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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2100 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

SA

NW Pastoral

016090

COOBER PEDY AIRPORT

23.2

23.2

08/04/1998

18

1 N Equal to record.

Lowest minimum temperature

QLD

N Peninsula

027058

HORN ISLAND

21.1

21.3

05/04/2009

17

1 N

Highest wind gust (km/h)

WA

W Kimberley

003032

DERBY AERO

72

68.0

15/04/1980

16

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 20:59EST, 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 25.7 -2.0 16.4 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 233 ( 9.7) 50/11
PERTH AIRPORT 22.9 -2.6 16.4 +3.5 16.2 11.0 3.2 8.7 457 (19.0) 50/14
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 16.8 -5.0 13.4 +1.8 12.0 6.0 -- -- 291 (12.1) 61/12
BUNBURY 21.8 -2.3 14.4 +2.8 -- 4.4 -- -- 324 (13.5) 43/11
MANDURAH 21.3 -2.5 17.0 +1.5 -- 7.6 -- -- 388 (16.2) 43/05
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.8 +1.1 24.2 +0.2 23.3 0.0 5.0 10.8 238 ( 9.9) 37/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 36.8 +8.6 20.0 +7.4 -- 0.0 7.2 11.1 201 ( 8.4) --
WHYALLA AERO 36.5 +12.8 13.9 +2.3 -- 0.0 4.0 -- 165 ( 6.9) 41/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 34.6 +12.0 14.3 +1.9 -- 0.0 2.8 10.5 83 ( 3.5) 26/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 29.9 +10.5 10.3 +1.6 7.6 0.0 3.6 9.0 260 (10.8) 28/15
MOUNT ISA AERO 38.2 +6.4 16.7 -1.8 15.5 0.0 7.8 10.9 177 ( 7.4) 31/15
CAIRNS AERO 31.4 +2.2 18.0 -3.6 13.8 0.0 6.2 10.4 133 ( 5.5) 35/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.7 +1.1 21.7 +1.1 17.7 0.0 5.6 10.4 164 ( 6.8) 34/16
MACKAY M.O 27.9 +1.2 21.1 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 247 (10.3) 35/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 29.7 +0.9 19.6 +1.7 16.7 0.0 5.2 -- 194 ( 8.1) 24/09
BUNDABERG AERO 28.2 +0.8 18.0 +0.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 330 (13.8) 35/10
NAMBOUR DPI 27.0 +0.9 18.0 +2.5 -- 0.6 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 27.5 +2.1 19.2 +2.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 298 (12.4) 41/13
BRISBANE AERO 27.0 +1.0 17.0 +0.7 15.1 0.0 6.6 8.7 353 (14.7) 34/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 23.5 +0.2 15.1 +1.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 469 (19.5) 39/08
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 30.1 +4.9 18.4 +5.6 14.6 0.0 5.6 -- 98 ( 4.1) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 25.6 +1.6 15.4 +0.2 11.6 0.0 3.2 9.5 213 ( 8.9) 28/12
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 25.4 +1.3 13.4 -0.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 109 ( 4.5) 24/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 25.7 +2.1 14.1 +0.9 11.6 0.0 5.2 -- 263 (11.0) 35/13
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 25.6 +2.0 14.0 +2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 55 ( 2.3) 21/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 25.3 +6.9 12.5 +5.3 8.0 0.0 2.8 9.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 31.7 +7.2 17.3 +7.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 293 (12.2) 39/05
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 28.0 +5.1 19.3 +5.1 15.4 0.0 3.2 10.4 359 (15.0) 34/14
RICHMOND RAAF 27.2 +3.4 16.1 +4.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 75 ( 3.1) 21/16
BELLAMBI AWS 24.4 +2.3 20.0 +4.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 338 (14.1) 30/15
CANBERRA AIRPORT 24.0 +4.0 13.0 +6.3 8.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 28.5 +6.0 13.0 +3.9 10.4 0.0 3.4 10.5 147 ( 6.1) 17/10
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 28.5 +6.2 12.7 +4.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 32 ( 1.3) 18/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 31.1 +7.6 13.1 +3.0 10.3 0.0 3.6 10.3 83 ( 3.5) 28/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 28.0 +6.4 11.8 +3.6 8.0 0.0 3.6 -- 108 ( 4.5) 15/04
BENDIGO AIRPORT 28.8 +7.6 12.7 +5.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 159 ( 6.6) 22/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 27.4 +7.1 13.7 +2.9 11.1 0.0 3.4 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 26.8 +9.2 9.5 +2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 125 ( 5.2) 21/19
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 24.5 +5.6 13.5 +5.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 230 ( 9.6) 22/15
HOBART AIRPORT 27.5 +9.4 13.5 +4.7 8.5 0.0 2.8 8.7 358 (14.9) 26/02
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

39.2 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT
38.8 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD
38.7 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
38.6 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
38.6 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
38.6 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

+14.1 : 37.7 EUCLA Eucla WA
+13.0 : 35.7 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
+13.0 : 37.7 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+12.8 : 36.1 CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
+12.8 : 36.5 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
+12.8 : 33.6 STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
28.0 BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
27.6 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
27.2 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
27.0 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL

+9.1 : 23.2 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
+8.7 : 22.2 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
+8.2 : 20.5 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
+7.8 : 12.0 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
+7.7 : 21.4 KULGERA N Plateau NT
+7.7 : 21.3 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
+7.7 : 11.8 TARRALEAH VILLAGE Derwent Valley TAS
+7.7 : 11.0 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS

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

15.8 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
15.9 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
16.1 SHANNON Lower West WA
16.6 PEMBERTON Lower West WA
16.8 ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON Lower West WA
16.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-6.0 : 15.9 ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
-5.7 : 17.6 KATANNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
-5.4 : 16.1 SHANNON Lower West WA
-5.1 : 17.7 KATANNING COMPARISON Cent Wheatbelt WA
-5.0 : 16.8 ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON Lower West WA

1.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
5.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
5.2 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
6.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
6.0 FINGAL (LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
6.0 POUND CREEK W Gippsland VIC
6.0 YARRAM AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC

-6.7 : 16.3 COOKTOWN AIRPORT N Coast--Barron QLD
-6.6 : 6.1 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
-5.0 : 17.9 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD
-4.1 : 21.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
-3.6 : 18.0 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron 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.
27.2 MOUNT WILLIAM
21.0 NORNALUP Lower West WA
19.6 WILLOWDALE Lower West WA
19.2 YARLOOP Lower West WA
19.2 WALPOLE FORESTRY Lower West WA

11.2 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.0 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.9 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.8 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT

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7.7 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
7.6 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
7.3 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
7.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
6.7 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

924 (38.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
911 (38.0) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
909 (37.9) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
768 (32.0) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
745 (31.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
739 (30.8) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
732 (30.5) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
717 (29.9) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
702 (29.3) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
693 (28.9) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
83/07 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
74/21 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
72/17 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
68/04 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
67/05 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
67/15 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
67/13 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
67/17 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT

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