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| Temperature | |||||
| Maximum Temperature |
24.6 °C 13:32 |
24.7 °C 13:50 |
27.8 °C 2:44 PM 12 May |
38.9 °C 12:21 PM 09 January |
38.9 °C at 12:21 PM on 09 January 2012 |
| Minimum Temperature |
9.4 °C 05:23 |
8.0 °C 06:20 |
5.7 °C 5:00 AM 15 May |
5.7 °C 5:00 AM 15 May |
1.9 °C at 6:14 AM on 13 July 2011 |
| Greatest Temp Range |
15.2 °C |
16.7 °C |
18.6 °C 08 May |
19.2 °C 10 March |
25.5 °C on 17 September 2011 |
| Highest Apparent Temp |
24.8 °C 12:27 |
26.0 °C 14:27 |
28.7 °C 2:48 PM 12 May |
43.5 °C 12:54 PM 09 January |
43.5 °C at 12:54 PM on 09 January 2012 |
| Lowest Apparent Temp |
9.0 °C 06:28 |
7.3 °C 06:22 |
4.2 °C 5:16 AM 15 May |
4.2 °C 5:16 AM 15 May |
0.0 °C at 7:00 AM on 13 July 2011 |
| Lowest Wind Chill |
9.4 °C 05:23 |
8.0 °C 06:20 |
5.7 °C 5:00 AM 15 May |
5.7 °C 5:00 AM 15 May |
1.9 °C at 6:14 AM on 13 July 2011 |
| Warmest Night Highest O'Nite Min Temp |
16.4 °C 02 May |
23.8 °C 10 January |
24.6 °C on 06 Feb 2011 |
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| Coldest Day Lowest Daily Max Temp |
21.6 °C 14 May |
18.7 °C 28 April |
15.5 °C on 09 Jun 2011 |
Rainfall | |
| Highest Daily Rainfall |
0.3 mm | 0.3 mm | 1.3 mm 01 May |
126.2 mm 24 January |
Wettest Day 231.3 mm on 11 October 2010 |
| Highest Hourly Rain |
0.3 mm 06:26 |
0.3 mm 05:35 |
0.5 mm 10:11 PM 01 May |
41.8 mm 6:31 PM 17 March |
Wettest Hour 48.3 mm at 4:04 PM on 11 December 2010 |
| Maximum Rainfall Rate |
0.0 mm/hr 00:00 |
0.0 mm/hr 00:00 |
1.3 mm/hr 11:27 PM 02 May |
247.7 mm/hr 5:44 PM 17 March |
247.7 mm/hr at 5:44 PM on 17 March 2012 |
| Total Rainfall |
0.3 mm | 0.3 mm | 6.1 mm | 944.8 mm | Wettest Month 476.1 mm October 2010 |
| Consecutive Days w/out Rain Less than 0.2mm of rain |
9
to 15 May |
14 to 14 January |
25 to 10 August 2011 |
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| Consecutive Days with Rain More than 0.2mm of rain |
10 to 13 May |
14 to 04 February |
14 to 04 February 2012 |
Wind | |
| Highest Wind Gust |
22.8 km/h 11:28 |
22.8 km/h 09:30 |
41.8 km/h 9:50 PM 13 May |
43.7 km/h 12:35 AM 26 April |
61.8 km/h at 3:20 PM on 15 September 2010 |
| Highest Wind Speed |
8.0 km/h 14:37 |
8.7 km/h 15:30 |
17.8 km/h 12:03 PM 13 May |
17.8 km/h 12:03 PM 13 May |
53.1 km/h at 11:44 AM on 16 October 2010 |
| Wind Run | 45.7 kms Avg Dir - ESE |
45.4 kms Avg Dir - SE |
163.7 kms 13 May |
177.2 kms 16 January |
455.4 kms on 16 October 2010 |
| Humidity | |||||
| Highest Humidity |
96 % 05:42 |
98 % 07:10 |
99 % 7:13 AM 07 May |
99 % 7:13 AM 07 May |
99 % at 7:10 AM on 07 May 2012 |
| Lowest Humidity |
47 % 13:10 |
53 % 13:51 |
28 % 2:33 PM 08 May |
12 % 4:37 PM 11 January |
12 % at 4:37 PM on 11 January 2012 |
| Dew Point | |||||
| Highest Dew Point |
15.0 °C 08:41 |
16.4 °C 14:27 |
19.4 °C 3:41 PM 15 May |
26.4 °C 12:12 PM 26 January |
27.7 °C at 2:41 PM on 02 February 2011 |
| Lowest Dew Point |
8.6 °C 05:26 |
7.1 °C 04:38 |
1.5 °C 9:44 PM 15 May |
1.5 °C 9:44 PM 15 May |
-3.1 °C at 2:42 PM on 02 August 2010 |
Barometric Pressure |
| Highest Pressure |
1024.12 hPa 09:07 |
1023.47 hPa 09:22 |
1025.27 hPa 9:15 AM 01 May |
1028.38 hPa 8:46 AM 13 April |
1032.04 hPa at 9:32 PM on 29 June 2011 |
| Lowest Pressure |
1020.73 hPa 14:03 |
1020.15 hPa 14:24 |
1011.45 hPa 3:03 PM 05 May |
997.40 hPa 2:28 PM 06 February |
997.30 hPa at 10:01 PM on 15 October 2010 |
Australian Weather Records
Some of Australia's weather records are interesting and surprising. For example, which Australian capital city has recorded the highest temperature? Many people would guess Darwin in the tropical north. In fact all of the other seven capital cities, even Hobart (40.8ºC, 105.4ºF), have recorded higher temperatures than Darwin's 40.5ºC (104.9ºF). The capital city with the highest temperature is actually Adelaide with 47.6ºC (117.7ºF) on 12th January 1939.
The coldest capital city, as one might expect, is Canberra, since it is inland and at an altitude of approximately 550 metres. It recorded -10ºC (14ºF) on 11th July 1971.
The highest temperature ever recorded anywhere in Australia was 53.1ºC (127.6ºF) in Cloncurry, Queensland on 16th January 1889. In recent years, the validity of this record has been challenged, since it was a while ago and the equipment used would not satisfy today's standards. However, most people still regard this as the record. The Bureau of Meteorology, however, is prepared to vouch only for the 50.7ºC (123.3ºF) recorded in Oodnadatta, South Australia on 2nd January 1960.
Marble Bar in Western Australia claims a world record by having recorded 160 consecutive days with a temperature of over 100ºF (37.8ºC), from 31st October 1923 until 7th April 1924.
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Australia was -23ºC (-9.4ºF) at Charlotte Pass, New South Wales on 29th June 1994.
The wettest place in Australia is Mt. Bellenden Ker, near Tully in northern Queensland . It holds the record for rainfall in a year - 12,461 mm (490.6 in, or nearly 41 feet) in 2000, and the record for rainfall in a day - 1,140 mm (44.9 in) on 4th January 1979. During the same downpour, it also recorded 2,517 mm (99.1 in) over a period of three days.
The record for highest wind speed is claimed by Learmonth, near Exmouth in Western Australia , where 267 kph (166 mph) was recorded on 22nd March 1999, during the passing of Cyclone Vance. There may have been higher speeds during Cyclone Tracy in Darwin in 1974, but the wind speed gauge jammed at 217 kph (135 mph).
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