Amrun weather

AmrunAU

27°

Mostly clear

Today
Light drizzle · 37° / 24°
Sunrise and sunset
5:56 am · 6:38 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
34° today · 33° tomorrowStop level

Next 24 hours

9pm27°12am26°3am25°6am24°9am30°12pm35°3pm31°6pm30°

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Seven days

  1. TodayLight drizzle37°24°
  2. SunDrizzle35°24°
  3. MonRain showers33°24°
  4. TueRain showers36°24°
  5. WedLight drizzle37°23°
  6. ThuDrizzle36°24°
  7. FriLight drizzle38°24°

About Amrun

Amrun is an operating bauxite mine in Queensland, 42 km south-west of Weipa. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -12.95, 141.68.

Weipa is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. November is its hottest month, with an average high of 36°, and February its wettest, with 508 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Weipa

Rain a year
1981 mm
Days reaching 35°
68
Days reaching 40°
0
Heat-stress days
359
Heat-stress stop days
234

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 Amrun

AmrunTownsOther operating minesStop, 10 kmWarning, 30 kmLumen Sites’ default distances, in a straight line; you set your own for each site.

Lumen Sites checks for lightning within 100 km of Amrun 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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Mines near Amrun

Other operating mines within 100 km, measured in a straight line. Mine locations: MINEDEX © Government of Western Australia (DEMIRS) and Australian Operating Mines © Geoscience Australia, CC BY 4.0.