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Guthega Dam - NSW

Spillway in action

Spilling October 2019 by Skifree

Power station intake structure

Just 2 m above minimum - Jan 2019

Alpine flowers in January

Downstream face of Guthega Dam with overfall spillway and dissipator basin

Snowbound in July

Guthega village beyond dam

Upstream face, right abutment

Reservoir,Dam

Position

DEG: -36.378517 148.37069

DMS: 36º 22' 42.66" S 148º 22' 14.51" E

UTM: 55 H 5973195mN 622947mE

Altitude: 1594.7m

Address & Contact

Snowy River
New South Wales

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Information

The concrete gravity Guthega Dam impounds 1830 megalitres in the pondage. This water supplies Guthega power station via a tunnel and pressure pipeline.
Completed by a Norwegian company in 1955 the dam is the first of three on the upper Snowy River and was the first of 16 in the Snowy Scheme. Snowbound in winter and freezes over bringing a halt to generation as there is no liquid water.
Will spill in spring when snowmelt combines with heavy rain to have runoff exceed 28 cumecs which is the capacity of the two turbines at the power station. Spills in Oct 2019 and Sept 2021.

PlaceID	73816

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Perisher Valley at 02/04:30am EST

Distance from Guthega Dam 4.43km SE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
-5.3°C	-8.6°C	77%	-8.7°C	hPa	0.0mm	WSW	2km/hr 1knots	6km/hr 3knots

Closest Climatic Station

Perisher Valley Ski Centre

Distance from Guthega Dam 4.49km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	19.2	18.5	15.7	11.7	7.9	3.9	2.4	3.4	5.8	9.7	13.9	15.9
Mean Min. °C	5.8	5.3	3.3	0.3	-1.5	-3.5	-5.0	-4.3	-2.0	0.2	2.0	3.8
Mean Rain mm	96.1	73.1	114.5	97.5	130.9	167.8	186.1	240.7	234.0	182.1	138.5	95.3