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**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 01:57EST, 07/06/2012.

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 COMPARISON 29.4 -3.2 19.1 -0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 484 (20.2) 43/16
PERTH AIRPORT 30.7 -1.2 18.8 +1.3 17.6 0.0 7.4 12.5 433 (18.0) 43/16
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 25.9 +1.0 14.9 +0.5 15.0 0.0 -- -- 262 (10.9) 31/12
BUNBURY 28.5 -1.5 15.8 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 302 (12.6) 46/15
MANDURAH 28.4 -1.2 20.3 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 413 (17.2) 46/15
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.1 +1.7 23.6 -1.1 23.3 0.8 7.6 10.8 272 (11.3) 28/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 41.6 +6.6 18.3 -2.5 17.0 0.0 15.2 11.5 316 (13.2) 41/17
WHYALLA AERO 25.8 -3.8 19.5 +1.8 -- 0.0 10.0 -- 498 (20.8) 52/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 29.2 -0.2 17.0 -0.2 -- 0.2 4.6 12.7 227 ( 9.5) 35/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 23.0 -2.1 15.7 +4.1 14.4 0.0 7.8 6.1 390 (16.3) 44/15
MOUNT ISA AERO 38.1 +2.9 20.4 -3.0 19.4 0.0 9.6 -- 215 ( 9.0) 35/11
CAIRNS AERO 31.4 +0.2 24.6 +0.8 23.2 0.8 8.8 8.5 436 (18.2) 48/19
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.9 +0.9 23.6 -0.5 22.5 1.6 8.6 10.0 473 (19.7) 43/00
MACKAY M.O 30.1 +0.5 23.5 +0.1 -- 13.2 -- 11.1 452 (18.8) 39/06
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 31.2 0.0 21.3 -0.8 19.9 0.0 8.6 -- 359 (15.0) 34/09
BUNDABERG AERO 30.4 +0.5 19.2 -2.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 478 (19.9) 46/17
NAMBOUR DPI 28.0 -0.8 20.0 +0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 28.5 +0.2 20.1 -0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 396 (16.5) 46/11
BRISBANE AERO 28.3 -0.8 18.4 -2.8 17.4 0.0 9.6 11.6 423 (17.6) 41/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 24.9 -2.4 15.6 -2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 612 (25.5) 43/08
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 30.1 -1.0 17.3 -1.4 14.3 0.0 6.6 -- 194 ( 8.1) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 25.8 -1.0 17.2 -2.3 15.2 0.0 6.0 11.4 331 (13.8) 26/09
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 26.1 -1.5 17.8 -0.6 -- 2.6 -- -- 170 ( 7.1) 28/15
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 27.8 +0.2 14.3 -3.8 12.3 0.0 6.6 -- 266 (11.1) 37/13
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 26.9 -0.3 14.4 -2.8 -- 0.6 -- -- 44 ( 1.8) 24/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 24.2 -1.5 11.5 -1.7 7.0 0.0 4.0 8.3 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 30.9 -1.0 16.1 -1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 338 (14.1) 35/04
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 28.4 +2.0 19.9 +0.9 15.8 0.0 7.4 11.3 374 (15.6) 50/14
RICHMOND RAAF 28.7 -0.4 15.1 -2.6 -- 0.2 -- -- 88 ( 3.7) 30/18
BELLAMBI AWS 25.7 +0.7 18.9 -0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 279 (11.6) 54/15
CANBERRA AIRPORT 29.0 +1.9 11.0 -2.1 8.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 29.7 -1.1 17.2 +0.8 14.0 0.0 9.4 3.6 313 (13.0) 39/19
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 28.3 -2.8 16.9 +0.6 -- 0.4 -- -- 153 ( 6.4) 30/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 33.4 +1.8 19.2 +2.7 15.7 0.0 8.8 6.7 227 ( 9.5) 35/07
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 33.2 +3.7 21.8 +7.4 -- 0.0 9.0 -- 346 (14.4) 72/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT 34.1 +4.8 17.5 +3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 252 (10.5) 55/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 27.4 +1.6 21.9 +7.3 21.5 0.0 10.0 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 32.2 +7.2 16.4 +4.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 355 (14.8) 48/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 29.1 +4.7 16.0 +3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 189 ( 7.9) 44/16
HOBART AIRPORT 33.2 +11.0 19.0 +7.0 16.0 0.0 7.2 7.3 421 (17.5) 59/15
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

45.7 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
44.2 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
44.2 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT
43.9 LEONORA Goldfields WA
43.8 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA

+11.9 : 34.0 SWANSEA POST OFFICE E Coast TAS
+11.4 : 33.0 HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
+11.1 : 34.9 CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS
+11.0 : 33.2 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
+10.5 : 32.4 ORFORD (AUBIN COURT) E Coast TAS

29.1 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
29.0 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT
29.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
28.4 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA

+8.8 : 22.6 SCORESBY RESEARCH INSTITUTE E Central VIC
+8.5 : 25.0 HAY (MILLER STREET) Riverina W NSW
+8.1 : 23.3 KERANG Lower North VIC
+7.8 : 22.6 KYABRAM DPI Lower North VIC
+7.8 : 21.6 ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC

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

14.5 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
14.7 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
15.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
15.5 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
16.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-5.5 : 23.6 DARTMOUTH RESERVOIR Lower NE VIC
-5.1 : 23.0 PRICE Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-4.6 : 24.0 CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
-4.6 : 25.0 BEECHWORTH WOOLSHED Lower NE VIC
-3.8 : 23.9 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
-3.8 : 25.8 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
-3.8 : 19.4 PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA

5.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
6.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
6.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
7.5 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
8.5 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-5.4 : 9.6 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW
-4.7 : 15.2 NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes N NSW
-4.4 : 19.2 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
-4.4 : 15.1 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-4.3 : 9.2 NULLO MOUNTAIN AWS C Tablelands N 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.
103.0 BABINDA POST OFFICE N Coast--Barron QLD
60.6 TULLY SUGAR MILL N Coast--Herbert QLD
57.0 MUTARNEE STORE N Coast--Herbert QLD
48.8 DARADGEE N Coast--Herbert QLD
41.8 WARILDA Warrego QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
103.0 BABINDA POST OFFICE
N Coast--Herbert
60.6 TULLY SUGAR MILL
57.0 MUTARNEE STORE
48.8 DARADGEE
Warrego
41.8 WARILDA

12.8 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.7 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.6 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
12.5 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
12.1 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

.....

4.5 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
3.9 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
3.6 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
3.2 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
2.1 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1059 (44.1) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
1029 (42.9) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
996 (41.5) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
935 (39.0) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
900 (37.5) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
838 (34.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
825 (34.4) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
814 (33.9) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
803 (33.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
793 (33.0) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
787 (32.8) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
760 (31.7) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
753 (31.4) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
743 (31.0) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
736 (30.7) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
696 (29.0) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
676 (28.2) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
668 (27.8) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
664 (27.7) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
661 (27.5) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
661 (27.5) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
637 (26.5) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
633 (26.4) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
632 (26.3) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
631 (26.3) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
630 (26.3) MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
628 (26.2) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
614 (25.6) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
612 (25.5) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
611 (25.5) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
94/17 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
85/16 EILDON FIRE TOWER N Central VIC
80/22 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
78/19 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
76/14 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Goldfields
MOUNT BURDETT AG STATION
8.0mm in 11 min to 10:41 43.6mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
WEIPA AERO
7.6mm in 16 min to 15:46 28.5mm/h
16.8mm in 1 hr to 16:00 16.8mm/h
18.0mm in 1 hr to 16:30 18.0mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 9.0mm/h
S Peninsula
LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT
15.6mm in 30 min to 12:30 31.2mm/h
18.4mm in 1 hr to 12:30 18.4mm/h
22.2mm in 30 min to 13:00 44.4mm/h
37.8mm in 1 hr to 13:00 37.8mm/h
31.6mm in 1 hr to 13:30 31.6mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 14:00 10.4mm/h
48.0mm in 6 hr to 18:00 8.0mm/h
N Coast--Barron
CAIRNS AERO
8.2mm in 9 min to 19:30 54.7mm/h
9.2mm in 21 min to 19:51 26.3mm/h
19.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 19.4mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 20:30 11.0mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.7mm/h
8.0mm in 24 min to 21:30 20.0mm/h
15.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 15.4mm/h
LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE
26.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 8.7mm/h
N Coast--Herbert
INNISFAIL
26.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 8.7mm/h
SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN
10.4mm in 1 hr to 08:00 10.4mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
Central Coast E
ALVA BEACH
5.6mm in 12 min to 00:53 28.0mm/h
5.0mm in 6 min to 00:59 50.0mm/h
1.4mm in 1 min to 01:00 84.0mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 01:00 12.2mm/h
20.2mm in 1 hr to 01:30 20.2mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.7mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
Goulburn/Monaro
MOUNT GININI AWS
7.0mm in 18 min to 12:18 23.3mm/h
9.6mm in 12 min to 12:30 48.0mm/h
16.6mm in 1 hr to 12:30 16.6mm/h
16.8mm in 1 hr to 13:00 16.8mm/h
10.6mm in 22 min to 15:00 28.9mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 15:00 12.8mm/h
30.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 10.0mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 15:30 11.4mm/h
VICTORIA
Lower North
KYABRAM DPI
7.0mm in 12 min to 16:30 35.0mm/h
Upper North
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG
1.8mm in 1 min to 16:41 108.0mm/h
5.6mm in 6 min to 16:48 56.0mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 17:00 11.6mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 17:30 12.0mm/h
Lower NE
RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH
10.2mm in 30 min to 13:30 20.4mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 13:30 10.4mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 14:00 10.2mm/h
Upper NE
MOUNT BULLER
14.8mm in 27 min to 19:30 32.9mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 15.0mm/h
22.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 22.0mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.2mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 9.0mm/h
W Gippsland
YARRAM AIRPORT
10.0mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.0mm/h
MT BAW BAW
13.0mm in 30 min to 19:00 26.0mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 13.0mm/h
15.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 15.6mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.7mm/h
E Central
SCORESBY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
10.8mm in 30 min to 17:00 21.6mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 11.4mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 17:30 12.0mm/h
FERNY CREEK
18.6mm in 26 min to 16:26 42.9mm/h
20.2mm in 1 hr to 16:30 20.2mm/h
16.6mm in 24 min to 16:54 41.5mm/h
38.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 38.8mm/h
21.6mm in 1 hr to 17:30 21.6mm/h
44.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 14.7mm/h
N Central
MANGALORE AIRPORT
1.4mm in 1 min to 16:48 84.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO
20.6mm in 30 min to 09:30 41.2mm/h
20.6mm in 1 hr to 09:30 20.6mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Pilbara
MARBLE BAR : 95(190/ 50 ) at 17:04
VICTORIA
N Central
EILDON FIRE TOWER : 85(260/ 69 ) at 17:57
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 72(330/ 63 ) at 16:00