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Tinaroo Falls Dam - QLD

Tinaroo Falls Dam

Bend in the flume

Irrigation diversion structure

View from right abutment

River outlet in operation

11 m below full Sept 2016

Upstream face and spillway

Reservoir,Dam

Position

DEG: -17.164317 145.545783

DMS: 17º 09' 51.54" S 145º 32' 44.79" E

UTM: 55 K 8101688mN 345330mE

Altitude: 654.84m

Address & Contact

Tinaroo Dam
Lake Tinaroo QLD 4872

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Information

Dam wall access, spillway lookout and picnic area.
The dam's purpose includes irrigation for the Mareeba-Dimbulah Irrigation Scheme, water supply, hydroelectricity, and recreation. Completed between 1953 and 1958, the dam creates the impounded reservoir, Lake Tinaroo.

PlaceID	221395

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mareeba at 04/11:30pm EST

Distance from Tinaroo Falls Dam 16.5km NW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
16.7°C	16.9°C	88%	14.7°C	1016.1hPa	0.0mm	SSE	7km/hr 4knots	11km/hr 6knots

Closest Climatic Station

Kairi Research Station

Distance from Tinaroo Falls Dam 6.01km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	28.2	27.5	26.4	24.8	23.0	21.5	21.1	22.5	24.8	27.1	28.4	28.9
Mean Min. °C	19.2	19.5	18.5	16.8	14.7	12.1	11.2	11.6	12.8	15.1	17.1	18.5
Mean Rain mm	254.3	270.3	256.6	100.9	57.3	38.0	27.2	24.3	18.5	31.3	74.6	137.3