Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
May 2012 Daily Weather Observations

DateDayTempsRainEvapSunMax wind gust9 am3 pm
MinMaxDirSpdTimeTempRHCldDirSpdMSLPTempRHCldDirSpdMSLP
°C°Cmmmmhourskm/hlocal°C%8thkm/hhPa°C%8thkm/hhPa
1Tu6.722.50  NNE2211:5715.389 Calm1027.521.055 NNE61023.5
2We7.324.00  ESE1714:3515.792 Calm1023.523.060 ESE91018.8
3Th14.621.32.6  E1513:3716.195 Calm1020.020.763 E71017.7
4Fr10.121.60  E1514:3515.786 SW41020.418.862 ESE91017.0
5Sa7.721.40  W3113:3615.069 WSW91016.620.745 WSW91013.2
6Su4.821.20  NW1910:1314.768 NNW41017.520.538 WNW41015.0
7Mo5.819.60  SW1513:3611.593 N21019.018.051 SW21016.1
8Tu4.323.20  W1911:1914.885 Calm1019.222.338 WSW61016.9
9We4.025.50  N1513:5714.989 Calm1021.825.140 N61019.5
10Th6.728.20  N1113:3817.089 Calm1022.126.541 E41019.5
11Fr7.227.40  NNW1911:1016.596 Calm1019.226.938 N61014.5
12Sa7.121.80  W2010:5016.479 WNW21017.619.746 S111013.8
13Su2.918.60  W4613:1613.349 NW111014.117.839 W171013.1
14Mo3.918.00  WSW2409:5912.950 SW91021.717.541 SSW71021.5
15Tu2.419.50  WSW2009:5113.765 SW61024.419.045 WSW71022.2
16We5.120.20  WNW2009:4615.466 SW61025.019.648 SSW41022.7
17Th3.320.80  NE1311:4113.595 Calm1025.219.454 E61022.3
18Fr3.822.00  E1512:0012.095 Calm1025.420.755 E61021.7
19Sa2.021.20  W1711:5611.297 Calm1023.619.940 WSW61020.8
20Su2.519.00  ESE1913:3713.795 Calm1025.717.772 SSE61023.8
21Mo5.920.20  NNE1913:0814.091 Calm1025.719.657 NNE61022.2
22Tu3.421.10  WSW3511:1213.092 Calm1024.820.834 NNW41021.4
23We1.321.40  NW2213:5311.592 N21025.320.931 N111021.2
24Th2.216.80  WNW1111:428.597 Calm1021.215.393 N41018.9
25Fr8.517.03.6  NW3712:3014.095 Calm1014.116.944 NW111011.0
26Sa5.317.90  WNW4610:5213.345 WNW171015.216.246 W191014.0
27Su2.418.60  SSW2211:1610.996 Calm1020.417.846 SW61019.5
28Mo7.418.84.8  SW2211:4614.167 SW71026.418.050 SSW61025.1
29Tu9.017.14.2  S1711:3114.290 SSW41031.515.984 SW41030.5
30We9.619.22.6  SSE2013:2913.899 SW41034.817.261 ESE71032.6
31Th8.219.30  SSE1115:4613.099 Calm1033.518.764 S41030.6
Statistics for May 2012
Mean5.720.8      13.984  21022.719.751  71020.0
Lowest1.316.80     8.545 Calm1014.115.331 SW21011.0
Highest14.628.24.8  #46 17.099 WNW171034.826.993 W191032.6
Total  17.8                 

IDCJDW2159.201205   Prepared at 13:02 UTC on Sunday 12 May 2013

Source of data

Observations were drawn from Cooranbong (Lake Macquarie AWS) {station 061412}.

The closest site with evaporation data is at Peats Ridge, about 32 km to the southwest; the closest with cloud observations is at Newcastle University, about 32 km to the northeast; and the closest with sunshine observations is at Williamtown, about 48 km to the northeast.

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