Metropolitan weather

MetropolitanAU

18°

Light drizzle

Today
Thunderstorm · 31° / 18°
Sunrise and sunset
5:44 am · 7:36 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
29° today · 21° tomorrowCaution

Next 24 hours

10pm18°1am18°4am17°7am17°10am18°1pm19°4pm19°7pm17°

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Seven days

  1. TodayThunderstorm31°18°
  2. SunDrizzle19°15°
  3. MonHeavy drizzle16°14°
  4. TueOvercast19°13°
  5. WedFog23°13°
  6. ThuPartly cloudy25°16°
  7. FriDrizzle26°17°

About Metropolitan

Metropolitan is an operating coal mine in New South Wales, 28 km north of Wollongong. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -34.19, 150.99.

Wollongong is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 26°, and February its wettest, with 138 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Wollongong

Rain a year
1109 mm
Days reaching 35°
3
Days reaching 40°
under 1
Heat-stress days
26
Heat-stress stop days
2

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 Metropolitan

MetropolitanTownsOther 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 Metropolitan 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 Metropolitan

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.