Eastern Lefroy weather

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About Eastern Lefroy

Eastern Lefroy is an operating precious metals mine in Western Australia, 32 km east of Kambalda. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -31.13, 121.99.

Kambalda is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 34°, and January its wettest, with 43 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Kambalda

Rain a year
280 mm
Days reaching 35°
43
Days reaching 40°
10
Heat-stress days
59
Heat-stress stop days
9

Regional guide: Goldfields and Murchison 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 Eastern Lefroy

Map of Eastern Lefroy with Lumen Sites’ default lightning rings at 10 and 30 km, 1 town and 6 other operating mines within about 45 km.Eastern LefroyTownsOther 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 Eastern Lefroy 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 Eastern Lefroy

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.