Hunter Valley Operations weather

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About Hunter Valley Operations

Hunter Valley Operations is an operating coal mine in New South Wales, 16 km west of Singleton. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -32.53, 151.00.

Singleton is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 32°, and March its wettest, with 86 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Singleton

Rain a year
687 mm
Days reaching 35°
25
Days reaching 40°
4
Heat-stress days
83
Heat-stress stop days
22

Regional guide: Hunter Valley 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 Hunter Valley Operations

Hunter Valley OperationsTownsOther 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 Hunter Valley Operations 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 Hunter Valley Operations

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.