Maxwell weather

MaxwellAU

20°

Drizzle

Today
Drizzle · 33° / 20°
Sunrise and sunset
5:48 am · 7:33 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
29° today · 27° tomorrowCaution

Next 24 hours

10pm20°1am20°4am19°7am20°10am25°1pm26°4pm23°7pm19°

Rain watch with radar, the best time to walk and no ads with Lumen Plus.

Seven days

  1. TodayDrizzle33°20°
  2. SunThunderstorm26°18°
  3. MonThunderstorm20°14°
  4. TueOvercast23°13°
  5. WedOvercast27°13°
  6. ThuLight drizzle29°15°
  7. FriDrizzle30°19°

About Maxwell

Maxwell is an operating coal mine in New South Wales, 10 km south of Muswellbrook. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -32.34, 150.93.

Muswellbrook is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 32°, and November its wettest, with 74 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Muswellbrook

Rain a year
640 mm
Days reaching 35°
26
Days reaching 40°
4
Heat-stress days
79
Heat-stress stop days
20

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 Maxwell

MaxwellTownsOther 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 Maxwell 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.

Set up Maxwell in Lumen SitesSee the live demo

A$999 a month for up to 5 sites. Decision support only: it does not replace your site’s procedures or on-site monitoring.

Mines near Maxwell

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.