Fosterville weather

FostervilleAU

14°

Clear

Today
Rain showers · 21° / 12°
Sunrise and sunset
6:05 am · 8:07 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
21° today · 19° tomorrow

Next 24 hours

10pm14°1am11°4am10°7am10°10am16°1pm18°4pm20°7pm15°

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Seven days

  1. TodayRain showers21°12°
  2. SunLight drizzle20°9°
  3. MonOvercast18°8°
  4. TueOvercast22°7°
  5. WedOvercast25°10°
  6. ThuOvercast24°14°
  7. FriThunderstorm28°14°

About Fosterville

Fosterville is an operating precious metals mine in Victoria, 20 km east of Bendigo. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -36.72, 144.50.

Bendigo is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 30°, and July its wettest, with 53 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Bendigo

Rain a year
516 mm
Days reaching 35°
16
Days reaching 40°
3
Heat-stress days
30
Heat-stress stop days
3

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 Fosterville

Map of Fosterville with Lumen Sites’ default lightning rings at 10 and 30 km, 1 town and 1 other operating mine within about 45 km.FostervilleTownsOther 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 Fosterville 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 Fosterville

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.