Maitland 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 CST
NE 9   16.2 11.8 14.9 75 2 0   1029.5
Tue 09:00 CST
E 9   16.0 11.0 14.5 72 2 0   1030.2
Mon 09:00 CST
ENE 17   14.9 10.9 12.0 77 2 0   1031.1
Fri 09:00 CST
E 9   14.5 11.5 13.2 82 2 0   1028.2
Thu 09:00 CST
SE 17   14.5 9.2 11.1 70 3 0   1030.4
Wed 09:00 CST
E 17   11.4 8.3 7.8 81 2 0   1032.7

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MAITLAND
Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
34.3745°S 137.6733°E 185m AMSL
Commenced 1879

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