There was a large reduction in dust activity in April 2017 compared to the previous month; however, the values were higher compared to the April average since 2010. Most of dust was in the southern part of the network and occurred on 9 April. Strong south westerly winds that exceeding 50km/h at some sites caused the widespread dust.
DustWatch report April 2017
Dust activity: Reduced from last month; higher than April average
- Date
- 7 July 2017
- Publisher
- Office of Environment and Heritage
- Type
- Publication, Report
- Cost
- Free
- Language
- English
- Tags
- ISSN 2206-3161
- ID OEH20170004
- File PDF 1.3MB
- Pages 5
- Name dustwatch-report-april-2017-170004.pdf