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Muswellbrook

Lake St Clair, Singleton, in clouds. Credit: Jaime Plaza van Roon/DPIE

About the station

Muswellbrook

Muswellbrook air quality monitoring station is located at Bowman Park on Lorne Street, 400m south-west of the Hunter River. Along with Muswellbrook north-west station, it is one of two stations located in or on the outskirts of Muswellbrook.

Air quality monitoring region Upper Hunter
Commissioned December 2010
Latitude -32.27152
Longitude 150.88563
Elevation 145 metres

Data collected

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

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