Phosphate Hill weather

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About Phosphate Hill

Phosphate Hill is an operating fertiliser elements mine in Queensland, 137 km south of Mount Isa. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -21.87, 139.97.

Mount Isa is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. December is its hottest month, with an average high of 38°, and January its wettest, with 126 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Mount Isa

Rain a year
488 mm
Days reaching 35°
133
Days reaching 40°
24
Heat-stress days
168
Heat-stress stop days
81

Regional guide: North West Queensland 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 Phosphate Hill

Phosphate HillTownsOther 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 Phosphate Hill 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 Phosphate Hill

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.