Parkes, New South Wales
May 2012 Daily Weather Observations

Observations from Parkes Airport.

DateDayTempsRainEvapSunMax wind gust9 am3 pm
MinMaxDirSpdTimeTempRHCldDirSpdMSLPTempRHCldDirSpdMSLP
°C°Cmmmmhourskm/hlocal°C%8thkm/hhPa°C%8thkm/hhPa
1Tu11.123.70  NNE3509:2517.753 NE201025.722.240 NNW111022.1
2We10.716.30  W3906:2615.071 Calm1023.815.689 N151020.2
3Th5.115.26.4  SSW3014:077.593 SW21022.715.053 SSW151020.4
4Fr1.316.40  SW3515:4411.769 S71022.515.742 S241019.3
5Sa-0.517.00  SW3316:327.889 SW61019.616.246 SW241016.2
6Su-0.516.30  SW3014:218.183 Calm1019.815.250 WSW151017.7
7Mo4.916.80  SSW2813:0610.577 Calm1020.515.946 SSW91017.6
8Tu2.222.40  NNW1912:0112.864 Calm1020.622.228 NW61017.7
9We3.325.80  WNW2813:5016.355 Calm1023.125.324 NNW131020.5
10Th4.526.40  NNW3112:3116.854 Calm1023.625.724 NW151020.0
11Fr10.124.70  N3510:4519.241 N171020.323.034 SW171016.8
12Sa2.316.80  SW3913:499.983 Calm1020.315.638 SW241018.1
13Su-1.014.30  WSW5015:348.072 Calm1019.613.754 WSW311017.6
14Mo-3.414.10  SW3312:015.390 Calm1023.513.742 S131022.6
15Tu-1.917.10  SSW3113:327.375 Calm1026.016.140 S171023.1
16We-1.318.90  N2812:209.277 Calm1025.118.140 WSW91022.1
17Th0.219.60  WNW2013:0611.079 Calm1025.019.435 WSW41021.7
18Fr-0.321.10  N2413:1111.668 Calm1025.420.721 NNW91022.1
19Sa-0.819.40  SSW2614:4710.764 Calm1024.818.928 SW151022.3
20Su0.719.00  SW2612:2811.462 Calm1025.918.037 SW171022.9
21Mo0.718.70  SSW2814:1613.167 Calm1025.218.135 SW151022.5
22Tu-1.518.80  SSW3013:2010.766 Calm1026.018.332 SW111022.9
23We0.522.30  N3513:3112.161 Calm1024.821.425 NW221020.6
24Th3.715.20  NNE4609:3214.862 NNE281018.614.092 NE221013.4
25Fr6.810.932.0  NNW4310:329.079 N221015.78.974 NNW241014.6
26Sa6.713.11.2  W3112:387.296 Calm1018.912.279 W191017.4
27Su5.614.70.4  SSW2815:118.599 Calm1022.012.773 WSW131020.9
28Mo0.516.00  SW2412:315.499 Calm1027.315.257 WSW131025.2
29Tu2.719.70  ESE2807:4513.468 E21031.118.052 S91029.3
30We3.419.80.2  E2822:0713.671 E111033.818.254 SW151030.7
31Th4.119.40  ENE3509:3313.468 ENE171032.718.344 NE91028.6
Statistics for May 2012
Mean2.618.4      11.372  41023.717.546  151020.9
Lowest-3.410.90     5.341 Calm1015.78.921 WSW41013.4
Highest11.126.432.0  WSW50 19.299 NNE281033.825.792 WSW311030.7
Total  40.2                 

IDCJDW2106.201205   Prepared at 13:01 UTC on Sunday 12 May 2013

Source of data

Observations were drawn from Parkes Airport AWS {station 065068}.

The closest station with evaporation and sunshine observations is at Orange, about 80 km to the east.

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