Weather on
the reef
year to date
GREAT
BARRIER REEF - QUEENSLAND
NINGALOO REEF - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
The year’s weather on
the reef is presented as a series of images from each of the AIMS
remote weather stations.
Daily average water temperature, air temperature and wind speed are
presented from January 1 to year to date. (Updated soon after the end
of each month). The black
curve on each chart is the long-term daily average value for the
weather station.
August
2004 weather on the GBR
August water temperatures on the GBR
were close to average for this time of
year.
 Coral bleaching
 GBRMPA
coral bleaching conditions report
Automatic weather stations
(AWS)
YTD
readings
|
Station name
Readings
|
Location
|
|
|
|
Queensland
|
|
|
Agincourt
Air temperature
Sea Surface Temperature
Wind speed
|
Lat
16°2S / Long 145°49E
|
|
|
|
|
Cape
Bowling Green
Air temperature
Wind speed
|
Lat
19°18S / Long 147°24E
|
|
|
|
|
Cleveland
Bay
Air temperature
Sea Surface Temperature
Wind speed
|
Lat 19°09S
/ Long 146°53E
|
|
|
|
|
Davies
Air temperature
Sea Surface Temperature
Wind speed
|
Lat
18°50'S / Long 147°41'E
|
|
|
|
|
Hardy
Air temperature
Sea Surface Temperature
Wind speed
|
Lat
19°44'S / Long 149°10'E
|
|
|
|
|
Myrmidon
Air temperature
Sea Surface Temperature
Wind speed
|
Lat
18°16'S / Long 147°22'E
|
|
|
|
Western Australia
|
|
|
Ningaloo
Air temperature
Wind speed
|
Lat 22°02'S
/ Long 113°55'E
|
|
|
|
These plots are updated after the
end of each month.
Weather on
the reef archives
2003
2002
For information about past weather data from the
remote weather stations:
e-Mail: Dr Ray
Berkelmans, AIMS
Some
useful links relating to upcoming summer weather:
Bureau
of Meteorology Weekly Tropical Climate Note
Bureau
of Meteorology El Niño Wrap-Up
Climate
management information for rural Australia
NOAA/National
Weather Service ENSO Diagnostic Discussion
AIMS home page
web@aims.gov.au
Last updated -
December 18, 2008
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