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DustWatch Report January 2023

Dust activity was less than December 2022; below average for the month.
Date:
Publisher: Department of Planning and Environment
Cost: Free
Language: English
ISSN: 2206-3161 / ID: EHG20230001
File: PDF 1.23 MB / Pages 5
Name: dustwatch-report-january-2023-230001.pdf
 
Tags: Monitoring reportDustWatch

The average hours of dust across our long-term sites dropped from 10.2 hours in December 2022 to 8.4 hours in January 2023. This is mainly caused by the widespread rainfall received across large parts of New South Wales in January 2023 and the associated increase in groundcover.