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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0814 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

QLD

Brisbane/SE Coast

040555

TOOLARA (KELLY)

67.6

59.8

20/11/2008

16

1 N

NSW

North Coast

058180

NIMBIN (GOOLMANGAR CREEK)

47.0

46.0

24/11/2011

12

1 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 08:14EST, 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 25.8 -1.4 14.4 +0.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 587 (24.5) 57/17
PERTH AIRPORT 21.8 -4.0 8.2 -4.5 7.5 1.2 6.6 13.3 -- --
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON 17.8 -3.0 9.3 -1.5 -- 11.8 -- -- 229 ( 9.5) 41/14
BUNBURY 20.3 -4.0 5.7 -6.4 -- 0.8 -- -- 286 (11.9) 41/15
MANDURAH 20.5 -4.1 11.9 -3.7 -- 1.8 -- -- 389 (16.2) 37/13
DARWIN AIRPORT 33.9 +0.6 25.0 -0.3 24.9 0.0 6.8 7.4 352 (14.7) 31/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 32.2 -1.4 14.1 -3.7 12.2 0.0 10.2 13.0 282 (11.8) 46/10
WHYALLA AERO 35.1 +8.6 10.9 -3.1 -- 0.0 9.2 -- 283 (11.8) 57/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 33.7 +8.6 15.8 +1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 212 ( 8.8) 46/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 29.5 +9.1 7.1 -1.3 4.7 0.0 5.4 12.9 287 (12.0) 50/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 36.2 -0.1 21.6 +0.2 19.1 5.0 20.6 12.2 438 (18.3) 39/00
CAIRNS AERO 32.3 +1.7 22.0 -0.3 19.8 1.0 3.4 10.8 234 ( 9.8) 35/17
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.4 +0.7 19.6 -3.3 17.1 0.6 2.4 11.1 212 ( 8.8) 52/23
MACKAY M.O 27.9 -1.3 20.2 -1.6 -- 0.0 -- 8.2 218 ( 9.1) 48/18
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 25.7 -5.5 20.1 +0.6 20.2 38.4 7.4 -- 246 (10.3) 37/09
BUNDABERG AERO 26.3 -2.0 17.9 -0.9 -- 14.2 -- -- 282 (11.8) 57/13
COOLANGATTA 24.7 -1.2 16.7 -1.5 -- 32.6 -- -- 361 (15.0) 67/10
BRISBANE AERO 25.5 -1.2 16.9 -1.3 16.4 21.0 3.0 7.1 329 (13.7) 54/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 21.9 -3.7 13.2 -1.4 -- 13.4 -- -- 399 (16.6) 48/08
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 26.8 -1.5 11.7 -3.3 5.8 0.0 5.6 -- 298 (12.4) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 22.1 -2.8 14.4 -1.8 12.3 38.0 3.0 5.8 618 (25.8) 41/11
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 22.8 -2.1 14.0 -1.1 -- 3.8 -- -- 349 (14.5) 39/09
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 21.9 -3.6 9.4 -4.9 -- 9.0 3 14.6 -- 431 (18.0) 41/13
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 21.8 -3.3 9.0 -4.2 -- 0.4 -- -- 108 ( 4.5) 35/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 19.8 -1.2 5.4 -3.8 -0.4 0.0 5.2 12.7 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 25.8 -2.5 11.6 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 409 (17.0) 50/07
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 21.7 -2.3 14.9 -0.5 11.4 0.0 9.6 12.7 606 (25.3) 34/13
RICHMOND RAAF 24.4 -2.2 8.2 -5.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 222 ( 9.3) 37/13
BELLAMBI AWS 19.5 -2.6 13.9 -1.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 415 (17.3) 26/18
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 24.7 -1.0 8.3 -2.5 5.2 0.0 6.0 13.3 261 (10.9) 35/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 24.5 -1.5 8.3 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 137 ( 5.7) 28/13
MILDURA AIRPORT 31.9 +4.4 9.3 -3.2 3.7 0.0 8.0 12.8 248 (10.3) 39/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 26.5 +1.9 6.1 -4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 308 (12.8) 39/07
BENDIGO AIRPORT 26.8 +2.5 7.6 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 273 (11.4) 50/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 27.4 +5.4 8.2 -3.0 5.8 0.0 -- -- -- --
BALLARAT AERODROME 24.3 +4.7 3.1 -4.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 277 (11.5) 55/12
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 20.4 0.0 6.3 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 150 ( 6.3) 34/12
HOBART AIRPORT 23.5 +4.5 7.1 -2.1 3.0 0.0 1.2 12.4 329 (13.7) 39/20
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

41.1 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
41.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
40.8 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
40.8 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
40.6 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA

+13.4 : 36.4 NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
+13.3 : 39.2 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+13.1 : 39.1 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+12.4 : 35.9 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
+11.8 : 34.0 EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

28.2 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
27.7 BLACK POINT N Rivers NT
27.4 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
27.2 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.1 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
27.1 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT

+7.3 : 20.6 EUCLA Eucla WA
+6.2 : 19.2 FORREST Eucla WA
+5.5 : 18.1 MINNIPA PIRSA W Agricultural SA
+5.4 : 17.4 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
+5.2 : 23.7 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA

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

10.8 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
12.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
12.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
12.9 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
14.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-6.8 : 15.0 DORRIGO (OLD CORAMBA RD) MidNorth Coast N NSW
-6.7 : 26.1 SPRINGSURE COMET ST Central Highlands QLD
-6.5 : 22.3 KINGAROY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-6.4 : 23.9 DALWALLINU Central West WA
-6.4 : 17.0 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
-6.4 : 23.5 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
-6.4 : 18.8 TABULAM (MUIRNE) N Tablelands E NSW

-5.2 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.8 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.1 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
-1.3 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-10.3 : 7.0 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD
-8.9 : 7.4 WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW
-8.1 : 2.1 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
-8.0 : 0.3 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-8.0 : 4.4 GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT) Northeast SA

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.
76.6 WOOLI BEACH North Coast NSW
69.0 BEENHAM VALLEY RD Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
68.8 BANGALOW (FOWLERS LANE) North Coast NSW
67.6 TOOLARA (KELLY) Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
65.0 NEW ITALY (VINEYARD HAVEN) North Coast NSW

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
64.6 MOUNT ELIZABETH

QUEENSLAND
Central Coast E
61.2 PACIFIC HEIGHTS
55.0 SVENDSEN BEACH
53.6 YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE
Central Highlands
55.0 BINGEGANG WEIR HW ALERT
51.0 CRAIGMORE AL
Wide Bay/Burnett
52.5 WOODGATE STORE
Brisbane/SE Coast
69.0 BEENHAM VALLEY RD
67.6 TOOLARA (KELLY)
52.0 LOWER SPRINGBROOK ALERT
51.0 TUAN CREEK FOREST STN
50.0 TOOLARA FORESTRY
Darling Downs E
53.6 MELVA

NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
76.6 WOOLI BEACH
68.8 BANGALOW (FOWLERS LANE)
65.0 NEW ITALY (VINEYARD HAVEN)
62.0 DOON DOON (MCCABES ROAD)
60.0 MEERSCHAUMVALE (MEERSCHAUM VALE (BARDEN)
59.8 KINGSCLIFF (MARINE PARADE)
59.2 BYRON BAY (JACARANDA DRIVE)
58.4 TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB
56.8 ROCK VALLEY (LEYCESTER CREEK)
MidNorth Coast N
62.0 WOOLGOOLGA (CLEAR PLACE)

13.3 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
13.3 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
13.2 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
13.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
13.0 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.0 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC

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7.5 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
7.4 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
7.1 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
5.8 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
2.1 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

958 (39.9) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
873 (36.4) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
846 (35.3) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
845 (35.2) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
833 (34.7) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
785 (32.7) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
772 (32.2) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
725 (30.2) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
722 (30.1) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
693 (28.9) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
691 (28.8) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
677 (28.2) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
663 (27.6) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
662 (27.6) MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
662 (27.6) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
623 (26.0) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
620 (25.8) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
619 (25.8) EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
618 (25.8) COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
606 (25.3) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
602 (25.1) NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
100/09 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
96/17 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
83/22 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
80/09 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
76/03 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
76/22 MOUNT READ W Coast 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.
None reported None reported