Bretrick
Well-known Member
- Location
- Perth Western Australia
I have been in -7 C(19F) in Tasmania.
Which was cold enough. Car windscreens frozen over, water pipes frozen.
Sun never breaking through the thick fog
The hottest temperature was 47.9C, 118F
I moved from Tasmania to Esperance in Western Australia in 1988
Early December, at 11am the temperature reached 47.9.
Then a massive electrical storm came over the town and by 11.30 the temperature had dropped to 26C.
Coming from Tasmania I had never experiences anything above 35C, 95F.
Plus Tasmania rarely had storms with forked lightning. There was usually only intracloud or sheet lightning.
So when that particular storm was raging I was awestruck. I was at the Esperance wharf and had to go below the
wharf for fear of being struck by lightning.
Example of Perth Electrical storm

Which was cold enough. Car windscreens frozen over, water pipes frozen.
Sun never breaking through the thick fog
The hottest temperature was 47.9C, 118F
I moved from Tasmania to Esperance in Western Australia in 1988
Early December, at 11am the temperature reached 47.9.
Then a massive electrical storm came over the town and by 11.30 the temperature had dropped to 26C.
Coming from Tasmania I had never experiences anything above 35C, 95F.
Plus Tasmania rarely had storms with forked lightning. There was usually only intracloud or sheet lightning.
So when that particular storm was raging I was awestruck. I was at the Esperance wharf and had to go below the
wharf for fear of being struck by lightning.
Example of Perth Electrical storm
