Bulga Downs 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
- -   17.4 8.9 - 57 - 0   1021.2
Mon 09:00 WST
- 0   18.0 6.8 17.3 48 4 0   1019.6
Sun 09:00 WST
ESE 4   16.6 9.7 15.9 64 3 0   1019.5
Sat 09:00 WST
- 0   20.0 15.5 21.8 75 2 0   1020.8
Fri 09:00 WST
NE 4   21.7 8.4 20.6 42 7 0   1023.7
Thu 09:00 WST
ENE 2   19.1 9.4 18.6 53 4 0   1025.4
Wed 09:00 WST
ENE 19   18.0 10.5 14.7 62 4 0   1024.5

Station Details

BULGA DOWNS
Gascoyne, Western Australia
28.4967°S 119.7436°E 439m AMSL
Commenced 1924

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