Port Pirie, South Australia
May 2013 Daily Weather Observations

Observations from the aerodrome.

DateDayTempsRainEvapSunMax wind gust9 am3 pm
MinMaxDirSpdTimeTempRHCldDirSpdMSLPTempRHCldDirSpdMSLP
°C°Cmmmmhourskm/hlocal°C%8thkm/hhPa°C%8thkm/hhPa
1We11.921.00     15.8786SSE19 20.2475SE19 
2Th9.424.60     18.0441NE19 23.8343NE9 
3Fr14.026.90     18.3506N9 26.9406N28 
4Sa13.029.50     22.9436NE6 28.2473ENE9 
5Su13.427.90     20.6564Calm 26.9417Calm 
6Mo14.024.20     18.4596Calm 23.6457Calm 
7Tu11.529.00     19.6452Calm 27.7373N9 
8We18.330.80     24.5211NNE19 30.2361N9 
9Th16.429.70     25.2405NNE19 27.9447N9 
10Fr20.929.90     24.0354N19 28.8352N9 
11Sa21.027.90     22.9534N19 26.1457NNW15 
12Su15.421.36.0     17.5954NW4 19.9746NW11 
13Mo10.016.22.2     11.1924S9 15.8726SW9 
14Tu8.918.02.8     12.5927NW13 16.8866SW19 
15We9.819.80.2     14.5943NW4 18.5706WNW4 
16Th10.218.41.6     12.5998Calm 17.7816SW22 
17Fr11.917.82.6     13.6876Calm 16.8635Calm 
18Sa5.220.60     12.5941 4 16.0790NE4 
19Su8.121.40     16.5582N19 20.5544NW19 
20Mo11.423.60.8     16.9634N13 23.5502N9 
21Tu12.817.80     14.8888N19 17.0757N19 
22We12.217.222.2     14.51005SW9 15.6946SSW19 
23Th8.919.05.6     12.6821SSE19 18.0716S33 
24Fr5.8 0.2     11.4820SSE9 17.3674SW19 
Statistics for the first 24 days of May 2013
Mean12.323.2      17.1684 10 21.8574 12 
Lowest5.216.20     11.1210Calm 15.6340Calm 
Highest21.030.822.2     25.21008#19 30.2947S33 
Total  44.2                 

IDCJDW5056.201305   Prepared at 07:00 UTC on Friday 24 May 2013

Source of data

Observations were drawn from Port Pirie Aerodrome {station 021118}.

The aerodrome site was reestablished in August 2006 after many years of meteorological inactivity. Contact us if you require observations from the Zinifex site. The climatological record from the Zinifex site should be used with care, as there will be differences in some parameters, such as temperature. It is best to consult the climate maps for averages of evaporation and sunsine for this area.

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