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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 1437 EST on 04/06/2016. 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 grass minimum temperature

NT

Darwin-Daly

014253

CHANNEL POINT

22.4

22.4

07/06/2008

14

1 N Equal to record.

Highest minimum temperature

WA

E Kimberley

002064

ARGYLE AERODROME

24.6

24.2

19/06/2005

19

1 N

WA

W Kimberley

003032

DERBY AERO

25.0

24.8

06/06/1973

29

1 N

WA

W Kimberley

003080

CURTIN AERO

22.9

22.9

06/06/1998

20

1 N Equal to record.

Highest maximum temperature

WA

N Kimberley

001006

WYNDHAM AERO

37.0

36.3

02/06/2016

13

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

WA

E Kimberley

002032

WARMUN

37.0

36.2

05/06/1998

51

1 N

WA

E Kimberley

002064

ARGYLE AERODROME

36.0

35.5

30/06/2009

19

1 P

WA

W Kimberley

003057

CYGNET BAY

33.4

33.2

03/06/1992

28

1 N

WA

E Pilbara

004106

MARBLE BAR

35.1

33.6

18/06/2010

13

1 N

WA

Murchison

007045

MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT

29.0

28.8

07/06/1998

64

1 N

WA

Murchison

007600

MOUNT MAGNET AERO

28.1

28.0

07/06/1998

18

1 N

NT

Arnhem

014518

GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT

33.0

33.0

02/06/2003

15

1 N Equal to record.

NT

Roper-McArthur

014626

DALY WATERS AIRSTRIP

35.4

35.4

02/06/1962

44

1 N Equal to record.

NT

Victoria

014825

VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS

36.4

36.3

03/06/1973

48

1 N

NT

Darwin-Daly

014932

TINDAL RAAF

35.4

34.5

29/06/2009

24

1 N

NT

Darwin-Daly

014954

BRADSHAW

37.0

36.0

02/06/2016

12

1 P Previous record set earlier this month.

NT

Darwin-Daly

200731

POINT FAWCETT

33.0

33.0

01/06/2016

15

1 P Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

Highest wind gust (km/h)

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040405

HERVEY BAY AIRPORT

54

54.0

30/06/2005

11

N Equal to record.


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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 14:37EST, 04/06/2016.

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 24.7 +5.8 12.7 +3.7 11.4 0.0 4.0 8.0 528 (22.0) 39/09
BUNBURY 20.1 +1.7 6.0 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 149 ( 6.2) 44/20
MANDURAH 19.9 +1.3 14.0 +2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 302 (12.6) 39/23
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.4 +2.8 23.5 +3.6 23.1 0.0 6.8 10.1 318 (13.3) 30/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 17.3 -2.5 13.5 +8.5 -- 3.8 -- -- 280 (11.7) 28/15
WHYALLA AERO 17.5 +0.2 5.5 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 201 ( 8.4) 24/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 17.9 +1.8 6.7 -1.4 -- 18.4 -- -- 34 ( 1.4) 28/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 12.0 -1.8 1.4 -4.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 133 ( 5.5) 21/10
MOUNT ISA AERO 25.4 +0.6 13.5 +3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 178 ( 7.4) 31/20
CAIRNS AERO 28.3 +2.3 21.9 +4.1 -- 0.6 -- -- 430 (17.9) 34/07
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.3 +3.7 19.0 +4.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 392 (16.3) 34/13
MACKAY M.O 24.2 +2.3 19.5 +5.5 -- 18.6 -- -- 390 (16.3) 28/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 22.5 -1.0 18.3 +7.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 351 (14.6) 31/12
BUNDABERG AERO 24.4 +1.9 15.9 +4.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 351 (14.6) 43/11
COOLANGATTA 21.6 +0.6 13.2 +1.8 -- 2.6 -- -- 268 (11.2) 63/22
BRISBANE AERO 20.8 -0.4 14.9 +4.4 13.9 2.2 1.0 1.4 230 ( 9.6) 35/23
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 18.0 +1.1 12.2 +4.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 591 (24.6) 52/23
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 19.0 +2.1 12.6 +6.5 -- 0.0 2.0 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 22.1 +2.7 9.4 +1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 155 ( 6.5) 21/16
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 20.3 +2.6 8.7 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 213 ( 8.9) 24/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE -- -- 7.3 +4.7 4.5 0.4 0.8 -- -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 14.1 -2.3 11.0 +6.5 -- 10.6 -- -- 394 (16.4) 43/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.8 +1.2 11.8 +3.2 10.4 0.0 2.4 1.3 376 (15.7) 46/20
RICHMOND RAAF 18.1 +0.2 9.4 +4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 112 ( 4.7) 17/19
BELLAMBI AWS 17.8 +0.2 11.6 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 359 (15.0) 22/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 12.8 -1.0 8.8 +5.1 -- 4.6 -- -- 291 (12.1) 28/08
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 13.6 -0.6 4.7 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 81 ( 3.4) 28/11
MILDURA AIRPORT 16.2 +0.2 5.7 +0.5 3.0 0.0 0.4 -- 196 ( 8.2) 28/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 12.5 -1.5 3.4 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 113 ( 4.7) 18/21
BENDIGO AIRPORT 15.5 +2.2 6.9 +3.4 -- 0.2 -- -- -- 22/21
BALLARAT AERODROME 14.5 +3.7 3.3 -0.7 -- 0.2 -- -- 298 (12.4) 28/23
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.7 +2.6 1.4 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 63 ( 2.6) 15/12
HOBART AIRPORT 13.2 +0.3 1.1 -3.5 -2.3 0.0 0.8 3.5 252 (10.5) 28/07
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

37.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
37.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
37.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
36.5 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
36.4 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT

+9.3 : 29.0 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
+9.0 : 32.1 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
+8.6 : 28.3 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+8.3 : 28.1 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
+8.2 : 35.1 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
+8.2 : 32.7 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA

28.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
27.3 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.2 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
27.0 ROWLEY SHOALS Islands ISL
26.7 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT

+11.2 : 20.0 MOUNT ELIZABETH N Kimberley WA
+10.6 : 18.1 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+10.5 : 20.0 LAJAMANU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
+9.5 : 10.4 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW
+9.4 : 25.0 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA

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

3.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
3.4 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
4.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
4.5 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
4.6 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-5.2 : 17.3 BLACKALL AIRPORT Central West QLD
-4.9 : 17.0 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
-4.3 : 19.6 THE MONUMENT AIRPORT Northwest QLD
-4.2 : 11.2 SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
-4.2 : 19.0 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD

-7.1 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-4.1 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
-3.5 EYRE Eucla WA
-2.8 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
-2.7 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS

-10.3 : -3.5 EYRE Eucla WA
-8.7 : 8.0 NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
-6.1 : -7.1 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-5.7 : 0.1 STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
-4.9 : -2.7 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS

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.
63.0 MINNIE DOWNS Central Highlands QLD
61.8 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
61.4 INNISFAIL N Coast--Herbert QLD
57.0 INNISFAIL WHARF ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Herbert
61.4 INNISFAIL
57.0 INNISFAIL WHARF ALERT
Central Highlands
63.0 MINNIE DOWNS

ISLANDS
Islands
61.8 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT

Reports not yet available

808 (33.7) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
745 (31.0) CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
739 (30.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
737 (30.7) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
732 (30.5) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
728 (30.3) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
722 (30.1) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
687 (28.6) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
679 (28.3) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
657 (27.4) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
648 (27.0) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
648 (27.0) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
647 (27.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
644 (26.8) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
639 (26.6) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
76/21 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
76/22 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
70/23 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
68/19 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
68/20 GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
68/18 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL

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.
QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE
10.4mm in 1 hr to 05:00 10.4mm/h
Central Coast E
ST LAWRENCE
10.2mm in 1 hr to 23:00 10.2mm/h
YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE
10.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 10.0mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 23:30 10.4mm/h
Central Highlands
CLERMONT AIRPORT
10.2mm in 17 min to 18:17 36.0mm/h
4.0mm in 3 min to 18:20 80.0mm/h
10.4mm in 6 min to 18:26 104.0mm/h
7.0mm in 2 min to 18:28 210.0mm/h
7.8mm in 2 min to 18:30 234.0mm/h
39.6mm in 1 hr to 18:30 39.6mm/h
17.8mm in 30 min to 19:00 35.6mm/h
57.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 57.2mm/h
18.8mm in 1 hr to 19:30 18.8mm/h
63.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 21.0mm/h
64.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 10.7mm/h
ROLLESTON AIRPORT
8.2mm in 15 min to 21:00 32.8mm/h
16.8mm in 1 hr to 21:00 16.8mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.7mm/h
15.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 15.8mm/h
BLACKWATER AIRPORT
20.4mm in 30 min to 21:30 40.8mm/h
26.6mm in 1 hr to 21:30 26.6mm/h
29.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 29.6mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 22:30 12.8mm/h
LOCHINGTON
17.0mm in 30 min to 18:00 34.0mm/h
21.0mm in 1 hr to 18:00 21.0mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 7.3mm/h
19.6mm in 1 hr to 18:30 19.6mm/h
EMERALD AIRPORT
5.6mm in 6 min to 20:00 56.0mm/h
13.4mm in 17 min to 20:20 47.3mm/h
27.8mm in 1 hr to 20:30 27.8mm/h
22.0mm in 1 hr to 21:00 22.0mm/h
30.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 10.0mm/h
Central West
BLACKALL AIRPORT
10.2mm in 30 min to 10:30 20.4mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 10:30 12.8mm/h
17.2mm in 1 hr to 11:00 17.2mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 11:30 14.2mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 12:00 12.0mm/h
33.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 11.0mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 12:30 12.4mm/h
13.6mm in 1 hr to 13:00 13.6mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 13:30 10.4mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 9.0mm/h
60.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 10.0mm/h
Wide Bay/Burnett
LADY ELLIOT ISLAND
10.2mm in 1 hr to 07:30 10.2mm/h
10.4mm in 30 min to 15:00 20.8mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 15:00 10.6mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 12.0mm/h
Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE
11.8mm in 1 hr to 10:00 11.8mm/h
BEERBURRUM FOREST STATION
10.4mm in 30 min to 20:30 20.8mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 20:30 14.0mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 21:00 10.6mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h
HERVEY BAY AIRPORT
1.8mm in 1 min to 18:00 108.0mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 12.2mm/h
COOLANGATTA
7.6mm in 11 min to 18:00 41.5mm/h
10.8mm in 30 min to 18:30 21.6mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 18:30 19.4mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 14.0mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.0mm/h
5.2mm in 11 min to 23:00 28.4mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 10.4mm/h
GOLD COAST SEAWAY
4.2mm in 11 min to 21:23 22.9mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 22:00 10.8mm/h
BRISBANE AERO
4.0mm in 6 min to 19:18 40.0mm/h
4.8mm in 12 min to 19:30 24.0mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 19:30 10.4mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 13.0mm/h
SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT
6.4mm in 19 min to 02:22 20.2mm/h
TEWANTIN RSL PARK
10.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 10.2mm/h
Warrego
CHARLEVILLE AERO
12.8mm in 1 hr to 14:00 12.8mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 14:30 12.8mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 7.3mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
CW Plains N
COONAMBLE AIRPORT AWS
10.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 10.0mm/h
North Coast
YAMBA PILOT STATION
16.4mm in 30 min to 03:30 32.8mm/h
16.8mm in 1 hr to 03:30 16.8mm/h
20.6mm in 1 hr to 04:00 20.6mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.0mm/h
Sydney--east
TERREY HILLS AWS
10.6mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.6mm/h
SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL)
11.4mm in 30 min to 20:30 22.8mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 11.6mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 21:00 14.0mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h
HOLSWORTHY AERODROME AWS
5.2mm in 15 min to 23:30 20.8mm/h
CANTERBURY RACECOURSE AWS
11.6mm in 1 hr to 21:30 11.6mm/h
Illawarra
BELLAMBI AWS
12.8mm in 1 hr to 23:30 12.8mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND
10.4mm in 1 hr to 07:30 10.4mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.0mm/h
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
11.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.4mm/h
15.8mm in 1 hr to 00:30 15.8mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 01:00 10.4mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 02:00 8.0mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 03:30 14.2mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 04:00 11.2mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 05:00 7.3mm/h
55.8mm in 30 min to 09:30 111.6mm/h
55.8mm in 1 hr to 09:30 55.8mm/h
58.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 58.4mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 12:30 13.2mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 14:00 6.7mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
WELLSTEAD AG STATION : 96(280/ 7 ) at 16:00
NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) : 76( 70/ 63 ) at 21:54