8	278 (11.6)	57/19
	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 temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

44.9 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
44.6 GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) Northeast SA
44.5 OUYEN (POST OFFICE) Mallee N VIC
44.4 ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
44.3 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC

+16.8 : 43.0 AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
+15.8 : 40.8 CERBERUS E Central VIC
+15.5 : 41.0 LAVERTON RAAF W Central VIC
+15.5 : 38.6 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
+15.3 : 41.4 MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC

30.1 TREPELL AIRPORT Northwest QLD
30.0 BROOME NTC AWS W Kimberley WA
29.7 FOWLERS GAP AWS Far Northwest NSW
29.6 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
29.3 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
29.3 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
29.3 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT

+11.3 : 25.5 MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+11.2 : 24.2 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA
+10.6 : 22.4 KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA
+10.0 : 26.0 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
+9.4 : 23.6 KUITPO FOREST RESERVE Adelaide/Lofty SA
+9.4 : 21.7 PADTHAWAY SOUTH Lower SE SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

19.0 PEMBERTON Lower West WA
19.2 MOUNT BARKER Lower West WA
19.4 SHANNON Lower West WA
19.6 ALBANY Lower West WA
19.7 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA

-9.8 : 20.9 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-9.6 : 21.0 KARNET Lower West WA
-9.0 : 24.1 GOSNELLS CITY Lower West WA
-8.9 : 24.0 GOOSEBERRY HILL Lower West WA
-8.2 : 21.4 DWELLINGUP Lower West WA

4.8 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
7.2 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
7.4 COLLIE EAST Lower West WA
7.6 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
7.7 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS

-9.0 : 8.0 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-8.3 : 9.3 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
-7.9 : 9.9 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-7.8 : 9.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
-7.7 : 9.4 JANDAKOT AERO 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.

51.0 BABINDA POST OFFICE N Coast--Barron QLD
50.0 TOPAZ ALERT N Coast--Barron QLD
42.0 MENAVALE ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD
38.2 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
38.0 CRAWFORDS LOOKOUT ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
51.0 BABINDA POST OFFICE
50.0 TOPAZ ALERT
38.2 CAIRNS AERO
N Coast--Herbert
42.0 MENAVALE ALERT
38.0 CRAWFORDS LOOKOUT ALERT

12.6 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
12.5 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
12.5 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
12.4 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
12.2 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW

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6.7 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
4.8 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
4.8 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
3.5 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
1.9 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA

1222 (50.9) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1099 (45.8) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1095 (45.6) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
1034 (43.1) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
925 (38.5) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
901 (37.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
877 (36.5) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
774 (32.3) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
769 (32.0) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
761 (31.7) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
754 (31.4) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
751 (31.3) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
742 (30.9) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
698 (29.1) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
661 (27.5) GLADSTONE RADAR Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
648 (27.0) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
628 (26.2) SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
607 (25.3) YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE Central Coast E QLD
606 (25.3) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
606 (25.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD

128/17 BICKLEY Lower West WA
94/19 LEONORA AERO Goldfields WA
89/22 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
87/21 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
87/20 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Eucla FORREST 13.8mm in 1 hr to 22:00 13.8mm/h 11.8mm in 1 hr to 22:30 11.8mm/h RED ROCKS POINT 7.8mm in 17 min to 20:00 27.5mm/h 11.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.0mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 11.4mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h Goldfields LEONORA AERO 6.8mm in 5 min to 19:19 81.6mm/h 2.0mm in 1 min to 19:20 120.0mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 12.6mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 12.6mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers JABIRU AIRPORT 7.0mm in 12 min to 19:30 35.0mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula WEIPA AERO 10.2mm in 1 hr to 15:30 10.2mm/h 6.0mm in 13 min to 16:13 27.7mm/h SCHERGER RAAF 12.6mm in 30 min to 14:30 25.2mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 14:30 12.6mm/h 18.6mm in 1 hr to 15:00 18.6mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.3mm/h Gulf Country KOWANYAMA AIRPORT 24.0mm in 20 min to 04:00 72.0mm/h 25.2mm in 1 hr to 04:00 25.2mm/h 29.2mm in 1 hr to 04:30 29.2mm/h 30.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 10.0mm/h 5.4mm in 6 min to 18:30 54.0mm/h 25.4mm in 26 min to 19:00 58.6mm/h 35.8mm in 1 hr to 19:00 35.8mm/h 40.2mm in 1 hr to 19:30 40.2mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.6mm/h 50.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 16.7mm/h N Coast--Barron CAIRNS AERO 10.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 10.6mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.3mm/h 4.0mm in 12 min to 07:42 20.0mm/h 7.0mm in 18 min to 08:00 23.3mm/h 13.4mm in 1 hr to 08:00 13.4mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 08:30 11.2mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.0mm/h 10.4mm in 20 min to 17:50 31.2mm/h 20.6mm in 1 hr to 18:00 20.6mm/h 28.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 9.3mm/h 7.8mm in 15 min to 18:30 31.2mm/h 24.4mm in 1 hr to 18:30 24.4mm/h 17.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 17.6mm/h 12.4mm in 30 min to 19:30 24.8mm/h 17.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 17.6mm/h 13.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 13.6mm/h 40.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 13.3mm/h 68.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 11.3mm/h LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE 11.6mm in 30 min to 06:00 23.2mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 11.6mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 06:30 11.6mm/h 11.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 11.8mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 18:30 12.6mm/h 5.4mm in 6 min to 18:36 54.0mm/h 6.4mm in 15 min to 18:51 25.6mm/h 16.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 16.6mm/h 13.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 13.6mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.3mm/h COOKTOWN AIRPORT 11.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 11.0mm/h 19.6mm in 27 min to 21:00 43.6mm/h 19.8mm in 1 hr to 21:00 19.8mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 10.3mm/h 11.0mm in 30 min to 21:30 22.0mm/h 30.6mm in 1 hr to 21:30 30.6mm/h 7.4mm in 19 min to 22:00 23.4mm/h 20.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 20.2mm/h 17.2mm in 1 hr to 22:30 17.2mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 23:00 12.8mm/h 15.0mm in 30 min to 23:30 30.0mm/h 19.8mm in 1 hr to 23:30 19.8mm/h CAIRNS RACECOURSE 12.8mm in 1 hr to 17:30 12.8mm/h 16.0mm in 1 hr to 18:00 16.0mm/h 25.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 8.3mm/h 18.2mm in 30 min to 18:30 36.4mm/h 26.0mm in 1 hr to 18:30 26.0mm/h 24.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 24.6mm/h 13.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 13.6mm/h 33.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 11.0mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West BICKLEY : 106(240/ 22 ) at 17:00 Goldfields LEONORA AERO : 95(290/ 59 ) at 19:19 QUEENSLAND Central Coast E HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT : 70(130/ 65 ) at 10:19 VICTORIA Mallee S SWAN HILL AERODROME : 80(260/ 69 ) at 19:48 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 82(330/ 65 ) at 22:30 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 87(310/ 63 ) at 21:30 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 89(330/ 72 ) at 23:03 ISLANDS Islands BOUGAINVILLE REEF : 74(120/ 69 ) at 17:44