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  1. 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 ("P" shows in Comments column) until replaced by readings to one decimal place mid-afternoon this day for minima and mid-afternoon next day for maxima.
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Prepared at 1308 EST on 24/08/2025.

District Site Today Previous monthly record Previous all time record
if equalled or broken
Comments and quality flags
Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest daily rainfall

WA

W Pilbara

005084

THEVENARD ISLAND

29.0

15.4

16/08/2021

23

1 N C Not a BoM station so past data to confirm AWN data not available from National Climate Centre.

WA

W Gascoyne

006104

MINNIE CREEK AIRSTRIP

15.4

12.4

02/08/2022

14

1 N C

WA

W Gascoyne

006112

LYONS RIVER AIRSTRIP

10.4

9.2

06/08/2016

14

1 N C

WA

E Gascoyne

007209

COBRA AIRSTRIP

14.8

14.0

03/08/2024

13

1 N C

Highest minimum temperature

WA

E Pilbara

004095

LEGENDRE ISLAND

22.7

22.6

03/08/2023

16

1 N C


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Data is as received at 13:04EST, 24/08/2025.

Observations and extremes for Saturday 23 AUG 2025
Cities with 2018 populations over 40,000 (QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC) or 20,000 (WA, NT ,SA, TAS)
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
GERALDTON AIRPORT 21.8 +0.6 8.3 -0.7 -- 0.4 -- -- 346 (14.4) 54/14
PERTH AIRPORT 22.4 +3.8 7.9 -0.2 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.5 265 (11.0) 34/02
PERTH METRO 22.9 +3.7 6.7 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 88 ( 3.7) 24/15
BUSSELTON AERO 18.3 +1.0 6.9 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 244 (10.2) 21/10
BUNBURY 19.7 +2.0 6.0 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 119 ( 5.0) 18/15
MANDURAH 19.6 +1.5 10.1 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 156 ( 6.5) 21/15
ALBANY AIRPORT 21.1 +3.9 4.5 -3.2 -- 2.0 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 30/13
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 18.6 -0.2 10.8 +5.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 203 ( 8.5) 54/12
DARWIN AIRPORT 34.5 +3.0 20.9 +0.5 20.1 0.0 7.0 10.7 175 ( 7.3) 30/11
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 28.2 +5.3 6.2 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 201 ( 8.4) 37/11
WHYALLA AERO 17.8 -0.8 7.5 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 312 (13.0) 30/13
PARAFIELD AIRPORT 18.1 +1.7 5.1 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 225 ( 9.4) 24/12
ADELAIDE AIRPORT 15.1 -0.9 7.4 -0.3 3.6 0.0 2.0 5.1 270 (11.3) 24/11
VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY) 15.7 -0.8 7.7 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 16.0 +1.8 6.8 +1.2 -- 2.4 -- -- 303 (12.6) 26/16
CAIRNS AERO 30.0 +3.3 18.0 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 497 (20.7) 39/16
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.7 +2.6 15.7 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 292 (12.2) 31/14
MACKAY AERO 26.3 +2.4 12.2 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 350 (14.6) 31/15
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 28.6 +3.6 14.7 +3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 125 ( 5.2) 18/17
BUNDABERG AERO 28.1 +4.5 11.8 +0.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 30/13
GLADSTONE AIRPORT 26.9 +2.7 14.5 +1.7 -- 0.2 -- -- 225 ( 9.4) 28/16
HERVEY BAY AIRPORT 25.2 +2.3 13.1 +2.5 -- 0.4 -- -- 210 ( 8.8) 24/12
COOLANGATTA 22.2 +0.4 9.9 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 182 ( 7.6) 31/15
BRISBANE AERO 25.7 +3.6 10.3 +0.3 6.7 0.0 3.6 10.8 241 (10.0) 46/13
SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT 23.7 +1.3 10.8 +0.7 -- 0.2 -- -- 213 ( 8.9) 21/11
BRISBANE 26.2 +2.7 11.4 +0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 82 ( 3.4) 28/12
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 19.3 +0.4 7.8 +0.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 290 (12.1) 41/12
TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS 18.7 0.0 2.4 -0.5 -- 0.2 -- -- 179 ( 7.5) 28/15
COFFS HARBOUR AIRPORT 21.7 +0.4 7.6 -1.2 -- 1.2 -- -- 163 ( 6.8) 21/09
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 21.2 +2.4 10.6 +3.7 -- 3.0 -- -- 259 (10.8) 43/08
CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS 21.2 +1.6 10.4 +5.7 -- 0.8 -- -- 210 ( 8.8) 34/07
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 13.8 +2.4 4.9 +3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 406 (16.9) 50/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.6 +0.1 12.1 +3.7 10.3 6.4 0.6 10.1 313 (13.0) 59/11
BADGERYS CREEK AWS 21.6 +2.2 9.8 +4.9 -- 0.6 -- -- 186 ( 7.8) 41/10
ALBION PARK (SHELLHARBOUR AIRPORT) 19.6 +0.6 12.3 +5.6 -- 1.6 -- -- 248 (10.3) 54/10
CANBERRA AIRPORT 19.7 +5.5 3.3 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 146 ( 6.1) 41/21
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 19.0 +4.4 3.2 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 104 ( 4.3) 30/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 18.8 +3.8 3.2 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 76 ( 3.2) 34/16
MILDURA AIRPORT 20.4 +3.0 7.8 +2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 209 ( 8.7) 28/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT 17.6 +3.3 2.4 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 150 ( 6.3) 34/19
SHEPPARTON AIRPORT 18.3 +3.3 3.5 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 136 ( 5.7) 34/14
MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) 15.8 +0.9 6.9 +2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 182 ( 7.6) 39/12
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 14.9 +0.3 6.1 +0.1 4.1 0.2 2.6 5.9 484 (20.2) 37/14
MELBOURNE (OLYMPIC PARK) 15.1 -0.6 8.8 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 269 (11.2) 28/14
BREAKWATER (GEELONG RACECOURSE) 15.6 +0.1 7.9 +1.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 244 (10.2) 30/14
BALLARAT AERODROME 13.4 +1.9 2.8 -0.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 376 (15.7) 31/13
WYNYARD AIRPORT 15.3 +2.0 7.4 +3.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 277 (11.5) 59/03
DEVONPORT AIRPORT 16.1 +2.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- 46/04
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 16.7 +2.8 10.0 +6.3 -- 0.2 -- -- 234 ( 9.8) 28/17
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 15.8 +2.7 10.1 +4.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 262 (10.9) 46/11
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 for Saturday 23 AUG 2025
Highest maximum temperature>Greatest variation above normal maximum Highest minimum temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

37.4 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
37.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
36.9 BRADSHAW - ANGALLARI VALLEY (DEFENCE) Northern Rivers NT
36.9 DOUGLAS RIVER RESEARCH FARM Northern Rivers NT
36.9 BRADSHAW - KOOLENDONG VALLEY (DEFENCE) Northern Rivers NT

+6.5 : 25.3 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West & Perth WA
+6.1 : 34.7 TELFER AERO Interior WA
+6.0 : 30.8 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
+6.0 : 18.8 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+5.9 : 23.9 ESPERANCE Lower West & Perth WA

25.6 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.4 TORRES STRAIT NTC AWS Islands ISL
25.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 COCOS ISLAND NTC AWS Islands ISL
24.9 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL

+8.7 : 14.9 YULARA AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+7.8 : 16.0 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
+6.9 : 11.5 MORUYA AIRPORT AWS South Coast NSW
+6.9 : 19.6 WALUNGURRU AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+6.7 : 19.3 MARDIE W Pilbara WA

Coldest for Saturday 23 AUG 2025
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

2.9 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
3.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
3.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
4.5 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
4.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-7.8 : 16.5 CARNEGIE Interior WA
-7.4 : 20.3 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
-6.3 : 15.5 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
-6.2 : 23.4 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
-5.5 : 16.4 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA

-2.1 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-1.6 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-1.2 APPLETHORPE Darling Downs E QLD
-1.0 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-0.6 STANTHORPE LESLIE PARADE Darling Downs E QLD

-5.8 : 6.8 DALY WATERS AIRSTRIP Northern Rivers NT
-5.4 : 0.8 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
-5.4 : 10.1 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
-4.7 : 0.9 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
-4.7 : 1.3 EYRE Eucla WA

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.
54.2 EXMOUTH TOWN W Pilbara WA
36.8 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
31.6 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
31.4 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
29.0 THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
W Pilbara
54.2 EXMOUTH TOWN
36.8 LEARMONTH AIRPORT
29.0 THEVENARD ISLAND

NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
31.4 NORAH HEAD AWS

ISLANDS
Islands
31.6 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT

10.8 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
10.7 DARWIN AIRPORT Northern Rivers NT
10.1 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
10.0 WELLINGTON (D&J RURAL) CW Slopes S NSW
6.5 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West & Perth WA

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10.0 WELLINGTON (D&J RURAL) CW Slopes S NSW
6.5 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West & Perth WA
5.9 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
5.5 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
5.1 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA

931 (38.8) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
925 (38.5) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
879 (36.6) FREDERICK REEF Islands ISL
843 (35.1) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
807 (33.6) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
788 (32.8) ARLINGTON REEF Islands ISL
776 (32.3) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
772 (32.2) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
768 (32.0) FLINDERS REEF Islands ISL
711 (29.6) KENNAOOK/CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
705 (29.4) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
687 (28.6) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
670 (27.9) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
658 (27.4) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
645 (26.9) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
633 (26.4) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
621 (25.9) CREAL REEF Islands ISL
601 (25.0) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
78/03 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
76/11 WATTAMOLLA AWS Sydney--east NSW
74/00 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
72/23 MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
70/11 CENTRE ISLAND Northern Rivers NT
70/01 KENNAOOK/CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS

High realtime reports for Saturday 23 AUG 2025
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 Pilbara
KARRATHA AERO
5.0mm in 11 min to 16:55 27.3mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.0mm/h
W Pilbara
MARDIE
19.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.3mm/h
ONSLOW AIRPORT
16.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.3mm/h
BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT
19.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.3mm/h
Central West
CHAPMAN VALLEY AG STATION
10.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 10.0mm/h
ALLANOOKA AG STATION
14.0mm in 30 min to 14:00 28.0mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 14:00 14.0mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 14:30 15.0mm/h
Goldfields
SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD
12.0mm in 30 min to 19:30 24.0mm/h
17.4mm in 1 hr to 19:30 17.4mm/h
17.8mm in 1 hr to 20:00 17.8mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 9.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT
13.6mm in 1 hr to 00:00 13.6mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 6.0mm/h
31.6mm in 15 min to 09:15 126.4mm/h
31.6mm in 1 hr to 09:30 31.6mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney--east
WATTAMOLLA AWS : 76(180/ 65 ) at 12:00