Brookton Observations

Wednesday May 8, 2024
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time wind dir wind spd wind gust tmp dew pt feels like rh fire rain rain 10' pres
km/h km/h °C °C °C % mm mm hPa
Wed 09:00 WST
E 4   15.8 11.4 15.6 75 2 0   -
Tue 09:00 WST
S 2   16.5 10.1 16.2 66 2 0   -
Mon 09:00 WST
- 0   12.2 11.8 12.7 97 1 4   -
Sun 09:00 WST
SSW 4   13.6 11.4 13.4 87 1 0   -
Sat 09:00 WST
S 2   15.7 12.2 16.1 80 1 0   -
Fri 09:00 WST
- 0   17.0 15.3 18.7 90 1 12   -
Thu 09:00 WST
N 4   18.5 16.0 19.8 85 1 7   -
Wed 09:00 WST
N 4   16.0 11.0 15.6 72 2 5   -

Station Details

BROOKTON
Great Southern, Western Australia
32.3728°S 117.0086°E 250m AMSL
Commenced 1908

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