Weather South Hedland Western Australia
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This site contains weather information, statistics and real time data for South Hedland, in the Pilbara of North West Australia. South Hedland, Wedgefield and Port Hedland, are more commonly known as simply Port Hedland or Hedland.
The meteorological day used at this station rolls over at 9 am. Data is updated throughout the site every 10 minutes. The gauges page near realtime, is updated every 5 seconds.
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| Dawn: | 4:54 am | Sunrise: | 5:19 am | Moonrise: | 1:24 pm | |
| Dusk: | 7:04 pm | Sunset: | 6:39 pm | Moonset: | 12:44 am | |
| Daylight: | 14:10 hrs | Day length: | 13:20 hrs | Moon Phase: | Waxing Gibbous |
Cumulus Software Forecast: Unsettled, Rain Likely (Updated hourly)
Station Hardware Forecast: Increasing clouds with little temperature change. (Updated hourly)
| Temperature and Humidity | |||
| Temperature Outside | 36.8 °C | Rising | +2.0 °C/hr |
| Apparent Temperature | 39.3 °C | Heat Index | 39.0 °C |
| Average Temperature | 35.1 °C | Derived THW Index | 39.2 °C |
| Windchill | 36.8 °C | Dew Point | 18.9 °C |
| Humidity Outside | 35% | Estimated Wet Bulb | 24.8 °C |
| Temperature Inside | 30.6 °C | Humidity Inside | 59% |
| Rainfall | |||
| Rainfall today | 0.0 mm | Rainfall last hour | 0.0 mm |
| Rainfall Rate | 0.0 mm/hr | Rainfall since midnight | 0.0 mm |
| Rainfall this month | 0.0 mm | Rainfall last 24 hours | 0.0 mm |
| Rainfall this year | 655.2 mm | Last Rainfall | 26 Oct 2013 10:18 pm |
| Wind | |||
| Wind Speed (gust) | 7.0 kts | Wind Speed (avg) | 1.7 kts |
| Wind Bearing | 85° E | Beaufort F1 | Light air |
| Pressure | |||
| Barometer (MSL) | 1008.57 hPa | Falling slowly | -0.30 hPa/hr |
| Solar | |||
| Solar Radiation | 954 W/m2 | Theoretical Max Solar Radiation | 1200 W/m2 |
| Ultraviolet Radiation Index | 10.6 | Sunshine Today | 4.2 hrs |
| Evapotranspiration | 1.07 mm | Calculated Cloud Base | 7322 ft |
About the site
Being in the highest cyclone prone area of Australia, Hedland has experienced at times some extreme conditions. Cyclone season is from the start of November to the end of April, with peak activity during summer.
Hedland is a port town servicing the mining export of vast reserves of iron ore from the Pilbara region. Over 280,000,000 tonnes of iron ore alone is exported through the port annually, the highest tonnage port in Australia. Of note the record of "worlds longest train" set in 2001, was from Newman and Hedland.
Although this is an ammeter run station and only a hobby, it does provide an interesting insight to the micro conditions of local weather. Station data is also submitted to other global weather agencies.
The information provided herein is for informational purposes only and is not guaranteed to be accurate in any way. Do not make any life threatening decisions either directly or indirectly based on the information herein, no responsibility is accepted for any injuries, accidents or other incidents whether fatal or non-fatal, as a direct or indirect result of actions taken based upon the information herein.
Please refer to the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology for the official weather and forecast.
Page updated 11/12/2013 11:00:00 AM
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