Hot weather

[MB78]

Heavy rain in Warrnambool after the cool change came through.

 

[Mr Brightside]

There's a grass fire at Chiltern

 

[TigerForce]

Heavy rain in Warrnambool after the cool change came through.

Let's hope that's the real cool change. Temperatures have dropped but still hot and humid all around.

It was 40 here at 10.30 this morning. Really strong north wind. Scary day.

Just been down to Avenel and the outside temp hit 41, winds were getting nasty all the way back to wang, fingers crossed no fires

How do you guys cope when your worse off than us in Melbourne? When I retire, I'm heading for the South Coast or Tassie.

 

[Mr Brightside]

Let's hope that's the real cool change. Temperatures have dropped but still hot and humid all around.

How do you guys cope when your worse off than us in Melbourne? When I retire, I'm heading for the South Coast or Tassie.

Best thing about living in Melbourne compared to up here is you get relief from the heat, we go weeks not dropping under 30, plus no afternoon sea breeze

 

[taztiger4]

Don't worry about a 2 week holiday a quick trip down the shops can involve a singlet , shorts , sunscreen and a trench coat and beanie and umbrella

:hihi

 

[WesternTiger]

Hey WesternTiger,

Has a SW wind with rain really blown into Warrnambool/Port Fairy or are BOM juggling the figures?

It's boiling hot up here.

A wind change and local thunderstorms came through at about 2 when we were leaving for a wedding in port Campbell. Some decent drops of rain however northerlys kicked back in soon after and the temps headed north again.

 

[TigerForce]

A wind change and local thunderstorms came through at about 2 when we were leaving for a wedding in port Campbell. Some decent drops of rain however northerlys kicked back in soon after and the temps headed north again.

Your spot in Victoria is my favourite WT. I hate summer heat especially in heat waves and would rather spend a summer near the coast which has bayside seabreezes, and the SW is usually the first to get a cool change during a hot spell.

 

[Ian4]

got to 43.6 on the weatherzone app last Saturday. not sure if they use the same data as the BOM, but it must have been a record hot day for December.

 

[poppa x]

December 1876 is the record - 43.7

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

December 1876 is the record - 43.7

And nobody rang the global warming alarm bell...

 

[Tigers of Old]

And nobody rang the global warming alarm bell...

You think the anomaly equals the rule?

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

You think the anomaly equals the rule?

Stirring. But reading the likes of The Age, you'd think we'd never had hot weather before.

 

[Baloo]

What hot weather? I'm freezing.

 

[poppa x]

Some more records.....

Coldest Melbourne Day ever -2.8c July 1869
Hottest Melbourne Day ever 47.2c February 1851
Melbourne blanketed in snow for the first and last time in August 1849

 

[Mr Pumblechook]

Some more records.....

Coldest Melbourne Day ever -2.8c July 1869
Hottest Melbourne Day ever 47.2c February 1851
Melbourne blanketed in snow for the first and last time in August 1849

I think you need to interpret those with a grain of salt. The BoM have only used standardised and calibrated equipment since 1908.

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/change/acorn-sat/

 

[poppa x]

I think you need to interpret those with a grain of salt. The BoM have only used standardised and calibrated equipment since 1908.

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/change/acorn-sat/

True.

 

[TigerForce]

Anyone know what rain looks like? ;D Already hit 40 in this 'dry as a bone' city. Hopefully no more bushfires.

 

[Willo]

A mild 44 degrees Celsius here.

 

[Ian4]

Stirring. But reading the likes of The Age, you'd think we'd never had hot weather before.

in terms of extreme heat, I can only remember 1 day over 43 in my lifetime prior to the black Saturday summer of 2008/09 (it reached 44 degrees on... pretty sure it was 25/1/03). since the black Saturday summer I can recall at least 6 days over 43 off the top of my head (4 of them were in 2009, including 3 in a row on around Australia day).

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

Southern Cross station is surely the hottest place in Melbourne. Sauna.