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Monthly Weather Review

New South Wales

September 2012

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The Monthly Weather Review - New South Wales is produced twelve times each year by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's NewSouth Wales Climate Services Centre.

It is intended to provide a concise but informative overview of the temperatures, rainfall and significant weather events in New SouthWales for the month.

To keep the Monthly Weather Review as timely as possible, much of the information is based on electronic reports. Although everyeffort is made to ensure the accuracy of these reports, the results can be considered only preliminary until complete quality controlprocedures have been carried out. Major discrepancies will be noted in later issues.

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Units of measurementExcept where noted, temperature is given in degrees Celsius (°C), rainfall in millimetres (mm), and wind speed in kilometres per hour(km/h).

Observation times and periodsEach station in New South Wales makes its main observation for the day at 9 am local time. At this time, the precipitation over thepast 24 hours is determined, and maximum and minimum thermometers are also read and reset. In this publication, the followingconventions are used for assigning dates to the observations made:

Maximum temperatures are for the 24 hours from 9 am on the date mentioned. They normally occur in the afternoon of that day.

Minimum temperatures are for the 24 hours to 9 am on the date mentioned. They normally occur in the early morning of that day.

Mean temperatures are the average of the daily maximum and daily minimum temperatures.

Daily rainfall is for the 24 hours to 9 am on the date mentioned. This means a significant fraction of the rain may have occurred onthe previous calendar day.

Monthly rainfall is for the period from 9 am on the last day of the previous month to 9 am on the last day of this month.

Maximum daily wind gusts are in the 24 hours from midnight to midnight.

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Overview• Ninth warmest September on record for

maximum temperatures• Second warmest September night on record for

NSW• Well below average rainfall

Extremes in September 2012

Hottest day(Highest daily maximum temperature)

37.7 °C at Tibooburra Airport on the 27thWarmest days on average

(Highest mean daily maximum temperature)27.6 °C at Mungindi Post Office

Coolest days on average(Lowest mean daily maximum temperature)

3.9 °C at Thredbo AWSColdest day

(Lowest daily maximum temperature)−4.5 °C at Thredbo AWS on the 29th

Coldest night(Lowest daily minimum temperature)

−9.0 °C at Cooma Airport AWS on the 2ndCoolest nights on average

(Lowest mean daily minimum temperature)−2.3 °C at Thredbo AWS

Warmest nights on average(Highest mean daily minimum temperature)

14.7 °C at Byron Bay (Cape Byron AWS)Warmest night

(Highest daily minimum temperature)25.6 °C at Ivanhoe Aerodrome AWS on the 28th

Warmest on average overall(Highest mean temperature)

18.5 °C at Lismore (Richmond Hill)Coolest on average overall(Lowest mean temperature)

0.8 °C at Thredbo AWSWettest overall

(Highest total rainfall)234.2 mm at Perisher Valley AWS

Driest overall(Lowest total rainfall)

0.4 mm at Tibooburra (Brindiwilpa)Wettest day

(Highest daily rainfall)97.0 mm at Thredbo Village on the 29th

Highest wind gust120 km/h at Thredbo AWS on the 7th

Significant weatherStrong winds5−8 September: A series of strong cold fronts crossedthe state, bringing strong winds to much ofsoutheast NSW. Gusts above 90 km/h were recordedat most stations between Green Cape andMurrurundi, reaching 104 km/h at Cooma on the5th, 109 km/h at Bega on the 6th and 117 km/h atMt Boyce on the 7th. The strong winds resulted indamage to areas including Sydney, Bega andJindabyne, with more than 400 Requests forAssistance to the SES including downed trees anddamaged roofs.

28 September: A cold front and thunderstormscaused strong winds across much of NSW, with gustsabove 90 km/h at Deniliquin, Narrandera, Yanco,Cabramurra, Merimbula and Montague Island and amaximum wind gust of 115 km/h at Bombala.

ThunderstormsWidespread thunderstorm activity was reportedacross the state on the 17th and 18th, with severalreports of small hail in areas from Coffs Harbour toGoulburn.

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Synoptic summarySeptember in NSW was dominated by a strong SubTropical Ridge, which brought generally clear, dry,sunny days and cool nights across the state. Thepassage of high pressure systems across the statewas interspersed with cold fronts, which producedlittle rain beyond the alpine regions, as well assurface troughs that brought spells of northerlywinds and very warm weather to the state.

The month began with a high pressure system thatlingered over the state, bringing dry weather andvery cold nights across most of NSW. This persisteduntil a cold front and associated surface troughpushed into the state on the 5th, with northwesterlywinds bringing warmer weather ahead of the frontbut little rain beyond the alpine regions. Furtherfronts on the 6th and 7th brought additional rain tothe alpine regions, while dry weather persistedelsewhere in the state.

High pressure systems dominated weather over thefollowing weeks and brought continued dryconditions and cool nights, briefly interspersed withwarm weather as a surface trough crossed the stateon the 12th. A more persistent trough systemdeveloped on the 16th, triggering thunderstorms andrainfall in eastern NSW, while a trough on the 21stbrought warm weather but little rainfall to the state.

A particularly significant surface trough andassociated cold front on the 28th brought very warmair into the state, with record-breaking night timetemperatures and very warm days. This triggeredwidespread thunderstorm activity and producedrainfall in the Tablelands and northern NSW, heavy inareas. The month ended with a high pressure systemdirecting cooler, southerly winds into the state and areturn to dry weather.

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Daily mean sea level pressure analyses1 September 2012 2 September 2012 3 September 2012

4 September 2012 5 September 2012 6 September 2012

7 September 2012 8 September 2012 9 September 2012

10 September 2012 11 September 2012 12 September 2012

13 September 2012 14 September 2012 15 September 2012

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TemperaturesThe mean temperature for New South Wales inSeptember 2012 was 14.65 °C, which is 0.82 °C abovethe long-term average. Temperatures were generallyabove average across the state during the month,associated with clear conditions and very warmdaytime temperatures. Nights were cooler thannormal, resulting in a diurnal temperature range2.72 °C above normal, the second highest on recordfor September.

The warmest on average was Lismore (RichmondHill) with 18.5 °C, followed by 18.4 °C at both SouthWest Rocks (Smoky Cape Lighthouse) and TibooburraPost Office.

The coolest on average was Thredbo AWS with0.8 °C, followed by Perisher Valley AWS with 2.7 °Cand Mount Ginini AWS with 4.3 °C.

New temperature records

Record lowest September daily minimum temperature

New record Old recordYears

ofrecord

Jerrys Plains Post Office −1.0 on 3rd −0.6 on 6th in 1981 56Coonabarabran (NamoiStreet) −5.0 on 2nd −4.4 on 8th in 1995 55

Barraba Post Office −5.0 on 2nd = −5.0 on 1st in 1970 47Bathurst Agricultural Station −5.5 on 1st −4.8 on 22nd in 1994 47Prospect Reservoir 1.7 on 1st 2.6 on 22nd in 1994 47Tumbarumba Post Office −5.0 on 1st = −5.0 on 6th in 1995 47Mungindi Post Office −0.6 on 2nd 0.0 on 13th in 1976 46Grenfell (Manganese Rd) −2.5 on 1st −2.2 on 6th in 1966 45Parramatta North (MasonsDrive) 0.7 on 1st 1.4 on 7th in 1995 45

Brewarrina Hospital −0.1 on 2nd 0.2 on 7th in 1995 43Camden Airport AWS −1.8 on 1st −1.0 on 14th in 1972 36Oberon (Springbank) −5.8 on 1st −4.5 on 10th in 1982 29Braidwood Racecourse AWS −6.7 on 2nd −6.5 on 11th in 2008 22Batemans Bay (CatalinaCountry Club) −1.8 on 1st −1.0 on 4th in 2003 21

Bathurst Airport AWS −4.9 on 2nd −3.8 on 11th in 2002 21Bombala AWS −5.7 on 2nd −5.3 on 22nd in 1994 21Goulburn Airport AWS −7.4 on 1st −6.8 on 22nd in 1994 21Mudgee Airport AWS −4.4 on 2nd −3.7 on 14th in 1992 21Tamworth Airport AWS −4.0 on 2nd −2.2 on 22nd in 1994 21Young Airport −5.5 on 1st −4.7 on 26th in 2006 21

Record lowest September mean minimum temperature

New record Old recordYears

ofrecord

Wanaaring Post Office 6.6 6.8 in 1994 20

Lowest September mean minimum temperature for atleast 20 years

Observed thismonth

Most recentlower

Yearssincelower

Condobolin Ag Research Stn 4.0 3.3 in 1989 23Grenfell (Manganese Rd) 4.2 2.3 in 1989 * 21

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possiblea lower value has gone unreported.

Record highest September daily minimum temperature

New record Old recordYears

ofrecord

Tibooburra Post Office 24.9 on 28th 22.9 on 28th in 2008 92Wagga Wagga AMO 19.1 on 28th 16.5 on 18th in 1975 71Williamtown RAAF 18.2 on 29th = 18.2 on 29th in 2005 64Hay (Miller Street) 22.4 on 28th 18.5 on 23rd in 2001 56Hillston Airport 21.0 on 28th 19.0 on 19th in 1996 56Taralga Post Office 14.3 on 28th 13.0 on 20th in 2006 52Cobar MO 22.3 on 28th 21.2 on 27th in 1965 51Menindee Post Office 24.3 on 28th 20.2 on 28th in 2011 50Condobolin Ag Research Stn 19.8 on 28th 19.0 on 28th in 2008 48Tumbarumba Post Office 17.0 on 28th 15.0 on 28th in 2008 47Balranald (RSL) 20.6 on 28th 19.9 on 23rd in 2001 46Grenfell (Manganese Rd) 19.2 on 28th 17.7 on 29th in 2004 45Quandialla Post Office 19.3 on 28th 16.4 on 19th in 1996 43Tocumwal Airport 18.4 on 28th 16.7 on 23rd in 2001 42Griffith Airport AWS 22.4 on 28th 20.0 on 24th in 2001 40Corowa Airport 19.0 on 28th 17.2 on 24th in 2001 39Goulburn TAFE 16.4 on 28th 14.7 on 28th in 2008 39Cooma Visitors Centre 13.6 on 28th 12.5 on 23rd in 1998 38Thredbo Village 10.5 on 28th = 10.5 on 28th in 2008 32Oberon (Springbank) 13.5 on 28th 12.0 on 20th in 2006 29Bombala AWS 14.2 on 28th 14.0 on 23rd in 1998 21

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Maximum temperaturesThe average maximum temperature in NSW duringSeptember was 22.75 °C, 2.18 °C above the historicalaverage. This is the 9th warmest September onrecord for NSW, slightly warmer than September2011 (2.07 °C above normal) and the warmest since2006. Most of NSW recorded temperatures at least1 °C above normal, with large areas more than 2 °Cabove normal and almost all of the state recordingtemperatures in the warmest 20% of years, althoughno stations broke longterm records.

The warm temperatures were a result of generallyclear, dry and sunny conditions and a lack of cooldays during the month, while periods ofnorthwesterly winds drove several warm spells.Much of the state recorded temperatures more than6 °C above normal as a surface trough producedwarm northerly winds on the 5th, with a similartrough causing widespread warm days on the 12th,reaching 34 °C at Mungindi.

Large areas of inland NSW recorded temperaturesmore than 10 °C above normal as a trough drovewarm northerly air into the state on the 20th, withtemperatures as high as 36.9 °C at Wanaaring, itswarmest September day since 39.6 °C was recordedin 2004. Further warm temperatures were recordedin northern and eastern NSW on the 23rd.

The warmest event of the month occurred as asurface trough with deep northwesterly airflow drewvery hot air into the state from the 27th. Most ofwestern NSW recorded temperatures more than12 °C above normal on the 27th, with temperaturesas high as 37.7 °C at Tibooburra. The area of highesttemperatures shifted eastward on the 28th, withlarge areas of northern and eastern NSW more than8 °C above normal. Temperatures were particularlywarm in Sydney, with 34.1 °C recorded at bothSydney Airport and Penrith; this is the 7th warmestSeptember day on record at Sydney Airport, and thewarmest September day at Penrith since 2003.

The hottest day was on the 27th, with 37.7 °C atTibooburra Airport and Tibooburra Post Office,followed by 37.6 °C at Pooncarie Mail Agency andWanaaring Post Office.

The warmest days on average were at Mungindi PostOffice with 27.6 °C, followed by 27.1 °C at WanaaringPost Office and 26.8 °C at Bourke Airport AWS.

The coolest days were at Thredbo AWS, with −4.5 °Con the 29th and −2.3 °C on the 7th, followed by−2.1 °C at Perisher Valley AWS on the 29th.

The coolest days on average were at Thredbo AWSwith 3.9 °C, followed by Perisher Valley AWS with6.8 °C, followed by Mount Ginini AWS with 8.6 °C.

Anomalies of mean daily maximum temperature inSeptember 2012

Decile rank of mean daily maximum temperaturein September 2012

There could be discrepancies between the values shown on these mapsand those at individual locations, as a result of the way the maps aregenerated.

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Minimum temperaturesThe average minimum temperature in NSW duringSeptember was 6.55 °C, 0.54 °C below the historicalaverage. This is the 17th coldest September onrecord and the coldest since 1994, withtemperatures below average across most of thestate. Nights were coolest in parts of inland andnorthern NSW, with the coldest September nights inat least 20 years at Wanaaring, Condobolin andGrenfell. The cool nights were associated withgenerally clear, dry conditions, but there were bothvery cold and very warm events during the month.

Nights were very cold at the start of the month as ahigh pressure system brought clear, dry conditionsacross NSW, with large areas of the state more than6 °C below normal. Twenty stations recorded theircoldest September night on record between the 1stand 3rd of the month, with 14.7 % of the statebreaking its record September minimum on the 2nd.Notably, Coonabarabran and Jerrys Plains had theircoldest September night in more than 50 years ofrecord, with Coonabarabran breaking its previousrecord on both the 2nd and 3rd.

Further clear conditions brought cold nights tonorthern NSW on the 8th and 9th and much of thestate on the 10th, 14th, 15th and 25th, although nofurther records were broken. Canberra Airportexperienced eight nights below −2 °C during themonth, its second highest frequency on record, whileNSW stations such as Jerrys Plains and Mungindirecorded more nights below 2 °C than anySeptember since the 1970s.

There were also warm spells during the month, withmuch of northern NSW more than 6 °C above normalon the 21st, reaching 20 °C at Tibooburra. Thewarmest nights were associated with a surfacetrough that brought warm northerly air between the27th and 29th, with warm daytime temperaturespersisting well into the evening. Most of inland NSWrecorded temperatures more than 12 °C abovenormal on the 28th, breaking the long-term recordacross 31.3% of the state and 20 stations. Thisincluded such long records as Tibooburra and WaggaWagga, both of which exceeded their previousrecord by more than 2 °C.

Temperatures reached 25.6 °C at Ivanhoe Airport,the second warmest minimum temperature everrecorded in NSW during September. Both Tibooburraand Fowlers Gap also recorded minimumtemperatures higher than 24.5 °C; this has only beenexceeded on two previous occasions in NSW, with25.0 °C at Bourke in 1928 and 25.8 °C in 2003.

The coldest night was on the 2nd, with −9.0 °C atCooma Airport AWS and −8.6 °C at Thredbo AWS,followed by −8.2 °C at Perisher Valley AWS on the 1stand 25th.

The coolest nights on average were at Thredbo AWSwith −2.3 °C, followed by Perisher Valley AWS with−1.4 °C, followed by Thredbo Village with −0.8 °C.

The warmest nights on average were at Byron Bay(Cape Byron AWS) with 14.7 °C, followed by NorfolkIsland Aero with 14.1 °C, followed by South WestRocks (Smoky Cape Lighthouse) with 13.9 °C.

The warmest night was on the 28th, with 25.6 °C atIvanhoe Aerodrome AWS, 24.9 °C at Tibooburra PostOffice, and 24.7 °C at Fowlers Gap AWS.

Anomalies of mean daily minimum temperature inSeptember 2012

Decile rank of mean daily minimum temperature inSeptember 2012

There could be discrepancies between the values shown on these mapsand those at individual locations, as a result of the way the maps aregenerated.

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RainfallNSW recorded a statewide average rainfall of16.71 mm during September, well below thehistorical average of 34.75 mm. This is the 20thdriest September on record for NSW and the driestsince 8.5 mm was recorded in 2007, with most of thestate recording less than half of the average rainfall.The Murray Darling Basin also recorded 15.9 mm ofrain, well below its historical average of 34 mm. Thedry conditions were associated with a strong highpressure ridge during the month which limited therainfall associated with cold fronts, in addition to apositive Indian Ocean Dipole event.

Conditions were driest in the southwest, wherealmost no rainfall was recorded during the month.Narrandera recorded its driest September on record,while Wagga Wagga, Tumut, Maude and Ardlethaneach recorded their driest September in more than60 years. Conditions were also very dry along thecoast, most of which recorded less than 40% of itsaverage rainfall, including the driest September inmore than 30 years at Eden and Moruya. Rainfalltotals were closer to normal on the central andsouthern Tablelands and parts of the northwest, butfew areas experienced above average falls.

There were few substantial rain events during themonth. Cold fronts produced rain in the alpineregions between the 6th and 8th, while a surfacetrough and front triggered thunderstorms andcoastal rain on the 14th. A more complex surfacetrough triggered widespread thunderstorms on the17th and 18th and moderate rain in eastern NSW,with 2-day totals reaching 68.8 mm at Pokolbin to9 am on the 19th.

The most significant rain event occurred at the endof the month, with an inland surface troughtriggering further rain and thunderstorms on the28th. Falls were heaviest in northern NSW west ofthe Divide and across the tablelands, withwidespread daily totals above 25 mm in theSouthern and Central Tablelands on the 29th. Fallsreached 97 mm at Thredbo Village, while fallsoutside the Snowy Mountains were as high as57.2 mm at Mandurama; three stations experiencedtheir wettest September day on record.

The wettest overall was Perisher Valley AWS with234.2 mm, followed by Thredbo Village with216.1 mm, followed by Thredbo AWS with117.0 mm.

The driest overall was 0.4 mm at Tibooburra(Brindiwilpa) with 0.4 mm, followed by 0.6 mm atBroken Hill (Stephens Creek Reservoir) and 0.8 mmat both Maude Post Office and Tibooburra Airport.

The wettest single day was on the 29th, with97.0 mm at Thredbo Village, 81.2 mm at PerisherValley AWS, and 65.0 mm at Thredbo AWS.

Total rainfall in September 2012

Decile rank of total rainfall in September 2012

There could be discrepancies between the values shown on these mapsand those at individual locations, as a result of the way the maps aregenerated.

New rainfall records

Record highest September daily rainfall

New record Old recordYears

ofrecord

Bevendale (Riverview) 40.4 on 29th 36.4 on 8th in 1978 35Mandurama Post Office 48.6 on 29th 43.4 on 5th in 1974 34Hampton (Bindo) 35.0 on 29th = 35.0 on 6th in 1983 22

Record lowest September total rainfall

New record Old recordYears

ofrecord

Narrandera Golf Club 2.9 5.9 in 2007 42Brogo Dam 8.6 11.8 in 2011 21

Lowest September total rainfall for at least 20 yearsObserved this

monthMost recent

lower

Yearssincelower

Maude Post Office 0.8 0.0 in 1914 * 97Wagga Wagga AMO 5.8 4.1 in 1946 66Tumut (Simpson Street) 18.3 15.8 in 1946 * 65Ardlethan Post Office 4.8 1.0 in 1946 * 62Barellan Post Office 4.8 3.6 in 1957 55Eden (Caravan Park) 10.8 0.8 in 1972 * 38Moruya Heads Pilot Station 14.4 8.9 in 1980 32Nowendoc (Green Hills) 14.0 7.0 in 1980 * 30Yerong Creek (FertilizerDepot) 8.6 2.8 in 1946 * 29

Revesby (Paten Street) 7.0 1.3 in 1989 23Rookwood (HawthorneAve) 3.4 0.2 in 1989 23

Batlow (Halloween) 31.8 31.0 in 1989 * 21Potts Hill Reservoir 3.0 0.0 in 1989 * 21

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possiblea lower value has gone unreported.

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Daily maximum temperature for September 20121 September 2012 2 September 2012 3 September 2012 4 September 2012 5 September 2012

6 September 2012 7 September 2012 8 September 2012 9 September 2012 10 September 2012

11 September 2012 12 September 2012 13 September 2012 14 September 2012 15 September 2012

16 September 2012 17 September 2012 18 September 2012 19 September 2012 20 September 2012

21 September 2012 22 September 2012 23 September 2012 24 September 2012 25 September 2012

26 September 2012 27 September 2012 28 September 2012 29 September 2012 30 September 2012

These maps are presented to give a statewide overview of conditions on each day through the month. There could be discrepancies between the valuesshown on these maps and those at individual locations, as a result of the way the maps are generated.

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Daily minimum temperature for September 20121 September 2012 2 September 2012 3 September 2012 4 September 2012 5 September 2012

6 September 2012 7 September 2012 8 September 2012 9 September 2012 10 September 2012

11 September 2012 12 September 2012 13 September 2012 14 September 2012 15 September 2012

16 September 2012 17 September 2012 18 September 2012 19 September 2012 20 September 2012

21 September 2012 22 September 2012 23 September 2012 24 September 2012 25 September 2012

26 September 2012 27 September 2012 28 September 2012 29 September 2012 30 September 2012

These maps are presented to give a statewide overview of conditions on each day through the month. There could be discrepancies between the valuesshown on these maps and those at individual locations, as a result of the way the maps are generated.

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Daily rainfall for September 20121 September 2012 2 September 2012 3 September 2012 4 September 2012 5 September 2012

6 September 2012 7 September 2012 8 September 2012 9 September 2012 10 September 2012

11 September 2012 12 September 2012 13 September 2012 14 September 2012 15 September 2012

16 September 2012 17 September 2012 18 September 2012 19 September 2012 20 September 2012

21 September 2012 22 September 2012 23 September 2012 24 September 2012 25 September 2012

26 September 2012 27 September 2012 28 September 2012 29 September 2012 30 September 2012

These maps are presented to give a statewide overview of conditions on each day through the month. There could be discrepancies between the valuesshown on these maps and those at individual locations, as a result of the way the maps are generated.

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Summary of observations for Sydney in September 2012Observations and climatology are from Observatory Hill, except for evaporation, sunshine and wind which arefrom Sydney Airport.

Observed this month Climatological valueTemperatureMean daily maximum temperature 22.5 °C 20.0 °CMean daily minimum temperature 12.0 °C 11.1 °CMean temperature 17.2 °C 15.5 °CMean temperature at 9 am 16.9 °C 15.7 °CMean temperature at 3 pm 20.5 °C 19.2 °CHighest temperature 33.2 °C on the 28th 34.6 °C on the 26th in 1965Lowest temperature 5.5 °C on the 1st 4.9 °C on the 2nd in 1945Days 28 °C or warmer 2 1.0Days 30 °C or warmer 1 0.4Days 35 °C or warmer 0 0.0Nights 5 °C or cooler 0 0.0Nights 2 °C or cooler 0 0.0HumidityMean relative humidity at 9 am 53 % 62 %Mean relative humidity at 3 pm 44 % 51 %PressureMean MSL pressure at 9 am 1017.6 hPa 1018.2 hPaMean MSL pressure at 3 pm 1014.5 hPa 1015.5 hPaWindStrongest wind gust WNW 80 km/h on the 7th W 111 km/h on the 30th in 1968Mean wind speed at 9 am 20 km/h 15 km/hMean wind speed at 3 pm 30 km/h 24 km/hDays with strong wind 7 5.2Days with gales 0 1.0Days with gale-force gusts 4 4.8RainfallTotal precipitation 23.8 mm 68.6 mmNumber of rain days 11 10.6Wettest day 13.2 mm on the 29th 144.5 mm on the 10th in 1879SunshineMean daily sunshine 9.2 hours 7.9 hoursEvaporationMean daily evaporation 5.6 mm 4.9 mm

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Summary of observations for Canberra in September 2012Observations and climatology are from Canberra Airport, with the climatology based on both the "old" and"new" sites.

Observed this month Climatological valueTemperatureMean daily maximum temperature 18.0 °C 16.2 °CMean daily minimum temperature 1.6 °C 3.2 °CMean temperature 9.8 °C 9.7 °CMean temperature at 9 am 9.9 °C 9.6 °CMean temperature at 3 pm 16.5 °C 15.1 °CHighest temperature 23.3 °C on the 27th 28.6 °C on the 26th in 1965Lowest temperature −6.8 °C on the 1st −6.4 °C on the 10th in 1982Days 28 °C or warmer 0 0.0Days 30 °C or warmer 0 0.0Days 35 °C or warmer 0 0.0Nights 5 °C or cooler 22 20.6Nights 2 °C or cooler 17 12.1Nights −2 °C or cooler 8 2.4HumidityMean relative humidity at 9 am 66 % 71 %Mean relative humidity at 3 pm 40 % 49 %PressureMean MSL pressure at 9 am 1018.3 hPa 1018.8 hPaMean MSL pressure at 3 pm 1015.2 hPa 1015.9 hPaWindStrongest wind gust NNW 80 km/h on the 5th NNW 107 km/h on the 12th in 1972Mean wind speed at 9 am 11 km/h 11 km/hMean wind speed at 3 pm 26 km/h 20 km/hDays with strong wind 4 3.7Days with gales 0 0.3Days with gale-force gusts 6 4.0RainfallTotal precipitation 41.6 mm 52.0 mmNumber of rain days 9 10.2Wettest day 23.8 mm on the 29th 43.4 mm on the 8th in 1978SunshineMean daily sunshine 8.0 hours 7.7 hoursEvaporationMean daily evaporation 4.1 mm 3.8 mmPhenomenaDays of thunder 1 1.8Days of hail 0 0.8Days of frost 1 12.8Days of fog 4 3.8Days with mist or haze 2 10.9Days with snow 0 0.4

Monthly Weather Review New South Wales September 2012

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Daily and mean maximum temperatures for September 2012Mean is the average of the daily maximum temperature for September 2012; it is only shown if there are sufficient days available. Anom isthe difference between the mean daily maximum temperature for September 2012 and the long-term average maximum temperature forSeptember. Decile is the decile rank of mean daily maximum temperature for September 2012 in the climate record of other Septembermean daily maximum temperatures; “L” indicates this is the lowest on record, and “H” it is the highest on record. Anomalies and deciles areonly shown if there are sufficient years of climate record available. The lowest and highest maximum temperatures for each site forSeptember 2012 are highlighted.

Western (Far Northwest) (46) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Tibooburra Airport 26.4 21.5 23.9 25.1 29.4 32.0 25.6 20.4 21.1 21.3 25.2 28.1 31.6 20.9 20.8 24.0 24.8 26.4 28.0 28.6 35.6 29.9 29.5 27.1 22.2 25.6 31.2 37.7 31.8 21.5 21.4White Cliffs AWS 25.4 20.5 23.1 24.6 27.8 30.2 24.7 20.6 21.0 19.9 24.5 26.8 30.4 19.5 20.9 23.1 24.1 26.0 25.2 27.9 34.5 27.5 28.4 26.1 21.1 23.6 30.9 36.7 30.5 20.6 20.5Wilcannia Aerodrome AWS 24.9 20.1 23.3 24.6 28.1 30.2 24.8 19.9 20.0 20.1 24.7 26.2 30.5 19.0 20.5 22.3 23.8 25.7 23.1 27.7 34.1 26.1 28.2 24.3 20.7 23.6 29.8 36.9 29.0 19.7 20.1

Western (Lower Darling) (47) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Broken Hill Airport AWS 22.9 +1.4 7 18.8 22.6 24.2 26.6 25.3 21.7 18.1 19.2 18.5 22.7 24.7 28.6 17.5 20.0 21.5 22.0 23.9 20.9 24.2 31.2 23.8 26.3 20.8 18.2 21.7 29.8 36.2 22.4 17.7 18.0Lake Victoria Storage 22.3 +1.9 10 17.5 23.0 24.9 25.7 23.2 22.2 18.5 19.8 16.3 22.7 26.3 30.6 17.8 16.2 18.4 22.5 20.0 20.1 19.9 31.4 23.9 24.8 21.2 18.5 21.6 25.5 37.0 22.4 17.3 18.3Menindee Post Office 24.3 +1.4 8 20.4 25.6 25.8 29.2 27.0 23.6 19.6 20.0 20.2 24.2 25.8 30.4 19.0 21.0 21.7 24.2 25.3 22.0 21.4 32.9 24.6 27.8 22.6 19.9 22.7 30.8 36.0 27.4 18.5 19.5

Western (Upper Darling) (48) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Bourke Airport AWS 26.8 20.7 21.6 24.7 27.5 29.2 27.8 21.9 20.7 22.5 24.2 27.6 31.7 23.9 21.2 23.7 26.2 26.7 29.7 29.2 35.5 30.7 29.1 34.5 24.7 25.7 29.2 35.8 35.0 21.5 21.3Brewarrina Hospital 26.6 +1.8 9 20.1 22.4 24.8 27.1 28.1 27.8 22.2 21.2 23.1 24.8 27.8 31.0 24.4 20.7 23.6 26.0 27.4 27.2 28.1 33.4 30.8 27.8 33.8 24.8 25.7 29.3 33.2 33.9 20.8Cobar Airport AWS 24.2 18.7 21.1 23.6 25.9 28.3 24.5 18.7 18.7 20.1 24.0 25.9 29.1 16.4 19.6 22.4 22.2 24.8 25.8 26.3 33.3 27.0 26.9 30.3 20.6 24.1 29.0 34.9 27.5 18.1 18.4Collarenebri (Albert St) 26.5 +1.6 9 22.8 21.9 26.8 28.3 24.3 21.2 21.8 28.1 29.8 30.3 20.2 23.0 26.1 24.5 27.2 27.3 32.1 30.0 27.1 32.0 25.0 26.7 28.8 31.0 33.2 23.5 21.6

Western (Southwest Plains) (49) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Balranald (RSL) 22.0 +1.1 8 17.6 22.4 25.8 26.9 26.2 21.2 16.8 17.0 19.8 23.6 24.5 28.2 16.3 18.6 20.8 21.0 21.3 18.0 19.2 30.5 21.7 23.7 20.3 16.8 21.0 26.1 35.3 21.0 16.6Ivanhoe Aerodrome AWS 23.6 18.4 21.7 24.8 26.4 28.2 23.4 18.6 20.0 20.0 23.1 25.2 29.4 17.8 20.4 21.3 22.4 23.8 21.4 22.9 32.8 24.2 26.8 23.1 19.4 22.8 29.1 35.2 26.7 18.7 19.3

Central Western Plains (South)(50)

Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Condobolin Airport AWS 22.6 15.8 20.1 21.7 24.5 27.6 23.6 18.4 18.1 19.0 23.3 23.6 28.0 15.7 19.1 20.2 21.4 23.1 25.0 22.1 29.5 23.9 24.5 29.1 19.4 21.7 26.9 30.3 26.2 17.1 18.3West Wyalong Airport AWS 20.7 14.5 18.1 20.4 23.3 26.4 21.5 16.2 16.5 17.9 21.4 21.3 26.0 15.6 17.0 18.9 20.6 20.8 21.0 21.1 26.6 20.9 23.1 26.9 17.1 19.6 25.4 26.4 23.5 15.4 16.8

Central Western Plains (North)(51)

Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Coonamble Airport AWS 24.2 17.0 20.3 22.4 24.1 26.2 26.1 21.6 19.9 20.4 23.9 25.4 28.0 23.7 18.8 22.4 24.2 26.0 22.3 23.9 29.7 27.1 25.7 30.2 22.4 25.6 27.0 29.7 32.0 21.5 19.8Nyngan Airport 25.0 +2.4 10 21.0 23.8 25.5 27.4 26.2 20.0 20.0 20.6 24.5 25.9 29.0 19.6 19.6 22.0 23.6 24.5 26.0 25.5 31.3 29.0 26.0 32.0 22.5 24.5 27.5 32.0

Northwest Plains (West) (52) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Mungindi Post Office 27.6 +2.6 10 19.2 23.1 24.7 27.4 26.6 30.0 26.4 22.4 22.8 27.2 29.5 34.0 32.0 27.3 22.9 28.0 28.4 32.9 30.6 29.5 33.0 27.0 29.0 30.1 31.9 33.0 21.0 22.9Walgett Airport AWS 26.0 18.2 21.7 23.2 25.7 27.6 28.4 23.6 20.9 21.6 24.9 27.1 30.2 28.1 20.3 22.6 25.6 26.4 27.0 26.8 32.2 30.4 26.6 31.9 24.1 26.2 28.4 31.5 35.3 23.0 20.9

Northwest Plains (East) (53) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Moree Aero 24.6 17.1 20.3 21.8 24.5 25.1 27.7 24.5 19.9 20.7 24.3 26.1 27.5 29.3 19.2 22.8 24.6 19.2 25.5 25.2 29.9 27.5 26.9 29.3 25.8 27.3 26.9 28.1 31.0 19.8 20.8

Northwest Slopes (North) (54) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Barraba Post Office 23.7 +2.3 9 15.0 20.5 22.1 25.4 23.1 25.8 23.5 19.0 20.0 23.1 24.5 24.6 24.9 18.0 22.0 22.7 22.9 22.1 24.5 28.0 27.1 25.2 28.8 24.6 26.5 25.6 27.2 29.1 23.2 21.6Narrabri Airport AWS 24.3 17.6 20.0 22.0 23.3 24.5 26.1 23.4 20.3 21.0 23.7 25.8 26.8 28.4 20.4 22.4 23.3 22.4 23.9 24.0 28.5 27.4 25.5 28.7 26.7 27.0 26.5 27.5 30.2 22.0 21.1

Northwest Slopes (South) (55) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Gunnedah Airport AWS 24.0 16.9 19.3 21.7 23.7 24.3 25.4 22.9 20.8 21.2 24.2 25.7 26.5 27.3 19.6 22.0 22.9 23.8 23.5 23.9 27.5 26.6 25.2 28.6 24.6 25.4 26.1 27.2 30.0 22.1 20.2Tamworth Airport AWS 23.2 +1.6 10 15.8 18.9 20.6 22.7 23.9 25.3 22.8 19.3 20.7 23.4 24.6 25.5 26.2 18.2 22.2 22.4 22.8 21.8 22.9 26.6 26.3 24.3 27.1 24.6 25.4 25.2 26.6 29.1 21.0 18.9Woolbrook (Danglemah Road) 18.8 +1.1 9 11.7 15.4 17.0 19.0 19.0 21.2 18.0 14.3 17.6 19.3 19.9 20.5 21.9 13.7 19.0 18.4 17.5 17.0 19.0 22.0 21.0 20.0 22.6 21.0 20.0 20.7 22.5 24.5 16.0 15.3

Northern Tablelands (West) (56) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Armidale Airport AWS 18.1 10.9 14.9 16.9 18.1 18.7 20.3 18.5 14.2 17.4 18.2 18.5 20.1 20.2 13.8 16.2 17.0 16.1 16.0 17.9 21.2 20.8 19.6 21.3 23.4 18.6 19.4 20.6 23.4 14.7 15.5Glen Innes Airport AWS 19.2 13.2 16.8 17.6 18.9 19.1 20.3 20.1 15.7 19.7 19.5 19.5 20.2 20.5 15.9 18.1 18.4 17.9 18.2 19.8 22.8 20.1 21.5 22.2 23.2 19.1 20.2 21.0 23.0 17.3 17.3Guyra Hospital 17.0 +1.7 9 9.2 14.5 15.9 17.0 16.6 18.0 16.9 13.3 17.3 16.9 16.7 17.9 18.3 12.8 17.0 16.0 15.9 16.3 17.0 20.1 18.1 18.7 20.0 21.4 18.0 18.0 20.0 22.0 16.0 15.5Inverell (Raglan St) 22.2 15.8 19.6 20.6 22.3 22.0 23.9 23.2 19.2 20.3 21.6 22.5 23.6 24.2 18.5 21.7 21.1 21.2 21.0 22.5 26.4 24.8 24.5 26.0 25.8 23.9 24.2 26.6 15.9 20.0Tenterfield (Federation Park) 21.1 +1.6 9 15.0 18.0 19.1 21.1 21.4 23.2 22.0 18.8 21.8 20.4 21.3 23.2 21.9 18.5 19.0 20.0 19.5 17.8 21.2 24.6 23.8 23.2 23.8 26.7 19.2 19.6 22.9 25.0 19.9 19.8

Northern Tablelands (East) (57) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Tabulam (Muirne) 22.8 +1.3 8 17.1 17.4 21.3 22.4 22.8 24.3 25.2 22.7 20.7 20.4 23.2 23.8 24.3 17.7 19.2 20.6 22.5 20.9 24.8 24.3 26.6 26.9 27.4 28.8 21.3 21.0 23.8 27.1 23.8 23.1

Upper North Coast (58) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Ballina Airport AWS 23.8 17.4 19.3 21.3 22.0 24.4 27.3 29.3 24.8 21.1 21.9 24.5 24.3 27.2 19.0 20.6 21.0 23.4 23.0 25.2 23.7 26.2 23.6 25.3 30.2 23.7 23.4 23.9 26.7 27.8 21.6Casino Airport AWS 26.0 19.4 20.6 24.4 25.4 25.6 28.0 31.2 27.2 24.2 23.4 26.2 26.9 28.1 21.5 22.6 23.6 25.4 24.6 29.2 28.0 27.8 26.7 29.1 34.3 24.4 24.5 30.0 29.2 23.9Grafton Airport AWS 25.4 19.8 21.2 22.9 25.0 26.6 29.8 31.4 27.8 22.9 23.5 26.3 26.4 29.2 20.8 21.8 22.9 25.2 23.2 28.8 26.1 25.1 24.9 27.7 28.9 22.7 24.0 26.1 29.4 28.3 22.3Grafton Olympic Pool 25.8 +1.0 8 20.5 22.0 23.7 25.2 27.0 30.1 31.4 28.1 23.8 23.6 26.8 26.0 29.0 21.6 22.8 23.0 25.1 24.0 28.7 26.2 25.4 26.2 28.3 28.3 23.1 25.3 26.6 31.0 28.3 23.8Lismore Airport AWS 25.8 19.5 20.4 23.8 25.5 25.9 27.5 30.1 26.7 23.6 24.1 26.3 26.7 28.2 20.9 22.5 23.9 23.8 23.9 28.9 27.7 28.3 25.7 28.9 34.3 23.7 24.6 26.6 30.1 30.0 22.7Murwillumbah (Bray Park) 25.6 +0.5 8 19.0 21.0 24.0 24.6 27.4 29.5 26.5 24.5 23.7 25.9 25.7 26.8 21.1 22.4 23.1 25.1 22.0 29.4 27.5 28.4 28.5 28.5 33.7 24.2 24.1 25.7 28.2 29.2 23.0Yamba Pilot Station 22.9 +0.9 8 17.2 19.0 20.3 20.4 23.4 28.4 31.2 25.7 23.5 20.9 23.9 21.7 27.0 18.7 20.1 20.6 22.1 22.0 23.5 22.0 21.9 21.9 24.8 22.9 22.1 23.2 23.5 25.0 29.0 21.1

Lower North Coast (59) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Coffs Harbour MO 23.1 +1.2 9 17.8 19.1 20.0 23.7 24.7 30.6 31.4 21.1 20.0 21.4 24.5 23.3 27.9 19.3 19.2 21.2 24.1 22.1 25.2 21.5 23.2 22.5 25.1 21.3 20.7 22.1 23.6 26.4 30.0 19.5Dorrigo (Old Coramba Rd) 20.0 13.0 15.0 17.4 18.6 20.5 25.5 24.5 19.5 17.3 19.1 20.8 20.6 23.5 15.3 16.4 16.7 19.8 19.5 22.5 21.0 22.2 18.8 22.8 26.7 17.0 17.5 21.5 25.5 23.1 17.5Kempsey (Wide Street) 24.6 +0.6 7 19.0 21.0 22.7 24.4 26.0 30.0 28.4 25.9 23.2 23.2 26.4 23.8 30.1 21.0 21.8 21.6 24.8 24.8 26.6 24.4 24.8 24.5 27.0 23.8 22.1 23.5 25.5 27.6 27.8 22.0Kempsey Airport AWS 24.8 18.7 20.7 22.6 23.7 27.1 31.3 30.0 26.1 22.3 23.3 25.9 24.5 31.2 20.8 21.7 22.3 25.1 24.5 27.9 24.3 24.7 24.2 26.6 23.2 22.8 22.8 25.3 28.9 28.8 22.0South West Rocks (Smoky CapeLighthouse)

23.1 +1.3 9 18.8 21.2 21.1 22.3 21.0 26.0 28.0 24.0 22.5 23.3 22.2 23.3 20.0 22.2 22.0 22.3 21.6 24.1 24.7 23.5 24.2 24.2 22.0 23.5 24.5 24.2 25.1 25.0 21.8

Manning (60) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Port Macquarie Airport AWS 22.9 18.1 19.9 20.4 21.3 26.2 31.4 29.5 23.1 20.9 22.1 22.7 21.2 28.3 19.2 20.2 19.3 22.5 21.6 23.1 21.9 25.8 22.5 22.8 21.7 21.4 21.6 23.4 26.1 28.7 19.8Taree Airport AWS 23.5 17.3 18.9 20.8 23.7 26.7 30.0 27.1 23.6 20.9 23.0 23.2 24.1 30.3 19.4 20.3 20.1 22.3 23.7 22.4 21.7 26.3 22.1 26.5 23.2 20.9 22.0 26.0 30.6 26.6 20.9

Hunter (61) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Cessnock Airport AWS 24.0 +1.6 9 17.1 20.1 22.2 24.8 26.2 27.0 23.9 22.1 21.8 24.6 23.2 26.0 27.5 19.6 20.5 22.8 22.7 24.2 23.4 24.6 27.6 24.4 28.1 24.2 20.0 23.9 28.5 31.4 24.4 22.6Cooranbong (Lake Macquarie AWS) 23.2 16.8 20.4 22.8 24.5 26.1 27.5 24.3 21.6 20.5 24.2 21.7 24.1 27.7 18.9 19.8 20.4 21.1 21.7 21.5 21.1 28.5 23.1 26.9 24.1 19.6 21.2 27.1 31.4 25.8 21.9Gosford (Narara Research Station) AWS 22.9 +1.5 8 16.7 19.8 22.3 24.4 26.8 27.6 23.6 21.1 20.6 24.3 21.2 22.7 25.9 18.7 18.8 20.4 19.6 22.9 22.8 22.3 27.0 22.8 27.6 22.8 18.9 21.4 26.4 32.3 23.9 21.4Jerrys Plains Post Office 25.5 +2.6 10 20.5 21.5 25.5 26.6 27.3 26.0 25.6 26.8 27.2 21.2 22.2 24.2 24.6 25.2 27.5 29.0 27.2 30.5 25.8 23.0 26.2 29.5 31.6 20.2 22.6Merriwa (Roscommon) 22.7 16.8 18.8 22.0 23.6 24.6 25.2 19.3 17.1 21.4 23.9 24.1 26.4 25.2 18.9 19.5 22.9 22.7 21.6 21.9 25.4 25.3 23.9 27.4 21.2 21.8 23.9 27.1 29.7 20.1 18.3Murrurundi Post Office 22.1 +1.5 8 14.8 18.4 20.7 22.0 23.0 23.2 20.8 19.0 20.4 22.4 23.0 24.5 24.5 17.5 19.7 21.2 21.9 21.5 21.2 25.3 24.7 23.8 25.5 23.0 22.5 24.0 25.0 27.5 22.2 19.1Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS 21.4 +1.2 9 15.0 17.0 22.1 23.9 26.2 26.8 23.5 21.8 18.7 21.4 18.4 19.9 26.8 16.2 17.9 18.8 18.6 21.1 19.7 19.3 27.8 19.4 26.6 19.3 18.9 19.4 21.9 31.3 25.7 19.9Norah Head AWS 21.1 15.4 17.8 21.0 22.0 25.6 26.9 23.9 21.4 19.4 21.9 18.3 21.6 26.6 16.4 18.2 19.3 17.9 19.2 19.7 20.6 22.7 20.3 21.5 20.3 19.2 21.4 29.2 25.2 20.3Scone Airport AWS 23.9 +2.1 10 16.8 19.4 22.7 23.9 25.4 25.5 23.0 19.1 21.7 24.4 24.3 26.9 27.1 19.0 20.9 23.4 24.9 23.3 23.7 26.7 28.1 25.0 28.1 23.3 23.3 24.6 28.3 30.5 23.9 20.9

Central Tablelands (North) (62) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Mudgee Airport AWS 21.1 +1.8 10 15.2 16.9 21.6 21.7 23.6 22.5 17.8 15.0 20.1 22.1 22.4 23.9 21.2 17.0 19.9 20.8 22.8 20.6 19.7 24.9 23.8 22.8 25.9 18.7 21.4 22.9 25.7 28.0 17.1 16.3

Central Tablelands (South) (63) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Bathurst Airport AWS 18.8 +1.9 10 12.4 15.4 19.1 19.7 21.8 19.8 13.2 11.7 17.3 20.6 20.2 21.7 16.1 13.5 19.2 19.2 20.6 21.3 17.9 22.5 21.9 19.9 23.9 16.4 19.7 20.9 24.0 26.4 14.3 13.6Katoomba (Murri St) 16.9 +2.4 10 12.3 15.2 18.2 19.0 20.1 17.0 10.8 10.4 17.6 20.1 16.2 20.0 16.0 13.7 13.3 18.1 15.9 15.8 17.4 20.3 19.2 20.1 22.1 14.4 14.2 18.4 21.9 25.0 12.0 13.0Lithgow (Cooerwull) 16.7 10.7 14.0 18.0 19.5 17.5 11.5 10.1 16.4 19.4 17.7 19.4 15.9 12.0 15.0 16.9 17.4 16.8 16.0 19.5 19.5 18.3 21.4 13.7 16.4 19.0 22.0 25.0 12.5 11.4Oberon (Springbank) 15.2 +1.6 9 10.3 12.7 16.2 17.0 18.0 15.9 8.2 7.5 15.0 17.7 17.2 18.0 13.3 10.3 14.0 15.5 16.5 16.1 15.1 18.8 17.1 17.4 20.6 12.5 15.7 17.6 19.1 23.3 10.6 9.7Orange Airport AWS 15.1 8.9 11.8 15.4 17.2 18.2 16.4 9.2 7.8 11.8 16.7 17.3 17.9 11.9 10.1 16.1 15.4 16.4 16.8 14.5 19.9 17.5 16.2 20.5 11.5 17.2 17.7 20.1 22.9 10.9 9.6Springwood (Valley Heights) 22.2 16.5 18.7 21.5 22.8 26.4 25.0 19.0 19.0 20.5 24.8 20.1 24.0 23.0 19.5 18.9 21.1 20.3 18.1 20.2 21.6 26.3 22.8 28.2 21.8 22.5 21.6 27.7 32.0 20.2 20.5

Central Western Slopes (North)(64)

Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Coonabarabran Airport AWS 20.5 14.1 17.7 19.6 21.2 21.8 22.7 17.5 14.9 18.2 20.7 22.2 23.5 22.5 15.4 18.9 20.6 20.7 19.2 20.2 25.2 23.3 21.9 25.7 18.6 22.0 22.3 24.4 26.6 18.2 15.9Central Western Slopes (South)(65)

Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Cowra Airport AWS 19.9 14.2 17.3 20.1 21.8 23.9 20.0 15.2 13.5 16.4 21.9 22.1 23.5 14.9 16.0 20.1 20.0 21.1 22.3 19.4 23.8 21.5 21.4 25.9 17.1 20.6 23.6 24.8 24.5 15.5 15.1Dubbo Airport AWS 22.6 15.9 18.8 21.9 23.1 25.7 23.7 18.4 18.4 19.4 23.6 23.8 26.2 17.7 18.1 21.4 23.0 23.8 22.1 21.7 28.4 26.8 24.7 28.5 20.4 23.5 25.5 28.4 29.0 19.0 17.8Forbes Airport AWS 21.1 14.6 18.2 20.1 23.2 25.6 22.2 17.0 16.0 17.5 23.1 22.2 26.1 14.7 17.2 19.6 20.6 21.6 24.1 20.0 27.7 22.6 22.7 28.1 18.3 20.2 25.3 28.5 25.1 15.3 16.6Parkes Airport AWS 20.6 14.2 18.0 19.7 22.2 23.4 20.9 16.4 15.5 17.1 21.7 22.1 24.2 15.1 16.4 20.4 20.7 20.9 22.8 19.8 25.7 22.9 22.0 27.2 18.4 20.9 24.4 26.7 24.8 16.2 16.3Wellington (Agrowplow) 22.0 +1.3 9 15.4 18.5 21.8 23.0 25.0 23.0 17.4 17.1 19.1 23.8 23.6 25.0 17.0 17.4 22.0 22.0 23.5 22.0 21.6 27.1 25.0 24.1 27.5 19.5 23.7 24.8 28.0 28.9 17.3 16.7

Metropolitan (East) (66) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Bankstown Airport AWS 23.4 +1.9 9 17.6 20.7 22.0 24.7 27.7 27.7 21.4 21.0 21.9 25.4 21.4 24.0 22.3 19.7 19.6 22.4 21.3 23.0 23.0 23.7 26.5 23.1 28.7 23.5 19.6 22.5 28.1 33.6 23.3 21.1Parramatta North (Masons Drive) 23.0 +1.4 9 16.5 20.6 22.3 24.8 27.5 27.2 21.0 21.5 21.0 25.0 21.0 24.5 23.5 18.7 19.5 22.5 20.2 23.0 22.0 23.2 25.3 22.5 27.5 23.4 19.4 22.4 28.0 33.2 22.1 21.3Sydney (Observatory Hill) 22.5 +2.5 10 17.6 20.7 22.8 24.4 28.3 27.9 21.7 21.0 21.7 21.2 21.8 21.3 24.7 18.5 20.1 21.0 20.9 20.6 22.9 20.5 22.2 22.7 23.8 24.4 19.1 20.7 22.8 33.2 22.8 22.4

Metropolitan (West) (67) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Liverpool (Michael Wenden Centre) 24.3 21.2 25.2 28.0 27.2 21.5 22.2 25.8 25.2 21.4 20.4 22.8 22.4 22.8 24.4 24.8 26.8 28.5 23.5 19.5 23.8 27.9 34.4 23.2 21.2Penrith Lakes AWS 24.2 18.4 21.2 24.0 25.5 28.0 27.5 21.8 21.2 22.9 26.9 23.0 26.3 22.8 20.8 20.7 23.5 22.2 19.6 23.3 24.7 28.1 25.1 30.6 23.9 22.4 24.6 29.6 34.1 22.1 22.0Richmond RAAF 24.1 18.1 20.2 23.1 24.8 27.8 27.9 22.1 21.2 22.1 26.7 22.6 26.4 23.3 20.1 20.7 23.3 21.7 23.2 23.1 24.5 28.7 24.1 29.5 23.3 21.5 24.3 29.4 33.7 23.2 21.6

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Daily and mean maximum temperatures for September 2012Mean is the average of the daily maximum temperature for September 2012; it is only shown if there are sufficient days available. Anom isthe difference between the mean daily maximum temperature for September 2012 and the long-term average maximum temperature forSeptember. Decile is the decile rank of mean daily maximum temperature for September 2012 in the climate record of other Septembermean daily maximum temperatures; “L” indicates this is the lowest on record, and “H” it is the highest on record. Anomalies and deciles areonly shown if there are sufficient years of climate record available. The lowest and highest maximum temperatures for each site forSeptember 2012 are highlighted.

Illawarra (68) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Bellambi AWS 20.5 15.9 17.0 18.8 20.6 26.9 26.8 20.2 19.8 18.9 21.3 17.8 20.1 21.3 16.3 16.7 19.3 17.1 18.8 19.1 19.3 24.3 18.8 21.1 22.5 18.4 20.6 22.7 32.2 21.7 20.3Camden Airport AWS 23.4 +1.5 9 17.7 20.9 24.1 25.5 28.2 26.2 20.5 19.7 22.0 25.6 23.2 24.4 21.1 20.0 20.6 22.6 22.6 21.1 22.8 23.7 26.6 23.4 27.8 22.4 20.5 24.0 26.3 33.9 23.0 20.2Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicular AWS) 19.0 13.3 15.7 19.3 22.1 23.1 22.5 16.0 18.6 18.1 22.3 17.2 20.5 16.6 15.2 15.7 19.9 15.7 18.6 17.1 18.5 22.9 18.4 23.0 19.3 17.3 19.0 22.4 25.6 17.8 17.4Moss Vale AWS 17.3 11.9 14.8 18.0 19.3 21.2 18.4 11.4 12.1 17.5 21.2 16.4 20.3 16.0 13.5 17.9 15.5 19.7 18.8 18.0 22.0 14.8 15.2 18.8 22.6 26.5 13.9 12.6Nowra RAN Air Station AWS 21.5 16.3 19.7 21.7 24.0 27.1 23.6 16.9 19.0 21.1 24.1 19.7 24.6 16.6 18.8 17.9 21.7 17.6 21.6 19.0 21.6 24.8 21.3 28.1 21.3 17.2 21.8 27.8 31.1 19.0 19.7

South Coast (69) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Batemans Bay (Catalina Country Club) 20.8 +0.5 6 16.1 16.0 21.0 23.8 27.2 22.7 18.4 21.9 19.9 19.4 18.2 25.7 15.1 18.2 17.9 20.1 20.1 19.7 19.7 18.7 25.0 20.3 27.4 20.4 17.2 20.3 26.1 27.8 20.4 18.1Bega AWS 21.4 +1.5 9 15.1 18.7 21.7 26.7 28.2 23.5 18.4 22.2 23.5 20.3 19.6 24.2 16.0 20.7 19.6 19.7 13.8 20.2 20.5 20.7 24.6 22.2 24.2 18.6 18.9 22.7 29.4 29.1 18.3 19.4Braidwood Racecourse AWS 17.1 +0.7 7 12.1 16.4 18.7 19.9 20.6 15.9 11.0 15.2 19.1 19.3 15.7 19.0 12.6 14.3 14.4 17.9 13.9 19.9 16.2 19.7 19.0 17.3 21.2 16.6 16.6 20.3 23.3 21.2 11.5 14.4Moruya Airport AWS 20.4 17.1 15.9 20.0 22.4 27.9 24.2 20.1 21.9 18.8 17.6 18.1 25.3 13.7 16.9 17.6 18.5 17.2 18.6 18.4 18.6 23.3 20.5 27.4 19.3 17.7 19.7 26.1 29.2 21.4 19.2Narooma (Marine Rescue) 19.3 +1.1 8 15.5 16.2 19.5 19.2 27.0 24.0 19.1 20.2 18.7 18.3 19.0 18.5 13.4 15.5 17.2 17.0 15.7 17.8 18.8 19.6 25.3 19.5 19.5 18.5 17.8 17.1 22.0 28.2 19.3 20.1Ulladulla AWS 19.8 +0.9 7 15.7 16.4 19.6 20.8 27.1 23.9 18.0 21.1 18.3 20.6 17.6 19.0 14.7 15.8 16.4 18.4 16.8 18.5 18.1 18.6 25.5 19.4 25.6 21.5 16.3 18.3 23.7 28.5 19.6 19.7

Southern Tablelands (Goulburn-Monaro) (70)

Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Bombala AWS 15.9 +0.7 7 9.6 15.2 17.5 19.0 21.5 16.0 11.8 14.7 16.0 19.1 15.3 20.1 9.3 14.1 15.2 15.4 11.1 16.6 15.0 16.6 18.4 14.5 21.6 11.2 14.3 19.0 24.0 22.0 10.7 11.2Cooma Visitors Centre 16.7 +0.4 7 9.8 16.6 18.0 19.0 20.6 14.7 11.8 14.8 18.0 19.8 16.9 20.5 9.0 15.6 16.4 18.8 13.1 18.0 16.6 18.7 18.0 17.0 21.0 14.5 17.0 20.0 23.5 20.5 9.5 13.5Goulburn Airport AWS 17.0 +0.6 8 13.4 14.4 18.3 19.0 21.2 17.3 10.0 12.1 16.4 19.5 18.3 20.3 13.4 12.9 15.9 17.7 16.6 16.4 17.0 20.3 19.0 18.4 21.8 14.2 17.7 20.1 23.9 21.9 11.9 12.0Taralga Post Office 16.7 +1.9 10 12.6 13.5 17.5 19.0 20.0 16.2 8.9 10.0 17.0 20.0 18.5 20.0 14.5 12.2 15.5 17.5 16.0 17.5 16.0 20.7 18.1 18.0 22.0 13.5 16.5 20.4 22.4 24.5 12.7 11.0Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 18.0 13.5 17.0 19.9 20.9 22.1 16.5 11.8 15.2 18.1 20.2 18.4 20.1 14.3 15.9 17.3 18.2 16.2 19.7 18.4 20.5 19.6 19.9 22.3 16.9 18.3 20.3 23.7 17.8 11.9 15.2

Southern Tablelands (SnowyMountains) (71)

Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Charlotte Pass (Kosciusko Chalet) 4.0 4.0 0.0 7.0 2.0Thredbo AWS 3.9 +0.8 7 2.7 3.6 2.6 3.8 4.9 0.6 −2.3 −0.6 4.1 4.9 4.9 4.8 0.5 4.9 8.2 4.0 3.0 3.8 5.0 7.1 3.3 7.2 5.4 5.6 5.8 7.2 9.2 7.6 −4.5 0.2

Southwest Slopes (South) (72) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Albury Airport AWS 18.3 15.0 16.2 18.7 21.2 22.1 17.2 13.8 15.2 17.3 19.1 18.8 20.9 15.5 13.7 17.5 17.6 17.9 16.5 19.2 22.1 19.4 19.9 20.7 15.0 17.7 22.0 25.7 24.3 14.0 15.3Cabramurra SMHEA AWS 8.9 4.8 6.6 8.0 10.9 13.1 5.0 0.0 2.1 8.7 11.5 12.2 12.0 5.5 2.8 10.3 9.0 9.7 11.8 11.2 13.6 9.3 11.7 14.2 6.7 11.0 13.3 14.8 11.4 0.0 5.1Tumbarumba Post Office 16.2 +1.0 9 12.8 15.0 17.0 19.0 19.9 13.0 8.5 11.0 16.0 18.5 18.2 18.5 12.5 11.6 16.5 17.2 18.0 17.5 20.3 16.2 19.0 20.7 13.0 17.0 19.9 23.5 18.5 10.8 11.0Wagga Wagga AMO 19.0 +1.4 9 15.4 15.9 19.2 22.1 23.8 18.5 14.6 14.8 16.8 19.4 19.2 22.8 14.9 15.0 18.3 18.0 19.1 20.0 19.8 23.4 18.7 20.9 23.8 16.0 17.8 23.0 26.0 21.4 14.7 15.3

Southwest Slopes (North) (73) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Wyalong Post Office 20.9 +1.4 8 15.5 18.7 22.1 23.6 26.3 21.4 16.2 16.9 18.8 21.4 22.6 25.7 15.0 17.8 20.0 21.1 21.5 21.1 21.3 26.4 20.8 23.6 26.0 17.4 21.0 25.6 26.6 21.2 14.8 17.0Young Airport 18.5 +0.7 7 14.1 15.8 18.7 21.1 23.1 19.0 14.0 13.6 15.6 20.0 20.2 23.1 13.5 14.6 18.9 18.0 18.9 20.5 18.1 23.1 19.0 20.2 24.6 15.5 18.2 22.1 23.5 20.1 12.6 14.2

Riverina (East) (74) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Deniliquin Airport AWS 20.7 15.5 19.2 23.5 25.7 26.1 20.4 15.8 17.6 18.3 20.3 22.8 26.3 16.8 15.7 19.1 19.1 20.2 18.3 18.3 27.6 21.2 22.2 19.2 16.0 19.3 25.4 32.9 27.6 15.6 16.4

Riverina (West) (75) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Griffith Airport AWS 20.9 +1.1 7 15.7 17.5 22.1 23.8 26.4 20.4 17.0 18.0 18.2 19.8 21.8 26.0 16.0 17.8 19.1 20.1 20.2 18.9 20.1 28.4 21.4 22.9 21.4 17.5 19.8 25.9 29.8 26.5 16.3 17.7Hay (Miller Street) 22.4 +1.7 9 17.0 20.2 24.6 25.5 26.9 20.8 17.2 19.4 19.8 22.5 23.9 28.2 17.0 18.7 21.7 21.4 21.9 19.3 21.7 29.7 22.6 24.8 21.5 18.0 21.7 26.6 33.7 28.5 17.3 18.5Hay Airport AWS 22.5 16.8 20.2 24.7 26.1 27.5 21.8 17.7 19.6 19.4 22.0 24.2 28.1 17.2 18.9 21.4 21.3 22.2 19.7 21.5 29.9 22.5 24.6 21.8 17.8 21.4 27.3 33.8 28.7 17.3 18.5Hillston Airport 22.5 +1.7 9 16.0 20.5 23.5 25.5 27.8 22.0 18.2 18.4 19.0 22.7 23.0 27.8 16.8 19.6 20.2 21.5 22.0 20.0 23.0 31.6 23.0 26.0 22.2 19.0 21.5 28.0 32.0 26.8 17.8 19.5

Offshore Islands (200) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Lord Howe Island Aero 19.7 −0.3 2 17.1 16.8 17.7 19.1 20.2 21.5 21.7 19.2 19.5 19.7 19.7 19.6 20.6 17.2 18.5 17.6 19.3 18.9 20.5 21.5 21.2 21.4 21.8 21.3 18.9 18.3 19.1 20.3 22.6 18.8Norfolk Island Aero 18.9 −0.1 4 19.7 18.8 18.2 18.9 18.7 18.5 19.2 20.4 19.8 18.9 18.0 18.0 18.0 19.2 19.0 18.6 18.1 17.3 18.5 19.0 19.7 20.1 20.3 18.9 20.0 19.5 17.9 18.4 18.9 19.2

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Daily and mean minimum temperatures for September 2012Mean is the average of the daily minimum temperature for September 2012; it is only shown if there are sufficient days available. Anom isthe difference between the mean daily minimum temperature for September 2012 and the long-term average minimum temperature forSeptember. Decile is the decile rank of mean daily minimum temperature for September 2012 in the climate record of other Septembermean daily minimum temperatures; “L” indicates this is the lowest on record, and “H” it is the highest on record. Anomalies and deciles areonly shown if there are sufficient years of climate record available. The lowest and highest minimum temperatures for each site forSeptember 2012 are highlighted.

Western (Far Northwest) (46) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Tibooburra Airport 10.2 5.3 6.2 6.9 9.8 12.0 6.9 10.1 4.9 6.8 6.2 8.1 12.1 13.9 5.6 5.5 9.2 9.4 13.4 10.9 14.8 19.1 12.6 13.6 9.6 8.8 9.4 16.8 22.4 11.0 5.8White Cliffs AWS 9.5 6.7 7.5 7.9 8.5 12.9 5.7 7.6 5.0 6.7 7.0 8.3 9.8 10.0 5.4 7.2 8.9 9.0 10.9 8.9 15.0 15.9 9.5 12.1 8.3 6.6 9.5 18.5 23.3 9.0 4.5Wilcannia Aerodrome AWS 6.3 3.9 2.0 2.1 3.1 10.7 6.4 6.1 5.8 4.0 0.0 3.6 4.2 10.0 2.1 3.9 4.8 5.4 9.7 5.0 11.1 13.5 5.5 10.1 5.6 0.9 3.0 13.9 23.4 7.6 2.1

Western (Lower Darling) (47) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Broken Hill Airport AWS 7.3 −1.2 2 2.5 2.7 5.0 7.7 11.7 8.6 6.6 4.8 3.5 2.0 5.3 6.0 8.8 4.1 4.4 10.0 5.8 6.0 9.2 14.2 9.4 8.5 10.5 5.7 4.5 6.0 17.5 18.1 8.1 2.3Lake Victoria Storage 7.9 −0.2 5 5.4 5.7 10.5 11.0 13.5 9.6 6.8 7.8 9.5 2.0 3.5 11.5 7.7 4.2 4.7 8.2 6.2 6.4 6.6 10.3 9.1 6.4 9.8 6.4 2.1 11.0 14.5 16.7 6.3 2.5Menindee Post Office 8.6 +0.6 6 6.6 3.5 4.6 7.4 13.4 9.2 9.7 7.4 7.8 2.4 5.2 5.2 10.9 5.0 6.8 5.8 8.2 10.4 7.8 11.3 12.4 8.5 12.3 8.2 4.2 6.2 16.8 24.3 10.6 4.6

Western (Upper Darling) (48) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Bourke Airport AWS 6.6 5.1 −0.2 −0.6 2.2 6.0 8.1 5.6 1.9 4.0 1.4 3.8 4.0 7.3 4.3 2.6 5.8 7.3 8.7 4.5 12.9 18.2 5.2 9.4 8.3 6.3 2.3 11.1 21.6 15.6 3.9Brewarrina Hospital 7.4 −1.6 2 2.4 −0.1 0.8 2.0 7.8 11.5 6.7 3.3 3.9 5.2 4.8 5.7 10.8 2.8 3.9 5.0 8.9 10.2 5.5 10.9 15.4 6.0 8.9 12.1 4.6 5.6 13.6 19.7 16.7Cobar Airport AWS 6.0 6.4 −2.1 0.6 5.7 11.3 4.3 8.3 0.8 1.6 0.5 2.2 8.0 6.7 −1.0 1.0 3.9 4.0 7.8 1.5 14.9 17.0 4.2 12.7 3.6 0.9 5.4 13.8 22.8 11.6 1.6Collarenebri (Albert St) 7.2 −1.6 2 −1.4 −0.4 0.0 7.8 4.2 3.0 4.5 6.8 15.6 5.8 1.4 3.6 8.6 9.7 6.2 8.2 9.8 7.4 5.8 14.2 6.2 5.1 13.2 18.1 17.2 6.0

Western (Southwest Plains) (49) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Balranald (RSL) 7.8 +0.7 8 1.2 4.6 7.3 14.2 10.6 8.8 7.4 10.5 2.0 4.1 5.2 7.1 2.0 7.4 7.3 7.6 10.5 4.0 12.2 11.7 7.2 11.8 6.0 2.9 7.0 14.2 20.6 8.5 3.0Ivanhoe Aerodrome AWS 7.9 7.0 2.6 4.7 6.2 11.1 7.3 7.4 7.4 10.4 3.1 5.5 7.6 9.3 3.2 4.6 6.9 6.2 10.7 4.7 9.2 13.1 6.9 12.0 5.5 3.5 5.5 18.1 25.6 9.3 2.7

Central Western Plains (South)(50)

Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Condobolin Airport AWS 3.9 −1.3 −3.0 −2.4 −1.2 6.8 6.5 4.8 4.3 7.9 −1.2 0.8 1.8 7.4 −0.9 0.8 1.2 2.0 4.3 2.2 8.0 14.7 4.2 4.4 3.2 −1.2 0.6 11.5 20.1 8.7 0.5West Wyalong Airport AWS 3.8 −0.7 −2.0 −1.2 1.3 1.4 6.0 5.0 6.4 5.3 −0.2 1.1 1.0 7.1 1.0 2.8 1.4 3.1 3.9 1.8 8.6 12.0 3.7 3.3 1.8 −0.4 1.1 10.4 18.4 9.5 0.0

Central Western Plains (North)(51)

Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Coonamble Airport AWS 5.5 2.8 −1.7 −0.9 0.6 4.0 9.0 4.5 1.6 2.9 3.4 4.3 3.5 10.1 −0.1 1.3 4.4 6.7 9.6 2.9 7.9 14.5 4.0 5.6 8.7 3.8 5.2 10.9 17.5 16.1 1.8Nyngan Airport 6.9 −0.9 3 0.4 2.0 7.3 11.2 6.4 5.5 3.6 3.0 3.5 5.6 7.6 2.9 5.0 4.0 6.9 10.4 5.0 8.5 17.0 8.0 6.5 7.4 4.4 8.0 10.7 17.5

Northwest Plains (West) (52) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Mungindi Post Office 8.6 −0.8 4 3.5 −0.6 0.1 0.9 6.6 13.7 11.1 4.5 4.0 5.0 10.3 9.6 15.2 4.0 3.5 8.7 7.4 10.0 16.3 10.0 14.0 3.8 10.0 14.9 17.4 18.9 8.5Walgett Airport AWS 5.5 2.1 −2.6 −2.3 −0.5 3.9 13.2 6.6 3.6 1.0 2.7 2.2 2.7 15.0 2.8 0.0 3.2 7.5 10.4 1.8 9.5 11.2 4.3 6.3 10.6 1.1 2.7 9.7 17.1 16.9 2.2

Northwest Plains (East) (53) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Moree Aero 7.7 1.6 0.2 1.6 2.5 4.7 13.7 11.0 2.9 3.4 5.8 9.1 10.5 14.1 2.5 1.2 7.3 9.8 8.9 8.5 7.8 14.0 7.0 5.9 11.0 3.5 10.5 13.8 15.1 17.3 6.5

Northwest Slopes (North) (54) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Barraba Post Office 2.1 −2.1 1 −1.5 −5.0 −3.0 −3.5 −2.5 6.0 3.5 −1.5 1.0 0.0 3.5 4.5 5.2 −0.5 −2.5 0.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 2.9 8.6 3.1 2.1 1.0 −0.5 3.9 4.2 7.9 14.5 3.2Narrabri Airport AWS 6.5 −0.8 −1.2 0.1 1.4 3.0 16.4 12.0 1.3 1.0 3.9 7.7 7.8 14.5 0.5 1.6 4.5 7.1 7.4 4.8 6.2 14.5 7.6 4.1 11.6 4.7 7.4 9.8 15.3 16.6 4.9

Northwest Slopes (South) (55) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Gunnedah Airport AWS 4.3 1.0 −3.4 −2.9 −0.3 1.2 9.9 2.4 −0.5 0.4 3.4 5.2 7.3 6.5 2.0 −1.8 6.2 5.7 8.8 4.6 5.0 11.0 3.2 1.9 6.3 1.6 9.1 7.9 9.6 15.5 0.9Tamworth Airport AWS 4.2 −1.7 2 −0.1 −4.0 −2.2 −0.9 0.5 11.3 4.0 3.0 0.9 4.1 6.1 5.5 7.3 −0.2 −0.3 5.1 4.9 6.9 3.8 4.2 10.5 4.7 2.9 5.7 1.4 8.0 6.3 7.8 15.5 2.0Woolbrook (Danglemah Road) 0.3 −1.6 2 −2.5 −6.2 −5.6 −4.6 −4.2 3.9 3.1 1.8 −1.6 0.3 2.5 1.5 2.4 −2.4 −4.4 2.0 1.0 1.2 −0.2 −0.7 3.0 −1.3 −2.2 1.2 −3.6 7.2 3.0 2.8 12.0 −1.5

Northern Tablelands (West) (56) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Armidale Airport AWS 3.5 −1.0 −3.0 0.8 −1.0 0.2 10.0 10.8 1.4 −1.3 0.3 4.4 3.9 8.5 −2.2 −0.6 1.4 2.4 3.9 3.3 5.0 7.1 4.8 1.6 10.8 0.8 6.5 3.8 9.9 11.7 1.0Glen Innes Airport AWS 0.5 −3.4 −8.0 −7.9 −5.7 −5.9 6.4 10.6 2.4 −4.9 −0.1 −0.3 0.1 −1.2 −1.7 −5.5 −2.0 −0.7 5.1 2.4 −1.5 3.9 1.9 1.9 0.8 −0.2 5.7 8.0 2.5 9.3 1.9Guyra Hospital 3.6 −0.3 4 −1.0 −1.9 0.1 1.4 3.9 7.1 9.1 0.9 0.4 1.0 4.0 5.5 6.5 −0.9 −0.6 1.1 1.9 4.6 3.7 3.9 8.6 4.7 3.4 9.9 0.5 4.5 5.4 9.0 10.0 0.8Inverell (Raglan St) 1.9 −4.2 −5.0 −4.0 −3.2 −2.2 3.0 4.7 −2.4 −2.2 1.6 4.3 4.4 4.4 −1.0 −3.0 −0.3 2.5 5.4 3.5 2.4 7.5 3.3 0.0 3.5 5.0 5.3 5.5 11.0 4.2Tenterfield (Federation Park) 3.0 −1.7 2 −4.1 −5.8 −4.8 −2.2 −1.8 7.5 12.2 5.0 −2.5 0.5 0.0 3.0 1.3 7.4 −1.0 −1.0 0.8 8.5 4.4 0.2 5.6 4.5 7.0 3.4 3.3 9.0 4.6 5.0 11.4 7.5

Northern Tablelands (East) (57) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Tabulam (Muirne) 10.3 −0.1 5 6.1 6.3 5.3 8.9 8.8 12.7 15.1 9.0 9.0 8.0 9.9 12.9 10.7 4.8 8.1 7.5 10.1 9.4 9.3 10.5 12.8 12.7 12.8 14.5 10.9 11.0 11.7 11.8 15.5 13.2

Upper North Coast (58) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Ballina Airport AWS 10.2 6.3 4.0 4.4 6.1 8.4 10.4 13.4 8.9 7.3 6.8 8.1 8.6 14.7 10.2 5.3 7.8 8.7 11.7 10.3 12.9 10.2 13.0 14.8 9.6 15.6 12.5 10.5 12.3 16.5 17.9Casino Airport AWS 9.6 3.4 3.1 4.7 6.0 5.7 14.7 17.8 10.5 6.2 6.6 6.9 9.7 7.7 7.1 6.4 6.1 6.8 10.4 11.0 10.1 13.7 12.4 11.9 8.2 14.4 11.0 10.9 10.4 18.6 15.8Grafton Airport AWS 8.3 1.7 0.1 2.6 3.4 6.3 10.5 9.9 10.0 3.8 4.9 7.0 9.9 7.7 6.6 3.7 5.8 7.1 11.7 9.4 8.4 11.5 9.8 9.9 10.0 10.1 13.2 12.5 10.6 16.4 14.9Grafton Olympic Pool 10.3 −0.1 5 4.6 3.4 4.9 5.8 8.2 11.0 11.4 13.0 6.4 7.6 9.0 10.8 9.8 9.2 6.3 8.2 9.5 13.0 11.0 11.5 13.4 12.3 12.3 11.7 12.3 13.6 13.2 12.4 16.6 16.7Lismore Airport AWS 8.0 0.8 1.6 3.7 4.8 4.6 8.3 7.8 8.4 4.5 4.9 6.5 8.5 7.0 9.3 5.7 5.4 7.5 9.4 8.1 9.8 11.8 10.7 11.7 11.3 13.5 9.6 7.9 8.7 11.8 16.0Murwillumbah (Bray Park) 10.8 −0.7 3 6.2 4.0 6.5 8.4 7.0 10.6 14.4 6.9 8.5 10.0 10.0 7.6 13.5 7.6 7.3 10.7 13.5 11.2 9.0 11.5 12.5 15.6 12.7 16.0 13.2 11.8 10.4 18.7 18.4Yamba Pilot Station 12.7 −0.3 5 7.6 6.5 8.0 9.1 11.9 14.1 16.5 12.9 10.2 10.4 11.7 13.1 14.4 9.8 9.2 10.1 11.5 12.7 12.2 13.0 14.9 15.6 14.4 15.1 15.3 14.5 15.2 15.4 16.8 18.1

Lower North Coast (59) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Coffs Harbour MO 10.8 −0.2 5 5.9 5.1 8.0 5.4 10.3 14.1 12.3 6.1 5.8 8.2 9.7 9.9 14.5 10.5 5.1 8.2 11.4 13.1 11.2 9.2 14.2 11.9 10.5 13.5 13.0 15.4 12.8 14.8 18.7 15.5Dorrigo (Old Coramba Rd) 6.4 1.6 2.2 0.8 1.8 3.5 11.0 13.0 3.9 3.6 2.6 6.2 6.0 7.3 4.2 1.7 3.7 5.5 7.8 6.0 4.3 9.8 9.5 5.6 8.8 8.4 10.0 8.8 10.3 15.4 7.5Kempsey (Wide Street) 8.8 −0.1 6 2.5 4.0 5.6 4.2 7.0 11.9 9.8 6.5 5.2 7.0 8.5 8.8 9.6 10.4 5.3 8.7 8.5 11.0 8.6 8.9 11.0 11.5 8.8 9.0 8.2 13.6 11.6 10.7 15.9 12.9Kempsey Airport AWS 6.4 −0.4 2.0 2.3 1.8 4.9 8.4 6.8 4.5 2.6 5.3 6.3 6.4 7.0 8.0 3.1 6.5 6.7 10.0 6.2 6.5 8.2 7.9 6.7 6.1 6.4 12.2 8.7 8.1 13.6 9.2South West Rocks (Smoky CapeLighthouse)

13.9 +0.5 7 7.5 10.0 12.9 13.5 14.6 16.2 18.0 12.5 12.0 13.6 14.0 13.9 15.7 10.1 12.4 14.0 14.8 13.8 14.4 14.0 14.3 14.4 14.5 13.0 14.5 15.9 17.0 18.1 12.3

Manning (60) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Port Macquarie Airport AWS 8.4 2.4 6.8 6.0 4.9 6.7 14.7 7.6 5.9 3.9 6.4 7.9 7.7 8.8 10.2 4.5 6.5 6.6 11.1 7.4 7.1 11.0 9.4 6.9 9.2 7.3 12.2 9.6 13.4 17.1 11.3Taree Airport AWS 8.2 7.8 9.0 4.0 2.7 3.9 11.0 7.7 7.9 6.8 4.5 10.9 8.3 9.5 10.0 5.0 7.2 6.7 8.3 8.0 6.5 10.9 8.9 7.6 8.9 7.6 12.5 9.5 11.4 17.3 6.9

Hunter (61) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Cessnock Airport AWS 5.7 −1.3 2 0.9 2.3 −1.5 −0.7 0.1 14.6 7.6 10.3 7.7 1.3 5.3 7.1 4.7 0.8 0.0 3.0 6.6 5.6 7.0 7.1 10.7 4.8 5.7 8.4 4.5 9.2 5.8 12.6 16.5 4.3Cooranbong (Lake Macquarie AWS) 6.9 6.5 6.0 0.6 1.6 3.2 18.6 4.5 10.1 2.8 2.2 6.0 7.6 7.3 5.3 1.6 4.5 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.4 10.2 6.5 6.0 7.4 6.2 11.7 6.4 14.3 17.1 2.9Gosford (Narara Research Station) AWS 7.2 −0.5 4 4.1 6.7 2.3 3.4 4.4 17.0 4.6 5.7 3.7 3.8 7.4 6.8 7.7 4.4 2.8 4.9 8.9 7.6 10.1 8.1 10.1 7.6 6.8 8.7 8.2 10.3 8.0 12.1 16.5 2.2Jerrys Plains Post Office 6.3 −0.7 3 6.0 −1.0 0.9 1.5 12.0 9.9 8.1 9.4 5.4 2.2 0.1 3.6 7.2 6.5 8.2 7.8 6.2 6.5 7.0 6.2 3.2 9.2 6.2 13.5 16.1 1.0Merriwa (Roscommon) 3.8 −0.2 −3.7 −2.8 −1.3 −1.5 12.8 2.0 6.0 5.4 −0.9 2.5 7.6 4.5 1.9 1.7 5.4 3.6 5.4 4.3 3.3 9.5 6.0 2.3 8.1 −0.7 4.7 4.5 7.4 14.8 1.9Murrurundi Post Office 4.0 −1.0 3 −2.2 −1.6 −2.1 −0.5 0.0 14.6 12.7 5.5 2.4 0.8 5.0 6.0 7.4 −0.2 −1.3 0.0 5.3 6.4 3.4 2.9 8.9 2.5 1.4 5.3 0.0 3.3 5.0 13.5 11.6 5.0Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS 12.1 +0.7 8 7.7 10.1 8.4 8.0 10.1 16.2 14.5 12.0 11.3 9.4 12.5 14.2 14.2 9.2 8.3 9.9 12.4 11.5 12.0 11.6 14.2 14.0 12.4 15.6 11.8 13.9 13.8 16.1 18.3 9.5Norah Head AWS 12.2 6.8 9.1 9.8 9.1 11.1 18.7 13.7 10.7 10.2 10.6 12.5 12.5 13.9 8.9 9.2 11.8 12.8 11.7 12.4 13.0 14.8 13.1 13.0 14.7 12.7 13.8 12.9 17.0 18.0 8.6Scone Airport AWS 5.5 −1.3 1 −0.6 −1.4 −0.9 −0.2 0.3 18.5 13.5 9.3 4.1 0.2 5.3 8.0 9.1 1.9 0.9 2.1 5.2 7.0 4.2 4.6 9.2 5.0 7.7 10.0 1.5 4.6 4.9 12.0 15.8 2.6

Central Tablelands (North) (62) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Mudgee Airport AWS 2.4 −2.0 1 −3.4 −4.4 −3.7 −1.6 −2.1 9.9 0.6 7.0 5.6 0.0 1.0 3.7 2.2 −1.7 −1.2 −0.2 4.1 3.5 4.0 4.9 8.7 1.5 1.4 2.2 −1.4 5.8 4.9 8.2 14.3 −0.6

Central Tablelands (South) (63) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Bathurst Airport AWS 1.6 −2.2 1 −4.7 −4.9 −4.5 −1.7 −1.7 8.0 3.0 5.2 2.6 −1.6 0.6 1.4 4.7 −0.9 0.5 −0.3 3.6 3.3 1.3 3.0 7.1 1.5 0.6 2.2 −3.1 1.8 4.3 10.4 9.6 −2.8Katoomba (Murri St) 6.3 +1.0 8 −1.2 −0.1 4.0 6.6 9.6 9.1 9.1 3.4 4.4 6.6 8.1 6.3 12.6 0.4 2.6 3.7 6.1 6.3 5.7 7.3 11.0 8.9 7.2 4.8 3.3 7.1 8.7 15.7 8.9 2.0Lithgow (Cooerwull) 2.4 −6.0 −4.9 −4.0 −1.8 10.2 8.0 4.6 4.0 −1.7 0.7 1.7 5.7 −0.5 −2.1 3.2 2.3 2.2 1.0 2.9 7.7 1.5 1.0 1.4 −2.9 6.1 4.9 15.8 9.6 −0.4Oberon (Springbank) 1.5 −0.8 3 −5.8 −4.5 −2.4 −2.0 0.6 7.2 4.0 −1.6 −0.5 −1.9 0.6 1.9 6.8 −1.6 2.6 3.6 1.0 0.2 1.2 8.0 2.4 −0.3 0.5 −4.1 4.6 3.7 13.5 6.8 −0.9Orange Airport AWS 2.0 −4.3 −4.0 −3.7 −0.7 0.8 7.1 4.3 2.6 3.4 −0.8 0.5 0.9 7.2 −1.9 0.2 −0.4 0.4 2.7 1.4 4.5 9.0 3.0 0.2 0.5 −3.0 3.7 6.5 12.9 7.7 −0.3Springwood (Valley Heights) 9.1 3.2 5.6 5.6 8.7 10.3 14.1 14.7 7.2 7.2 6.5 9.0 9.3 13.1 4.5 5.6 7.0 9.6 7.9 7.3 8.6 10.2 8.5 9.2 9.2 7.0 12.5 11.0 15.6 16.1 8.4

Central Western Slopes (North)(64)

Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Coonabarabran Airport AWS 8.4 0.8 3.5 6.3 9.9 8.7 12.2 9.8 5.8 7.0 6.7 8.6 10.7 12.3 2.7 5.3 6.4 10.4 9.2 7.7 10.2 12.4 9.0 11.4 9.9 4.6 8.4 10.9 15.4 14.0 3.2Central Western Slopes (South)(65)

Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Cowra Airport AWS 2.4 −4.5 −2.6 −2.0 0.8 0.0 7.1 3.1 7.4 2.9 −1.0 0.2 1.6 4.0 −2.0 0.7 0.4 2.8 1.2 1.7 6.9 11.1 1.3 0.6 −0.3 −1.6 1.0 6.7 16.0 9.6 −0.4Dubbo Airport AWS 4.4 −2.0 −2.3 −2.5 0.5 2.0 9.4 4.6 1.6 7.2 1.1 3.0 5.5 8.4 −0.9 −0.3 6.6 5.4 6.1 2.3 7.0 11.7 3.0 4.3 4.3 1.6 8.5 7.9 13.7 12.9 0.9Forbes Airport AWS 3.5 −2.1 −2.6 −1.8 −0.1 4.4 4.3 4.0 5.4 6.6 −0.7 1.1 1.7 8.5 −1.8 0.8 1.3 3.4 3.9 2.0 6.5 13.0 3.5 3.1 1.4 −1.2 1.5 9.3 19.3 10.3 −0.1Parkes Airport AWS 2.3 −0.4 −2.8 −2.4 −0.5 1.7 3.0 2.8 0.6 3.2 −1.2 0.8 1.4 5.6 −3.0 −1.3 2.3 3.2 4.3 1.0 5.9 11.4 1.2 1.5 0.9 −2.6 0.8 7.7 16.4 10.1 −1.6Wellington (Agrowplow) 4.0 −1.4 2 −0.2 0.5 −0.3 −0.4 0.1 9.2 −0.1 6.4 4.8 1.8 3.0 5.0 4.9 −1.2 −0.8 3.7 5.2 5.0 4.6 7.8 11.1 2.5 3.4 4.0 0.5 6.4 7.9 11.4 13.0 −0.4

Metropolitan (East) (66) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Bankstown Airport AWS 7.9 −0.8 3 2.7 5.0 2.9 4.1 3.8 15.5 6.5 7.7 7.6 4.6 8.0 6.7 7.1 4.2 4.6 5.8 9.8 9.8 7.9 8.5 10.9 7.3 6.8 10.4 9.2 12.7 8.8 14.0 17.1 7.0Parramatta North (Masons Drive) 8.6 −0.7 3 0.7 4.4 4.0 5.5 5.5 15.6 13.7 8.4 6.5 5.8 8.5 7.0 10.5 4.0 5.0 7.2 9.7 9.6 8.3 7.8 10.8 8.8 8.3 9.4 9.6 11.5 9.5 18.2 16.7 6.8Sydney (Observatory Hill) 12.0 +0.9 9 5.5 7.2 7.5 9.7 11.1 18.4 16.4 11.3 11.6 9.5 12.6 11.0 14.0 7.9 9.2 10.5 14.2 12.4 11.1 12.1 13.8 12.4 11.2 13.5 12.0 14.6 14.1 18.9 17.3 9.9

Metropolitan (West) (67) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Liverpool (Michael Wenden Centre) 6.7 1.9 2.2 2.8 14.2 5.2 5.4 2.8 6.8 5.2 6.4 2.8 3.2 8.9 6.2 6.2 7.2 9.8 5.8 5.0 6.8 11.8 7.8 12.9 17.2 3.9Penrith Lakes AWS 7.8 2.2 4.2 3.2 4.1 4.3 12.7 7.4 8.1 6.0 4.6 7.3 8.1 6.9 4.8 5.1 7.6 9.4 9.5 7.3 9.0 11.0 8.4 7.8 10.6 7.0 11.5 10.2 14.1 16.4 5.8Richmond RAAF 6.0 −1.4 1.7 0.1 1.5 1.6 12.1 5.9 9.8 2.5 1.9 6.5 5.6 5.9 1.3 1.8 4.6 7.8 8.0 6.2 7.2 10.1 6.1 7.2 9.1 4.9 10.8 8.3 13.2 16.8 3.0

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Daily and mean minimum temperatures for September 2012Mean is the average of the daily minimum temperature for September 2012; it is only shown if there are sufficient days available. Anom isthe difference between the mean daily minimum temperature for September 2012 and the long-term average minimum temperature forSeptember. Decile is the decile rank of mean daily minimum temperature for September 2012 in the climate record of other Septembermean daily minimum temperatures; “L” indicates this is the lowest on record, and “H” it is the highest on record. Anomalies and deciles areonly shown if there are sufficient years of climate record available. The lowest and highest minimum temperatures for each site forSeptember 2012 are highlighted.

Illawarra (68) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Bellambi AWS 11.9 6.2 8.9 9.5 11.2 13.8 17.9 12.7 11.5 12.7 12.4 11.8 11.3 13.9 7.1 10.2 11.5 12.6 11.8 11.2 11.9 13.2 12.0 12.2 11.3 10.8 13.7 13.4 16.7 16.7 8.2Camden Airport AWS 5.3 −1.5 2 −1.8 1.6 −0.8 0.8 0.4 11.0 2.7 9.7 5.4 1.6 4.8 3.8 7.4 1.3 2.4 3.6 8.0 6.4 4.4 7.1 9.3 5.1 3.7 6.4 3.8 10.6 7.2 11.8 15.5 5.0Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicular AWS) 11.5 6.1 7.3 8.1 9.7 11.0 16.0 15.6 11.2 12.0 10.2 13.6 9.1 13.7 6.9 10.7 9.1 12.6 12.6 10.2 12.2 14.3 11.0 10.0 11.8 9.2 12.2 14.2 17.3 16.1 10.8Moss Vale AWS 4.6 −1.4 −0.8 1.3 0.4 6.5 10.1 9.3 5.6 4.0 −1.8 4.0 7.0 10.7 −0.2 2.3 3.6 5.5 10.2 3.9 0.7 2.2 −1.0 8.6 9.0 10.7 10.2 2.4Nowra RAN Air Station AWS 7.8 2.5 3.7 3.4 7.1 6.2 14.4 7.0 10.0 10.3 6.7 9.6 6.3 7.2 3.4 7.2 4.5 11.1 7.8 9.1 9.6 8.7 7.5 6.4 8.0 6.8 6.1 7.6 14.4 15.0 7.1

South Coast (69) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Batemans Bay (Catalina Country Club) 6.4 −1.0 3 −1.8 −0.3 1.0 3.3 4.6 15.9 9.9 3.8 4.0 1.0 11.0 3.4 8.1 0.9 3.8 2.5 8.6 8.1 10.9 10.3 10.4 6.8 5.2 6.1 4.5 9.0 9.0 15.1 12.6 3.8Bega AWS 6.9 +1.0 9 4.9 −1.6 −0.9 3.4 2.1 15.2 13.0 12.3 10.8 −1.1 9.0 3.3 9.1 6.9 3.0 2.6 9.3 7.1 9.1 8.5 7.3 12.7 5.2 2.7 3.0 4.6 8.0 14.3 13.3 9.5Braidwood Racecourse AWS 1.5 −1.8 1 −4.6 −6.7 −5.6 −2.5 0.9 8.9 6.4 3.3 3.1 −3.9 3.2 0.2 2.0 −2.4 −1.9 −1.4 5.7 2.6 2.6 6.8 6.6 −0.8 −1.9 −3.0 −1.8 7.1 6.1 9.8 8.1 −1.0Moruya Airport AWS 6.4 −1.8 0.5 0.4 2.6 5.3 15.3 14.3 3.8 3.0 0.2 10.5 3.3 8.4 0.2 3.6 2.8 11.3 8.0 10.7 10.0 10.5 7.1 4.8 5.2 6.4 8.0 9.8 14.0 11.9 1.7Narooma (Marine Rescue) 9.0 0.0 5 2.8 4.8 4.9 7.5 7.2 15.3 10.1 9.8 7.9 6.0 11.4 7.4 11.2 4.6 7.2 7.4 11.2 8.5 10.6 11.0 11.4 10.5 9.4 8.0 6.8 10.6 12.6 14.8 10.2Ulladulla AWS 10.8 0.0 6 4.5 6.8 5.8 9.8 10.0 16.0 15.2 11.5 11.8 8.1 11.8 8.6 12.1 5.6 10.4 8.1 12.0 11.0 10.5 12.2 13.9 10.3 9.1 11.4 9.7 11.2 14.2 15.6 16.5 9.4

Southern Tablelands (Goulburn-Monaro) (70)

Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Bombala AWS 2.4 −0.5 4 −0.9 −5.7 −3.1 1.6 3.2 7.1 4.6 5.1 5.3 −4.8 5.4 −0.2 2.2 1.7 3.4 −1.9 5.1 0.2 0.7 5.6 5.8 6.2 0.1 −2.0 1.9 −1.9 7.5 14.2 5.2 0.5Cooma Visitors Centre 0.5 −0.7 2 −3.5 −6.5 −6.0 −1.0 −3.2 8.2 4.3 −0.3 −3.0 −6.5 −0.9 −0.8 0.9 −3.9 −2.4 −2.5 4.5 3.0 3.0 6.2 4.4 2.0 0.6 −2.2 −3.5 2.5 2.6 13.6 6.0 0.0Goulburn Airport AWS 0.9 −2.3 1 −7.4 −7.0 −3.0 −1.6 −3.4 7.7 5.0 5.5 3.8 −5.5 −0.8 0.5 0.7 −4.5 −3.9 −1.0 2.0 3.0 2.6 6.5 4.7 0.7 −1.3 −1.5 −5.2 7.6 1.7 13.0 8.2 −0.4Taralga Post Office 1.5 −1.6 1 −5.2 −4.8 −3.0 −0.5 0.0 7.1 5.8 4.2 3.6 −2.5 0.0 2.0 2.1 −1.5 −2.0 −1.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 4.4 9.4 0.9 0.6 0.5 −4.0 4.0 4.5 14.3 6.5 −2.2Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 2.6 −5.5 −4.4 −3.4 −0.3 −1.6 8.3 6.0 7.3 2.8 −1.9 −1.8 3.7 1.6 −2.2 −2.0 −0.1 5.2 8.2 7.3 8.7 6.5 1.7 0.3 −0.7 −2.1 8.6 3.9 10.9 8.9 4.4

Southern Tablelands (SnowyMountains) (71)

Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Charlotte Pass (Kosciusko Chalet) −5.0 −2.0 −5.0 −3.0 4.0Thredbo AWS −2.3 +0.8 8 −7.3 −8.6 −2.5 0.7 −0.5 −1.2 −4.5 −4.9 −3.0 −1.8 −2.7 −3.0 −0.7 −6.1 −3.3 −0.8 −1.2 0.0 −3.6 0.2 1.6 −1.4 −0.2 −3.8 −4.3 −3.3 2.7 6.3 −5.7 −6.4

Southwest Slopes (South) (72) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Albury Airport AWS 5.0 −1.3 0.0 0.6 4.3 2.7 7.7 6.8 7.5 6.8 3.5 2.7 2.6 9.1 0.8 2.4 3.0 4.7 5.0 8.4 10.4 11.9 5.1 4.2 5.3 0.8 2.5 7.6 14.3 8.1 2.6Cabramurra SMHEA AWS 1.5 −5.3 −1.4 1.1 4.1 4.8 1.6 −1.5 −1.5 −0.1 1.6 1.4 3.9 2.1 −3.9 −1.6 2.6 2.9 3.0 1.7 4.1 5.5 1.6 4.0 −0.6 −0.9 3.1 7.1 10.1 −2.3 −3.1Tumbarumba Post Office 2.1 −0.9 3 −5.0 −3.2 −2.5 2.5 4.2 8.4 4.0 4.5 3.0 −1.0 −0.2 −1.0 2.8 −1.0 −1.5 −3.5 3.0 0.0 7.3 10.0 1.5 1.5 0.5 −2.5 0.0 5.6 17.0 6.0 0.0Wagga Wagga AMO 4.0 −1.1 2 −3.0 −0.1 −0.2 4.2 6.2 4.8 3.8 5.9 3.5 0.2 0.9 3.9 8.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 3.0 4.5 5.6 10.4 9.6 3.4 3.3 0.8 −1.7 1.7 11.5 19.1 7.7 −0.2

Southwest Slopes (North) (73) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Wyalong Post Office 5.5 −0.7 3 0.5 −0.7 −0.5 3.9 5.3 8.1 6.4 7.0 6.3 1.3 3.2 2.8 9.4 2.8 2.2 3.3 5.4 6.4 3.8 9.5 13.9 7.3 4.8 5.1 0.4 2.5 12.5 17.6 9.8 3.5Young Airport 0.8 −2.4 1 −5.5 −4.0 −3.6 0.1 −2.0 3.0 −0.5 5.9 −0.3 −2.4 −0.5 −0.5 2.0 −3.3 −2.1 −0.6 1.1 0.6 1.5 5.6 7.9 1.2 0.0 −0.8 −3.7 0.0 4.5 14.6 9.5 −2.4

Riverina (East) (74) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Deniliquin Airport AWS 6.5 −1.6 −1.5 3.2 9.1 11.2 11.2 7.4 6.9 9.3 0.9 3.4 5.2 6.9 1.9 6.3 5.2 5.6 9.5 3.8 11.1 11.0 4.3 9.5 3.8 1.6 4.1 11.4 21.7 8.2 3.8

Riverina (West) (75) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Griffith Airport AWS 5.5 −0.3 4 −1.7 −1.5 0.5 4.5 14.4 6.4 6.6 6.0 3.6 1.3 4.0 3.8 9.3 −0.3 0.9 3.7 5.9 8.5 2.6 10.5 10.7 3.1 6.0 2.7 −0.5 5.6 16.7 22.4 8.4 0.0Hay (Miller Street) 6.9 +0.2 6 0.9 0.1 6.4 8.3 11.6 7.7 7.3 8.2 10.7 1.3 2.3 9.7 8.5 2.7 4.1 4.9 3.8 8.5 2.8 11.5 10.5 4.0 11.1 5.0 0.8 3.8 16.0 22.4 7.8 4.7Hay Airport AWS 5.7 −0.4 −2.4 4.5 8.9 11.3 6.7 6.7 7.8 10.3 −0.6 1.3 7.3 8.3 −0.2 2.1 3.6 1.9 6.6 0.8 10.6 9.7 3.6 8.4 4.2 −0.3 1.7 16.6 22.9 5.7 2.7Hillston Airport 5.4 −1.8 1 1.0 −1.8 3.5 7.8 13.0 6.8 5.0 4.5 7.6 0.5 2.0 3.0 9.8 −1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 9.0 1.5 8.0 12.0 4.0 9.5 4.5 0.0 6.5 21.0 8.8 1.5

Offshore Islands (200) Mean Anom Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Lord Howe Island Aero 13.8 −0.8 2 12.2 10.7 12.9 13.9 8.0 16.9 19.1 14.7 14.7 12.3 9.9 13.5 16.4 14.0 13.7 14.5 10.3 14.2 14.4 15.2 12.2 14.8 12.5 15.4 16.5 15.1 13.6 8.9 16.9 15.2Norfolk Island Aero 14.1 +0.4 7 12.9 15.5 13.6 13.5 14.4 12.1 14.2 15.6 14.5 14.7 14.1 14.1 12.5 13.4 15.2 12.5 12.9 13.0 13.4 13.4 13.4 14.9 15.8 16.1 15.6 16.3 15.1 13.5 13.7 12.1

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Daily and total rainfall for September 2012Total is the total precipitation for September 2012; a missing total indicates there is concern about the quality of some of the daily values.Avg is the long-term average total precipitation for September. Decile is the decile rank of total precipitation for September 2012 in theclimate record of other September totals; “L” indicates this is the lowest on record, and “H” it is the highest on record. Long-term averageand decile rank are only shown if there are sufficient years of climate record available. Reports of zero precipitation are shown as “· ”. Whena reading was accumulated over more than one day, “»” is shown on the days that are part of the accumulation.

Western (Far Northwest) (46) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Tibooburra Airport 0.8 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.8 ·White Cliffs AWS 5.4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 5.2 ·Wilcannia (Reid St) 3.0 16 2 · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 · · · · · · · 0.2 · · · · · · · 2.6 ·Wilcannia Aerodrome AWS 3.0 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3.0 ·

Western (Lower Darling) (47) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Broken Hill Airport AWS 3.8 21 3 · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 · · · 1.0 · · · · · · · · · · 1.4 1.2 ·Lake Victoria Storage 4.8 24 1 · · · · · · 0.8 · · · · · · · · · · 2.6 · 0.2 · · · · · · · · 1.2 ·Menindee Post Office 1.0 18 1 · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 · · · 0.1 · · · 0.3 · · · · · · · 0.4 ·Pooncarie Mail Agency 3.6 22 2 · · · · · · 0.2 · · · · · · · · 1.2 · 0.2 · · 1.8 · · · · · 0.2 · · ·Wentworth Post Office 9.4 27 3 1.0 0.4 8.0

Western (Upper Darling) (48) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Bourke Airport AWS 21.4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.0 · · · · · · · 20.4 ·Brewarrina Hospital 18.4 25 6 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 5.0 · 1.2 · · · · · · · 12.2 ·Cobar MO 17.4 25 5 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 17.4 ·Collarenebri (Albert St) 9.6 26 4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4.6 · · · · · · · · · 5.0 ·Lightning Ridge Visitors Information Cen 37.8 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 8.1 1.2 · · · · 0.5 · · · · 28.0 ·Wanaaring Post Office 10.1 14 6 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.1 · · · · · · 10.0 · ·

Western (Southwest Plains) (49) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Balranald (RSL) 13.2 29 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.4 · · · · 11.0 0.6 · · · · · · · · · 0.2 ·Ivanhoe Aerodrome AWS 4.0 · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.2 · · · · 0.2 0.4 · · · · · · · · · 2.0 0.2Ivanhoe Post Office 3.2 22 1 1.2 · · · · 0.4 · · · · · · · · · · 1.6 ·

Central Western Plains (South)(50)

Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Condobolin Airport AWS 25.6 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.8 0.2 · · · 4.4 · 0.2 · · · · · · · 18.8 ·Peak Hill Post Office 33.8 39 5 · · · · · 0.2 · · · · · · · 1.0 · · · · 5.0 · · · · · · · · · 27.6 ·Tullamore (Old Post Office) 24.6 32 5 2.2 22.4West Wyalong Airport AWS 14.6 2.8 · · · · 0.4 · · · · · · · 1.8 · · · · 3.0 · 0.4 · · · · · · · 6.2 ·

Central Western Plains (North)(51)

Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Coonamble Airport AWS 31.4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.8 · · · 3.6 2.4 · 2.2 0.6 · · · · · · 20.8 ·Macquarie Marshes (Willie Retreat) 23.0 32 6 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 5.0 · · · · · · · · · · 18.0 ·Nyngan Airport 13.8 28 4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.4 · · · · · · 0.4 · · · · · · · 13.0 ·Quambone Station 22.2 29 6 22.2Trangie Research Station AWS 23.4 32 5 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.4 · · · · 3.4 · · · · · · · · · 19.6 ·

Northwest Plains (West) (52) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Burren Junction (Hastings Street) 7.0 27 3 7.0Gwabegar Post Office 20.0 34 5 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.0 · · · 3.0 2.0 · · · · · · · · · · 14.0Mungindi Post Office 10.7 27 4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 2.9 · · 1.0 · · · · · · · 0.2 6.4Walgett Airport AWS 14.0 24 4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.6 2.0 0.2 0.6 · · · · · · · 10.4 0.2

Northwest Plains (East) (53) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Baradine Post Office 23.6 38 4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.4 · · · 11.8 10.0 · 0.4 · · · · · · · · ·Bellata Post Office 1.0 35 1 1.0Garah Post Office · 33 L · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·Moree Aero 10.8 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.4 2.8 · 1.4 · · · · · · · 0.8 4.4Narrabri West Post Office 12.2 42 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4.2 · · · · · · · · · 8.0 ·

Northwest Slopes (North) (54) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Barraba Post Office 18.8 44 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.4 8.4 · 3.0 · · · · · · · 7.0 ·Bingara Post Office 20.5 47 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.5 11.0 · 1.2 · · · · · · · · 7.8Delungra Post Office 14.8 43 2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4.4 7.0 · 0.6 · · · 1.6 · · · 1.2 ·Gravesend Post Office 12.2 40 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.6 · 3.0 · · · · · · · 2.2 5.4Narrabri Airport AWS 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2Pindari Dam 19.0 49 2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.6 · · · 6.4 6.2 · 1.2 · · · · · · · 4.6 ·

Northwest Slopes (South) (55) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Boggabri Post Office 4.0 38 2 4.0Gunnedah Airport AWS 30.6 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.4 · · · · 14.0 · 0.4 · · · · · · · 15.6 0.2Gunnedah Pool 40.2 40 6 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.4 · · · · 20.6 · 1.2 · · · · · · · 17.6 0.4Manilla Post Office 20.4 42 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.0 · · · 4.2 1.4 · 2.0 · · · · · · · 10.8 ·Quirindi Post Office 19.8 47 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.4 6.0 · 1.6 0.4 · · · · · · 11.4 ·Tamworth Airport AWS 26.8 46 4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.6 · · · 4.0 4.6 · 0.4 · · · · · · · 11.6 5.6Woolbrook (Danglemah Road) 18.4 56 1 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.8 · · · 5.8 0.8 · 1.6 · · · · · · · 6.8 0.6

Northern Tablelands (West) (56) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Armidale Airport AWS 42.8 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4.2 0.2 · · 16.6 9.4 · · 4.4 0.2 · 2.4 · · · 1.0 4.4Deepwater Post Office 25.8 50 3 1.6 9.4 9.0 0.4 5.4Glen Innes Airport AWS 43.0 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.6 · · · 19.8 8.4 · 2.4 1.2 · · 4.4 · · · · 5.2Guyra Hospital 22.0 60 2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.8 · · · 0.8 6.0 · 1.6 3.2 · · 1.2 · · · 0.8 6.6Inverell (Raglan St) 46.8 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 · · · 8.4 23.6 · 1.2 · · · 4.0 · · · 2.4 7.0Tenterfield (Federation Park) 39.0 51 5 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 11.8 22.2 · 2.0 · · · 0.6 · · · · 2.4 ·

Northern Tablelands (East) (57) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Bonalbo Post Office 15.6 36 4 1.8 11.8 2.0Tabulam (Muirne) 18.6 39 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.2 · · · 8.2 6.8 · 1.4 · · · 1.0 · · · · ·

Upper North Coast (58) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Ballina Airport AWS 14.8 65 2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 · · · 8.8 1.0 0.2 · 3.6 · 0.2 0.8 · · · · ·Byron Bay (Cape Byron AWS) 6.0 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3.0 0.2 · · 2.2 · · · · · · · 0.4Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive) 9.2 72 1 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 · · · 2.0 1.6 · · 4.2 · · · 0.8 · · · 0.4Casino Airport AWS 7.8 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.6 · · · 1.4 5.2 · 0.4 0.2 · · · · · · ·Evans Head RAAF Bombing Range AWS 5.4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.6 · · · 0.2 2.6 · 0.2 0.4 · 0.2 1.2 · · · · ·Grafton Airport AWS 50.4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.4 · · · 32.8 13.2 · 0.4 · 0.2 · 1.2 · · · · 0.2Grafton Olympic Pool 63.6 38 8 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.2 0.1 · · 50.0 10.0 · 0.4 0.2 · 0.1 1.4 · · · · 0.2Green Pigeon (Morning View) 7.0 43 2 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 · · · 1.2 5.0 · 0.2 · · · 0.2 · · · · ·Kyogle Post Office 13.8 44 3 1.2 0.8 0.6 1.2 9.0 1.0Lismore Airport AWS 8.6 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.4 · · · 1.8 4.2 · 0.2 1.0 0.2 · 0.6 · · · · ·Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm) 8.2 61 2 1.2 6.6 0.2 0.2Murwillumbah (Bray Park) 5.6 41 2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.0 1.8 · · · · · 0.4 1.4 · · · ·Nimbin Post Office 8.6 48 2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.0 · · · 2.0 4.0 · · · · · 1.6 · · · · ·Tweed Heads Golf Club 20.0 65 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 15.0 1.0 · · · · · · 2.0 · · · 2.0Yamba Pilot Station 17.8 59 2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.6 · · · 3.8 2.4 · 1.0 0.8 · 0.2 6.2 0.8 · · · ·

Lower North Coast (59) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Coffs Harbour MO 33.2 61 5 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 8.4 21.2 · · · · · 3.4 0.2 · · · ·Dorrigo (Old Coramba Rd) 32.0 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.0 · · · 13.8 6.0 · 0.4 · · · 2.4 · 7.4 · · ·Kempsey (Wide Street) 20.2 56 4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.9 · · · · 18.6 0.1 · · · 0.2 0.4 · · · · ·Kempsey Airport AWS 12.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 0.2 · · 1.4 9.8 · 0.2 0.2 · 0.2 · · · · · ·South West Rocks (Smoky CapeLighthouse)

7.8 56 1 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3.8 · · · · · · 0.6 0.2 · · 3.2 · · · · ·

Manning (60) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Forster - Tuncurry Marine Rescue 15.0 67 2 · 2.2 · · · · · · · · · · · 6.4 · · · 4.8 0.6 · · 1.0 · · · · · · · ·Gloucester Post Office 22.4 51 4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.4 · · · 11.8 9.2 · 1.0 · · · · · · · · ·Port Macquarie Airport AWS 10.4 · 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · · 0.6 · 0.6 · 6.4 2.6 · · · · · · · · · · ·Seal Rocks Camping Reserve 14.8Taree Airport AWS 12.6 · 0.4 0.2 · 0.2 · · · · · · · · 1.4 · · · 6.6 2.0 0.2 1.4 · 0.2 · · · · · · ·Yarras (Mount Seaview) 56.2 70 6 · · 0.4 · · · · 0.6 · · · · · 2.6 · · 0.4 22.0 24.4 0.4 3.8 0.8 · · · 0.4 0.4 · · ·

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Daily and total rainfall for September 2012Total is the total precipitation for September 2012; a missing total indicates there is concern about the quality of some of the daily values.Avg is the long-term average total precipitation for September. Decile is the decile rank of total precipitation for September 2012 in theclimate record of other September totals; “L” indicates this is the lowest on record, and “H” it is the highest on record. Long-term averageand decile rank are only shown if there are sufficient years of climate record available. Reports of zero precipitation are shown as “· ”. Whena reading was accumulated over more than one day, “»” is shown on the days that are part of the accumulation.

Hunter (61) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Cessnock Airport AWS 32.0 47 5 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 · · · 20.2 7.6 · · · · · · 2.4 · · 1.6 ·Cooranbong (Lake Macquarie AWS) 26.6 0.8 · · · · · · · · · · · 4.0 · · · 7.2 11.4 · · · · · 1.4 1.2 · · 0.6 ·Dungog - Main Creek (Yeranda) 18.0 54 3 0.2 2.6 12.0 2.8 0.4Gosford (Narara Research Station) AWS 40.0 69 4 2.6 · · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 8.0 · · · 21.6 5.6 · · · 0.2 · · 0.2 · · 1.6 ·Jerrys Plains Post Office 11.8 42 2 · · · · · 0.4 · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.4 · 0.2 · · · · · · · 8.8 ·Maitland Visitors Centre 21.8 · 4.0 · · · · · · · · · · · 6.3 · · · 2.4 6.8 · · · 0.3 · · · · · 2.0 ·Mangrove Mountain AWS 31.4 0.6 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · 4.6 · · · 17.8 5.0 · · · · · · · · · 3.2 ·Merriwa (Roscommon) 35.0 39 6 · · · · · 0.2 · · · · · · 0.2 0.8 · · · 2.4 20.4 · · · · · · · · · 11.0 ·Murrurundi Gap AWS 13.8 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.2 · · · 0.4 1.4 · 0.4 · · · · · · · 10.4 ·Murrurundi Post Office 25.2 58 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.8 · · · · 5.4 · 0.8 · · · · · · · 17.2 ·Nelson Bay (Nelson Head) 40.4 89 3 0.5 11.2 · · · · · · · · · · · 26.5 0.1 · · · 1.8 · 0.2 · · · · 0.1 · · · ·Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS 16.2 73 1 0.6 6.4 · · · · · · · · · · · 6.6 · · · 0.2 2.2 · 0.2 · · · · · · · · ·Newcastle University 15.4 · 1.8 · · · · · · · · · · · 8.8 · · · 2.0 2.6 · 0.2 · · · · · · · · ·Norah Head AWS 31.0 0.2 9.2 · · · · · · · · · · · 5.0 · · · 5.4 10.0 · · · · · 0.6 · · 0.6 ·Scone Airport AWS 20.4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.8 · · · 4.6 3.6 · 0.6 · · · · · · · 9.2 0.6Singleton STP 9.0 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.2 · · · 3.0 0.6 · 0.2 · · · · · · · 4.0 ·Upper Chichester (Simmonds) 19.4 55 2 0.4 7.4 7.0 4.6Williamtown RAAF 17.6 60 2 · 3.0 · · · · · · · · · · · 12.6 · · · 0.4 1.6 · · · · · · · · · · ·

Central Tablelands (North) (62) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Gulgong Post Office 51.8 47 7 · · · · · 0.4 · · · · · · · 1.4 · · · · 27.4 · 1.0 · · · · · · · 21.6 ·Mudgee Airport AWS 54.4 0.8 0.2 · · · 1.0 · · · · · · · 1.4 · · · · 13.2 · 0.2 · · · · · · · 37.6 ·Nullo Mountain AWS 50.2 1.4 · · · · 1.2 · · · · · · · 2.4 · 0.2 · · 10.2 · 0.2 · · · · · · · 34.2 0.4

Central Tablelands (South) (63) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Bathurst Airport AWS 35.8 0.6 · · · · 1.4 · · · · · · · 2.4 · · · · 0.8 · · · · · · · · · 30.4 0.2Blackheath (Lawrence St) 41.4 64 4 2.0 · · · · 1.8 · · · · · · · 2.0 · · · 2.4 3.6 · · · · · · 1.0 · · 28.6 ·Blayney (Orange Road) 51.8 70 3 2.4 · · · · · 1.6 · · · · · · 5.0 · · · · 4.6 · · · · · · · · · 36.6 1.6Hill End Post Office 50.8 63 5 1.6 · · · · 1.0 · · · · · · · 5.0 · · · · 3.0 · · · · · · · · · 40.2 ·Katoomba (Murri St) 30.6 72 3 · 0.2 · · · 1.2 · · · · · · · 1.6 · · · 1.6 1.4 · · · · · · 1.4 · · 23.0 0.2Lithgow (Cooerwull) 48.6 57 6 2.0 · · · · 1.4 · · · · · · · 2.6 · · · 4.0 6.2 · 0.6 · · · · · · · 31.4 0.4Oberon (Springbank) 49.8 67 4 3.0 0.4 · · · 1.2 · · · 0.2 · 0.2 · 5.8 · · · 0.2 0.2 · 0.6 0.6 · · 0.2 · · · 36.2 1.0Orange Airport AWS 61.6 3.6 0.2 · · · 1.0 · · · · · · · 3.8 0.2 · · · 3.2 1.4 0.2 0.2 · · · · · · 46.8 1.0Rockley Post Office 37.6 55 4 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 6.4 · · · · · · 1.4 · · · · · · · 29.8 ·Springwood (Valley Heights) 25.0 56 4 1.2 · · · · 1.0 · · · · · · · 0.6 · · · 6.4 8.2 · · · · · · · · · 7.6 ·

Central Western Slopes (North)(64)

Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Coonabarabran (Namoi Street) 42.0 50 6 3.0 · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.0 · · · 12.6 5.0 · 1.8 · · · · · · · 18.6 ·Coonabarabran Airport AWS 53.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3.0 · · · 28.6 4.0 · 2.4 · · · · · · · 15.2 ·Dunedoo Post Office 42.3 43 6 0.6 · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.8 · · · 0.2 15.9 · 3.6 · · · · · · · 20.2 ·

Central Western Slopes (South)(65)

Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Cowra Airport AWS 42.0 0.2 · · · · 0.4 · · · · · · · 2.8 0.2 · · · 2.8 0.2 0.4 · · · · · · · 34.2 0.8Dubbo Airport AWS 31.6 · · · · · 0.4 · · · · · · · 1.6 · · · · 2.8 · · · · · · · · · 26.8 ·Eugowra Post Office 11.4 45 1 » » 0.8 · · 0.4 · · · · · · · 7.0 · · · · 2.2 · 1.0 · · · · · · · · ·Forbes Airport AWS 4.8 1.0 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · · 1.0 · · · · 1.4 0.4 · · · · · · · · · 0.8Molong (Hill St) 45.0 54 5 2.0 · · · · 1.2 · · · · · · · 2.8 · · · · 8.2 0.2 · · · · · · · · 30.6 ·Parkes Airport AWS 37.4 44 5 1.0 · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.4 0.2 · · · 5.2 · · · · · · · · · 28.2 0.4Wellington (Agrowplow) 34.4 44 5 · · · · · 0.8 · · · · · · 1.2 · · · · · 7.0 · 0.8 · · · · · · · 24.6 ·

Metropolitan (East) (66) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Avalon Beach (Avalon (Palmgrove Rd)) 5.2 66 L 5.2Bankstown Airport AWS 20.4 45 4 1.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.0 · · · · 1.2 · · 0.4 · · · · · · 15.6 ·Belrose (Evelyn Place) 28.2 69 3 0.6 0.8 · · · · · · · · · · · 3.4 · · · 1.8 6.8 · · · · · 0.2 · · · 14.6 ·Canterbury Racecourse AWS 20.6 0.6 · · 0.4 · · · · · · · · · 1.8 · 0.2 · · 3.2 · · 0.8 · · · · · · 13.6 ·Castle Cove (Rosebridge Ave) 32.0 69 4 1.0 0.5 · · · · · · · · · · · 5.0 · · · 1.5 6.0 · · · · · · · · · 18.0 ·Concord Golf Club 5.8 62 1 2.4 3.4Cronulla South Bowling Club 23.2 62 3 2.6 6.0 0.2 1.4 13.0Lucas Heights (ANSTO) 4.9 52 1 3.6 1.3Oatley (Woronora Parade) 17.6 59 3 0.4 · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.0 · · · · 1.0 · · 1.2 · · · · · · · 13.0Parramatta North (Masons Drive) 26.6 54 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3.4 · · · 0.4 4.6 · 0.4 · · · · · · · 17.8 ·Randwick Bowling Club 26.4 65 3 0.8 2.0 · · · · · · · · · · · 4.8 · · · · 3.4 · · 1.0 · · 1.2 0.8 · · 12.4 ·Riverview Observatory 24.3 62 2 1.0 · 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · 4.2 · · · 0.4 4.4 » 0.3 0.4 · · · · · · 13.4 ·Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Club) 33.6 71 4 0.4 3.0 · · · · · · · · · · · 5.0 · · · 0.2 4.6 · · 1.4 · · 4.0 1.0 · · 14.0 ·St Ives (Richmond Avenue) 29.8 1.0 0.4 · · · · · · · · · · · 5.0 · · · · 10.0 · · · · · · · · · 13.4 ·Sydney (Observatory Hill) 23.8 69 3 0.4 0.8 · 0.2 · · · · · · · · · 3.8 · · · · 3.6 0.2 · 0.8 · · 0.2 0.4 0.2 · 13.2 ·Sydney Airport AMO 20.0 60 3 0.6 1.0 · · · · · · · · · · · 2.0 · · · · 3.0 · · 1.4 · · 0.2 0.2 · · 11.6 ·Terrey Hills AWS 30.2 0.8 0.8 · · · · · · · · · · 2.8 · · · 15.6 · 0.2 · · · · · · · 10.0 ·Turramurra (Kissing Point Road) 35.2 72 3 0.4 · · · · · · · · · · · · 6.2 · · · 1.6 6.0 · · · · · · · · · 21.0 ·

Metropolitan (West) (67) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Badgerys Creek AWS 14.8 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.6 · · · 0.6 2.0 · · · · · · 0.2 · · 9.4 ·Berowra (Goodwyn Road) 28.8 62 4 5.0 17.6 6.2 ·Glenorie (Old Northern Rd) 47.2 52 6 4.0 · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.2 · · · 4.0 23.0 · · · · · · · · · 15.0 ·Horsley Park Equestrian Centre AWS 19.4 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.6 · · · · 1.0 · · · · · · 0.2 · · 16.4 ·Liverpool (Michael Wenden Centre) 20.2 1.2 · · 0.3 · · · · · · · · · 3.9 · · · 0.6 · · · · · · · · · · 14.2 ·Penrith Lakes AWS 24.4 1.8 · · · · 0.2 · · · · · · 0.2 0.2 · · · 7.0 5.4 · · · · · · · · · 9.4 0.2Prospect Reservoir 21.0 47 3 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.8 · · · 0.8 2.0 · 0.2 · · · · · · · 15.0 ·Richmond RAAF 32.6 1.0 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3.2 18.6 0.2 · · · · · · · · 9.4 ·Seven Hills (Collins St) 23.6 46 3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.2 · · · 1.6 4.0 · · · · · · · · · 16.8 ·

Illawarra (68) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Albion Park (Wollongong Airport) 18.4 2.8 · · · · · · · · · · · · 5.6 · · · 0.2 5.8 0.2 0.8 · · · · 0.2 · 0.2 2.6 ·Bellambi AWS 19.0 3.4 · · · · · · 0.2 · · · · · 7.2 · · · · · · 0.2 · · · · · · 0.4 7.6 ·Berry Masonic Village 20.6 79 2 · · · · · 1.0 · · · · · · · 15.2 · · · 1.8 0.8 · 0.8 · · · · 0.8 0.2 · · ·Bowral (Parry Drive) 27.4 56 2 0.8 0.2 · · · · · 1.0 · · · · · 2.8 · · · 5.4 7.4 · 1.6 · · · · · · 0.6 7.6 ·Camden Airport AWS 21.8 40 4 0.8 · · · · 0.2 · · · · · · 0.2 3.6 · · · 12.4 0.4 · 0.2 · · · · · · 0.2 3.8 ·Campbelltown (Mount Annan) 23.6 1.4 · · · · · · · · · · · · 5.4 · · · 6.0 0.2 · 0.4 · · · · · · 0.6 9.4 0.2Darkes Forest (Kintyre) 24.6 77 2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 5.8 · · · 4.6 · · 0.6 · · · · · · · 13.6 ·Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicular AWS) 22.8 3.2 0.2 · · · · · 0.8 · · 0.2 · 7.0 · · · · 1.6 · 1.0 7.4 · · · 1.4 · · · ·Kiama (Bombo Headland) 19.8 4.8 · · · · · · · · · · · 4.6 · · · · 0.6 · 1.2 · · · 6.4 1.0 · 0.2 1.0 ·Moss Vale AWS 20.6 0.4 · · · · 0.8 · · · · · · · 4.2 6.8 · 1.6 · 0.2 · · · · 0.4 6.2 ·Nowra RAN Air Station AWS 18.6 2.2 · · · · · · · · · · · · 13.2 · · · · 1.8 · 0.6 · · · · · · · 0.8 ·Robertson (Caalong Street) 38.8 92 3 1.0 12.0 2.0 10.0 3.0 1.0 9.8

South Coast (69) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Batemans Bay (Catalina Country Club) 12.8 59 1 0.6 · · · · · 0.4 · · · · · · 9.4 · · 0.2 · 1.4 · 0.8 · · · · · · · · ·Bega AWS 21.2 · · · 0.2 · · · · · · · · 0.2 1.8 · · 2.0 5.4 7.8 0.2 · 1.8 0.2 · · · · · 1.6 ·Braidwood Racecourse AWS 35.8 51 4 2.6 · · · · 3.0 · 0.2 · · · · 0.2 7.2 · · · · 3.2 · 2.0 · · · · · · · 17.4 ·Eden (Caravan Park) 10.8 61 1 · 2.0 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 8.8 · · · · · · · · · ·Green Cape AWS 17.4 1.8 6.0 · · · · · · · · · · 0.8 1.8 · · · 3.4 1.4 1.0 0.2 · · · · · · · 1.0 ·Merimbula Airport AWS 20.0 · 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · · 2.0 · · 1.0 9.0 4.6 0.2 · 0.2 0.2 · · · · · 2.6 ·Montague Island Lighthouse 30.8 56 4 1.4 6.0 0.2 · · · · · · · 5.0 · · · · 8.4 · 0.2 9.6 · · · · · ·Moruya Airport AWS 18.6 0.8 · 0.2 · · 0.4 · · · · · · · 14.4 · · · · 2.2 · 0.4 0.2 · · · · · · · ·Moruya Heads Pilot Station 14.4 60 2 · · · · · · · 0.4 · · · · · 11.6 · · · · 1.4 1.0 · · · · · · · · · ·Narooma (Marine Rescue) 25.8 60 4 0.6 0.4 · · · · · · · · · · · 6.0 · · 0.8 · 12.6 · 0.2 5.0 0.2 · · · · · · ·Ulladulla AWS 8.4 4.0 · · · · · · · · · · 0.2 · · · · 0.4 · 1.0 2.2 · · 0.6 · · · · ·

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Daily and total rainfall for September 2012Total is the total precipitation for September 2012; a missing total indicates there is concern about the quality of some of the daily values.Avg is the long-term average total precipitation for September. Decile is the decile rank of total precipitation for September 2012 in theclimate record of other September totals; “L” indicates this is the lowest on record, and “H” it is the highest on record. Long-term averageand decile rank are only shown if there are sufficient years of climate record available. Reports of zero precipitation are shown as “· ”. Whena reading was accumulated over more than one day, “»” is shown on the days that are part of the accumulation.

Southern Tablelands (Goulburn-Monaro) (70)

Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Ainslie Tyson St 46.0 55 5 0.6 · · · · 2.6 · 1.2 · 0.2 · · · 6.4 · · · · 2.0 · 2.2 · · · · · · 0.4 30.0 0.4Aranda (Bindaga St) 44.6 59 3 0.4 · · · · 1.4 · 0.8 · · · · · 3.6 · · · · 2.8 0.2 1.6 · · · · · · 0.6 33.2 ·Bombala AWS 21.6 · 0.2 · 0.2 · 2.6 1.2 · · · · · 8.2 0.8 · · 0.4 0.4 0.2 · · 1.0 0.2 0.2 · 0.2 · · 5.8 ·Captains Flat (Foxlow St) 58.8 56 6 1.4 · · · · 6.0 · 0.4 · · · · · 5.2 0.6 · · · 4.6 · 1.8 0.2 · · · · · · » 38.6Cooma Visitors Centre 31.3 35 5 0.1 · · · · 3.9 0.6 · · · · · 4.4 0.1 · · · 7.0 7.5 · · · · 0.1 · · · · 7.6 ·Goulburn Airport AWS 49.4 1.2 0.2 · · · 1.4 0.2 1.0 0.2 · · · · 7.0 0.2 · · · 8.2 · · · 0.2 · · · · · 29.4 0.2Gunning Rural Supplies 53.0 57 5 3.8 8.4 6.2 34.6Melba (Verbrugghen Street) 50.8 65 4 · · · · · 2.4 · 2.8 · · 4.0 · · · · · · · 4.2 · 2.6 · · · · · · 0.8 33.8 0.2Mount Ginini AWS 83.4 1.6 1.8 0.2 · · 8.2 0.2 · 5.8 · · · 0.2 4.4 0.8 · · 0.2 6.2 0.4 0.6 · · · · 0.2 · 1.8 48.8 2.0Queanbeyan Bowling Club 40.2 48 5 3.0 0.6 2.6 2.6 2.0 0.4 29.0Taralga Post Office 73.1 62 7 1.8 · · · · 3.7 · 1.0 · · · · · 5.0 · · · 10.0 4.8 · 1.8 · · · · · · · 45.0 ·Tharwa General Store 53.8 55 5 0.6 · · · · 4.4 0.4 · · · · · · 2.0 · · · · 2.2 0.6 2.0 · · · · · · 0.6 · 41.0Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 40.4 1.4 · · · · 2.2 · · · · · · · 5.4 · · · · 2.6 · 1.2 · · · · · · 0.2 27.4 ·

Southern Tablelands (SnowyMountains) (71)

Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park 56.4 61 6 1.6 · · · · 9.6 5.0 1.2 · · · · 2.2 4.6 · · 0.8 3.2 1.2 · · · · · · · · 0.8 25.8 0.4Charlotte Pass (Kosciusko Chalet) 6.8 189 1 · · · · » » » 2.5 · · · · » » » » » » » » » » » » » » » » » 4.3Dalgety (Hamilton St) 28.6 31 6 2.2 · · · · 4.4 2.0 · · · · · 6.4 0.8 · · 1.0 0.8 2.0 1.2 0.2 0.2 · · · · · · 7.4 ·Thredbo Village 216.1 216 6 4.3 · · · · 30.0 19.5 16.0 2.6 · 0.4 · 23.0 4.0 · 0.2 0.6 0.8 9.4 0.2 · · · · · · · 4.0 97.0 4.1

Southwest Slopes (South) (72) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Albury Airport AWS 26.4 0.4 · · · · 0.2 2.6 3.4 · · · · 1.6 · · · · · 13.2 0.4 · 0.2 · · · · · · 4.2 0.2Batlow Post Office 28.4 120 1 2.8 · · · · 1.0 2.0 10.0 · · · · 3.8 · · · · · 8.4 0.4 · · · · · · · · · ·Cabramurra SMHEA AWS 23.8 0.2 · · · · 3.6 8.2 4.6 · · · · 0.2 · · · · · 0.4 · · · · · · · · · 6.4 0.2Hume Reservoir 18.8 62 1 0.4 · · · · 0.4 2.2 1.0 · · · · 1.6 · · · · · 4.0 0.8 1.6 · · · · · · · 6.6 0.2Khancoban AWS 77.0 6.0 0.2 0.2 · · 3.2 5.4 6.8 1.2 · 0.2 · 6.2 7.6 · 0.2 · · 7.6 · 0.4 0.2 0.2 · · 0.2 · · 29.2 2.0Tarcutta Post Office 15.6 56 1 1.6 · · · · · · · · · · · 2.0 · · · · · 6.0 1.0 · · · · · · · 5.0 · ·Tumbarumba Post Office 58.2 91 3 4.2 · · · · 2.0 3.0 9.0 0.6 · · · 3.2 10.6 · · · » 2.0 0.4 · · · · · · · · 22.2 1.0Tumut (Simpson Street) 18.3 73 1 1.0 · · · · 1.0 0.6 · · 1.6 0.5 · · · · · · · 2.6 0.6 · · · · · · · · 10.2 0.2Wagga Wagga AMO 5.8 49 1 0.6 · · · · 0.2 0.2 0.2 · · · · 0.6 · · · · · 1.4 0.8 · · · · · · · · 1.6 0.2

Southwest Slopes (North) (73) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Burrinjuck Dam 43.0 84 2 2.5 · · · · 1.4 · 2.0 2.2 · · · · 3.0 · · · · 9.0 0.1 1.4 · · · · · · 0.5 20.4 0.5Cootamundra Airport 27.6 0.8 · · · · 1.0 · 0.4 · · · · · 2.0 · · · · 12.0 1.0 0.4 · · · · · · · 10.0 ·Grenfell (Manganese Rd) 37.0 50 5 1.0 · · · · 0.6 · · · · · · · 1.2 · · · · 8.6 0.2 0.6 · · · · · · · 24.6 0.2Gundagai (William St) 23.8 1.8 · · · · 1.2 · 0.8 · · · · 0.2 1.4 · · · · 8.8 0.4 0.2 · · · · · · 0.4 8.6 ·Quandialla Post Office 30.9 40 5 · · · · · 2.6 · · · · · · · 2.2 · · · 10.2 0.2 · · · · · · · · · 15.0 0.7Temora Airport 15.4 0.2 0.2 · · · · 0.2 · · · · · · 1.6 · · · · 7.2 · · · · · · · · · 6.0 ·Young Airport 35.8 0.4 · · · · 1.4 · · · · · · · 2.2 · · · · 8.6 · 0.2 · 0.2 · · · · · 22.6 0.2

Riverina (East) (74) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Barellan Post Office 4.8 34 1 · · 3.2 · · · · · · · · · · 1.6 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·Coleambally Irrigation 3.2 36 1 1.4 1.8Coolamon Post Office 7.5 41 1 1.8 · · · · · · · · · · · 1.5 · · · · · 1.4 0.8 · · · · · · · · 2.0 ·Corowa Airport 13.9 48 1 0.4 · · · · · 0.6 0.2 · · · · 1.8 · · · · 2.6 4.6 0.8 · · · · · · · · 2.9 ·Deniliquin Airport AWS 25.8 · · · · · · 0.4 · · · · · 2.2 · · · · 14.0 4.6 4.6 · · · · · · · · · ·Henty Post Office 5.6 52 1 · · · · · · 1.2 · · · · · 1.8 · · · · · 2.6 · · · · · · · · · · ·Jerilderie Treatment Works 21.2 35 4 · · · · · · · · · · · · 1.6 · · · · 15.2 · 4.4 · · · · · · · · · ·Lockhart Bowling Club 9.6 43 1 0.8 · · · · · · · · · · · 2.6 · · · · · 0.6 2.2 · · · · · · · · 3.4 ·Narrandera Airport 3.8 35 1 0.6 · · · · · · · · · · · 2.0 · · · · 0.2 · 0.4 0.2 · · · · · · · 0.2 0.2Tallimba (Avonlea) 6.8 · 0.8 · · · · · · · · · · · 2.0 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4.0 ·Tocumwal Airport 22.5 39 3 1.6 · · · · · 1.1 · · · · · 3.2 · · · · 5.9 9.7 · · · · · · · · · 1.0 ·Urana Post Office 12.0 38 2 2.2 4.2 2.4 3.2Yanco Agricultural Institute 4.0 35 2 1.2 · · · · · · · · · · · 2.0 0.2 · · · · · 0.2 · · · · · · · · 0.2 0.2

Riverina (West) (75) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Griffith Airport AWS 4.8 32 1 1.0 · · · · · · · · · · · 1.8 · · · · 0.6 0.4 · · · · · · · · · 1.0 ·Hay (Miller Street) 6.6 31 1 0.4 · · · · · · · · · · · 0.8 · · · · 3.4 1.6 · · · · · · · · · 0.4 ·Hay Airport AWS 7.0 · 0.2 · · · · · · · · · · 0.8 · · · · 2.0 3.4 0.2 · · · · · · · · 0.2 0.2Hillston Airport 8.6 28 1 · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.0 1.0 · · · 1.0 · 1.0 1.6 · · · · · · · 2.0 ·Moulamein Post Office 25.8 32 6 · · · · · · 0.8 · · · · · 1.6 · · · · 18.1 5.0 0.3 · · · · · · · · · ·

Offshore Islands (200) Total Avg Decile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30Lord Howe Island Aero 114.4 111 6 » 35.4 0.2 0.6 · · » » » 9.8 · · · 23.2 0.6 0.4 · 1.8 1.2 3.0 · 18.8 · 0.2 11.4 · · · · 7.8Norfolk Island Aero 67.0 95 4 · 9.4 10.2 0.2 0.2 · · · 6.0 · · · · · 11.4 0.2 · 0.8 0.4 1.0 · · 2.2 2.4 3.0 0.4 0.8 17.8 0.6 ·

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