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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 1436 EST on 17/04/2016. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest maximum temperature

WA

N Kimberley

001019

KALUMBURU

40.0

39.1

11/04/2016

15

1 P 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 14:36EST, 17/04/2016.

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 32.7 +7.2 17.7 +4.7 17.0 0.0 6.8 7.7 596 (24.8) 57/02
BUNBURY 27.0 +2.9 16.9 +5.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 380 (15.8) 34/01
MANDURAH 26.5 +2.6 18.0 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 311 (13.0) 34/08
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.7 +1.0 24.5 +0.5 24.1 0.0 5.6 11.1 201 ( 8.4) 28/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 30.8 +2.6 12.0 -0.6 9.4 0.0 7.4 11.2 257 (10.7) 39/17
WHYALLA AERO 23.4 -0.4 15.5 +3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 384 (16.0) 46/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 21.4 -1.3 11.9 -0.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 84 ( 3.5) 30/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 16.9 -2.6 11.5 +2.8 -- 1.4 -- -- 307 (12.8) 37/09
MOUNT ISA AERO 33.7 +1.9 21.1 +2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 338 (14.1) 37/13
CAIRNS AERO 27.7 -1.5 22.6 +1.0 21.5 32.8 1.8 0.3 498 (20.8) 44/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.8 +0.2 22.4 +1.8 21.0 0.0 5.0 9.1 461 (19.2) 39/10
MACKAY M.O 26.3 -0.4 21.1 +1.0 -- 0.4 -- -- 515 (21.5) 39/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 28.4 -0.4 18.2 +0.3 -- 0.0 7.0 -- 358 (14.9) 41/10
BUNDABERG AERO 27.7 +0.3 18.1 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 458 (19.1) 41/13
COOLANGATTA 26.1 +0.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- 28/12
BRISBANE AERO 26.1 +0.1 15.4 -0.9 14.2 0.2 4.2 6.3 321 (13.4) 34/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.9 +0.6 10.6 -2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 493 (20.5) 35/23
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 27.6 +2.4 15.1 +2.3 -- 0.0 5.4 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 25.7 +1.6 12.9 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 122 ( 5.1) 22/14
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 26.7 +3.1 11.9 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 269 (11.2) 22/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 28.1 +3.6 12.1 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 185 ( 7.7) 22/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 27.1 +4.2 16.8 +2.6 12.1 0.0 5.0 9.3 426 (17.8) 37/21
RICHMOND RAAF 29.7 +5.9 11.0 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 182 ( 7.6) 24/16
BELLAMBI AWS 24.2 +2.1 18.9 +3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 406 (16.9) 28/19
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 26.7 +4.2 17.7 +8.6 15.4 0.0 5.0 2.5 216 ( 9.0) 59/17
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 28.5 +6.2 12.9 +4.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 82 ( 3.4) 31/16
MILDURA AIRPORT 28.4 +4.8 11.5 +1.4 9.0 0.0 4.4 9.4 182 ( 7.6) 44/20
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 24.9 +3.3 9.7 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 104 ( 4.3) 41/20
BENDIGO AIRPORT 25.8 +4.6 12.5 +4.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 215 ( 9.0) 46/15
BALLARAT AERODROME 18.4 +0.8 11.0 +3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 364 (15.2) 37/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 20.0 +1.1 9.9 +2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 308 (12.8) 31/16
HOBART AIRPORT 16.1 -2.0 10.8 +2.0 6.8 0.0 4.0 5.5 436 (18.2) 41/01
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

41.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
40.8 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
40.5 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
40.3 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
40.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
40.0 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA

+7.5 : 29.4 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC
+7.2 : 32.9 IVANHOE AERODROME AWS Southwest Plains NSW
+7.2 : 32.7 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
+7.1 : 32.3 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
+7.1 : 31.4 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW

29.0 ROWLEY SHOALS Islands ISL
28.3 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.8 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
27.6 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
27.5 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT

+8.6 : 13.6 TUMBARUMBA POST OFFICE SW Slopes S NSW
+8.6 : 17.7 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
+8.4 : 17.9 NARRANDERA AIRPORT AWS Riverina E NSW
+8.2 : 18.3 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW
+7.9 : 18.4 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW

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

3.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
4.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
6.5 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
8.3 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
8.7 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-5.7 : 17.7 CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
-5.2 : 3.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
-4.8 : 8.3 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-4.7 : 18.0 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
-4.6 : 17.8 STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE Murray Valley SA

1.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
1.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
2.7 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
3.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
3.7 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-3.9 : 9.7 TAREE AIRPORT AWS MidNorth Coast S NSW
-3.7 : 18.1 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
-3.4 : 9.0 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW
-3.3 : 10.7 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast 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.
132.0 TULLY SUGAR MILL N Coast--Herbert QLD
119.0 MENAVALE ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD
105.0 CORSIS ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD
102.0 BINGIL BAY N Coast--Herbert QLD
98.0 CENTRAL MILL ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
71.0 BARTLE VIEW ALERT
66.0 TOPAZ ALERT
65.0 SUTTIES CREEK ALERT
60.0 MT SOPHIA
54.8 GREENHAVEN
52.0 GREENHAVEN ALERT
N Coast--Herbert
132.0 TULLY SUGAR MILL
119.0 MENAVALE ALERT
105.0 CORSIS ALERT
102.0 BINGIL BAY
98.0 CENTRAL MILL ALERT
98.0 EURAMO TM
92.0 MARCO STREET ALERT
88.0 SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN
88.0 CENTRAL MILL TM
86.0 TUNG OIL ALERT
81.0 TUNG OIL TM
80.0 CRAWFORDS LOOKOUT ALERT
75.0 NERADA ALERT
69.0 CARDWELL MARINE PDE
68.0 INNISFAIL WHARF ALERT
65.4 INNISFAIL
55.0 CARDWELL RANGE

11.2 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.1 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.9 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.8 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT

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3.3 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
3.2 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
2.5 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
0.4 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.3 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

1161 (48.4) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1000 (41.7) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
979 (40.8) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
960 (40.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
942 (39.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
934 (38.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
876 (36.5) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
817 (34.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
805 (33.5) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
790 (32.9) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
790 (32.9) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
775 (32.3) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
774 (32.3) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
771 (32.1) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
748 (31.2) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
728 (30.3) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
721 (30.0) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
718 (29.9) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
693 (28.9) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
690 (28.8) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
665 (27.7) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
663 (27.6) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
658 (27.4) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
651 (27.1) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
648 (27.0) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
648 (27.0) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
76/00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
76/00 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
72/00 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
68/00 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
68/00 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) 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
PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT
4.8mm in 7 min to 16:37 41.1mm/h
10.4mm in 23 min to 17:00 27.1mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 15.2mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 15.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 5.0mm/h
MILINGIMBI AIRPORT
15.2mm in 1 hr to 00:00 15.2mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 5.3mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
COCONUT ISLAND
10.2mm in 1 hr to 03:00 10.2mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.7mm/h
Gulf Country
MORNINGTON ISLAND AIRPORT
34.2mm in 30 min to 06:00 68.4mm/h
34.2mm in 1 hr to 06:00 34.2mm/h
34.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 11.3mm/h
37.8mm in 1 hr to 06:30 37.8mm/h
N Coast--Barron
CAIRNS AERO
12.8mm in 30 min to 09:00 25.6mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 09:00 12.8mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.7mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.0mm/h
LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE
23.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.7mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 10.4mm/h
10.0mm in 20 min to 11:30 30.0mm/h
12.6mm in 1 hr to 11:30 12.6mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 12:00 11.6mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 7.7mm/h
CAIRNS RACECOURSE
11.0mm in 1 hr to 00:30 11.0mm/h
N Coast--Herbert
SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN
10.8mm in 1 hr to 02:30 10.8mm/h
Wide Bay/Burnett
LADY ELLIOT ISLAND
10.4mm in 1 hr to 08:00 10.4mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
10.4mm in 1 hr to 16:30 10.4mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 10.0mm/h
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
10.0mm in 1 hr to 09:30 10.0mm/h
18.6mm in 30 min to 10:00 37.2mm/h
28.6mm in 1 hr to 10:00 28.6mm/h
18.6mm in 1 hr to 10:30 18.6mm/h
29.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 9.7mm/h
None reported