Guthega Dam - NSW

  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

Description

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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.
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Closest Weather Station

Perisher Valley at 01/01:30am EDT
Distance from Guthega Dam 4.43km SE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
4.2°C1.6°C100%4.2°ChPa0.0mmENE7km/hr
4knots
9km/hr
5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Perisher Valley Ski Centre
Distance from Guthega Dam 4.49km SE
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C19.218.515.711.77.93.92.43.45.89.713.915.9
Mean Min. °C5.85.33.30.3-1.5-3.5-5.0-4.3-2.00.22.03.8
Mean Rain mm96.173.1114.597.5130.9167.8186.1240.7234.0182.1138.595.3

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