Prominent Hill weather
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About Prominent Hill
Prominent Hill is an operating base metals mine in South Australia, 112 km south-east of Coober Pedy. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -29.72, 135.57.
Coober Pedy is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 37°, and December its wettest, with 21 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Coober Pedy
- Rain a year
- 157 mm
- Days reaching 35°
- 81
- Days reaching 40°
- 25
- Heat-stress days
- 79
- Heat-stress stop days
- 17
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 Prominent Hill
Lumen Sites checks for lightning within 100 km of Prominent 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 Prominent Hill
- Peculiar KnobIron ore · 24 km
- BuzzardIron ore · 51 km
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.