Donnybrook 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 11   16.7 12.0 15.2 74 2 0   -
Mon 09:00 WST
- 0   10.8 10.8 11.1 100 1 3   -
Fri 09:00 WST
SW 4   16.0 14.2 16.6 89 1 9   -
Thu 09:00 WST
- 0   17.0 16.2 19.1 95 1 14   -
Wed 09:00 WST
SE 15   19.0 14.0 17.4 73 3 0   -

Station Details

DONNYBROOK
Southwest, Western Australia
33.5719°S 115.8247°E 63m AMSL
Commenced 1900

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