Wonthaggi 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   10.8 10.4 10.9 97 1 0   1034.9
Wed 06:00 EST
- 0   7.7 7.3 7.1 97 1 -   1033.9
Tue 09:00 EST
- 0   9.8 9.4 9.7 97 1 0   1034.8
Tue 06:00 EST
- 0   8.0 8.0 7.5 100 1 -   1033.5
Mon 09:00 EST
- 0   9.1 9.1 8.9 100 1 0   1035.5
Mon 06:00 EST
- 0   6.9 6.9 6.2 100 1 -   1033.8
Fri 09:00 EST
SE 4   11.0 9.2 10.2 89 1 0   1032.8
Fri 06:00 EST
SSE 4   7.5 6.6 6.0 94 1 -   1031.9
Thu 09:00 EST
SE 4   9.0 8.8 8.1 99 1 0   1035.6
Wed 09:00 EST
- 0   9.8 6.1 8.9 78 1 0   1035.6
Wed 06:00 EST
- 0   5.9 5.4 4.9 97 1 -   1034.1

Station Details

WONTHAGGI
Central, Victoria
38.6078°S 145.5965°E 55m AMSL
Commenced 1911

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