Foxleigh weather

FoxleighAU

25°

Overcast

Today
Showers · 30° / 22°
Sunrise and sunset
5:13 am · 6:25 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
29° today · 31° tomorrowCaution

Next 24 hours

9pm25°12am23°3am22°6am22°9am29°12pm31°3pm32°6pm24°

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Seven days

  1. TodayShowers30°22°
  2. SunThunderstorm32°21°
  3. MonRain showers34°21°
  4. TueShowers34°22°
  5. WedHeavy drizzle31°22°
  6. ThuOvercast30°21°
  7. FriLight drizzle28°19°

About Foxleigh

Foxleigh is an operating coal mine in Queensland, 16 km south of Middlemount. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -22.95, 148.76.

Middlemount is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. December is its hottest month, with an average high of 34°, and January its wettest, with 108 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Middlemount

Rain a year
604 mm
Days reaching 35°
36
Days reaching 40°
1
Heat-stress days
190
Heat-stress stop days
66

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 Foxleigh

Map of Foxleigh with Lumen Sites’ default lightning rings at 10 and 30 km, 1 town and 4 other operating mines within about 45 km.FoxleighTownsOther 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 Foxleigh 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 Foxleigh

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.