Barraba 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 EST
- 0   14.0 9.9 14.0 76 1 0   -
Tue 09:00 EST
S 7   16.2 9.9 14.8 66 3 0   -
Mon 09:00 EST
- 0   11.2 11.0 11.5 99 1 0   -
Sun 09:00 EST
- 0   14.4 13.5 15.5 94 1 13   -
Sat 09:00 EST
- 0   13.4 11.9 14.0 91 1 1   -
Fri 09:00 EST
- 0   14.4 10.3 14.5 76 2 0   -
Thu 09:00 EST
SSE 11   15.9 10.8 14.0 72 2 0   -
Wed 09:00 EST
S 9   16.4 11.7 15.1 74 2 4   -

Station Details

BARRABA (CLIFTON LANE)
NW Slopes & Plains, New South Wales/ACT
30.3833°S 150.6083°E 499m AMSL
Commenced 1881

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