Is Adelaide the hottest city
Dec 22nd 2009, 9:43 am
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Is Adelaide the hottest city
When they show the national weather in summer it often shows Adelaide has the highest temperature, Does Adelaide have the hottest summers of all the cities.
Dec 22nd 2009, 9:54 am
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Re: Is Adelaide the hottest city
Don't know about the hottest - but it's famous for having those extended periods (7+ days) of heatwaves.
Probably makes you feel pretty hot if there's no relief for days on end....
Probably makes you feel pretty hot if there's no relief for days on end....
Dec 22nd 2009, 10:08 am
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37°C tomorrow. I'll start work at 8 to try and avoid the worst of it.
Dec 22nd 2009, 10:47 am
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The news I saw said 42c tomorrow. It certainly feels like the hottest city!
Whenever the weather is on, it does SEEM to be hotter, and with less rain. When Sydney and Melbourne are rainy and dull in winter we seem to get much more sunny weather. Even with it being so hot, I wouldn't want to leave (but by tomorrow afternoon when I have been working in it all day I may change my mind lol).
Whenever the weather is on, it does SEEM to be hotter, and with less rain. When Sydney and Melbourne are rainy and dull in winter we seem to get much more sunny weather. Even with it being so hot, I wouldn't want to leave (but by tomorrow afternoon when I have been working in it all day I may change my mind lol).
Dec 22nd 2009, 4:53 pm
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Adelaide broke the record last year , as Australias hottest capital city .....mm
Dec 22nd 2009, 7:24 pm
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l think l read somehwere becasue Adelaide is down in a valley surrounded by the hills and the ocean all the hot air is stuck there which is why its hotter then say nearby VIctor Harbour or up in the Adelaide hills.
Dec 22nd 2009, 7:40 pm
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Dec 22nd 2009, 7:45 pm
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Adelaide can also get bloody cold in the winter.
Dec 22nd 2009, 10:28 pm
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Dec 22nd 2009, 10:54 pm
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LOl well I think it went down to 4 degrees one early morning this winter... we put the heaters on... as you do. The days are usually warm and sunny in winter about 12 to 20 degrees. We often go to the beach. This winter was particularly wet so we had to wear raincoats but we didn't need coats in the day apart from that. Compare and contrast to UK winters. 
Dec 23rd 2009, 12:11 am
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Its is certainly stupidly hot at times....a week of 45 or so means you can do absolutely nothing basically...even the pools are too hot! you have to experience it to understand, as a friend visiting from England described it
"Its like being blowtorched in the face as soon as you go outside!"
Not good, and very bad for you!
but yeah it is chilly in winter too....
"Its like being blowtorched in the face as soon as you go outside!"
Not good, and very bad for you!
but yeah it is chilly in winter too....
Dec 23rd 2009, 1:18 am
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Last January 2009
Adelaide maximum was 45.7 °C
Melbourne maximum was 45.1 °C
Perth maximum was 41.8 °C
Sydney maximum was 40.9 °C
Canberra maximum was 38.2 °C
Brisbane maximum was 33.9 °C
Darwin maximum was 33.9 °C
Hobart maximum was 33.5 °C
Plus....
Darwin 30 days exceeded 30°C
Hobart 2 days exceeded 30°C
with the rest in between...
Adelaide maximum was 45.7 °C
Melbourne maximum was 45.1 °C
Perth maximum was 41.8 °C
Sydney maximum was 40.9 °C
Canberra maximum was 38.2 °C
Brisbane maximum was 33.9 °C
Darwin maximum was 33.9 °C
Hobart maximum was 33.5 °C
Plus....
Darwin 30 days exceeded 30°C
Hobart 2 days exceeded 30°C
with the rest in between...
Dec 23rd 2009, 1:26 am
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Last January 2009
Adelaide maximum was 45.7 °C
Melbourne maximum was 45.1 °C
Perth maximum was 41.8 °C
Sydney maximum was 40.9 °C
Canberra maximum was 38.2 °C
Brisbane maximum was 33.9 °C
Darwin maximum was 33.9 °C
Hobart maximum was 33.5 °C
Plus....
Darwin 30 days exceeded 30°C
Hobart 2 days exceeded 30°C
with the rest in between...
Adelaide maximum was 45.7 °C
Melbourne maximum was 45.1 °C
Perth maximum was 41.8 °C
Sydney maximum was 40.9 °C
Canberra maximum was 38.2 °C
Brisbane maximum was 33.9 °C
Darwin maximum was 33.9 °C
Hobart maximum was 33.5 °C
Plus....
Darwin 30 days exceeded 30°C
Hobart 2 days exceeded 30°C
with the rest in between...
Even those neighbours begone plants stressed right out.
Only plants that seemed to handle it were my Canary Island Date palms.
I think I need to install a retractable ? shade sail over the whole of my Back Garden.