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Penrith

Windsor St, Richmond. Credit: Don Fuchs/DPIE

About the station

Penrith

Penrith air quality monitoring station is located at the corner of Laycock Street and Shellbourne Place in Cranebrook, a residential-cum-commercial area.

Air quality monitoring region North West Sydney
Commissioned June 2020
Latitude -33.72687
Longitude 150.70385
Elevation 27 metres

Data collected

The following air pollutants and meteorological variables are measured at Penrith:

  • Fine particles as PM10
  • Fine particles as PM2.5
  • Carbon monoxide (CO)
  • Oxides of nitrogen (NO, NO2 and NOx)
  • Ozone (O3)
  • Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
  • Visibility using nephelometry
  • Ambient temperature
  • Precipitation
  • Relative humidity
  • Wind speed, wind direction and sigma theta