Southgate Limesand weather

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About Southgate Limesand

Southgate Limesand is an operating industrial minerals mine in Western Australia, 6 km south of Geraldton. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -28.83, 114.63.

Geraldton is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. February is its hottest month, with an average high of 33°, and July its wettest, with 84 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Geraldton

Rain a year
385 mm
Days reaching 35°
38
Days reaching 40°
9
Heat-stress days
77
Heat-stress stop days
12

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 Southgate Limesand

Southgate LimesandTownsOther 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 Southgate Limesand 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 Southgate Limesand

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.