Olympic Dam weather
Reading the forecast…
About Olympic Dam
Olympic Dam is an operating base metals mine in South Australia, 14 km north of Roxby Downs. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -30.44, 136.89.
Roxby Downs is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 37°, and February its wettest, with 18 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Roxby Downs
- Rain a year
- 160 mm
- Days reaching 35°
- 74
- Days reaching 40°
- 24
- Heat-stress days
- 81
- Heat-stress stop days
- 19
Regional guide: Olympic Dam and Far North SA 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 Olympic Dam
Lumen Sites checks for lightning within 100 km of Olympic Dam 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 Olympic Dam 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.