Lake Victoria 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
- 0   12.0 9.0 11.8 82 1 0   -
Tue 09:00 EST
- 0   12.0 7.9 11.5 76 1 0   -
Mon 09:00 EST
- 0   10.0 9.0 9.8 93 1 0   -
Sun 09:00 EST
- 0   12.0 10.0 12.1 88 1 0   -
Sat 09:00 EST
S 2   14.0 10.2 13.8 78 1 2   -
Fri 09:00 EST
- 0   10.0 6.8 9.2 80 1 0   -
Thu 09:00 EST
SE 2   12.5 9.5 12.1 82 1 0   -
Wed 09:00 EST
S 4   7.5 6.4 6.0 93 1 0   -

Station Details

LAKE VICTORIA STORAGE
Lower Western, New South Wales/ACT
34.0438°S 141.2676°E 26m AMSL
Commenced 1922

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