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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0248 EST on 20/04/2013. 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 daily rainfall

SA

Adelaide Plains

023044

VALLEY VIEW

26.8

26.6

24/07/2004

12

1 n

SA

Adelaide Plains

023115

ADELAIDE (KESWICK)

23.6

21.0

24/07/2004

12

1 n

SA

Adelaide Plains

023118

UNLEY (CHARLES STREET)

34.0

22.0

24/07/2004

12

1 n

SA

Mt Lofty Ranges

023804

VICTOR HARBOR (ENCOUNTER BAY)

35.4

29.4

08/07/2008

12

1 y

SA

Lower Murray

023822

HARTLEY (PINE HILL)

24.2

21.0

02/07/1990

42

1 y

SA

Mt Lofty Ranges

023889

VICTOR HARBOR (WAITPINGA CLIFFS)

28.8

26.6

15/07/2012

12

1 y Previous record set earlier this month.


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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 02:48EST, 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 19.5 0.0 6.8 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 327 (13.6) 37/10
PERTH AIRPORT 19.3 +1.4 4.7 -3.3 1.9 0.0 1.8 9.4 246 (10.3) 22/06
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 16.5 +0.7 7.3 -0.2 -- 0.8 -- -- 165 ( 6.9) 22/16
BUNBURY 17.6 +0.4 1.6 -5.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 71 ( 3.0) 21/10
MANDURAH 17.9 +0.5 7.1 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 172 ( 7.2) 18/16
DARWIN AIRPORT 29.5 -1.0 20.3 +1.0 19.5 0.0 5.8 8.0 258 (10.8) 28/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 17.2 -2.5 1.3 -2.8 -1.8 0.0 3.6 10.2 294 (12.3) 39/11
WHYALLA AERO 14.4 -2.5 5.6 +0.4 -- 0.0 3.8 -- 310 (12.9) 44/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 13.8 -1.5 9.8 +2.3 -- 30.8 2.6 -- 308 (12.8) 41/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 12.2 -1.0 8.5 +3.3 6.4 9.2 1.6 1.6 378 (15.8) 44/11
MOUNT ISA AERO 20.9 -3.8 10.6 +2.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 494 (20.6) 46/09
CAIRNS AERO 26.6 +0.9 15.5 -1.5 11.7 0.0 3.8 9.2 230 ( 9.6) 28/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO 25.9 +0.8 15.0 +1.4 11.0 0.0 3.6 9.8 242 (10.1) 48/23
MACKAY M.O 24.7 +3.4 13.8 +0.9 -- 0.2 -- 7.2 211 ( 8.8) 28/21
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 22.0 -1.1 10.5 +1.0 9.8 0.2 3.4 -- 154 ( 6.4) 24/11
BUNDABERG AERO 24.1 +2.1 9.2 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 161 ( 6.7) 30/14
COOLANGATTA 22.6 +2.1 9.3 -0.6 -- 4.6 -- -- 187 ( 7.8) 44/02
BRISBANE AERO 21.4 +0.5 9.7 +0.8 6.5 0.0 2.2 7.4 198 ( 8.3) 48/22
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 16.2 -0.3 7.2 +0.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 275 (11.5) 46/15
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 15.8 -0.3 5.7 +1.0 2.3 4.8 1.2 -- 47 ( 2.0) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 21.8 +3.1 7.3 -0.3 5.2 0.2 1.8 -- 287 (12.0) 34/16
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 18.5 -0.2 5.5 -0.9 -- 4.2 -- -- 158 ( 6.6) 26/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 17.5 +0.5 7.9 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 306 (12.8) 46/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 17.2 -0.3 7.8 +3.1 -- 2.0 -- -- 95 ( 4.0) 22/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 8.3 -1.1 0.8 -0.7 -6.6 1.0 2.4 5.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 15.6 +0.4 0.9 -2.1 -- 0.2 -- -- 251 (10.5) 43/15
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.6 +1.6 9.1 +2.0 5.5 0.0 2.4 10.0 344 (14.3) --
RICHMOND RAAF 17.5 +0.1 3.0 -0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 161 ( 6.7) 26/14
BELLAMBI AWS 17.2 +0.4 9.0 -1.0 -- 7.6 -- -- 284 (11.8) 48/10
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 10.3 -2.4 3.7 +1.0 1.5 0.4 1.8 0.2 167 ( 7.0) 22/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 11.5 -1.5 6.7 +3.6 -- 6.2 -- -- 133 ( 5.5) 17/07
MILDURA AIRPORT 16.2 +0.9 7.5 +3.2 6.5 0.0 3.2 5.9 378 (15.8) 43/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 12.7 -0.3 8.1 +5.2 5.0 2.0 0.8 -- 317 (13.2) 24/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT 13.9 +1.4 7.3 +4.8 -- 5.0 -- -- 322 (13.4) 35/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 14.6 +1.1 9.9 +3.9 8.1 2.6 2.0 -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 11.1 +1.1 5.7 +2.5 -- 11.6 -- -- 473 (19.7) 41/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 12.9 +0.3 2.0 -0.2 -- 0.8 -- -- 82 ( 3.4) 15/13
HOBART AIRPORT 13.7 +1.3 3.7 -0.4 2.5 2.2 0.8 8.1 241 (10.0) 26/23
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

33.4 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
33.0 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
33.0 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
32.9 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
32.8 PORT KEATS AERO N Rivers NT

**S** +4.0 : 23.0 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD
+3.9 : 23.4 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+3.4 : 24.7 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
+3.3 : 22.9 EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
+3.1 : 26.9 SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN N Coast--Herbert QLD
+3.1 : 25.6 MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
+3.1 : 21.8 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
+3.1 : 13.9 SHEFFIELD SCHOOL FARM N Coast TAS

26.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
23.7 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
22.9 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
22.8 CAPE DON N Rivers NT
22.8 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL

+7.0 : 20.0 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM N Rivers NT
**S** +6.2 : 17.5 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
+5.4 : 20.1 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
+5.2 : 8.1 TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG Upper North VIC
+5.0 : 8.2 KINGAROY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

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

-1.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.5 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-0.1 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
0.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-5.4 : 21.2 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
-5.0 : 20.8 HUGHENDEN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
-5.0 : 20.9 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
-4.9 : 17.0 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
-4.9 : 17.6 TERRITORY GRAPE FARM N Plateau NT

-6.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.5 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.2 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.5 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.5 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-7.3 : -1.0 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-7.2 : -2.5 CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.1 : -1.7 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.7 : -1.8 CORRIGIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.6 : -1.4 BEVERLEY Cent Wheatbelt WA
-6.6 : -2.3 NORSEMAN AERO 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.
90.0 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
44.4 GREENACRES Adelaide/Lofty SA
42.0 BELAIR (STATE FLORA NURSERY) Adelaide/Lofty SA
38.8 VICTOR HARBOR (BERRIMA) Adelaide/Lofty SA
38.6 PROSPECT HILL Adelaide/Lofty SA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide/Lofty
44.4 GREENACRES
42.0 BELAIR (STATE FLORA NURSERY)
38.8 VICTOR HARBOR (BERRIMA)
38.6 PROSPECT HILL

QUEENSLAND
Northwest
90.0 URANDANGI

11.0 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.8 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.8 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
10.7 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.7 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

.....

1.7 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
1.6 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.3 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
0.2 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

962 (40.1) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
942 (39.3) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
927 (38.6) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
902 (37.6) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
771 (32.1) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
743 (31.0) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
722 (30.1) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
712 (29.7) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
702 (29.3) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
700 (29.2) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
670 (27.9) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
658 (27.4) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
654 (27.3) RHYLL E Central VIC
633 (26.4) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
624 (26.0) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
616 (25.7) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
614 (25.6) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
611 (25.5) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
610 (25.4) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
80/21 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
76/05 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
76/05 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
74/22 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
67/03 CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast 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.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide/Lofty
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)
18.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 6.0mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Northwest
URANDANGI
90.0mm in 9 hr to 06:00 10.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO
14.8mm in 1 hr to 14:00 14.8mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 14:30 11.6mm/h
28.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 9.3mm/h
None reported