How's The Weather By You?

Ask DB. I'm sure he can tell you.

Actually, as a child I visited Melbourne (Burwood) once during a 100 year heat wave and another time during the first light snow for 100 years. I wouldn't be surprised at any weather extremes experienced in Melbourne.
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70s and 80s forecast for tomorrow. Now, we do get some really nice days in January IN BETWEEN STORMS. But, lately it's just without the storms.
 

Casper said:
Well Warri.......if 47c isn't extreme for Victoria, please tell me what is.:disagree:
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What location Casper? 47C isn't unheard of in many Victorian centres. Victoria, like most other Australian states, has extremely poor climate records. Automatic weather stations are shut down, shifted, re-opened on what appears to be a whim so getting an idea of records in Australia is a very difficult task.

I'd like to show you a sample but the BOM site is having some difficulties at the moment:
This service is currently experiencing technical difficulties. We are working on a solution and apologise for any inconvenience.

Someone is probably adjusting some historic temperatures down to make the current heat wave seem worse .... ;)

When the site is back up and running, you can go here and choose a location close by and see what I mean:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/index.shtml?bookmark=200
 
Started out with snow this morning, around 25 degrees F. It warmed up to around 40, and tomorrow is supposed to be high 50s...maybe will melt some of the left over snow on the ground.
 
dbeyat45 said:
What location Casper? 47C isn't unheard of in many Victorian centres. Victoria, like most other Australian states, has extremely poor climate records. Automatic weather stations are shut down, shifted, re-opened on what appears to be a whim so getting an idea of records in Australia is a very difficult task.

I'd like to show you a sample but the BOM site is having some difficulties at the moment:
This service is currently experiencing technical difficulties. We are working on a solution and apologise for any inconvenience.

Someone is probably adjusting some historic temperatures down to make the current heat wave seem worse .... ;)

When the site is back up and running, you can go here and choose a location close by and see what I mean:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/index.shtml?bookmark=200
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Geelong region DB......I've never experienced a day like yesterday.....can't remember it being 47 but maybe when I
was a kid.....who knows....
 
I can believe it.
Temperature readings depend on where the reading is taken and not all of them make it into the official records.
The nearest weather station to me is Bankstown Airport.
It's not necessarily the hottest place in the district because it is very close to the river.
 
Casper said:
Geelong region DB......I've never experienced a day like yesterday.....can't remember it being 47 but maybe when I
was a kid.....who knows....
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Casper, here are a few locations around Geelong (14th's high temps in brackets):

Geelong Racecourse (44.9C) : http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/IDCJDW3030.latest.shtml
Avalon (45.8C): http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/IDCJDW3003.latest.shtml
Point Wilson (not recording temperatures): http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/IDCJDW3066.latest.shtml
Laverton (44.4C): http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/IDCJDW3043.latest.shtml

All the local AWS locations are listed here: http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/observations/melbourne.shtml and there doesn't appear to be one that got to 47C.

I did a quick check on your local weather stations - both operational and closed ** - and can't find any that have data going back past 1941.

** there are plenty of them.

PS: Don't be surprised it the temperature numbers change; "adjustments" are being made all the time.
 
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Better get the doona out next Tuesday Phants, down to 18c over night, you'll freeeeeze.

Getting a bit serious down there though isn't it?
Fires are gearing up too. They were lucky to stop that one in Perth.
 
When i lived there it was quite often in the 40's DB, but being a dry heat i was able to stand that more than when you have humidity with high temps up north, miss my ducted cooling it was the best thing since sliced bread.

 
miss my ducted cooling it was the best thing since sliced bread.
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We have ducted evap.air.Not too good on humid days
mine had a problen a couple of weeks back...It wasn't getting wate to unit.Lucky weather was in 30's and this happened over Christmas period when my repairmn was away.Had to wait a week to get it fixed
We have had weather in 40's before but only lasted a couple of days.We usedti live about 15 mile away (Huon if you know it Jillaroo) without electricty or gas.I remember those hot nights still
 
I have split aircon here but have only had it on once this summer, very expensive to run, i have a Hellar wall fan on the archway between the lounge & kitchen and it works well, as long as i have air flow i can survive although it would be nice to have the room cooler
 
Jilly..you are probably much better off healthwise without running the air conditioner, but being from a colder northern climate and coming to a hot, humid southern climate, I just could never acclimate..the heat kills me! I do hate those electric bills.

Back to mostly freezing and below temps here for the rest of the week..no snow or rain in the forecast, so that's a good thing.

TWH..Expecting any of that snow your way?
 
Adelaide South Australia, hotest city in the world today, with a record of 46 deg celsius 115 + deg faren forcast ,last time it was this hot was back in 1939.
 
The interesting thing about this heatwave is that the Southern Oscillation Index is in neutral, i.e. neither El Nino nor la Nina.
The next el Nino phase might deliver even more extremes and less rain.
 
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