Sydney Harbour Automatic Weather Station

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Location On the western channel marker of Sow and Pigs reef in Sydney Harbour, often referred to as "Wedding Cake"
Latitude -33.8414
Longitude 151.2633
Instrumentation Wind and Temperature only
Commissioned 28 February 1996 for Wind and 18 September 1997 for Temperature
No data between 12 December 2006 and 15 February 2010.
Mast Height 10 metres
Station number 066196 / SYHB (WMO 95766)
Historical Data Available email climate.nsw@bom.gov.au
SYNOP Format 10 minute average wind speed, direction and temperature at 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 hours Eastern Daylight Time. Daily maximum and minimum temperatures.
METAR Format 10 minute average wind speed, direction and gust available every half hour and when 'speci' conditions exist. gust = the maximum 3 sec running mean in the 10 minute interval
One Minute Wind Data Average maximum and minimum temperature. Average speed and direction,highest and lowest wind speed, plus and minus 1 standard deviation of the wind direction. (For highest and lowest a 3 sec running mean is used)