Barcaldine 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 EST
E 9   21.0 12.8 20.0 59 4 -   -
Tue 15:00 EST
E 9   28.4 8.8 26.3 29 15 0   -
Tue 09:00 EST
NE 9   22.0 13.2 21.2 57 5 -   -
Mon 15:00 EST
E 4   29.1 12.1 29.1 35 11 0   -
Mon 09:00 EST
- 0   20.9 12.3 21.6 58 3 0   -
Sun 15:00 EST
- 0   29.1 13.5 30.1 38 9 0   -
Sun 09:00 EST
SE 9   21.3 15.9 21.4 71 3 0   -
Sat 15:00 EST
SSE 9   28.9 10.9 27.4 33 13 0   -
Sat 09:00 EST
- 0   21.5 15.7 23.4 70 2 0   -
Fri 15:00 EST
SE 9   28.8 9.5 26.9 30 15 0   -
Fri 09:00 EST
NNE 9   20.6 14.9 20.4 70 3 -   -
Thu 15:00 EST
SE 19   29.0 9.5 25.4 30 18 0   -
Thu 09:00 EST
N 4   21.9 14.3 22.6 62 3 -   -
Wed 15:00 EST
SE 4   30.5 9.3 29.7 27 15 0   -
Wed 09:00 EST
E 9   22.0 15.2 21.9 65 3 -   -

Station Details

BARCALDINE POST OFFICE
Central West, Queensland
23.5544°S 145.2883°E 267m AMSL
Commenced 1886

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