Wongan Hills 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
Tue 09:00 WST
E 31   14.8 13.0 9.7 89 2 0   1023.9
Mon 09:00 WST
E 6   12.9 12.7 12.7 99 1 0   1021.6
Sun 09:00 WST
S 19   13.2 12.8 10.5 97 1 0   1022.1
Sat 09:00 WST
S 15   14.2 14.2 12.7 100 1 0   1023.6
Fri 09:00 WST
SW 9   17.1 16.9 17.7 99 1 0   1023.6
Thu 09:00 WST
NE 43   20.7 19.0 15.7 90 3 1   1022.5
Wed 09:00 WST
NE 46   17.8 15.8 10.7 88 3 27   1021.3

Station Details

WONGAN HILLS
Central Wheatbelt, Western Australia
30.8917°S 116.7186°E 283m AMSL
Commenced 1907

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