Albany 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 22   19.0 15.6 16.5 81 2 1   -
Mon 09:00 WST
N 4   14.0 13.8 14.5 99 1 6   -
Sun 09:00 WST
SSW 9   16.7 14.6 16.3 87 1 9   -
Sat 09:00 WST
SW 52   16.5 13.8 7.6 84 4 8   -
Fri 09:00 WST
NW 19   16.1 12.5 13.3 79 2 2   -
Thu 09:00 WST
- 0   18.5 16.8 20.8 90 1 8   -
Wed 09:00 WST
NNE 7   15.8 10.7 14.6 72 2 0   -

Station Details

ALBANY
Southern Coastal, Western Australia
35.0289°S 117.8808°E 3m AMSL
Commenced 1877

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