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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2057 EST on 19/04/2013. 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 minimum temperature

WA

SW & S Coast

009603

BUSSELTON AERO

19.1

19.0

23/04/2003

15

1 N

Lowest minimum temperature

QLD

N Coast--Barron

031037

LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE

20.8

20.8

09/04/2008

45

1 N Equal to record.

Highest maximum temperature

NT

Alice Springs

015528

YUENDUMU

39.0

38.5

10/04/2005

48

1 N

NT

Alice Springs

015666

RABBIT FLAT

40.7

40.6

03/04/2005

16

1 N

SA

NW Pastoral

016097

ERNABELLA (PUKATJA)

37.0

36.7

01/04/2005

14

1 N

QLD

Warrego

044026

CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE

37.3

37.2

14/04/1985

55

1 N

QLD

Far SW

045025

THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT

38.9

37.5

03/04/2012

13

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.

NSW

Upper Darling

048243

LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFORMATION CEN

36.0

35.7

04/04/2000

15

1 N

NSW

NW Slopes N

054038

NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS

33.1

33.1

19/04/2005

11

1 N Equal to record.

NSW

NW Slopes S

055202

GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS

32.9

32.5

01/04/2009

11

1 N

NSW

NW Slopes S

055325

TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS

32.2

32.0

11/04/2005

18

1 N

NSW

C Tablelands S

063063

OBERON (WOODCHEM)

25.0

25.0

04/04/1976

29

1 P Equal to record.

NSW

CW Slopes N

064017

COONABARABRAN AIRPORT AWS

29.4

29.3

03/04/2009

11

1 N


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Summary of observations

For notes on how to interpret the data and quality control issues, see Daily Weather Summary Help.
**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 20:56EST, 19/04/2013.

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
GERALDTON AIRPORT COMPARISON 28.1 +0.4 16.0 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 279 (11.6) 35/17
PERTH AIRPORT 26.5 +1.0 20.5 +7.6 18.7 0.0 5.4 7.0 443 (18.5) 43/11
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 21.4 -0.4 17.4 +5.8 17.0 1.4 -- -- 515 (21.5) 46/11
BUNBURY 25.1 +1.0 19.2 +7.6 -- 0.6 -- -- 446 (18.6) 44/06
MANDURAH 23.4 -0.4 21.4 +5.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 539 (22.5) 43/10
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.5 -0.2 25.0 +1.0 23.7 0.0 7.0 10.2 287 (12.0) 30/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 38.0 +9.8 21.5 +8.9 19.7 0.0 13.0 8.4 290 (12.1) 30/16
WHYALLA AERO 30.7 +7.0 12.6 +1.0 -- 0.0 6.8 -- 201 ( 8.4) 24/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 30.1 +7.5 14.4 +2.0 -- 0.0 2.8 8.0 112 ( 4.7) 26/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 27.0 +7.6 12.4 +3.7 10.8 0.2 3.6 8.2 333 (13.9) 37/15
MOUNT ISA AERO 37.9 +6.1 15.0 -3.5 14.1 0.0 8.0 10.8 174 ( 7.3) 41/13
CAIRNS AERO 31.5 +2.3 17.3 -4.3 12.8 0.0 5.6 11.2 153 ( 6.4) 28/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 32.6 +3.0 20.0 -0.6 15.4 0.0 6.6 11.0 129 ( 5.4) 24/12
MACKAY M.O 28.2 +1.5 19.2 -0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 226 ( 9.4) 21/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.8 +1.0 20.6 +2.7 18.2 0.0 5.6 -- 207 ( 8.6) 22/15
BUNDABERG AERO 29.0 +1.6 17.7 +0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 255 (10.6) 34/16
NAMBOUR DPI 28.0 +1.9 18.0 +2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 28.0 +2.6 18.9 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 315 (13.1) 43/13
BRISBANE AERO 27.1 +1.1 17.0 +0.7 15.7 0.0 5.2 10.5 345 (14.4) 35/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.8 +0.5 15.1 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 480 (20.0) 35/01
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 31.7 +6.5 14.4 +1.6 11.7 0.0 5.8 -- 82 ( 3.4) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 25.4 +1.4 15.3 +0.1 11.4 0.0 5.0 9.5 266 (11.1) 24/11
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 26.5 +2.4 14.4 +0.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 127 ( 5.3) 24/14
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 27.6 +4.0 14.2 +1.0 12.0 0.0 3.4 10.7 218 ( 9.1) 39/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 25.9 +2.3 14.5 +2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 26 ( 1.1) 24/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 25.5 +7.1 12.3 +5.1 8.2 0.0 2.8 10.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 32.2 +7.7 14.1 +3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 162 ( 6.8) 34/20
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 27.3 +4.4 19.2 +5.0 15.7 0.0 6.0 10.8 331 (13.8) 39/14
RICHMOND RAAF 28.2 +4.4 14.6 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 55 ( 2.3) 26/15
BELLAMBI AWS 24.6 +2.5 18.5 +3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 189 ( 7.9) 35/13
CANBERRA AIRPORT 26.0 +6.0 11.0 +4.3 6.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 28.3 +5.8 11.1 +2.0 9.2 0.0 3.6 10.1 180 ( 7.5) 15/09
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 28.1 +5.8 13.1 +5.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 89 ( 3.7) 17/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 28.9 +5.4 13.5 +3.4 10.5 0.0 6.2 10.6 242 (10.1) 22/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 27.8 +6.2 13.0 +4.8 -- 0.0 3.8 -- 189 ( 7.9) 21/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT 27.8 +6.6 9.9 +2.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 160 ( 6.7) 26/21
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 26.3 +6.0 13.5 +2.7 10.5 0.0 3.8 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 25.1 +7.5 6.9 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 204 ( 8.5) 24/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 21.7 +2.8 9.6 +2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 176 ( 7.3) 31/13
HOBART AIRPORT 27.0 +8.9 11.8 +3.0 6.7 0.0 2.8 9.6 347 (14.5) 44/11
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
Highest maximum temperature>Greatest variation above normal maximum Highest minimum temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

40.7 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
40.0 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT
39.6 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
39.5 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
39.5 TELFER AERO Interior WA

+11.2 : 35.4 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+10.3 : 34.0 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA
+10.1 : 37.1 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
+9.8 : 38.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+9.7 : 37.0 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA

28.1 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.9 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
27.3 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
27.3 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT

+10.2 : 18.6 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA
+9.4 : 18.4 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
+9.3 : 18.0 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
+8.9 : 21.5 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+8.2 : 19.1 BUSSELTON AERO Lower West WA

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

13.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
15.2 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
15.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
15.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
16.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-8.4 : 18.0 GOOMALLING Cent Wheatbelt WA
-3.4 : 23.9 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-1.9 : 27.1 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
-1.8 : 20.1 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
-1.8 : 19.7 SHANNON Lower West WA

2.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
2.8 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
2.9 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
3.0 MAYDENA POST OFFICE Derwent Valley TAS
3.0 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS

-5.0 : 10.5 YUENDUMU N Plateau NT
-4.6 : 14.3 MAREEBA AIRPORT N Coast--Barron QLD
-4.3 : 17.3 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
-4.2 : 18.7 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD
-4.2 : 16.2 SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN N Coast--Herbert 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.
36.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
23.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
14.4 TEN SIXTY SIX E Gascoyne WA
14.0 WALTERS FARM Lower West WA
12.8 NORTHCLIFFE Lower West WA

11.2 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
11.2 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.0 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.9 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.8 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.8 WALKAMIN RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
10.8 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW

.....

7.0 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
5.8 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
3.1 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
2.5 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
2.4 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1169 (48.7) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
886 (36.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
839 (35.0) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
835 (34.8) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
814 (33.9) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
681 (28.4) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
678 (28.3) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
670 (27.9) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
665 (27.7) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
665 (27.7) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
649 (27.0) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
647 (27.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
78/13 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
74/12 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
72/02 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
72/10 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
63/20 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
63/16 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
63/20 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast 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.
None reported None reported