Blackjack weather

BlackjackAU

25°

Mostly clear

Today
Partly cloudy · 34° / 21°
Sunrise and sunset
5:28 am · 6:31 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
30° today · 31° tomorrowCaution

Next 24 hours

9pm25°12am23°3am22°6am23°9am28°12pm33°3pm34°6pm27°

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Seven days

  1. TodayPartly cloudy34°21°
  2. SunDrizzle35°22°
  3. MonShowers36°22°
  4. TueRain showers34°22°
  5. WedLight drizzle34°22°
  6. ThuRain showers32°23°
  7. FriDrizzle28°21°

About Blackjack

Blackjack is an operating precious metals mine in Queensland, 9 km south-west of Charters Towers. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -20.15, 146.22.

Charters Towers is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. December is its hottest month, with an average high of 35°, and January its wettest, with 158 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Charters Towers

Rain a year
662 mm
Days reaching 35°
53
Days reaching 40°
2
Heat-stress days
215
Heat-stress stop days
86

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 Blackjack

BlackjackTownsOther 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 Blackjack 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 Blackjack

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.