Kara weather

KaraAU

8°

Overcast

Today
Light drizzle · 16° / 7°
Sunrise and sunset
5:49 am · 8:13 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
17° today · 12° tomorrow

Next 24 hours

10pm8°1am7°4am6°7am6°10am9°1pm9°4pm10°7pm7°

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Seven days

  1. TodayLight drizzle16°7°
  2. SunLight drizzle11°2°
  3. MonOvercast13°1°
  4. TueOvercast15°6°
  5. WedLight drizzle16°4°
  6. ThuLight drizzle20°8°
  7. FriDrizzle19°12°

About Kara

Kara is an operating iron ore mine in Tasmania, 30 km south of Burnie. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -41.31, 145.77.

Burnie is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 21°, and August its wettest, with 120 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Burnie

Rain a year
911 mm
Days reaching 35°
0
Days reaching 40°
0
Heat-stress days
under 1
Heat-stress stop days
0

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 Kara

KaraTownsOther 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 Kara 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 Kara

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.