Agricola weather
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About Agricola
Agricola is an operating magnesium mine in South Australia, 145 km south-east of Mount Barker. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -36.19, 139.68.
Mount Barker is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 28°, and July its wettest, with 116 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Mount Barker
- Rain a year
- 739 mm
- Days reaching 35°
- 12
- Days reaching 40°
- 1
- Heat-stress days
- 18
- Heat-stress stop days
- 1
Averages for 1995–2024. Rain days have 1 mm or more. Heat-stress days are when the estimated wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) at the day’s peak reaches 28°, the caution level Lumen Sites starts with (stop days reach 32°). It uses the Bureau of Meteorology’s simplified formula, which assumes moderate sun and light wind: how heat stress is estimated. Climate averages: SILO (Queensland Government, CC BY 4.0), interpolated from Bureau of Meteorology observations.
Lightning alerts for Agricola
Lumen Sites checks for lightning within 100 km of Agricola every 5 minutes while storms are forecast or strikes are nearby. Strikes inside your warning and stop distances, 30 and 10 km by default, set the site to Caution or Stop until a 30-minute all-clear. It also forecasts heat stress (WBGT), gusts, rain and blasting conditions hour by hour against your own limits.
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