Drake weather

DrakeAU

25°

Partly cloudy

Today
Overcast · 35° / 21°
Sunrise and sunset
5:20 am · 6:25 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
31° today · 32° tomorrowStop level

Next 24 hours

9pm25°12am24°3am23°6am23°9am30°12pm34°3pm35°6pm30°

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Seven days

  1. TodayOvercast35°21°
  2. SunDrizzle36°23°
  3. MonLight drizzle36°23°
  4. TueThunderstorm36°24°
  5. WedOvercast34°23°
  6. ThuRain showers33°24°
  7. FriLight drizzle31°21°

About Drake

Drake is an operating coal mine in Queensland, 18 km south of Collinsville. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -20.71, 147.82.

Collinsville is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. December is its hottest month, with an average high of 34°, and February its wettest, with 148 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Collinsville

Rain a year
682 mm
Days reaching 35°
44
Days reaching 40°
1
Heat-stress days
222
Heat-stress stop days
92

Regional guide: Bowen Basin 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 Drake

DrakeTownsOther 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 Drake 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 Drake

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.