Matilda weather

MatildaAU

33°

Overcast

Today
Overcast · 38° / 21°
Sunrise and sunset
5:01 am · 6:25 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
28° today · 27° tomorrowCaution

Next 24 hours

7pm33°10pm29°1am25°4am22°7am26°10am34°1pm37°4pm36°

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Seven days

  1. TodayOvercast38°21°
  2. SunMostly clear37°21°
  3. MonPartly cloudy38°20°
  4. TueMostly clear32°21°
  5. WedOvercast31°18°
  6. ThuClear35°18°
  7. FriPartly cloudy39°21°

About Matilda

Matilda is an operating precious metals mine in Western Australia, 4 km south-east of Wiluna. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -26.62, 120.25.

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 Matilda

MatildaTownsOther 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 Matilda 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 Matilda

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.