Thermal Comfort Observations

WBGT and Apparent Temperature for Queensland

Issued at 10.12 pm ( ST) Monday 13 February 2012
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Station Name Observation
Time
Temp WBGT
sun
WBGT
shade
  AT
shade
Rel
Hum
Dew
Point
Wind (10m)
Dir Spd

ST °C °C°C°C % °C
km/h
Southeast Region
Brisbane 10:00 pm 21.2 -- 20.7 24.6 95 20.2 S 2
Brisbane Airport 10:00 pm 21.4 -- 20.6 23.3 90 19.7 SSW 9
Archerfield 10:00 pm 20.7 -- 20.1 23.0 90 19.4 S 6
Amberley 10:00 pm 20.2 -- 19.7 23.5 95 19.2   Calm
Beaudesert AWS 10:00 pm 20.6 -- 20.0 24.0 95 19.4   Calm
Redcliffe 10:00 pm 21.9 -- 20.9 23.4 90 19.8 SSW 11
Gold Coast Seaway 10:00 pm 21.9 -- 20.8 23.0 85 19.6 S 13
Gatton 10:00 pm 20.5 -- 19.6 23.6 90 18.6   Calm
Toowoomba 10:00 pm 17.8 -- 17.0 16.2 90 16.0 E 19
Oakey 10:00 pm 19.4 -- 18.2 18.5 85 16.8 ENE 17
Cape Moreton 10:00 pm 24.6 -- 22.6 25.3 80 20.5 E 17
Coolangatta 10:00 pm 21.5 -- 20.6 23.7 90 19.6 WSW 7
Maroochydore 10:00 pm 23.0 -- 22.0 25.8 90 20.9 SW 7
Tewantin 10:00 pm 23.7 -- 23.0 28.6 90 22.3   Calm
Nambour 10:00 pm 22.5 -- 21.8 26.7 90 21.0   Calm
Beerburrum 10:00 pm 20.8 -- 20.2 24.3 90 19.5   Calm
Toolara 10:00 pm 21.9 -- 21.2 23.8 90 20.5 SSW 11
Jimna 10:00 pm 20.0 -- 19.5  *  95 19.0    
Gympie 10:00 pm 22.6 -- 21.4 25.0 85 20.1 N 7
Double Island Point 10:00 pm 24.2 -- 21.8 25.5 75 19.3 ESE 11
Gulf Country
Burketown 10:00 pm 24.8 -- 23.1 27.1 80 21.3 NNW 11
Zinifex Century Mine 10:00 pm 24.3 -- 20.3 26.1 60 15.5   Calm
Croydon          *         
Kowanyama 10:00 pm 27.2 -- 25.9 33.4 85 24.6   Calm
Mornington Island 10:00 pm 27.4 -- 25.8 32.3 85 24.3 NNW 6
Normanton 10:00 pm 28.0 -- 25.7 31.9 75 23.6 W 9
Sweers Island          *         
Peninsula
Coen 09:00 pm 26.4 -- 23.7 28.8 70 20.9 E 9
Horn Island 10:00 pm 28.0 -- 26.2 31.7 80 24.6 SE 13
Lockhart River 10:00 pm 24.6 -- 24.1 30.2 95 23.6   Calm
Musgrave          *         
Weipa 10:00 pm 26.8 -- 26.0 33.1 90 25.3 E 2
North Tropical Coast and Tablelands
Atherton          *         
Cairns 10:00 pm 26.6 -- 24.2 29.5 75 21.7 S 9
Cape Flattery 10:00 pm 27.9 -- 25.0 28.9 70 22.1 SE 20
Cardwell          *         
Cooktown 10:00 pm 27.8 -- 25.3 30.5 75 22.8 ESE 13
Innisfail          *         
Low Isles 10:00 pm 28.2 -- 25.7 30.0 75 23.3 SE 19
Lucinda          *         
Mareeba 10:00 pm 22.3 -- 20.6 24.7 80 18.7 SE 4
Palmerville 10:00 pm 25.5 -- 23.7 28.9 80 22.0 E 7
South Johnstone 10:00 pm 23.9 -- 23.2 27.1 90 22.4 WSW 9
Station Name Observation
Time
Temp WBGT
sun
WBGT
shade
  AT
shade
Rel
Hum
Dew
Point
Wind (10m)
Dir Spd

ST °C °C°C°C % °C
km/h
Herbert and Lower Burdekin
Alva Beach 10:00 pm 28.1 -- 25.3 29.5 70 22.6 ENE 19
Ayr 09:00 pm 25.6 -- 24.6 31.2 90 23.6   Calm
Bowen          *         
Ingham          *         
Townsville 10:00 pm 27.5 -- 25.1 30.2 75 22.8 NNE 13
Woolshed 10:00 pm 22.9 -- 21.6 25.4 85 20.2 NE 7
Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders
Charters Towers          *         
Georgetown 10:00 pm 22.8 -- 21.3 26.4 85 19.8   Calm
Hughenden          *         
Richmond 10:00 pm 24.4 -- 18.3 24.4 40 9.9   Calm
Channel Country
Ballera 10:00 pm 29.0 -- 19.3 23.8 20 3.8 SE 20
Bedourie          *         
Boulia          *         
Birdsville 10:00 pm 30.6 -- 19.1 25.9 10 -2.0 SSE 13
Quilpie          *         
Thargomindah 10:00 pm 28.6 -- 19.9 26.2 25 7.2 SE 9
Windorah 09:00 pm 28.2 -- 19.8 27.6 25 7.5   Calm
Central West
Barcaldine          *         
Blackall 10:00 pm 24.6 -- 20.5 24.8 60 15.8 S 9
Isisford          *         
Longreach 10:00 pm 24.8 -- 18.7 22.8 40 10.3 SSE 11
Tambo          *         
Winton 10:00 pm 25.9 -- 19.3 24.4 40 10.5 ENE 9
Station Name Observation
Time
Temp WBGT
sun
WBGT
shade
  AT
shade
Rel
Hum
Dew
Point
Wind (10m)
Dir Spd

ST °C °C°C°C % °C
km/h
Maranoa and Warrego
Charleville 10:00 pm 23.0 -- 18.4 21.7 50 12.4 ESE 11
Cunnamulla          *         
Injune          *         
Mitchell          *         
Roma 10:00 pm 18.7 -- 17.6 20.8 85 16.3   Calm
St George 09:00 pm 23.2 -- 18.2 22.5 45 11.3 SE 6
Surat          *         
Northwest
Camooweal 09:00 pm 28.8 -- 18.9 25.4 20 2.1 SE 9
Cloncurry 10:00 pm 24.1 -- 17.8 22.7 40 8.9 ESE 6
Julia Creek 10:00 pm 24.3 -- 18.5 22.4 40 10.6 E 11
Mt Isa 10:00 pm 22.0 -- 15.4 20.8 35 4.8   Calm
The Monument 10:00 pm 25.8 -- 16.5 23.4 20 -0.3 S 2
Urandangi 09:00 pm 33.7 -- 23.2 32.1 20 8.9 SE 7
Central Coast - Whitsundays
Bowen          *         
Collinsville          *         
Hamilton Island 10:00 pm 27.6 -- 24.8 29.2 70 22.1 ENE 17
Mackay Airport 10:00 pm 27.3 -- 25.3 31.0 80 23.3 E 9
Mackay 10:00 pm 27.1 -- 24.7 30.0 75 22.4 ENE 11
Proserpine 10:00 pm 25.1 -- 24.3 30.7 90 23.5   Calm
St Lawrence          *         
Central Highlands - Coalfields
Baralaba          *         
Emerald 10:00 pm 24.6 -- 22.4 26.3 75 20.1 ENE 11
Clermont 10:00 pm 25.7 -- 21.0 27.5 55 15.4   Calm
Lochington 10:00 pm 23.4 -- 20.5 24.7 70 17.2 NNE 6
Moranbah          *         
Rolleston Airport 10:00 pm 24.4 -- 21.2 25.9 65 17.6 S 6
Springsure          *         
Taroom          *         
Station Name Observation
Time
Temp WBGT
sun
WBGT
shade
  AT
shade
Rel
Hum
Dew
Point
Wind (10m)
Dir Spd

ST °C °C°C°C % °C
km/h
Capricornia
Biloela 09:00 pm 24.6 -- 22.3 25.8 75 19.9 SE 13
Gladstone Airport 10:00 pm 26.6 -- 23.5 28.7 70 20.2 E 9
Heron Island 09:00 pm        *      E 20
Rockhampton 10:00 pm 25.3 -- 23.3 28.3 80 21.2 ESE 7
Samuel Hill 10:00 pm 21.4 -- 21.1 25.5 95 20.7   Calm
Williamson 10:00 pm 23.3 -- 22.3 27.6 90 21.2   Calm
Yeppoon 10:00 pm 26.4 -- 24.1 27.8 75 21.8 ENE 17
Darling Downs and Granite Belt
Dalby 09:00 pm 22.4 -- 20.5 20.8 80 18.4 E 24
Goondiwindi          *         
Inglewood 10:00 pm 21.7 -- 19.2 22.1 70 16.2 NE 9
Miles 10:00 pm 22.9 -- 20.7 24.7 75 18.2 NE 6
Oakey 10:00 pm 19.4 -- 18.2 18.5 85 16.8 ENE 17
Stanthorpe 10:00 pm 17.3 -- 16.8 18.2 95 16.2 E 6
Texas          *         
Toowoomba 10:00 pm 17.8 -- 17.0 16.2 90 16.0 E 19
Warwick 10:00 pm 18.7 -- 18.0 21.1 90 17.1   Calm
Wide Bay and Burnett
Bundaberg 10:00 pm 23.8 -- 22.4 26.8 85 20.9 ESE 6
Double Island Point 10:00 pm 24.2 -- 21.8 25.5 75 19.3 ESE 11
Gayndah 10:00 pm 21.4 -- 20.0 19.8 85 18.4 SSE 24
Hervey Bay 10:00 pm 25.3 -- 23.3 27.5 80 21.2 SE 11
Gympie 10:00 pm 22.6 -- 21.4 25.0 85 20.1 N 7
Jimna 10:00 pm 20.0 -- 19.5  *  95 19.0    
Kingaroy 10:00 pm 18.5 -- 18.4 21.4 100 18.2   Calm
Lady Elliot Island 09:00 pm 26.3 -- 23.8 25.3 75 21.3 E 28
Maryborough 09:00 pm 22.3 -- 21.1 24.8 85 19.8 SSE 6
Monto          *         
Rainbow Beach          *         
Sandy Cape          *         
Toolara 10:00 pm 21.9 -- 21.2 23.8 90 20.5 SSW 11
Town of 1770 09:00 pm 25.4 -- 23.4 24.1 80 21.3 ENE 30

Note: Calculation of the sun WBGT has been suppressed for this hour because the approximation used is not valid at these times.

The shade WBGT is calculated for an environment shaded from direct (and strong reflected) solar radiation and where surfaces are not significantly hotter or colder than the indicated air temperature.

* The calculation of AT requires an observation of temperature, humidity, and wind. If any of these are unavailable, the AT field is left blank.

The WBGT values displayed here should be used in conjunction with guidelines provided by Sports Medicine Australia (SMA).

Sports Medicine Australia may also provide additional regional guidelines. The AT values displayed here are the Steadman Apparent Temperatures measured in the shade. The Apparent Temperature is an estimation of what the temperature "feels like" to an appropriately dressed adult. Direct exposure to the afternoon sun would add as much as 8C to the AT.

Further information About Thermal Comfort Observations including Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) and Apparent Temperature (AT).