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Lake Cowal - NSW

Lake,River,Creek

Position

DEG: -33.61256932 147.44249751

DMS: 33º 36' 45.24" S 147º 26' 33.02" E

UTM: 55 H 6280712mN 541048mE

Altitude: 203m

Place Type

Geography - Lake,River,Creek

Location

241.29kms NorthWest of Canberra - Driving 307 km (4 hours 9 mins)
349.78kms West of Sydney - Driving 439 km (5 hours 49 mins)
827.12kms East of Adelaide - Driving 974 km (10 hours 50 mins)
865.94kms SouthWest of Brisbane - Driving 1065 km (11 hours 56 mins)

Address & Contact

Lake Cowal
New South Wales

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: https://www.fieldandgame.com.au/@news/2021/08/18/1383661/the-mighty-lake-cowal

Information

Lake Cowal forms part of a large ephemeral inland wetland system in the Lachlan Catchment Significant concentrations of water birds visit the Lake. Lake Cowal is New South Wales's largest natural inland lake at approximately 21 km long and 9.5 km wide with an average depth of around 2.5m and covering an area of over 13,000 hectares when full.

PlaceID	67916

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

West Wyalong at 05/03:00am EST

Distance from Lake Cowal 42.74km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
1.6°C	-0.4°C	90%	0.1°C	1023.9hPa	0.0mm	CALM	0km/hr 0knots	0km/hr 0knots

Closest Climatic Station

Wyalong Post Office

Distance from Lake Cowal 39.47km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	32.8	31.9	28.7	23.6	18.6	14.9	14.0	15.9	19.5	23.4	27.2	30.6
Mean Min. °C	17.5	17.5	14.5	10.0	6.7	4.1	3.0	3.9	6.1	9.4	12.6	15.4
Mean Rain mm	41.7	39.2	37.9	35.0	39.1	42.6	41.8	39.1	36.6	46.1	36.8	44.2