How hot can Oz get?
Jan 11th 2010 | 9:33 am
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How hot can Oz get?
Australia bakes through warmest decade on record
he Bureau of Meteorology says figures showing Australia has experienced its hottest decade since records began in 1910 are clear evidence of climate change.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...tion=australia
Could we see 45c as the norm in another couple of decades
hope not I am going back later in the year.
he Bureau of Meteorology says figures showing Australia has experienced its hottest decade since records began in 1910 are clear evidence of climate change.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...tion=australia
Could we see 45c as the norm in another couple of decades
hope not I am going back later in the year.
Last edited by Neil52; Jan 11th 2010 at 9:39 am.
Jan 11th 2010 | 12:18 pm
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Re: How hot can Oz get?
Australia bakes through warmest decade on record
he Bureau of Meteorology says figures showing Australia has experienced its hottest decade since records began in 1910 are clear evidence of climate change.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...tion=australia
Could we see 45c as the norm in another couple of decades hope not I am going back later in the year.
he Bureau of Meteorology says figures showing Australia has experienced its hottest decade since records began in 1910 are clear evidence of climate change.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...tion=australia
Could we see 45c as the norm in another couple of decades
hope not I am going back later in the year.
Jan 11th 2010 | 12:23 pm
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Re: How hot can Oz get?
Supposed to be 41 in Perth on Sunday. I hope it's not going to be windy and dry otherwise we could be looking at severe fire danger or worse.
Jan 11th 2010 | 12:45 pm
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Re: How hot can Oz get?
Highest Recorded Temperatures
ACT Canberra 42.2 C on the 1st February, 1968
NSW Wilcannia 50.0 C on the 11th January, 1939
NT Finke 48.3 C on the 2nd January, 1960
QLD Birdsville 49.5 C on the 24th December, 1972
SA Oodnadatta 50.7 C on the 2nd January, 1960
TAS Hobart 40.8 C on the 4th January, 1976
VIC Mildura 47.2 C on the 10th January, 1939
WA Mardie 50.5 C on the 19th February, 1998
Wait till we get those temps back again ....
ACT Canberra 42.2 C on the 1st February, 1968
NSW Wilcannia 50.0 C on the 11th January, 1939
NT Finke 48.3 C on the 2nd January, 1960
QLD Birdsville 49.5 C on the 24th December, 1972
SA Oodnadatta 50.7 C on the 2nd January, 1960
TAS Hobart 40.8 C on the 4th January, 1976
VIC Mildura 47.2 C on the 10th January, 1939
WA Mardie 50.5 C on the 19th February, 1998
Wait till we get those temps back again ....
Jan 11th 2010 | 12:48 pm
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Re: How hot can Oz get?
Australia bakes through warmest decade on record
he Bureau of Meteorology says figures showing Australia has experienced its hottest decade since records began in 1910 are clear evidence of climate change.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...tion=australia
Could we see 45c as the norm in another couple of decades hope not I am going back later in the year.
he Bureau of Meteorology says figures showing Australia has experienced its hottest decade since records began in 1910 are clear evidence of climate change.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...tion=australia
Could we see 45c as the norm in another couple of decades
hope not I am going back later in the year.check BOM for Wagga and Deniliquin (NSW )
Jan 11th 2010 | 12:51 pm
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Re: How hot can Oz get?
Highest Recorded Temperatures
ACT Canberra 42.2 C on the 1st February, 1968
NSW Wilcannia 50.0 C on the 11th January, 1939
NT Finke 48.3 C on the 2nd January, 1960
QLD Birdsville 49.5 C on the 24th December, 1972
SA Oodnadatta 50.7 C on the 2nd January, 1960
TAS Hobart 40.8 C on the 4th January, 1976
VIC Mildura 47.2 C on the 10th January, 1939
WA Mardie 50.5 C on the 19th February, 1998
Wait till we get those temps back again ....
ACT Canberra 42.2 C on the 1st February, 1968
NSW Wilcannia 50.0 C on the 11th January, 1939
NT Finke 48.3 C on the 2nd January, 1960
QLD Birdsville 49.5 C on the 24th December, 1972
SA Oodnadatta 50.7 C on the 2nd January, 1960
TAS Hobart 40.8 C on the 4th January, 1976
VIC Mildura 47.2 C on the 10th January, 1939
WA Mardie 50.5 C on the 19th February, 1998
Wait till we get those temps back again ....
Jan 11th 2010 | 12:58 pm
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Re: How hot can Oz get?
Australia bakes through warmest decade on record
he Bureau of Meteorology says figures showing Australia has experienced its hottest decade since records began in 1910 are clear evidence of climate change.
he Bureau of Meteorology says figures showing Australia has experienced its hottest decade since records began in 1910 are clear evidence of climate change.
A little publicised fact is that Ice Ages [major ones every 100,000 - 120,000 years] coincide with the frequency of earths orbit and axis tilt variations co-inciding such that when the NH hemi is iced over, it's going to be hotter downunder and nothing to do with CO2 which also varies with seasons and Ice Ages, less vegetation with Icing and up goes CO2 levels because of less vegetation to absorb it.
Heading from an Ice Age into warmer times apparently is a relatively gradual affair whereas a return to Ice Age conditions can be much more sudden but we're still talking of 1000s years versus perhaps 100s or a few centuries [again quite variable] and climatic variations within each transition period.
You do have to wonder though why the IPCC want to push something based on modelling [and revisions and covr-ups thereof] as against something that is supposedly mathematically proven in astronomy [do not ask me how] and the fact that Ice Ages are cyclic [proven by Ice Cores and Carbon ageing techniques etc. if we believe all that, but principles that IPCC model on!]
Australia for many future generations of people needs to look at some massive water projects re diverting tropical northern monsoon rains south and having a water grid based on hundreds of reservoirs to capture rainfall area variation and also enrichen agricultural diversity.
But will we?
Not as long as we have politicians looking after their immediate future.
Jan 11th 2010 | 1:15 pm
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Re: How hot can Oz get?
And for records, could be that Adelaide at 47.6 pips Melbourne.
The Marble Bar Bar will always likely have a roaring trade.
http://www.flightcentre.com.au/world...ble-bar/photos
On the topic of climate, some of the Australian records are interesting and surprising. For example, which capital city has recorded the highest temperature? When asked this question, many people guess Darwin. However, in fact all of the other seven capital cities, even Hobart (40.8ºC, 105.4ºF), have recorded higher temperatures than Darwin’s 40.5ºC (104.9ºF) on 17th October 1892. The capital city with the highest temperature is actually Adelaide with 47.6ºC (117.7ºF) on 12th January 1939. The highest temperature ever recorded anywhere in Australia was 53.1ºC (127.6ºF) in Cloncurry, Queensland on 16th January 1889. In recent years, the validity of this record has been challenged, since it was a while ago and the equipment used would not satisfy today’s standards. However, most people still regard this as the record. The Meteorological Office, however, is prepared to vouch only for the 50.7ºC (123.3ºF) recorded in Oodnadatta, South Australia on 2nd January 1960.
Marble Bar in Western Australia claims a world record by having recorded 160 consecutive days with a temperature of over 100ºF (37.8ºC), from 31st October 1923 until 7th April 1924.
The coldest capital city, as one might expect, is Canberra, since it is inland and at an altitude of approximately 550 metres. It recorded -10ºC (14ºF) on 11th July 1971.
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Australia was -23ºC (-9.4ºF) at Charlotte Pass, New South Wales on 29th June 1994.
The wettest place in Australia is Mt. Bellenden Ker, near Tully in northern Queensland . It holds the record for rainfall in a year - 12,461 millimetres (490.6 inches, or nearly 41 feet) in 2000, and the record for rainfall in a day - 1,140 millimetres (44.9 inches) on 4th January 1979. During the same downpour, it also recorded 2,517 millimetres (99.1 inches) over a period of three days.
The record for wind speed is claimed by Learmonth, near Exmouth in Western Australia , where 267 km/hr (166 m.p.h.) was recorded on 22nd March 1999, during the passing of Cyclone Vance. There may have been higher speeds during Cyclone Tracy in Darwin in 1974, but the wind speed gauge jammed at 217 km/hr (135 m.p.h.).
Marble Bar in Western Australia claims a world record by having recorded 160 consecutive days with a temperature of over 100ºF (37.8ºC), from 31st October 1923 until 7th April 1924.
The coldest capital city, as one might expect, is Canberra, since it is inland and at an altitude of approximately 550 metres. It recorded -10ºC (14ºF) on 11th July 1971.
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Australia was -23ºC (-9.4ºF) at Charlotte Pass, New South Wales on 29th June 1994.
The wettest place in Australia is Mt. Bellenden Ker, near Tully in northern Queensland . It holds the record for rainfall in a year - 12,461 millimetres (490.6 inches, or nearly 41 feet) in 2000, and the record for rainfall in a day - 1,140 millimetres (44.9 inches) on 4th January 1979. During the same downpour, it also recorded 2,517 millimetres (99.1 inches) over a period of three days.
The record for wind speed is claimed by Learmonth, near Exmouth in Western Australia , where 267 km/hr (166 m.p.h.) was recorded on 22nd March 1999, during the passing of Cyclone Vance. There may have been higher speeds during Cyclone Tracy in Darwin in 1974, but the wind speed gauge jammed at 217 km/hr (135 m.p.h.).
http://www.flightcentre.com.au/world...ble-bar/photos
Jan 11th 2010 | 8:47 pm
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Re: How hot can Oz get?
I've only been here four years of the past decade and consider the temperatures to have been lower than i was expecting. According to that report, there have only been records kept for 100 years, how can that possibly show climate change. Had the records been kept for 1 million years and showed an increase I might agree but 100 years? It's a dot on the time line.
Jan 11th 2010 | 11:02 pm
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Re: How hot can Oz get?
I remember being in Hobart about 7 years ago with a temperature of 38 degrees. Also yesterday I was here in 37 degrees....not what I wanted when I came here to cool off, but I could see it coming and spent the day on a boat 
Jan 12th 2010 | 4:25 am
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Re: How hot can Oz get?
Well I've spent 30 summers in South Australia,and to me anything over say 30c-35c is just too hot.
Jan 12th 2010 | 8:20 am
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Re: How hot can Oz get?
I've only been here four years of the past decade and consider the temperatures to have been lower than i was expecting. According to that report, there have only been records kept for 100 years, how can that possibly show climate change. Had the records been kept for 1 million years and showed an increase I might agree but 100 years? It's a dot on the time line.
I totally agree with this ! How can we have climate change and global warming when we have only been monitoring for over 100 years. What happened in 1611 ? Was it hot cold or otherwise ?
Propaganda I tell you !!
Jan 12th 2010 | 8:42 am
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Re: How hot can Oz get?
Well according to my local station its 28c at 8am. Dew point at 26c and 79% humidity. Lovely if you enjoy sitting in your own little pool of sweat all the time.
