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Hot, hot, hot.
This year has been even hotter than last year’s summer when we had that horrible heatwave then the worse fire in a long time in Australia. Everyone who knows me, know how much I love hot weather (read as anything over 30.c) – which is not at all. I LOVE feeling cold and when it starts heading for 30.c I feel warm. Our maximum temperature has only been under 30.C THREE TIMES this month and TWICE January.
We’ve had 56 days over 30.c (86.f)
33 days over 35.c (95.f)
12 days over 40.c (104.f) THIS YEAR.
Take a look at the official records for January and February. If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, enjoy your cold, I’m very envious of you! I’m looking forward to having to wear jumpers, put a blanket and doonah on the bed and having to wear shoes to keep your feet warm!
January 2010 November December [January] February date min to 9am anomaly max from 9am anomaly rain to 9am °C °C °C °C mm Fri 01/01/2010 14.0 -3.7 33.5 -0.2 0.0 Sat 02/01/2010 15.5 -2.2 35.8 +2.1 0.0 Sun 03/01/2010 20.7 +3.0 38.8 +5.1 0.0 Mon 04/01/2010 18.8 +1.1 40.3 +6.6 0.0 Tue 05/01/2010 16.5 -1.2 42.7 +9.0 0.0 Wed 06/01/2010 24.4 +6.7 45.2 +11.5 0.0 Thu 07/01/2010 21.0 +3.3 37.5 +3.8 0.0 Fri 08/01/2010 17.9 +0.2 39.2 +5.5 0.0 Sat 09/01/2010 21.3 +3.6 45.0 +11.3 0.0 Sun 10/01/2010 17.8 +0.1 35.0 +1.3 2.0 Mon 11/01/2010 13.2 -4.5 29.3 -4.4 0.0 Tue 12/01/2010 14.0 -3.7 32.0 -1.7 0.0 Wed 13/01/2010 18.4 +0.7 36.8 +3.1 0.0 Thu 14/01/2010 18.8 +1.1 40.0 +6.3 0.0 Fri 15/01/2010 17.0 -0.7 34.0 +0.3 0.0 Sat 16/01/2010 13.5 -4.2 35.1 +1.4 0.0 Sun 17/01/2010 20.0 +2.3 39.2 +5.5 0.0 Mon 18/01/2010 24.2 +6.5 42.5 +8.8 0.0 Tue 19/01/2010 23.5 +5.8 43.8 +10.1 0.0 Wed 20/01/2010 19.0 +1.3 35.9 +2.2 0.0 Thu 21/01/2010 16.5 -1.2 29.7 -4.0 0.0 Fri 22/01/2010 13.4 -4.3 32.8 -0.9 0.0 Sat 23/01/2010 18.0 +0.3 38.8 +5.1 0.0 Sun 24/01/2010 21.3 +3.6 40.4 +6.7 2.8 Mon 25/01/2010 18.3 +0.6 33.4 -0.3 0.0 Tue 26/01/2010 19.0 +1.3 36.6 +2.9 0.0 Wed 27/01/2010 19.1 +1.4 38.5 +4.8 0.0 Thu 28/01/2010 18.5 +0.8 36.5 +2.8 0.0 Fri 29/01/2010 20.5 +2.8 38.0 +4.3 0.0 Sat 30/01/2010 24.0 +6.3 41.4 +7.7 0.0 Sun 31/01/2010 15.0 -2.7 33.0 -0.7 0.0 January 2010 Average 18.5 37.4 January 1966-2009 Average 17.7 33.7 January 1966-2009 Highest 29.2 5th 1977 46.0 23rd 1980 January 1966-2009 Lowest 6.4 7th 1989 15.8 4th 2007 January 2010 Total 4.8 2 day(s) January 1903-2009 Average Total 13.8 2.2 day(s) January 1903-2009 Wettest Total 134.6 2001 January 1903-2009 Driest Total 0.0 1904 Hottest min/max Coldest min/max Wettest rainfall total Probable monthly record (for stations with ? 10 years of records) February 2010 November December January [February] date min to 9am anomaly max from 9am anomaly rain to 9am °C °C °C °C mm Mon 01/02/2010 18.4 +0.5 39.0 +6.1 0.0 Tue 02/02/2010 19.2 +1.3 33.0 +0.1 0.0 Wed 03/02/2010 14.0 -3.9 27.5 -5.4 0.0 Thu 04/02/2010 11.5 -6.4 28.8 -4.1 0.0 Fri 05/02/2010 16.8 -1.1 37.1 +4.2 0.0 Sat 06/02/2010 18.3 +0.4 34.0 +1.1 0.0 Sun 07/02/2010 19.2 +1.3 29.7 -3.2 0.0 Mon 08/02/2010 20.8 +2.9 38.7 +5.8 0.0 Tue 09/02/2010 23.7 +5.8 38.8 +5.9 0.0 Wed 10/02/2010 22.0 +4.1 37.5 +4.6 0.0 Thu 11/02/2010 18.7 +0.8 37.3 +4.4 0.0 Fri 12/02/2010 18.9 +1.0 36.3 +3.4 0.0 Sat 13/02/2010 16.8 -1.1 34.7 +1.8 0.0 Sun 14/02/2010 18.6 +0.7 38.6 +5.7 0.0 Mon 15/02/2010 25.5 +7.6 44.5 +11.6 0.0 Tue 16/02/2010 19.4 +1.5 33.5 +0.6 0.0 Wed 17/02/2010 19.8 +1.9 37.9 +5.0 0.0 Thu 18/02/2010 19.6 +1.7 42.3 +9.4 0.0 Fri 19/02/2010 21.6 +3.7 40.8 +7.9 0.0 Sat 20/02/2010 17.9 +0.0 35.5 +2.6 0.0 Sun 21/02/2010 18.4 +0.5 32.5 -0.4 0.0 Mon 22/02/2010 15.9 -2.0 33.5 +0.6 0.0 Tue 23/02/2010 20.0 +2.1 36.2 +3.3 0.0 Wed 24/02/2010 20.7 +2.8 35 +2 0.0 Thu 25/02/2010 23 +5 - - 0.0 February 2010 Average 19.1 35.9 February 1966-2008 Average 17.9 32.9 February 1966-2008 Highest 29.4 27th 1997 46.2 1st 1991 February 1966-2008 Lowest 7.1 16th 1990 18.0 17th 1981 February 2010 Total 0.0 0 day(s) February 1903-2008 Average Total 15.6 2.5 day(s) February 1903-2008 Wettest Total 113.4 1978 February 1903-2008 Driest Total 0.0 1904 Hottest min/max Coldest min/max Wettest rainfall total Probable monthly record (for stations with ? 10 years of records)