Robe 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 09:00 CST
SE 4   11.5 10.3 10.9 92 1 0   1032.6
Tue 15:00 CST
SSE 11   16.1 13.2 14.9 83 2 0   1030.4
Tue 09:00 CST
- 0   11.9 10.5 12.1 91 1 0   1033.0
Mon 15:00 CST
SSE 31   16.3 11.9 10.8 75 3 0   1030.5
Mon 09:00 CST
SE 4   12.9 10.2 12.3 84 1 0   1033.8
Sun 15:00 CST
SW 20   17.1 13.7 14.3 80 2 0   1027.7
Sun 09:00 CST
- 0   11.9 10.3 12.0 90 1 0   1028.7
Sat 15:00 CST
S 17   15.9 11.2 13.1 74 2 0   1024.6
Sat 09:00 CST
- 0   11.8 9.6 11.7 86 1 0   1026.6
Fri 15:00 CST
S 7   15.1 12.9 14.6 87 1 0   1026.7
Fri 09:00 CST
E 6   12.4 10.2 11.4 86 1 0   1029.9
Thu 15:00 CST
SSE 39   15.6 9.6 8.0 67 5 0   1030.5
Thu 09:00 CST
SSE 4   13.0 8.1 11.9 72 2 0   1034.0
Wed 15:00 CST
SE 13   16.3 11.7 14.3 74 2 0   1031.7
Wed 09:00 CST
SSE 6   13.0 10.3 12.1 84 1 0   1034.8

Station Details

ROBE
Lower South East, South Australia
37.1628°S 139.7560°E 4m AMSL
Commenced 1860

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