Bunbury Area Operations weather

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About Bunbury Area Operations

Bunbury Area Operations is an operating speciality metals mine in Western Australia, 12 km east of Busselton. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -33.65, 115.47.

Busselton is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. February is its hottest month, with an average high of 30°, and July its wettest, with 144 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Busselton

Rain a year
703 mm
Days reaching 35°
8
Days reaching 40°
under 1
Heat-stress days
29
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 Bunbury Area Operations

Bunbury Area OperationsTownsOther 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 Bunbury Area Operations 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 Bunbury Area Operations

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.