Vulcan weather

VulcanAU

24°

Clear

Today
Light drizzle · 30° / 21°
Sunrise and sunset
5:16 am · 6:26 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
28° today · 30° tomorrowCaution

Next 24 hours

9pm24°12am22°3am21°6am21°9am27°12pm31°3pm29°6pm23°

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Seven days

  1. TodayLight drizzle30°21°
  2. SunThunderstorm33°20°
  3. MonRain showers34°20°
  4. TueRain showers34°21°
  5. WedThunderstorm32°21°
  6. ThuOvercast28°20°
  7. FriLight drizzle28°19°

About Vulcan

Vulcan is an operating coal mine in Queensland, 35 km south-east of Moranbah. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -22.29, 148.19.

Moranbah is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. December is its hottest month, with an average high of 34°, and February its wettest, with 105 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Moranbah

Rain a year
588 mm
Days reaching 35°
57
Days reaching 40°
3
Heat-stress days
199
Heat-stress stop days
78

Regional guide: Bowen Basin 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 Vulcan

VulcanTownsOther 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 Vulcan 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 Vulcan

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.