Appin weather

AppinAU

18°

Overcast

Today
Thunderstorm · 32° / 17°
Sunrise and sunset
5:45 am · 7:37 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
28° today · 22° tomorrowCaution

Next 24 hours

10pm18°1am17°4am15°7am16°10am18°1pm20°4pm19°7pm16°

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Seven days

  1. TodayThunderstorm32°17°
  2. SunLight drizzle20°14°
  3. MonHeavy drizzle16°12°
  4. TueLight drizzle22°9°
  5. WedOvercast26°12°
  6. ThuOvercast29°13°
  7. FriDrizzle27°16°

About Appin

Appin is an operating coal mine in New South Wales, 25 km north of Wollongong. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -34.21, 150.79.

Wollongong is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 26°, and February its wettest, with 138 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Wollongong

Rain a year
1109 mm
Days reaching 35°
3
Days reaching 40°
under 1
Heat-stress days
26
Heat-stress stop days
2

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 Appin

AppinTownsOther 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 Appin 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 Appin

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.