Shannon 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 08:30 WST
NE 17 24 12.2 12.2 9.6 100 1 0.2 0.0 -
Wed 08:00 WST
NE 17 22 11.4 11.4 8.6 100 1 0.2 0.0 -
Wed 07:30 WST
NE 15 20 11.2 11.2 8.7 100 1 0.2 0.0 -
Wed 07:00 WST
NE 17 20 11.1 11.1 8.2 100 1 0.2 0.0 -
Wed 06:30 WST
NE 17 22 11.2 11.2 8.3 100 1 0.2 0.0 -
Wed 06:00 WST
NE 17 20 11.4 11.4 8.6 100 1 0.0 0.0 -
Wed 05:30 WST
NE 15 20 11.6 11.6 9.2 100 1 0.0 0.0 -
Wed 05:00 WST
NE 15 20 11.7 11.7 9.3 100 1 0.0 0.0 -
Wed 04:30 WST
NE 13 19 11.9 11.9 10.0 100 1 0.0 0.0 -
Wed 04:00 WST
NE 15 22 12.2 12.2 10.0 100 1 0.0 0.0 -
Wed 03:30 WST
NE 13 19 12.3 12.3 10.5 100 1 0.0 0.0 -
Wed 03:00 WST
NE 13 17 12.2 12.2 10.4 100 1 0.0 0.0 -
Wed 02:30 WST
NE 13 19 12.4 12.4 10.6 100 1 0.0 0.0 -
Wed 02:00 WST
NE 13 19 12.6 12.4 10.8 99 1 0.0 0.0 -
Wed 01:30 WST
NE 13 20 12.7 12.5 11.0 99 1 0.0 0.0 -
Wed 01:00 WST
NE 15 20 13.0 12.7 10.9 98 1 0.0 0.0 -
Wed 00:30 WST
NE 17 22 13.3 12.8 10.9 97 1 0.0 0.0 -
Wed 00:00 WST
NE 15 22 13.5 12.7 11.5 95 1 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 23:30 WST
ENE 17 24 13.7 12.6 11.3 93 1 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 23:00 WST
ENE 15 20 13.9 12.8 11.9 93 1 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 22:30 WST
ENE 11 17 14.1 12.5 12.7 90 1 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 22:00 WST
ENE 11 17 14.6 12.6 13.2 88 1 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 21:30 WST
E 15 20 14.9 12.0 12.7 83 2 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 21:00 WST
E 11 15 15.3 11.7 13.7 79 2 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 20:30 WST
E 15 20 15.9 11.5 13.5 75 2 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 20:00 WST
E 11 17 16.1 10.6 14.2 70 3 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 19:30 WST
ENE 9 13 16.9 10.3 15.2 65 3 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 19:00 WST
E 11 17 17.3 10.7 15.4 65 3 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 18:30 WST
ENE 7 11 16.6 10.9 15.4 69 2 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 18:00 WST
ENE 6 9 18.3 10.2 17.3 59 3 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 17:30 WST
E 9 13 18.8 10.9 17.3 60 4 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 17:00 WST
E 11 15 20.5 9.7 18.3 50 6 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 16:30 WST
E 11 17 21.8 8.7 19.3 43 8 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 16:00 WST
E 19 28 22.3 8.8 18.4 42 10 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 15:30 WST
E 17 26 22.6 8.7 19.1 41 10 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 15:00 WST
ENE 15 22 23.1 9.5 20.1 42 9 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 14:30 WST
E 13 19 22.7 9.8 20.2 44 8 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 14:00 WST
ENE 13 20 23.0 11.4 20.9 48 7 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 13:30 WST
NE 15 20 22.7 10.5 20.0 46 8 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 13:00 WST
ENE 13 22 21.9 10.7 19.6 49 7 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 12:30 WST
E 11 20 21.8 12.4 20.4 55 5 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 12:00 WST
E 11 19 21.0 12.7 19.7 59 4 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 11:30 WST
NE 15 19 20.2 13.9 18.5 67 3 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 11:00 WST
NE 13 20 19.3 13.9 18.0 71 3 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 10:30 WST
NE 13 20 17.9 14.0 16.6 78 2 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 10:00 WST
ENE 13 22 16.7 14.5 15.6 87 2 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 09:30 WST
NE 13 20 15.2 14.6 14.1 96 1 0.0 0.0 -
Tue 09:00 WST
ENE 19 26 14.6 14.1 12.3 97 1 0.2 0.0 -
Tue 08:30 WST
ENE 17 26 14.4 14.2 12.5 99 1 0.2 0.0 -
Tue 08:00 WST
E 13 19 13.9 13.9 12.6 100 1 0.2 0.0 -

Station Details

SHANNON
Southwest, Western Australia
34.5683°S 116.3367°E 210m AMSL
Commenced 1996

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