Australian Weather News -- 20 DEC 2019

Friday 20 DEC 2019

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Dec

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Provisional records set or equalled today

Preparation of this section goes through three stages:

Real time data is compared to a records database as it is received, and possible records are put here. They are not checked in any way. Temperature records are to the nearest whole degree until replaced by readings to one decimal place mid-afternoon this day for minima and mid-afternoon next day for maxima.
Within a few days, AWN checks the data for obvious errors, flags items " C" for " Checked" in the comments column and adds notes about possible errors.
About 5 months later, the whole Daily Weather Summary is updated to include late-arriving data amd quality-control information from the BoM. At that time the " C" flags are removed.

This section is now at stage 2. Because of the large number of new records, only the following have been checked: sites with 30 or more years of observations, blatant errors, or significant sites or records. Others will be picked up from BoM quality control in stage 3. For more information on records, the quality flags in the comments column and BoM quality control go here.

Prepared at 1334 EST on 24/12/2019.

District		Site		Today	Previous monthly record			Previous all time record if equalled or broken			Comments and quality flags
District		Site		Reading	Reading	Date	Years	Reading	Date	Years	Comments and quality flags
Highest minimum temperature
SA	NW Pastoral	016001	WOOMERA AERODROME	32.3	31.8	19/12/2015	71				1 N C
SA	NW Pastoral	016065	ANDAMOOKA	32.9	31.3	22/12/1972	51				1 N C
SA	NW Pastoral	016096	ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME)	32.8	31.5	19/12/2015	23				1 N
SA	NE Pastoral	017043	OODNADATTA AIRPORT	33.9	32.7	26/12/1954	71				1 N C
SA	NE Pastoral	017110	LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT	33.2	32.5	19/12/2015	36	33.2	16/02/2004	37	1 N
SA	NE Pastoral	017126	MARREE AERO	34.9	32.7	30/12/2003	22	34.2	29/01/2018	23	1 N C
SA	W Agricultural	018040	KIMBA	28.2	28.0	20/12/2013	52				1 N C
SA	W Agricultural	018069	ELLISTON	28.6	28.0	11/12/1975	58				1 N C
SA	W Agricultural	018195	MINNIPA PIRSA	30.6	28.4	02/12/1999	24				1 N
SA	W Agricultural	018217	CUMMINS AERO	26.0	25.0	27/12/2017	13				1 P
SA	Upper North	019062	YONGALA	26.6	26.3	19/12/1994	62				1 N C
SA	Northeast	020062	YUNTA AIRSTRIP	32.0	29.3	19/12/2015	22	31.4	22/01/2006	23	1 N
SA	Lower North	021131	CLARE HIGH SCHOOL	27.3	27.3	19/12/1994	26				1 N Equal to record.
SA	Yorke Peninsula	022008	MAITLAND	32.0	28.2	09/12/2006	63				1 N C
SA	Yorke Peninsula	022050	KADINA AWS	26.4	25.8	18/12/2017	15				1 N
SA	Kangaroo Is	022823	CAPE BORDA	26.6	26.1	09/12/2006	18				1 N
SA	Adelaide Plains	023000	ADELAIDE (WEST TERRACE / NGAYIRDAPIRA)	33.6	31.8	29/12/1897	95	33.2	10/01/1939	97	1 N C
SA	Adelaide Plains	023013	PARAFIELD AIRPORT	34.1	31.4	07/12/2015	62				1 N C
SA	Adelaide Plains	023034	ADELAIDE AIRPORT	31.9	31.2	07/12/2015	65				1 N C
SA	Adelaide Plains	023083	EDINBURGH RAAF	34.2	31.7	07/12/2015	48	34.0	24/01/1982	49	1 N C
SA	Adelaide Plains	023090	ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	32.8	30.7	07/12/2015	43				1 N C
SA	County Light	023343	ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE)	30.0	30.0	07/12/2015	57				1 N C Equal to record.
SA	County Light	023373	NURIOOTPA PIRSA	28.3	27.9	07/12/2015	24				1 N
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023842	MOUNT LOFTY	27.6	27.0	31/12/2005	28				1 N
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023878	MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS	28.3	27.2	20/12/2013	27				1 N
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023885	NOARLUNGA	31.0	29.9	07/12/2015	20				1 N
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023887	KUITPO FOREST RESERVE	27.1	26.4	07/12/2015	22				1 N
SA	Lower SE	026105	ROBE AIRFIELD	21.1	21.0	07/12/2015	17				1 N
NSW	SW Slopes S	072161	CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS	19.2	19.2	19/12/2019	24				1 N Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.
Highest maximum temperature
NT	Alice Springs	015635	YULARA AIRPORT	46.5	46.1	30/12/2018	32				1 N C
SA	NW Pastoral	016001	WOOMERA AERODROME	48.2	47.3	19/12/2019	71	48.1	25/01/2011	72	1 N C Previous December record set earlier this month.
SA	NW Pastoral	016090	COOBER PEDY AIRPORT	48.3	47.3	28/12/2018	26	47.8	16/01/2019	27	1 N
SA	NW Pastoral	016096	ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME)	47.4	47.3	19/12/2019	23				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	NW Pastoral	016097	ERNABELLA (PUKATJA)	44.5	43.7	18/12/2019	22	44.5	15/01/2019	24	1 N Previous December record set earlier this month.
SA	NE Pastoral	017110	LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT	46.2	46.2	19/12/2019	36				1 N C Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	W Agricultural	018014	CLEVE	45.9	45.3	18/12/2019	63				1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	W Agricultural	018040	KIMBA	46.0	46.0	19/12/2019	53				1 N C Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	W Agricultural	018044	KYANCUTTA	48.0	46.4	27/12/1961	90				1 N C
SA	W Agricultural	018116	CLEVE AERODROME	46.6	45.6	18/12/2019	24				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	W Agricultural	018192	NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS)	45.6	43.7	20/12/2005	26				1 N
SA	Northeast	020028	GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT)	48.6	46.6	19/12/2019	21	47.5	07/02/2009	22	1 N C Previous December record set earlier this month.
SA	Lower North	021133	SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK)	46.9	46.6	19/12/2019	22				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Yorke Peninsula	022031	MINLATON AERO	45.8	45.3	19/12/2019	19				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Yorke Peninsula	022046	EDITHBURGH	47.0	44.0	18/12/2019	27				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Adelaide Plains	023013	PARAFIELD AIRPORT	46.7	46.3	19/12/2019	62				1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Adelaide Plains	023083	EDINBURGH RAAF	46.6	46.2	19/12/2019	48				1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Adelaide Plains	023122	ROSEWORTHY AWS	47.6	46.5	19/12/2019	23				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	County Light	023343	ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE)	47.0	45.5	19/12/2019	57				1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	County Light	023373	NURIOOTPA PIRSA	44.7	43.8	19/12/2019	24				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023733	MOUNT BARKER	42.5	41.3	31/12/2007	63				1 N C
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023804	VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY)	44.2	41.7	19/12/2015	19				1 N
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023842	MOUNT LOFTY	39.0	38.7	19/12/2019	28				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023875	PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS)	40.3	39.2	18/12/2019	26				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023878	MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS	42.0	40.6	19/12/2019	27				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023887	KUITPO FOREST RESERVE	41.9	40.0	18/12/2019	22				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Mt Lofty Ranges	023894	HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS	45.2	43.0	18/12/2019	17				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Upper Murray	024024	LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE	47.3	45.4	19/12/2019	36	47.1	07/02/2009	37	1 N C Previous December record set earlier this month.
SA	Upper Murray	024048	RENMARK AERO	48.6	46.3	31/12/2005	25	48.2	07/02/2009	26	1 N C
SA	Lower Murray	024511	EUDUNDA	44.0	43.9	19/12/2019	55				1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Lower Murray	024521	MURRAY BRIDGE	47.3	44.6	19/12/2019	53				1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Lower Murray	024580	STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE	45.9	43.4	18/12/2019	24				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Lower Murray	024584	MURRAY BRIDGE (PALLAMANA AERODROME)	48.1	45.3	18/12/2019	14	48.0	28/01/2009	15	1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Upper SE	025507	KEITH	47.8	44.1	10/12/1980	57	46.5	02/02/2014	59	1 N C
SA	Upper SE	025557	KEITH (MUNKORA)	49.2	45.4	18/12/2019	19	47.2	14/01/2014	20	1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Upper SE	025562	LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS)	48.4	46.0	31/12/2005	16	48.0	07/02/2009	17	1 N
SA	Lower SE	026021	MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	45.9	43.3	31/12/2007	78	44.9	02/02/2014	79	1 N C
SA	Lower SE	026091	COONAWARRA	45.8	42.8	31/12/2007	35	44.5	28/01/2009	36	1 N C
SA	Lower SE	026099	NARACOORTE AERODROME	47.7	45.0	31/12/2007	22	45.8	14/01/2014	23	1 N
SA	Lower SE	026100	PADTHAWAY SOUTH	46.1	43.2	31/12/2007	20	45.1	28/01/2009	21	1 N
SA	Lower SE	026105	ROBE AIRFIELD	43.3	40.0	09/12/2006	17	41.7	02/02/2014	18	1 N
NSW	Far Northwest	046128	FOWLERS GAP AWS	45.8	45.0	19/12/2019	16				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Lower Darling	047029	POONCARIE MAIL AGENCY	47.3	46.8	19/12/2019	18				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Lower Darling	047048	BROKEN HILL AIRPORT AWS	45.6	45.1	19/12/2019	32				1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Southwest Plains	049000	IVANHOE AERODROME AWS	46.2	45.8	31/12/2005	20				1 N
NSW	Southwest Plains	049002	BALRANALD (RSL)	46.2	45.6	15/12/1945	112				1 N C
NSW	CW Plains S	050017	WEST WYALONG AIRPORT AWS	44.0	43.1	31/12/2005	21				1 N
NSW	CW Plains S	050031	PEAK HILL POST OFFICE	43.5	42.9	20/12/2018	54				1 N C
NSW	NW Slopes S	055136	WOOLBROOK (WOOLBROOK ROAD)	38.0	36.2	23/12/1990	48				1 N C
NSW	NW Slopes S	055202	GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS	42.8	42.8	08/12/2009	19				1 N Equal to record.
NSW	NW Slopes S	055325	TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS	41.5	41.4	08/12/2009	26				1 N
NSW	N Tablelands W	056013	GLEN INNES AG RESEARCH STN	35.0	35.0	11/12/2019	47				1 N C Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	N Tablelands W	056037	ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY)	36.3	35.2	11/12/2019	23				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	N Tablelands W	056229	GUYRA HOSPITAL	33.0	32.5	11/12/2019	35				1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	N Tablelands W	056238	ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS	35.4	34.1	11/12/2019	26				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	C Tablelands S	063005	BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION	38.7	37.8	10/12/2019	53				1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	C Tablelands S	063063	OBERON (ALBION ST)	37.9	35.0	30/12/1965	36				1 N C
NSW	C Tablelands S	063291	BATHURST AIRPORT AWS	38.6	38.3	19/12/2019	28				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	C Tablelands S	063303	ORANGE AIRPORT AWS	36.8	35.7	10/12/2019	24				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	CW Slopes N	064008	COONABARABRAN (SHOWGROUNDS)	40.9	40.5	17/12/1982	62				1 N C
NSW	CW Slopes N	064017	COONABARABRAN AIRPORT AWS	39.6	39.0	10/12/2019	19				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	CW Slopes S	065068	PARKES AIRPORT AWS	42.6	42.0	20/12/2018	23				1 N
NSW	CW Slopes S	065070	DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	42.7	42.7	10/12/2019	26				1 N Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	CW Slopes S	065103	FORBES AIRPORT AWS	43.9	42.8	31/12/2005	25				1 N
NSW	CW Slopes S	065111	COWRA AIRPORT AWS	42.3	41.2	10/12/2019	16				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Goulburn/Monaro	070217	COOMA AIRPORT AWS	37.7	36.2	19/12/2019	28				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Goulburn/Monaro	070278	COOMA VISITORS CENTRE	37.8	36.7	30/12/2005	46				1 N C
NSW	Goulburn/Monaro	070339	TUGGERANONG (ISABELLA PLAINS) AWS	38.7	38.5	19/12/2019	24				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Goulburn/Monaro	070349	MOUNT GININI AWS	30.7	29.2	19/12/2019	15				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	SW Slopes S	072161	CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS	30.3	29.6	31/12/2005	24				1 N
NSW	SW Slopes N	073014	GRENFELL (MANGANESE RD)	42.1	41.1	19/12/2019	53				1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	SW Slopes N	073138	YOUNG AIRPORT	42.0	41.6	19/12/2019	28				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	SW Slopes N	073142	COOTAMUNDRA AIRPORT	41.5	41.2	31/12/2005	25				1 N
NSW	SW Slopes N	073151	TEMORA AIRPORT	43.5	43.0	17/12/2009	15				1 N
NSW	Riverina E	074034	COROWA AIRPORT	44.0	44.0	27/12/2018	44				1 N C Equal to record.
NSW	Riverina E	074106	TOCUMWAL AIRPORT	44.9	43.5	27/12/2018	50				1 N C
NSW	Riverina E	074148	NARRANDERA AIRPORT AWS	45.1	44.1	19/12/2019	25				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Riverina E	074258	DENILIQUIN AIRPORT AWS	46.5	44.8	31/12/2005	23				1 N
NSW	Riverina W	075019	HAY AIRPORT AWS	46.9	44.8	28/12/2018	13				1 N
NSW	Riverina W	075032	HILLSTON AIRPORT	45.5	45.0	31/12/2005	62				1 N C
NSW	Riverina W	075041	GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS	45.4	44.4	19/12/2019	45				1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.
VIC	Mallee N	076031	MILDURA AIRPORT	46.8	45.2	19/12/2019	74				1 N C Previous record set earlier this month.
VIC	Mallee N	076064	WALPEUP RESEARCH	47.7	45.9	31/12/2005	52				1 N C
VIC	Mallee S	077010	HOPETOUN AIRPORT	47.9	46.0	31/12/2005	16				1 N
VIC	Mallee S	077094	SWAN HILL AERODROME	46.9	45.8	31/12/2005	24				1 N
VIC	Wimmera N	078015	NHILL AERODROME	47.1	46.0	31/12/2005	17	47.1	07/02/2009	18	1 N
VIC	Wimmera S	079028	LONGERENONG	46.8	45.6	31/12/2005	55				1 N C
VIC	Wimmera S	079100	HORSHAM AERODROME	47.9	46.0	31/12/2005	23				1 N
VIC	Wimmera S	079103	GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM)	36.1	34.9	19/12/2015	14				1 N
VIC	Wimmera S	079105	STAWELL AERODROME	44.7	43.5	31/12/2005	24				1 N
VIC	Lower North	080015	ECHUCA AERODROME	46.3	44.6	31/12/2005	63				1 N C
VIC	Lower North	080023	KERANG	46.6	45.0	31/12/2005	57				1 N C
VIC	Lower North	080091	KYABRAM	45.3	43.3	27/12/2018	53				1 N C
VIC	Lower North	080128	CHARLTON	45.5	45.0	31/12/2005	16				1 N
VIC	Upper North	081049	TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	44.0	42.1	31/12/2005	55				1 N C
VIC	Upper North	081123	BENDIGO AIRPORT	44.8	43.1	31/12/2005	29				1 N
VIC	Upper North	081124	YARRAWONGA	44.3	43.2	27/12/2018	27				1 N
VIC	Upper North	081125	SHEPPARTON AIRPORT	44.9	43.2	27/12/2018	24				1 N
VIC	Lower NE	082042	STRATHBOGIE	39.1	38.4	31/12/2005	41				1 N
VIC	Lower NE	082076	DARTMOUTH RESERVOIR	39.0	38.8	19/12/2019	40				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
VIC	Lower NE	082138	WANGARATTA AERO	42.6	42.2	20/12/2015	33				1 N
VIC	Lower NE	082139	HUNTERS HILL	35.5	35.1	19/12/2019	26				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
VIC	Lower NE	082170	BENALLA AIRPORT	43.2	41.3	27/12/2018	13				1 N
VIC	Upper NE	083024	MOUNT BULLER	27.7	27.3	21/12/1999	31				1 N C
VIC	Upper NE	083055	DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT)	32.0	31.0	19/12/2019	20				1 P Previous record set earlier this month.
VIC	Upper NE	083083	EDI UPPER	40.0	39.5	20/12/2015	34				1 N C
VIC	Upper NE	083084	FALLS CREEK	26.6	26.0	19/12/2019	27				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
VIC	Upper NE	083085	MOUNT HOTHAM	26.3	25.5	19/12/2019	28				1 N Previous record set earlier this month.
VIC	Upper NE	083090	OMEO	38.7	37.0	31/12/2005	16				1 N
VIC	E Central	086038	ESSENDON AIRPORT	44.4	44.0	31/12/2005	50				1 N C
VIC	E Central	086068	VIEWBANK	43.6	43.0	31/12/2005	21				1 N
VIC	E Central	086077	MOORABBIN AIRPORT	44.2	43.0	31/12/2005	47				1 N C
VIC	E Central	086104	SCORESBY RESEARCH INSTITUTE	41.8	41.5	19/12/2015	52				1 N C
VIC	E Central	086282	MELBOURNE AIRPORT	44.6	43.8	31/12/2005	50				1 N C
VIC	W Central	087031	LAVERTON RAAF	45.2	44.3	31/12/2005	77				1 N C
VIC	W Central	087113	AVALON AIRPORT	45.8	45.0	19/12/2015	25				1 N
VIC	W Central	087168	SHEOAKS	42.0	42.0	19/12/2015	28				1 P Equal to record.
VIC	N Central	088023	LAKE EILDON	40.9	40.4	31/12/2005	50				1 N C
VIC	N Central	088043	MARYBOROUGH	43.9	43.7	31/12/2005	54				1 N C
VIC	N Central	088051	REDESDALE	44.5	42.9	31/12/2005	26				1 N
VIC	N Central	088109	MANGALORE AIRPORT	44.0	42.6	20/12/2013	59				1 N C
VIC	N Central	088162	WALLAN (KILMORE GAP)	40.7	40.0	19/12/2015	26				1 N
VIC	N Central	088164	EILDON FIRE TOWER	38.5	37.5	31/12/2005	24				1 N
VIC	Western Plains	089002	BALLARAT AERODROME	43.5	40.6	19/12/2015	63				1 N C
VIC	Western Plains	089085	ARARAT PRISON	43.3	42.5	31/12/2005	51				1 N
VIC	W Coast	090015	CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE	43.4	40.6	31/12/1897	155	43.3	24/01/1982	157	1 N C
VIC	W Coast	090035	COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND)	43.8	42.6	19/12/2015	20				1 N
VIC	W Coast	090171	PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT)	43.6	40.9	31/12/2007	38	43.1	16/02/1983	39	1 N C
VIC	W Coast	090173	HAMILTON AIRPORT	45.0	43.3	31/12/2005	37	44.5	07/02/2009	38	1 N C
VIC	W Coast	090175	PORT FAIRY AWS	45.2	42.3	31/12/2007	28	44.3	11/01/2010	29	1 N
VIC	W Coast	090176	MORTLAKE RACECOURSE	44.0	43.4	19/12/2015	28				1 N
VIC	W Coast	090180	AIREYS INLET	44.7	43.0	19/12/2015	28				1 N
VIC	W Coast	090184	CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE	45.1	41.8	31/12/2007	25	42.4	11/01/2010	26	1 N
VIC	W Coast	090186	WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB	44.2	43.0	19/12/2015	22				1 N
VIC	W Coast	090194	DARTMOOR	46.9	43.2	19/12/2015	11	44.9	24/01/2019	12	1 N
TAS	Southeast	094041	MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE	32.9	32.1	22/12/1976	63				1 N C
NT	Darwin-Daly	200731	POINT FAWCETT	37.0	36.0	19/12/2019	23	36.3	17/10/2009	24	1 P Previous record set earlier this month.
Highest wind gust (km/h)
SA	Upper Murray	024048	RENMARK AERO	91	91	06/12/2005	17				N Equal to record.
SA	Lower SE	026099	NARACOORTE AERODROME	111	83	16/12/2014	12				N

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4am EST		Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
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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.
Data is as received at 15:22EST, 21/12/2019.

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	27.2	-1.8	15.8	+0.9	13.7	1.8	7.6	7.6	491 (20.5)	46/15
BUNBURY	25.1	-2.2	12.2	-1.2	--	0.2	--	--	464 (19.3)	35/00
MANDURAH	26.4	-0.6	18.5	+1.4	--	0.4	--	--	470 (19.6)	37/15
DARWIN AIRPORT	35.1	+2.4	27.2	+1.9	26.9	0.0	5.0	9.1	183 ( 7.6)	26/23
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	44.8	+9.3	29.3	+9.0	--	0.0	--	--	317 (13.2)	80/17
WHYALLA AERO	45.8	+17.4	24.6	+8.6	--	0.0	--	--	338 (14.1)	67/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	45.0	+17.7	32.8	+17.1	--	0.0	--	--	200 ( 8.3)	50/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	45.9	+22.8	14.5	+4.5	--	0.0	--	--	450 (18.8)	80/16
MOUNT ISA AERO	42.8	+5.5	26.2	+3.1	--	0.0	--	--	315 (13.1)	37/21
CAIRNS AERO	30.6	-0.9	23.4	0.0	--	6.0	--	--	423 (17.6)	35/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO	33.0	+1.5	25.5	+1.4	--	0.0	--	--	572 (23.8)	50/17
MACKAY M.O	31.1	+0.9	25.3	+2.3	--	0.0	--	--	411 (17.1)	35/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	32.7	+0.5	21.0	-0.3	--	0.0	--	--	340 (14.2)	34/13
BUNDABERG AERO	31.9	+2.3	18.4	-2.1	--	0.0	--	--	380 (15.8)	37/13
COOLANGATTA	27.8	+0.4	19.3	-0.6	--	0.0	--	--	387 (16.1)	28/11
BRISBANE AERO	27.2	-1.0	17.9	-2.2	15.1	0.0	--	11.5	321 (13.4)	31/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	32.8	+5.2	16.5	-0.1	--	0.0	--	--	410 (17.1)	55/23
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	27.9	+1.1	19.1	+2.1	--	0.0	--	--	392 (16.3)	44/14
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	26.9	-0.5	20.1	+3.5	--	0.0	--	--	527 (22.0)	37/15
BATHURST AIRPORT AWS	38.6	+11.6	16.0	+4.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS	36.8	+12.0	14.5	+3.9	--	0.0	--	--	329 (13.7)	37/15
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	42.7	+11.1	23.1	+7.1	--	0.0	--	--	432 (18.0)	46/02
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	26.6	+0.7	19.3	+1.7	18.6	0.0	7.4	10.2	558 (23.3)	41/16
RICHMOND RAAF	32.3	+3.4	13.3	-3.0	--	0.0	--	--	236 ( 9.8)	50/07
BELLAMBI AWS	24.1	+0.1	17.4	-0.2	--	0.0	--	--	496 (20.7)	41/01
CANBERRA AIRPORT	39.0	+11.9	12.8	+0.2	--	0.0	--	--	364 (15.2)	39/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	42.8	+13.3	20.4	+6.5	--	0.0	--	--	483 (20.1)	41/16
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	42.5	+12.9	18.7	+4.5	--	0.0	--	--	255 (10.6)	26/16
MILDURA AIRPORT	46.8	+16.5	27.8	+12.9	--	0.0	15.4	7.0	263 (11.0)	87/22
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	44.0	+16.4	16.0	+3.6	--	0.0	--	--	404 (16.8)	39/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT	44.8	+17.3	18.8	+6.8	--	0.0	--	--	420 (17.5)	46/14
MELBOURNE AIRPORT	44.6	+20.0	11.7	-0.4	9.1	0.0	9.6	12.4	352 (14.7)	63/10
BALLARAT AERODROME	43.5	+20.8	12.7	+3.2	--	0.0	--	--	413 (17.2)	61/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	26.4	+3.8	10.2	-0.6	--	0.0	--	--	213 ( 8.9)	39/18
HOBART AIRPORT	32.5	+11.7	8.9	-2.0	3.7	0.0	10.0	11.6	476 (19.8)	59/21
	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

49.2 KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA
48.6 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
48.6 GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) Northeast SA
48.4 LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS) Mallee/Upper SE SA
48.3 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA

+25.2 : 45.1 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
+23.8 : 45.2 PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
+23.6 : 43.4 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
+23.3 : 43.6 PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
+23.1 : 44.7 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC

34.9 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
34.2 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA
34.1 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
34.0 ADELAIDE (WEST TERRACE / NGAYIRDAPIRA) Adelaide/Lofty SA
33.9 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA

+19.4 : 34.2 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA
+19.2 : 34.1 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
+18.9 : 34.0 ADELAIDE (WEST TERRACE / NGAYIRDAPIRA) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+18.0 : 32.0 MAITLAND Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+17.4 : 32.0 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

17.0 BURNIE NTC AWS N Coast TAS
19.7 LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
19.9 CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
20.1 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
20.6 WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS

-4.2 : 26.0 GOOSEBERRY HILL Lower West WA
-3.3 : 25.8 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
-3.3 : 25.8 PERTH METRO Lower West WA
-3.3 : 24.8 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-3.3 : 22.2 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA

1.4 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
2.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
2.5 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
3.6 MAYDENA POST OFFICE Derwent Valley TAS
4.2 WARRA W Coast TAS

-6.1 : 19.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
-5.9 : 12.1 GRAFTON RESEARCH STN North Coast NSW
-5.7 : 9.3 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-5.1 : 6.5 POUND CREEK W Gippsland VIC
-4.7 : 12.7 MORAWA AIRPORT Central West WA
-4.7 : 8.4 ORBOST E Gippsland 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.

59.4 GOLSPIE (AYRSTON) C Tablelands S NSW
26.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
23.0 PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
15.4 CAIRNS RACECOURSE N Coast--Barron QLD
14.1 KILTO STATION W Kimberley WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
W Kimberley
14.1 KILTO STATION

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
23.0 PIRLANGIMPI AIRPORT

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
15.4 CAIRNS RACECOURSE

NEW SOUTH WALES
C Tablelands S
59.4 GOLSPIE (AYRSTON)

ISLANDS
Islands
26.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO

12.4 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
12.1 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
11.6 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
11.5 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
10.3 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA

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8.6 NURIOOTPA PIRSA Adelaide/Lofty SA
7.8 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW
7.6 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
7.0 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
6.6 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA

1103 (46.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1102 (45.9) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
982 (40.9) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
919 (38.3) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
869 (36.2) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
860 (35.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
846 (35.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
825 (34.4) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
807 (33.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
792 (33.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
791 (33.0) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
756 (31.5) FORREST Eucla WA
751 (31.3) ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
742 (30.9) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
742 (30.9) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
714 (29.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
712 (29.7) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
695 (29.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
685 (28.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
677 (28.2) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
666 (27.8) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
655 (27.3) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
654 (27.3) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
651 (27.1) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
650 (27.1) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
647 (27.0) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
643 (26.8) COFFS HARBOUR AIRPORT MidNorth Coast N NSW
639 (26.6) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
631 (26.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
630 (26.3) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
627 (26.1) MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
622 (25.9) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
617 (25.7) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
615 (25.6) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
615 (25.6) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
602 (25.1) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
601 (25.0) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
600 (25.0) KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA

128/16 KADINA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
111/17 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA
111/23 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
111/18 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
100/22 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
98/16 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
98/21 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
94/17 LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS) Mallee/Upper SE SA
94/16 HOPETOUN AIRPORT Mallee S VIC
94/14 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
91/15 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
91/20 RENMARK AERO Murray Valley SA
91/20 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St 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 W Pilbara SOLOMON AERODROME 32.8mm in 30 min to 09:00 65.6mm/h 33.4mm in 1 hr to 09:00 33.4mm/h 16.4mm in 30 min to 09:30 32.8mm/h 16.4mm in 1 hr to 09:30 16.4mm/h 16.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 16.4mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers BRADSHAW-KOOLENDONG VALLEY (DEFENCE) 11.2mm in 30 min to 16:00 22.4mm/h 13.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 13.4mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 16:30 11.4mm/h	SOUTH AUSTRALIA NE Pastoral LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT : 83(190/ 63 ) at 20:23 W Agricultural NEPTUNE ISLAND : 91(230/ 72 ) at 16:00 Northeast YUNTA AIRSTRIP : 85(300/ 63 ) at 19:30 Yorke Pen/Kanga Is MINLATON AERO : 78(350/ 65 ) at 14:09 KADINA AWS : 128(330/ 80 ) at 16:38 Murray Valley RENMARK AERO : 83(230/ 69 ) at 20:09 Mallee/Upper SE LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS) : 95(340/ 59 ) at 17:42 Lower SE NARACOORTE AERODROME : 111(340/ 50 ) at 17:02 VICTORIA Mallee N MILDURA AIRPORT : 87(230/ 65 ) at 22:09 Mallee S HOPETOUN AIRPORT : 95(360/ 32 ) at 16:04 E Gippsland GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 83( 30/ 63 ) at 19:39 W Coast COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) : 78(230/ 63 ) at 20:06 CASTERTON : 96(300/ 54 ) at 19:06 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE : 93(310/ 39 ) at 16:51 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 95( 90/ 76 ) at 16:01 CAPE GRIM : 87( 90/ 69 ) at 14:07 E Coast MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 76(360/ 65 ) at 17:00 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 98(320/ 80 ) at 23:04 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) : 111(300/ 78 ) at 23:30 TASMAN ISLAND : 111( 10/ 82 ) at 18:30 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 78(320/ 67 ) at 22:53 Flinders Is/Bass St FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT : 91( 50/ 69 ) at 20:30 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 93(320/ 61 ) at 23:38