Yaamba weather

YaambaAU

23°

Mostly clear

Today
Rain showers · 29° / 21°
Sunrise and sunset
5:07 am · 6:19 pm
Heat stress (peak WBGT)
29° today · 31° tomorrowCaution

Next 24 hours

9pm23°12am22°3am21°6am23°9am29°12pm31°3pm30°6pm27°

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Seven days

  1. TodayRain showers29°21°
  2. SunDrizzle31°21°
  3. MonThunderstorm33°22°
  4. TueThunderstorm32°23°
  5. WedLight drizzle28°23°
  6. ThuOvercast28°21°
  7. FriOvercast29°20°

About Yaamba

Yaamba is an operating magnesium mine in Queensland, 38 km north-west of Rockhampton. The forecast above is for the mine itself, at -23.08, 150.31.

Rockhampton is the nearest town with 30-year climate averages. January is its hottest month, with an average high of 32°, and February its wettest, with 129 mm on average. Month-by-month climate for Rockhampton

Rain a year
741 mm
Days reaching 35°
15
Days reaching 40°
under 1
Heat-stress days
180
Heat-stress stop days
54

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 Yaamba

YaambaTownsOther 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 Yaamba 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 Yaamba

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.