Castlemaine 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 EST
SE 7   12.5 - - - - 0   -
Sun 09:00 EST
- 0   10.0 6.9 9.3 81 1 0   -
Fri 09:00 EST
- 0   10.5 6.3 9.6 75 1 0   -
Thu 09:00 EST
E 9   12.5 5.1 9.6 61 3 0   -

Station Details

CASTLEMAINE PRISON
North Central, Victoria
37.0809°S 144.2391°E 330m AMSL
Commenced 1966

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