South Middleback Ranges weather

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About South Middleback Ranges

South Middleback Ranges is an operating iron ore mine in South Australia, 50 km south-west of Whyalla. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -33.28, 137.12.

Whyalla is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 31°, and June its wettest, with 30 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Whyalla

Rain a year
270 mm
Days reaching 35°
32
Days reaching 40°
10
Heat-stress days
52
Heat-stress stop days
11

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 South Middleback Ranges

South Middleback RangesTownsOther 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 South Middleback Ranges 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 South Middleback Ranges

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.