Yeah I know, just another example of how incompetent these ‘journalists’ are.

The news article headline is somewhat misleading, a record for December 1st maybe but daily records are completely useless.

It has been hotter at Perth AP earlier in November on 7 days. As far back as November 9th 2019 with 40c.

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Bundaberg 26.4c (24.7c 2011) POR 47yrs (0.3c below old site 1955 record)

Maryborough 25.1c (24.8c 1979) POR 68yrs

Norfolk Isl 22.8c (21.5c 1973) POR 87yrs- 3rd straight day record was broken!

Tomorrow winter returns to SE Australia with summer snow and possibly cold records.

Rundle Isl 26.1c (25.9c 2022) POR 28yrs

Gladstone AP 27.8c (26c 2018!) POR 32yrs

Gladstone Radar 27.4c (26.3c 1987) POR 68yrs

Seventeen Seventy 27.3c (25.3c 2008!) POR 37yrs

Lady Elliot Isl 26.6c (25.7c 2008) POR 68yrs

Hervey Bay 26.8c (25.5c 2008) POR 27yrs

Proserpine 26.7c (26.4c 2021) POR 36yrs

Hamilton Isl 27.5c (27.2c 2018) comb. POR 40yrs

Mackay M.O 27.6c (26.8c 2021) POR 66yrs

Mackay AP 27.2c (26.7c 2021) POR 40yrs

Rockhampton 26c (25.5c 1971) POR 86yrs!

Samuel Hill 27.1c (25.7c 2023) POR 25yrs

Not only does that smash the site's monthly/season record by 1.6c (32.6c 2008), it's an ALL-TIME record (34.1c Jan 2013).

Also 46.8c on Sunday, breaking the site's Spring 2006 record by 0.1c. POR 27yrs

360mm fell in just 12hrs- the ALL-TIME NT 12hr record is 391mm! Insane for November

Other notable readings:
283.6mm Gunn Point
265.4mm Charles Point
204.8mm Knuckey Lagoon

Darwin AP 168.8mm, breaks the Oct 2020 Spring record of 119.4mm. Even old P.O site was lower (145.3mm way back in 1885!)

*1983

It is also the strongest November landfall since TC Quenton hit as a category 4 in 1986.

McCluer Island recorded a 83kmh/45kt gust early this morning. That breaks the 2016 76kmh November record at the station. POR 20yrs

Croker Island recorded 188.6mm yesterday- the 5th wettest November day on record in the NT!

Latest update has Fina just shy of category 2.