Australian Weather News -- 14 APR 2010

Wednesday 14 APR 2010

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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1549 EST on 23/05/2012. 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

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest daily rainfall

SW & S Coast

009569

BUSSELTON

41.8

27.0

25/04/2000

1 n

SW & S Coast

009963

GLENMORE

44.6

39.4

09/04/1985

1 y

Darwin-Daly

014954

BRADSHAW

40.0

25.0

11/04/2000

1 n

VIC

W Gippsland

085300

FOSTER HODDLE

36.8

29.0

05/04/2000

1 y

Highest grass minimum temperature

Victoria

014825

VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS

24.8

13/04/2010

1 Y Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

The day in charts
Surface charts	Satellite images	Rain & temperatures
4am EST		Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
		Week to 9am \| SE AUS detail
10am EST		Minimum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
4pm EST		Maximum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
10pm EST		Solar Radiation

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 15:49EST, 23/05/2012.

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	24.1	-3.5	16.7	+1.3	15.9	2.2	5.2	--	591 (24.6)	46/10
PERTH AIRPORT	23.6	-1.9	14.6	+1.7	13.6	11.6	1.2	8.5	546 (22.8)	59/11
ALBANY AIRPORT	24.7	+2.9	10.9	-0.7	9.3	4.0	2.6	7.6	195 ( 8.1)	50/17
BUNBURY	22.3	-1.8	14.5	+3.0	--	25.2	--	--	458 (19.1)	65/10
MANDURAH	20.9	--	15.4	--	--	16.8	--	--	768 (32.0)	74/12
DARWIN AIRPORT	31.9	-0.8	25.2	+1.2	25.0	0.2	4.8	8.6	320 (13.3)	31/09
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	24.1	-4.1	10.8	-1.8	9.7	0.0	4.0	10.7	236 ( 9.8)	34/13
WHYALLA AERO	24.7	+1.1	8.3	-3.3	--	0.0	5.8	--	197 ( 8.2)	24/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	21.8	-0.8	9.6	-2.8	--	0.0	2.8	9.9	142 ( 5.9)	22/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	18.5	-0.9	9.9	+1.2	7.8	0.2	0.8	4.3	189 ( 7.9)	28/10
MOUNT ISA AERO	31.3	-0.6	16.6	-1.9	13.4	0.0	5.6	11.3	392 (16.3)	41/16
CAIRNS AERO	27.0	-2.2	23.1	+1.5	21.3	1.2	5.2	0.1	262 (10.9)	35/21
TOWNSVILLE AERO	29.1	-0.5	21.2	+0.7	19.1	6.4	5.6	11.1	271 (11.3)	34/15
MACKAY M.O	26.9	+0.2	20.2	+0.1	--	0.0	--	7.4	477 (19.9)	44/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	28.5	-0.3	19.8	+2.0	19.3	0.2	4.2	--	288 (12.0)	35/12
BUNDABERG AERO	26.8	-0.6	17.2	-0.3	--	9.4	2.2	--	444 (18.5)	46/12
NAMBOUR DPI	25.0	-1.1	19.0	+3.6	--	1.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	26.1	+0.8	18.6	+1.6	--	0.2	--	--	377 (15.7)	41/13
BRISBANE AERO	26.2	+0.2	14.8	-1.4	12.5	0.0	3.2	8.3	369 (15.4)	41/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	22.6	-0.8	10.2	-3.1	--	0.0	--	--	467 (19.5)	41/11
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	26.1	+1.0	10.0	-2.8	6.0	0.0	5.4	--	185 ( 7.7)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	24.4	+0.4	15.2	0.0	11.2	0.0	5.0	10.5	388 (16.2)	35/09
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	25.3	+1.3	13.1	-0.6	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	24.7	+1.1	9.7	-3.5	8.6	0.0	4.0	10.6	334 (13.9)	28/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	24.9	+1.3	7.6	-4.3	--	0.0	--	--	64 ( 2.7)	17/10
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	19.4	+0.9	4.3	-2.9	-1.4	0.0	1.4	9.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	24.8	+0.3	8.0	-2.1	--	0.0	--	--	283 (11.8)	26/05
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	25.9	+3.0	12.0	-2.1	9.5	0.0	3.8	10.7	378 (15.8)	34/17
RICHMOND RAAF	24.9	+1.0	7.1	-4.2	5.1	0.0	--	--	56 ( 2.3)	26/15
BELLAMBI AWS	23.0	+0.9	13.0	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
CANBERRA AIRPORT	21.7	+1.7	1.8	-4.9	-1.0	0.0	--	--	--	--
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	22.6	+0.1	4.3	-4.8	0.5	0.0	3.0	10.3	121 ( 5.0)	22/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	21.9	-0.5	5.1	-2.9	--	0.0	--	--	64 ( 2.7)	18/14
MILDURA AIRPORT	19.8	-3.7	6.8	-3.3	4.3	0.0	4.0	8.8	248 (10.3)	22/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	19.6	-2.0	3.7	-4.5	--	0.0	3.6	--	309 (12.9)	48/03
BENDIGO AIRPORT	19.2	-2.0	3.5	-3.9	--	0.0	--	--	207 ( 8.6)	30/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	18.4	-1.9	13.2	+2.4	12.4	0.0	1.4	--	--	--
GEELONG AIRPORT	17.1	-2.9	8.2	-1.1	--	0.0	--	--	286 (11.9)	31/09
BALLARAT AERODROME	14.2	-3.4	6.4	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	404 (16.8)	30/02
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	16.0	-2.9	6.3	-1.2	--	0.0	--	--	143 ( 6.0)	15/18
HOBART AIRPORT	17.9	-0.2	13.2	+4.5	9.0	0.0	3.2	3.9	680 (28.3)	63/11
	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 temperature

Greatest variation above normal minimum

37.6 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
37.2 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
37.1 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
37.0 TELFER AERO Interior WA
36.5 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA

+12.4 : 36.4 EYRE Eucla WA
+8.7 : 32.3 EUCLA Eucla WA
+8.7 : 33.6 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+7.9 : 30.6 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
+7.6 : 30.7 ESPERANCE Lower West WA

29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
27.0 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
27.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
26.9 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT

+9.8 : 19.8 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+9.2 : 19.9 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
+9.0 : 19.8 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+8.6 : 20.2 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA
+8.1 : 20.7 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

6.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
7.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
8.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
9.0 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
9.4 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-6.5 : 26.0 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
-6.1 : 23.1 ENEABBA Central West WA
-5.7 : 16.8 KEITH Mallee/Upper SE SA
-5.4 : 25.1 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
-5.4 : 20.7 IVANHOE AERODROME AWS Southwest Plains NSW

-5.7 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.1 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.0 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-1.5 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW

**W** -15.7 : 0.0 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD
-9.1 : -5.7 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.7 : -2.0 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.4 : -1.2 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.1 : -1.5 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast 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.

79.0 CENTRAL MILL ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD
75.4 PALM ISLAND WATER TREAT N Coast--Herbert QLD
73.0 CENTRAL MILL TM N Coast--Herbert QLD
71.0 MARCO STREET ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD
69.0 CORSIS ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
53.8 COWARAMUP
50.0 MARGARET RIVER

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
54.2 OENPELLI
52.8 JABIRU AIRPORT

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
65.2 BABINDA POST OFFICE
51.0 TREE HOUSE CREEK
N Coast--Herbert
79.0 CENTRAL MILL ALERT
75.4 PALM ISLAND WATER TREAT
73.0 CENTRAL MILL TM
71.0 MARCO STREET ALERT
69.0 CORSIS ALERT
69.0 INNISFAIL WHARF ALERT
68.6 INNISFAIL
66.0 SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN
57.0 TUNG OIL ALERT
54.0 TUNG OIL TM

ISLANDS

54.0 CHAPMAN HILL ROAD CB2

11.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.4 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.3 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
11.1 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.9 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
10.9 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA

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1.2 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
1.1 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
0.3 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.1 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1825 (76.0) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1399 (58.3) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1229 (51.2) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
1138 (47.4) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1126 (46.9) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1026 (42.8) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
1002 (41.8) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
996 (41.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
**S** 990 (41.3) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
979 (40.8) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
972 (40.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
972 (40.5) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
946 (39.4) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
942 (39.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
917 (38.2) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
874 (36.4) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
854 (35.6) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
852 (35.5) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
833 (34.7) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
817 (34.0) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
768 (32.0) MANDURAH Lower West WA
710 (29.6) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
680 (28.3) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
661 (27.5) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
660 (27.5) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
646 (26.9) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
641 (26.7) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
607 (25.3) BUSSELTON AERO Lower West WA
606 (25.3) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
604 (25.2) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
602 (25.1) HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS

111/11 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
104/00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
102/00 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
81/08 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
81/19 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA W Kimberley BROOME AIRPORT 8.0mm in 7 min to 16:20 68.6mm/h 8.0mm in 10 min to 16:30 48.0mm/h 18.4mm in 1 hr to 16:30 18.4mm/h 20.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 20.0mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 7.0mm/h Lower West CAPE NATURALISTE 5.6mm in 7 min to 03:14 48.0mm/h BUSSELTON 16.4mm in 24 min to 05:52 41.0mm/h 17.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 17.0mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.0mm/h GINGIN WEST AG STATION 14.8mm in 30 min to 18:00 29.6mm/h 15.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 15.2mm/h 21.6mm in 1 hr to 18:30 21.6mm/h VASSE AG STATION 24.4mm in 30 min to 06:00 48.8mm/h 24.4mm in 1 hr to 06:00 24.4mm/h 34.2mm in 1 hr to 06:30 34.2mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 07:00 10.4mm/h GOSNELLS CHMP 11.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 11.0mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers JABIRU AIRPORT 17.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.7mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 11.4mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.0mm/h 23.4mm in 1 hr to 23:30 23.4mm/h CAPE DON 26.4mm in 1 hr to 17:30 26.4mm/h 30.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 10.0mm/h POINT STUART AWS 20.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 6.7mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 01:30 7.0mm/h WARRUWI 10.2mm in 1 hr to 11:30 10.2mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.7mm/h 15.2mm in 1 hr to 12:30 15.2mm/h 14.2mm in 1 hr to 13:30 14.2mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.7mm/h NGAYAWILI 14.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 14.0mm/h QUEENSLAND S Peninsula PALMERVILLE 13.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 13.4mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT 17.8mm in 1 hr to 15:00 17.8mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 7.3mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 10.0mm/h N Coast--Herbert SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN 40.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 13.3mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.7mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES North Coast BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) 12.8mm in 30 min to 17:30 25.6mm/h 13.4mm in 1 hr to 17:30 13.4mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 12.8mm/h ISLANDS Islands POINT FAWCETT 11.6mm in 49 min to 13:19 14.2mm/h 20.4mm in 11 min to 13:30 111.3mm/h 32.0mm in 1 hr to 13:30 32.0mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 14:30 10.0mm/h 42.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 14.0mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West BUSSELTON JETTY : 96(340/ 72 ) at 09:35 MANDURAH : 74(310/ 69 ) at 12:59 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 76(240/ 65 ) at 19:03 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 104(310/ 83 ) at 00:44 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 111(260/ 89 ) at 11:30 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 113(270/ 54 ) at 00:00