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Provisional records set or equalled today

Obvious errors have been corrected, however this is realtime data which has not yet been validated. Full validation of official records by the BoM Quality Management System (QMS) is an ongoing process. Go here for further information on this records section and how the QMS works. These provisional records are based on data received as at 1408 EST on 28/10/2019.

District Site Today Previous monthly record Previous all time record
if equalled or broken 		Comments
Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest maximum temperature

WA

Lower West

009053

PEARCE RAAF

38.0

38.0

29/10/1967

62

1 N C Equal to record.

WA

Lower West

009204

GOOSEBERRY HILL

37.0

37.0

09/10/2015

19

1 P C Equal to record. Not a BoM station. Data from AWN database.


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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 14:07EST, 28/10/2019.

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 37.3 +14.5 14.6 +4.3 11.8 0.0 10.4 12.0 578 (24.1) 57/04
BUNBURY 28.5 +7.4 12.4 +2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 257 (10.7) 26/04
MANDURAH 32.6 +10.7 17.3 +3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 330 (13.8) 31/02
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.2 -2.1 24.7 -0.2 25.0 0.0 6.6 2.7 305 (12.7) 30/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 30.4 -0.7 15.5 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 403 (16.8) 46/15
WHYALLA AERO 20.0 -4.2 8.3 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 461 (19.2) 35/22
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 20.3 -1.9 11.6 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 269 (11.2) 28/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.5 -2.6 8.2 +1.0 -- 1.6 -- -- 563 (23.5) 41/10
MOUNT ISA AERO 37.3 +2.5 26.4 +7.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 430 (17.9) 59/18
CAIRNS AERO 30.8 +1.2 21.9 +1.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 300 (12.5) 31/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.6 +1.1 20.7 0.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 400 (16.7) 35/13
MACKAY M.O 29.7 +2.0 18.4 -1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 266 (11.1) 24/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 35.3 +5.6 16.4 -0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 228 ( 9.5) 30/19
BUNDABERG AERO 30.5 +3.5 17.2 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 406 (16.9) 44/14
COOLANGATTA 28.3 +3.6 19.5 +3.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 675 (28.1) 55/12
BRISBANE AERO 26.4 +1.0 18.4 +2.6 16.6 0.0 -- 11.6 726 (30.3) 37/00
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 31.8 +7.3 16.0 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 342 (14.3) 46/18
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 24.8 +0.7 16.0 +3.9 -- 1.2 -- -- 386 (16.1) 46/00
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 22.9 -0.9 7.3 -4.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 550 (22.9) 35/13
BATHURST AIRPORT AWS 21.3 +0.7 2.8 -3.4 -- 0.2 -- -- 443 (18.5) 41/16
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 18.0 -0.3 0.5 -5.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 510 (21.3) 35/16
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 26.0 +0.8 7.5 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 487 (20.3) 50/11
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 22.5 -0.2 14.2 +0.9 9.7 0.0 14.2 12.3 760 (31.7) 44/16
RICHMOND RAAF 26.5 +1.2 8.7 -2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 548 (22.8) 39/16
BELLAMBI AWS 20.2 -1.4 12.5 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 538 (22.4) 31/07
CANBERRA AIRPORT 20.5 -1.1 4.6 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 619 (25.8) 43/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 21.4 -0.3 3.7 -4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- -- 39/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 20.5 -1.5 3.0 -5.2 -- 0.4 -- -- 434 (18.1) 34/11
MILDURA AIRPORT 22.9 -1.2 5.9 -3.9 -- 0.0 10.0 11.0 404 (16.8) 39/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 20.2 -1.0 2.1 -5.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 426 (17.8) 39/16
BENDIGO AIRPORT 19.7 -1.2 2.1 -4.6 -- 0.4 -- -- 384 (16.0) 34/14
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 17.3 -2.2 6.8 -1.7 3.7 2.0 7.0 3.0 688 (28.7) 41/09
BALLARAT AERODROME 14.5 -2.2 3.2 -3.0 -- 1.4 -- -- 505 (21.0) 39/15
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 17.7 -0.5 4.0 -3.0 -- 3.8 -- -- 271 (11.3) 44/13
HOBART AIRPORT 17.2 -0.2 4.7 -2.9 -0.6 1.2 3.0 8.8 413 (17.2) 48/12
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

42.9 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
41.7 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
41.4 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
41.4 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
41.1 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
41.1 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA

+14.5 : 38.0 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
+14.5 : 37.3 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
+14.1 : 37.0 GOOSEBERRY HILL Lower West WA
+13.9 : 38.2 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA

28.2 LAKE JULIUS AWS Gulf Country QLD
28.0 BRADSHAW-ANGALLARI VALLEY (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT
27.5 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD
27.0 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
27.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
27.0 BROOME NTC AWS W Kimberley WA
27.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL

+9.1 : 18.9 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+7.9 : 26.4 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
+7.9 : 27.5 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD
+6.9 : 22.2 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
+6.8 : 17.0 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA

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

4.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
5.0 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
5.6 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
6.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
6.4 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-8.0 : 28.8 BATCHELOR AIRPORT N Rivers NT
-7.7 : 27.2 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
-6.8 : 31.3 ELLIOTT N Plateau NT
-5.6 : 9.2 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
-5.4 : 32.1 LAJAMANU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
-5.4 : 32.4 DOUGLAS RIVER RESEARCH FARM N Rivers NT

-4.4 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-3.0 DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT) Upper NE VIC
-2.9 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-2.7 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-2.1 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC

-8.2 : -2.1 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC
-8.1 : -1.2 BENALLA AIRPORT Lower NE VIC
-7.9 : -0.6 MANGALORE AIRPORT N Central VIC
-7.5 : 2.6 EYRE Eucla WA
-7.0 : -0.6 WANGARATTA AERO Lower NE VIC
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.
44.0 GERIATRIC PARK N Rivers NT
41.2 DUM IN MIRRIE AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
38.0 CHANNEL POINT N Rivers NT
33.4 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
27.6 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS

12.3 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
12.0 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
11.6 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
11.5 WELLINGTON (D&J RURAL) CW Slopes S NSW
11.2 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW

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6.0 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
4.3 NURIOOTPA PIRSA Adelaide/Lofty SA
3.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
2.7 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
1.5 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC

 1641 (68.4) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1299 (54.1) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1144 (47.7) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1117 (46.5) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
1031 (43.0) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
996 (41.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
977 (40.7) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
936 (39.0) FRANKSTON AWS E Central VIC
931 (38.8) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
925 (38.5) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
923 (38.5) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
897 (37.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
846 (35.3) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
839 (35.0) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
825 (34.4) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
820 (34.2) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
817 (34.0) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
816 (34.0) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
815 (34.0) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
799 (33.3) AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
793 (33.0) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
791 (33.0) BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
782 (32.6) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
760 (31.7) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
751 (31.3) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
750 (31.3) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
748 (31.2) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
745 (31.0) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
745 (31.0) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
742 (30.9) GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
731 (30.5) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
726 (30.3) BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
726 (30.3) CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
719 (30.0) YARRAM AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
704 (29.3) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
698 (29.1) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
697 (29.0) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
697 (29.0) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
694 (28.9) NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS Illawarra NSW
694 (28.9) WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
689 (28.7) NERRIGA AWS South Coast NSW
688 (28.7) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
685 (28.5) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
675 (28.1) COOLANGATTA Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
673 (28.0) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
670 (27.9) ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC
669 (27.9) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
664 (27.7) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
660 (27.5) EILDON FIRE TOWER N Central VIC
649 (27.0) HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
648 (27.0) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
646 (26.9) POUND CREEK W Gippsland VIC
646 (26.9) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
642 (26.8) PORT KEMBLA NTC AWS Illawarra NSW
642 (26.8) BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
639 (26.6) MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
636 (26.5) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
636 (26.5) NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes N NSW
636 (26.5) COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
635 (26.5) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
631 (26.3) MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
630 (26.3) HAY AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW
629 (26.2) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
628 (26.2) SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
627 (26.1) ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW
626 (26.1) COONABARABRAN AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes N NSW
623 (26.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
621 (25.9) ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
619 (25.8) CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
616 (25.7) BALLINA AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW
608 (25.3) PORTLAND NTC AWS W Coast VIC
607 (25.3) LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS) Mallee/Upper SE SA
603 (25.1) TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes S NSW
603 (25.1) MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC
603 (25.1) LAVERTON RAAF W Central VIC
600 (25.0) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
600 (25.0) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
 96/02 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
87/03 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
80/18 ROLLESTON AIRPORT Central Highlands QLD
76/02 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
76/16 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
76/01 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
76/16 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) 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
E Kimberley
KUNUNURRA AERO
9.2mm in 26 min to 23:30 21.2mm/h
14.8mm in 1 hr to 23:30 14.8mm/h
HALLS CREEK AIRPORT
11.2mm in 1 hr to 16:30 11.2mm/h
 NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
CHARLES POINT
5.4mm in 4 min to 06:50 81.0mm/h
2.8mm in 2 min to 06:52 84.0mm/h
6.0mm in 8 min to 07:00 45.0mm/h
17.4mm in 1 hr to 07:00 17.4mm/h
17.8mm in 1 hr to 07:30 17.8mm/h
DUM IN MIRRIE AIRSTRIP
30.0mm in 30 min to 05:30 60.0mm/h
30.0mm in 1 hr to 05:30 30.0mm/h
11.0mm in 30 min to 06:00 22.0mm/h
41.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 41.0mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 06:30 11.2mm/h
41.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 13.7mm/h
23.8mm in 30 min to 14:00 47.6mm/h
23.8mm in 1 hr to 14:00 23.8mm/h
26.4mm in 1 hr to 14:30 26.4mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 9.0mm/h
CENTRAL ARNHEM PLATEAU
17.8mm in 30 min to 20:00 35.6mm/h
18.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 18.6mm/h
18.6mm in 30 min to 20:30 37.2mm/h
36.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 36.4mm/h
20.6mm in 1 hr to 21:00 20.6mm/h
39.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 13.0mm/h

VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 96(250/ 83 ) at 02:51
TASMANIA
Southeast
CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 76(270/ 70 ) at 16:29
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 87(250/ 69 ) at 00:00