Kathleen Valley Lithium weather

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About Kathleen Valley Lithium

Kathleen Valley Lithium is an operating speciality metals mine in Western Australia, 104 km south of Wiluna. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -27.48, 120.56.

Wiluna is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 39°, and February its wettest, with 53 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Wiluna

Rain a year
312 mm
Days reaching 35°
109
Days reaching 40°
36
Heat-stress days
128
Heat-stress stop days
42

Regional guide: Goldfields and Murchison 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 Kathleen Valley Lithium

Kathleen Valley LithiumTownsOther 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 Kathleen Valley Lithium 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 Kathleen Valley Lithium

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.