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Rouse Hill

Old Government House, Parramatta Park. Credit: John Spencer/DPIE

About the station

Rouse Hill

Rouse Hill air quality monitoring station is located  on 130 Cudgegong Road, at the Rouse Hill Reservoir. Situated in the north of the Hawkesbury basin in a semi-rural area, this station replaces the former Vineyard monitoring station.

Air quality monitoring region Central West Sydney
Commissioned May 2019
Latitude -33.68275
Longitude 150.90366
Elevation 73 metres

Data collected

The following air pollutants and meteorological variables are currently measured at Rouse Hill:

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