Buzzard weather

BuzzardAU

21°

Clear

Today
Overcast · 26° / 16°
Sunrise and sunset
6:26 am · 8:02 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
24° today · 21° tomorrow

Next 24 hours

9pm21°12am17°3am15°6am13°9am18°12pm23°3pm24°6pm24°

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Seven days

  1. TodayOvercast26°16°
  2. SunOvercast25°13°
  3. MonOvercast27°13°
  4. TueLight drizzle32°17°
  5. WedHeavy drizzle35°21°
  6. ThuHeavy drizzle32°20°
  7. FriMostly clear32°18°

About Buzzard

Buzzard is an operating iron ore mine in South Australia, 116 km south of Coober Pedy. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -30.00, 135.15.

Coober Pedy is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 37°, and December its wettest, with 21 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Coober Pedy

Rain a year
157 mm
Days reaching 35°
81
Days reaching 40°
25
Heat-stress days
79
Heat-stress stop days
17

Regional guide: Olympic Dam and Far North SA weather for site work

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 Buzzard

BuzzardTownsOther 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 Buzzard 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 Buzzard

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.