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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0358 EST on 20/04/2013. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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if equalled or broken
Comments
Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest maximum temperature

WA

E Pilbara

004090

ROEBOURNE AERO

35.9

35.9

28/08/2007

12

1 Y Equal to record.


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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 03:58EST, 20/04/2013.

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 22.6 +2.6 10.8 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 149 ( 6.2) 34/14
PERTH AIRPORT 23.7 +5.2 12.4 +4.4 10.2 0.0 2.0 9.3 270 (11.3) 31/16
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 14.2 -1.9 9.9 +2.4 -- 1.0 -- -- 197 ( 8.2) 30/21
BUNBURY 18.4 +0.9 11.5 +4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 100 ( 4.2) 22/10
MANDURAH 20.3 +2.5 13.6 +2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 127 ( 5.3) 24/00
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.9 +1.5 18.0 -2.4 16.7 0.0 6.0 9.5 282 (11.8) 39/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 26.5 +3.9 1.7 -4.3 0.6 0.0 4.4 9.1 222 ( 9.3) 39/13
WHYALLA AERO 20.2 +1.7 6.3 +0.4 -- 0.2 2.8 -- 197 ( 8.2) 59/23
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 17.8 +1.2 6.5 -1.7 -- 0.0 2.2 -- 118 ( 4.9) 46/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.4 +1.3 6.8 +1.3 4.6 0.6 1.0 5.3 312 (13.0) 41/10
MOUNT ISA AERO 27.7 +0.4 1.3 -9.0 0.1 0.0 5.2 11.1 214 ( 8.9) 24/10
CAIRNS AERO 25.6 -1.0 20.6 +3.2 19.2 0.0 4.8 1.0 474 (19.8) 46/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO 22.3 -3.7 16.4 +1.7 14.9 1.4 4.6 2.0 301 (12.5) 31/00
MACKAY M.O 20.3 -2.3 15.2 +1.2 -- 6.8 -- 4.7 343 (14.3) 31/02
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 23.2 -1.6 12.4 +1.7 11.1 1.2 1.4 -- 202 ( 8.4) 24/12
BUNDABERG AERO 21.7 -1.6 12.1 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 208 ( 8.7) 26/15
COOLANGATTA 21.9 +0.6 10.0 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 151 ( 6.3) 26/13
BRISBANE AERO 21.5 -0.2 10.0 +0.4 8.6 0.0 3.0 9.7 261 (10.9) 26/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 18.8 +0.3 5.9 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 300 (12.5) 28/21
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 17.6 -0.3 2.5 -3.3 -1.3 0.0 3.0 -- 48 ( 2.0) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 19.1 -0.7 7.8 -0.5 5.1 0.0 2.8 -- 199 ( 8.3) 37/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 18.7 -1.5 6.4 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 157 ( 6.5) 28/14
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 16.8 -1.8 4.5 -2.4 1.1 0.0 2.4 9.9 278 (11.6) 28/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 18.7 -0.3 2.4 -3.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 40 ( 1.7) 22/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 10.4 -0.6 -3.0 -5.1 -10.5 0.2 1.0 9.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 15.4 -2.1 -2.0 -5.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 207 ( 8.6) 28/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 19.7 +1.4 6.6 -1.5 2.2 0.0 3.2 10.7 347 (14.5) 35/16
RICHMOND RAAF 19.3 -0.4 -0.8 -5.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 80 ( 3.3) 26/14
BELLAMBI AWS 16.1 -1.9 8.3 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 188 ( 7.8) 26/17
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 13.7 -0.8 0.3 -3.3 -2.4 0.0 1.2 8.6 161 ( 6.7) 18/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 12.4 -2.6 2.1 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 85 ( 3.5) 17/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 17.3 0.0 9.3 +4.0 7.0 0.0 1.6 1.3 155 ( 6.5) 31/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 12.6 -2.1 0.6 -3.3 -2.5 10.0 4.6 -- 176 ( 7.3) 24/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT 10.5 -3.8 3.1 +0.5 -- 2.8 -- -- 99 ( 4.1) 22/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 14.0 -1.0 8.4 +1.7 5.9 7.83 4.2 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 8.8 -2.6 5.1 +1.4 -- 0.2 -- -- 363 (15.1) 39/11
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 13.7 -0.1 2.3 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 94 ( 3.9) 26/13
HOBART AIRPORT 15.0 +1.5 4.7 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.0 5.7 320 (13.3) 31/00
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

36.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
35.9 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
35.3 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
35.2 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
35.1 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA

+7.6 : 34.3 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
+7.4 : 34.5 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
+7.2 : 28.1 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
+7.2 : 29.0 WILUNA Interior WA
+7.1 : 29.8 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA

25.6 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.6 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.5 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.2 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
23.0 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD
23.0 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL

+7.4 : 14.4 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
+7.0 : 11.1 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
+6.9 : 10.2 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
+6.7 : 12.3 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
+5.5 : 10.8 BALLADONIA Eucla WA

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

-2.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.2 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-0.3 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
0.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
2.4 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-5.4 : 20.0 BOWEN AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-4.9 : 21.3 AYR DPI RESEARCH STN Central Coast E QLD
-4.8 : 8.8 REDESDALE N Central VIC
-4.6 : 20.5 ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD
-4.4 : 8.9 CASTLEMAINE PRISON N Central VIC

-10.3 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-9.5 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-9.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-8.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-9.0 : 1.3 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-8.3 : -9.5 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.5 : -6.5 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.4 : 1.1 THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT Far SW QLD
-7.4 : -2.9 WALGETT AIRPORT AWS NW Plains W NSW

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.
53.0 SUNBURY (SALESIAN COLLEGE ) W Central VIC
49.4 MOUNT LOFTY (CLELAND CONSERVATION PARK) Adelaide/Lofty SA
34.0 PORTLAND W Coast VIC
27.6 POWELLTOWN DNRE E Central VIC
26.0 BIRREGURRA (POST OFFICE) W Coast VIC

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide/Lofty
49.4 MOUNT LOFTY (CLELAND CONSERVATION PARK)

VICTORIA
E Central
27.6 POWELLTOWN DNRE
W Central
53.0 SUNBURY (SALESIAN COLLEGE )
W Coast
34.0 PORTLAND
26.0 BIRREGURRA (POST OFFICE)

11.3 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
11.0 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.9 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.9 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT

.....

1.2 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
1.0 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
0.9 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.8 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.3 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC

857 (35.7) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
854 (35.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
766 (31.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
701 (29.2) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
696 (29.0) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
689 (28.7) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
683 (28.5) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
668 (27.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
664 (27.7) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
645 (26.9) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
643 (26.8) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
642 (26.8) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
630 (26.3) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
80/22 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
70/08 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
68/05 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
63/07 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
61/20 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC

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

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 78(360/ 65 ) at 22:30