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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that has been checked for gross errors but has not yet been fully validated. They are based on data received as at 1437 EST on 18/05/2016. 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 daily rainfall

NSW

Goulburn/Monaro

070309

DELEGATE RIVER AT QUIDONG

21.4

18.0

01/05/2006

12

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

NSW

North Coast

058077

GRAFTON RESEARCH STN

30.4

30.0

04/05/2007

11

1 N

NSW

Hunter Valley

061366

NORAH HEAD AWS

27.1

26.9

11/05/2010

19

1 N

NSW

Hunter Valley

061375

MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS

26.3

25.9

10/05/2012

19

1 N

NSW

Sydney--east

066196

SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST)

27.0

26.0

11/05/2010

11

1 N

NSW

Sydney--west

067105

RICHMOND RAAF

28.5

28.3

01/05/2016

19

1 N Previous record set earlier this month.


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Summary of observations

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Data is as received at 14:37EST, 18/05/2016.

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 21.6 -0.2 7.5 -2.9 6.1 0.0 2.6 4.5 231 ( 9.6) 24/14
BUNBURY 20.6 -0.6 14.7 +5.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 312 (13.0) 37/00
MANDURAH 20.2 -1.1 15.5 +1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 343 (14.3) 28/02
DARWIN AIRPORT 35.1 +3.1 24.8 +2.7 24.3 0.0 6.6 10.9 363 (15.1) 39/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 27.4 +4.4 6.4 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 167 ( 7.0) 26/12
WHYALLA AERO 19.0 -1.4 6.0 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 306 (12.8) 24/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 19.8 +0.9 14.2 +4.0 -- 0.2 -- -- 207 ( 8.6) 28/09
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 15.7 -0.4 12.2 +4.9 -- 9.0 -- -- 580 (24.2) 43/01
MOUNT ISA AERO 33.1 +5.3 12.8 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 228 ( 9.5) 30/18
CAIRNS AERO 29.4 +1.8 22.9 +3.0 -- 3.4 -- -- 449 (18.7) 43/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.0 +2.4 21.1 +3.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 369 (15.4) 35/08
MACKAY M.O 26.2 +2.0 17.0 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 354 (14.8) 35/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 28.2 +2.2 15.7 +1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 263 (11.0) 26/08
BUNDABERG AERO 27.1 +2.5 13.7 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 251 (10.5) 35/13
COOLANGATTA 26.3 +3.2 14.7 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 219 ( 9.1) 34/09
BRISBANE AERO 26.1 +2.6 13.6 +0.8 10.8 0.0 4.6 9.9 251 (10.5) 28/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 27.0 +7.2 11.0 +1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 369 (15.4) 24/14
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 23.4 +3.1 12.5 +3.8 -- 0.0 3.6 -- -- --
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.2 -0.2 12.9 +2.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 110 ( 4.6) 21/06
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 26.7 +6.4 11.8 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 247 (10.3) 39/10
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 18.4 +4.2 10.9 +6.3 3.0 0.0 4.0 8.5 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS -- -- 8.1 +1.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 143 ( 6.0) 26/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 28.9 +8.9 14.4 +3.5 11.1 0.0 4.8 8.9 366 (15.3) 35/13
RICHMOND RAAF 28.5 +8.0 10.3 +2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 160 ( 6.7) 41/12
BELLAMBI AWS 26.8 +7.2 15.7 +2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 358 (14.9) 59/19
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 18.0 +0.7 8.3 +2.5 -- 2.8 -- -- 172 ( 7.2) 34/12
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 18.3 +0.7 9.1 +3.7 -- 4.8 -- -- 165 ( 6.9) 34/10
MILDURA AIRPORT 20.2 +1.2 7.8 +0.4 4.0 0.4 2.9 -- 248 (10.3) 22/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 17.3 +0.1 7.5 +1.8 -- 3.6 -- -- 239 (10.0) 24/09
BENDIGO AIRPORT 17.6 +1.0 8.5 +3.4 -- 1.2 -- -- 332 (13.8) 30/03
BALLARAT AERODROME 13.6 0.0 8.1 +2.4 -- 1.0 -- -- 615 (25.6) 48/06
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 16.6 +0.8 6.2 +1.2 -- 18.8 -- -- 278 (11.6) 37/15
HOBART AIRPORT 16.2 +1.0 9.1 +2.5 6.6 1.0 4.4 6.1 447 (18.6) 52/13
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

37.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
37.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
37.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
37.0 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
36.7 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT

+8.9 : 28.9 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
+8.8 : 28.2 SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) Sydney--east NSW
+8.8 : 28.1 MORUYA AIRPORT AWS South Coast NSW
+8.4 : 31.4 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD
+8.3 : 27.0 NAROOMA (MARINE RESCUE) South Coast NSW

28.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
27.2 WARRUWI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
26.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
26.6 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
26.4 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+8.0 : 10.8 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
+7.1 : 21.0 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
+6.7 : 16.7 TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW
+6.7 : 15.1 WANAARING POST OFFICE Upper Darling NSW
+6.4 : 16.1 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA

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

3.8 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
3.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
4.1 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
4.6 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
4.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-3.4 : 22.5 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
-3.0 : 18.2 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW
-2.9 : 5.6 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
-2.2 : 4.1 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-2.1 : 10.8 LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
-2.1 : 8.1 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-0.6 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
-0.6 EYRE Eucla WA
0.0 LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFORMATION CEN Upper Darling NSW
0.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-9.8 : -0.6 EYRE Eucla WA
-8.7 : 0.0 LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFORMATION CEN Upper Darling NSW
-6.7 : 0.4 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
-6.6 : 2.4 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.5 : 1.0 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields 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.
62.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
52.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
37.6 ZEEHAN (WEST COAST PIONEERS MUSEUM) W Coast TAS
37.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
35.0 DERWENT BRIDGE Central Plateau TAS

TASMANIA
Central Plateau
37.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK
35.0 DERWENT BRIDGE
W Coast
62.2 MOUNT READ
37.6 ZEEHAN (WEST COAST PIONEERS MUSEUM)

ISLANDS
Islands
52.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO

10.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.8 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.0 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
9.9 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
9.6 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA

.....

2.4 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
2.3 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW
1.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
1.0 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
0.8 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC

1331 (55.5) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
1268 (52.8) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1179 (49.1) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1162 (48.4) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1160 (48.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1132 (47.2) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1092 (45.5) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
1078 (44.9) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
1050 (43.8) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
969 (40.4) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
963 (40.1) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
955 (39.8) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
938 (39.1) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
934 (38.9) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
928 (38.7) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
901 (37.5) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
900 (37.5) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
873 (36.4) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
822 (34.3) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
822 (34.3) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
806 (33.6) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
780 (32.5) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
777 (32.4) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
773 (32.2) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
766 (31.9) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
755 (31.5) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
754 (31.4) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
747 (31.1) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
739 (30.8) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
731 (30.5) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
718 (29.9) AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
716 (29.8) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
705 (29.4) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
703 (29.3) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
686 (28.6) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
681 (28.4) WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
674 (28.1) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
668 (27.8) PORTLAND NTC AWS W Coast VIC
664 (27.7) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
656 (27.3) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
650 (27.1) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
644 (26.8) MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC
636 (26.5) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
631 (26.3) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
621 (25.9) ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC
617 (25.7) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
615 (25.6) SHEOAKS W Central VIC
615 (25.6) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
613 (25.5) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
609 (25.4) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
118/12 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
115/14 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
104/06 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
94/11 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
91/02 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
91/03 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
91/13 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) 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.
ISLANDS
Islands
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO
29.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 9.7mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 104(320/ 43 ) at 06:16
VICTORIA
Wimmera S
GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 91(260/ 46 ) at 02:30
Upper NE
MOUNT HOTHAM : 87(320/ 69 ) at 02:55
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 121(270/ 58 ) at 07:29
KINGFISH B - 80KM SSE LAKES ENTRANCE : 80(266/ 65 ) at 07:10
W Coast
CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE : 74(280/ 65 ) at 02:47
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 108(270/ 87 ) at 06:00
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 95(310/ 76 ) at 12:00
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 109(250/ 87 ) at 15:00
HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 91(270/ 50 ) at 14:00
W Coast
CAPE SORELL : 76(240/ 65 ) at 02:43
LOW ROCKY POINT : 83(290/ 76 ) at 00:48
MOUNT READ : 85(280/ 63 ) at 01:11
Flinders Is/Bass St
FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT : 89(260/ 70 ) at 06:14
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 119(270/100 ) at 12:47