Four Mile weather
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About Four Mile
Four Mile is an operating uranium mine in South Australia, 116 km north-east of Leigh Creek. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -30.15, 139.50.
Leigh Creek is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 36°, and February its wettest, with 27 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Leigh Creek
- Rain a year
- 208 mm
- Days reaching 35°
- 66
- Days reaching 40°
- 18
- Heat-stress days
- 66
- Heat-stress stop days
- 13
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 Four Mile
Lumen Sites checks for lightning within 100 km of Four Mile 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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