The highest temperature recorded in the 2004 heatwave was 42°C compared with the highest recorded temperature of 34°C during the same periods of 2001–2003. There was a significant relationship between exposure to heat and excess deaths in the 2004 heatwave [estimated increase in non-external ...
The temperature in Adelaide, capital of South Australia (SA), hit 46.6 degrees centigrade on Thursday afternoon, the highest temperature recorded in the city since records began in 1939. It was one of 28 suburbs and towns that experienced their hottest day on record on Thursday. In Port August...
More than 70% of Australia recorded temperatures above 42°C, with temperatures exceeding 48°C at a number of locations. On 7 January 2013, Australia experienced its hottest day on record with a national average maximum temperature of 40.3°C. Meanwhile, in New Zealand the news at the time ...
The temperature in Adelaide, capital of South Australia (SA), hit 46.6 degrees centigrade on Thursday afternoon, the highest temperature recorded in the city since records began in 1939. It was one of 28 suburbs and towns that experienced their hottest day on record on Thursday. In Port August...
In recent years I was unable to find any reference to this temperature observation, not even a comment that it has been discredited as Australia’s highest-ever recorded temperature. It just disappeared. The Australian Bureau of Statistics also has something to say on this in its Year B...
One of them was the largest recorded forest fire in Australian history. Victoria had a season with the highest number of fires, area burned, and second highest numbers of houses lost for the same period. SA had the highest number of houses lost in the last 20 years. Black Summer fires ...
A high-quality dataset developed to monitor long-term temperature trends in Australia has been updated. The annual mean time-series indicates that in 1998 Australia recorded its highest ever annual mean temperature since the start of the high-quality record in 1910, The largest contribution to the...
which included Australia’s highest national daily-averaged temperature (41.9oC)15and record-high values of the Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) in areas of all Australian States and Territories19. The Southern Annular Mode (SAM), which was strongly in its negative phase during the spring and ...
Highest temperature recorded in the last 24 hrs from current time. apparentTemperature float The latest recorded apparent ('feels like') air temperature in degrees celsius barometricPressure string The latest recorded apparent ('feels like') air temperature in degrees celsius. relativeHumidity float...
In the face of what is predicted to be the hottest day ever recorded, with the average maximum temperature across the country in excess of 40.9 degrees celsius, the RFS has forecast extreme fire danger with "the entire perimeter of Sydney" under threat. ...