Australian Weather News -- 27 FEB 2016

Saturday 27 FEB 2016

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2016

Dec

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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 28/02/2016. 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

Central West

008137

WONGAN HILLS

34.0

27.9

17/02/2004

28.2

20/01/2012

1 N

Victoria

014825

VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS

28.9

28.3

23/02/2016

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

Highest minimum temperature

E Pilbara

004032

PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT

30.7

30.2

07/02/1994

1 N

Lowest minimum temperature

QLD

N Coast--Barron

031210

MAREEBA AIRPORT

16.7

17.0

22/02/2001

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

QLD

Upper Carpentaria

030022

HUGHENDEN AIRPORT

41.7

41.6

16/02/2016

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

QLD

Northwest

037036

TREPELL AIRPORT

44.0

43.0

21/02/2016

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

QLD

Northwest

037039

WINTON AIRPORT

43.8

43.2

05/02/2006

1 N

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
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4pm EST		Maximum temperature anomalies
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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, 28/02/2016.

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	39.2	+7.3	23.5	+6.0	20.6	0.0	10.8	10.8	447 (18.6)	43/13
BUNBURY	35.4	+5.4	21.7	+5.8	--	0.0	--	--	310 (12.9)	34/11
MANDURAH	32.1	+2.3	23.7	+4.3	--	0.0	--	--	282 (11.8)	31/23
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.8	+2.4	25.3	+0.6	25.4	17.8	6.4	7.1	299 (12.5)	31/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	35.0	-0.1	20.9	+0.2	18.4	0.2	10.8	11.7	395 (16.5)	37/12
WHYALLA AERO	26.1	-3.5	17.2	-0.6	--	0.0	--	--	567 (23.6)	50/18
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	25.4	-4.0	13.5	-3.7	--	0.0	--	--	192 ( 8.0)	31/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	24.4	-0.8	14.8	+3.1	13.4	0.2	3.6	8.2	329 (13.7)	37/15
MOUNT ISA AERO	42.1	+6.8	22.4	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	231 ( 9.6)	34/14
CAIRNS AERO	33.9	+2.7	21.2	-2.6	17.0	0.0	7.0	12.0	215 ( 9.0)	30/09
TOWNSVILLE AERO	36.8	+5.7	23.4	-0.7	20.4	0.0	8.0	12.0	204 ( 8.5)	31/15
MACKAY M.O	31.6	+2.0	22.9	-0.5	--	0.0	--	10.0	224 ( 9.3)	24/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	34.4	+3.2	23.6	+1.5	22.1	0.0	4.4	--	230 ( 9.6)	35/08
BUNDABERG AERO	31.7	+1.8	20.7	-0.7	--	0.0	--	--	241 (10.0)	43/14
COOLANGATTA	31.2	+2.9	23.4	+2.6	--	0.0	--	--	481 (20.0)	59/10
BRISBANE AERO	32.1	+3.2	23.4	+2.3	22.1	0.0	8.6	12.1	387 (16.1)	50/17
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	30.7	+3.6	19.0	+1.5	--	0.0	--	--	554 (23.1)	44/21
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	34.3	+3.3	21.8	+3.1	--	0.0	10.8	--	--	--
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	27.8	+0.3	22.3	+3.9	--	0.4	--	--	340 (14.2)	34/16
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	27.7	+0.1	22.2	+4.1	--	0.8	--	--	572 (23.8)	46/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	33.9	+2.2	18.8	+1.1	--	0.0	--	--	469 (19.5)	54/20
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	28.5	+2.1	22.2	+3.2	18.6	0.0	6.0	10.0	509 (21.2)	35/09
RICHMOND RAAF	29.7	+0.8	18.9	+1.2	--	0.0	--	--	302 (12.6)	35/12
BELLAMBI AWS	24.9	+0.1	22.0	+2.8	--	0.0	--	--	350 (14.6)	26/11
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	32.4	+1.6	13.1	-3.3	11.1	0.0	10.2	12.3	294 (12.3)	37/11
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	33.1	+2.0	14.7	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	278 (11.6)	30/14
MILDURA AIRPORT	31.0	-0.6	14.8	-1.7	14.5	0.0	9.2	10.8	366 (15.3)	37/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	30.0	+0.5	14.1	-0.3	--	0.0	--	--	371 (15.5)	39/00
BENDIGO AIRPORT	30.9	+1.6	--	--	--	0.0	--	--	--	43/01
BALLARAT AERODROME	24.5	-0.5	12.5	+1.0	--	0.0	--	--	448 (18.7)	34/07
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	23.8	-0.7	12.4	+0.2	--	0.2	--	--	322 (13.4)	35/14
HOBART AIRPORT	26.6	+4.3	15.0	+3.0	12.3	0.0	5.8	11.1	653 (27.2)	55/03
	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

45.0 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
44.1 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD
44.0 TREPELL AIRPORT Northwest QLD
43.8 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
43.8 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
43.8 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
43.8 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA

+12.2 : 37.7 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
+12.2 : 39.7 JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
+10.8 : 38.4 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
+10.8 : 38.8 ONGERUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
+10.8 : 39.2 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA

30.7 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA
30.4 TELFER AERO Interior WA
30.1 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
29.6 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
29.3 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
29.3 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA

+7.5 : 25.7 WONGAN HILLS Central West WA
+7.4 : 29.1 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD
+7.2 : 25.3 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+6.8 : 24.4 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
+6.5 : 19.1 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
+6.5 : 24.3 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
+6.5 : 24.5 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

11.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
13.8 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
14.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
16.1 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
16.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-5.9 : 20.3 NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS Illawarra NSW
-5.8 : 19.4 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
-5.8 : 28.4 KALBARRI Central West WA
-5.1 : 21.3 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.7 : 22.9 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA

4.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
5.1 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
5.4 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
5.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-6.8 : 9.2 MAITLAND Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-6.7 : 8.7 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
-6.6 : 9.4 EYRE Eucla WA
-6.5 : 9.1 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
-6.1 : 9.4 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) Adelaide/Lofty SA

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.

65.0 LANSDOWNE E Kimberley WA
61.8 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
56.2 SANCTUARY POINT (SALINAS STREET) Illawarra NSW
48.8 MILINGIMBI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
48.6 MOOLA BULLA AIRSTRIP E Kimberley WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Kimberley
65.0 LANSDOWNE
48.6 MOOLA BULLA AIRSTRIP
W Kimberley
61.8 DERBY AERO

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
48.8 MILINGIMBI AIRPORT

NEW SOUTH WALES
Illawarra
56.2 SANCTUARY POINT (SALINAS STREET)

12.4 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
12.3 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
12.1 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
12.0 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
12.0 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD

.....

7.1 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
6.7 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
6.3 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
1.2 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
0.5 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

1940 (80.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1386 (57.8) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
1141 (47.5) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
1069 (44.5) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
1022 (42.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1008 (42.0) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1001 (41.7) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
992 (41.3) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
980 (40.8) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
964 (40.2) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
933 (38.9) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
827 (34.5) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
825 (34.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
786 (32.8) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
770 (32.1) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
761 (31.7) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
743 (31.0) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
742 (30.9) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
737 (30.7) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
705 (29.4) WHITE CLIFFS AWS Far Northwest NSW
703 (29.3) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
690 (28.8) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
687 (28.6) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
683 (28.5) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
683 (28.5) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
680 (28.3) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
668 (27.8) BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
666 (27.8) MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
661 (27.5) TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW
660 (27.5) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
656 (27.3) PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
654 (27.3) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
653 (27.2) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
649 (27.0) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
638 (26.6) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
631 (26.3) OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
630 (26.3) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
628 (26.2) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
617 (25.7) FOWLERS GAP AWS Far Northwest NSW
615 (25.6) BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD
609 (25.4) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS

100/04 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
94/23 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
91/16 NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
87/16 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
87/13 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast 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 N Kimberley WYNDHAM AERO 9.2mm in 8 min to 14:57 69.0mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 15:00 11.4mm/h 14.4mm in 1 hr to 15:30 14.4mm/h E Kimberley HALLS CREEK AIRPORT 30.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 30.8mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 10.3mm/h 12.4mm in 1 hr to 00:30 12.4mm/h KUNUNURRA AERO 4.8mm in 7 min to 12:30 41.1mm/h 11.0mm in 30 min to 13:00 22.0mm/h 16.6mm in 1 hr to 13:00 16.6mm/h 10.8mm in 29 min to 13:29 22.3mm/h 21.8mm in 1 hr to 13:30 21.8mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 14:00 10.8mm/h 27.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 9.0mm/h W Kimberley BROOME AIRPORT 4.6mm in 13 min to 07:50 21.2mm/h DERBY AERO 37.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 37.8mm/h 59.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 19.7mm/h Lower West FRANKLAND 7.0mm in 8 min to 16:08 52.5mm/h Cent Wheatbelt LAKE GRACE 8.0mm in 20 min to 17:00 24.0mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 10.8mm/h 14.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 14.2mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers GUNN POINT 10.8mm in 1 hr to 15:30 10.8mm/h JABIRU AIRPORT 25.8mm in 27 min to 16:59 57.3mm/h 30.6mm in 1 hr to 17:00 30.6mm/h 34.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 34.2mm/h 37.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 12.3mm/h DUM IN MIRRIE AIRSTRIP 14.8mm in 15 min to 18:00 59.2mm/h 15.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 15.2mm/h 12.2mm in 30 min to 18:30 24.4mm/h 27.4mm in 1 hr to 18:30 27.4mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 5.0mm/h 12.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 12.2mm/h MILINGIMBI AIRPORT 23.8mm in 30 min to 04:00 47.6mm/h 27.0mm in 1 hr to 04:00 27.0mm/h 23.8mm in 1 hr to 04:30 23.8mm/h 28.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 9.3mm/h DOUGLAS RIVER 24.4mm in 30 min to 21:30 48.8mm/h 30.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 30.4mm/h 25.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 25.0mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES MidNorth Coast N KEMPSEY AIRPORT AWS 10.4mm in 30 min to 18:30 20.8mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 11.2mm/h 11.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 11.0mm/h Illawarra NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS 15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.0mm/h JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) 10.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.8mm/h 15.4mm in 30 min to 02:30 30.8mm/h 18.8mm in 1 hr to 02:30 18.8mm/h 15.8mm in 1 hr to 03:00 15.8mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.3mm/h ISLANDS Islands CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 4.0mm in 11 min to 06:30 21.8mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Cent Wheatbelt NEWDEGATE RESEARCH STATION : 91(350/ 50 ) at 16:48 QUEENSLAND Brisbane/SE Coast CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 87(150/ 67 ) at 13:03 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 78(150/ 63 ) at 06:00 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 93(310/ 80 ) at 01:30 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 93(270/ 74 ) at 00:30