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...
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...
The highest temperature reliably recorded in any location in Australia was 50.7 Celsius (123 Fahrenheit) in January 1960, at Oodnadatta, a desert settlement in outback South Australia . High temperatures and strong winds are also fanning bushfires around Australia, including more than 100 in New So...
and it shows 123°F was recorded at 9am on the morning of Monday 4th January 1909 – published here for the first time. This was the highest temperature in the previous 24 hours and corroborates what must now be recognised as the hottest day ever recorded in Australia of 51.7°C ...
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...
airTemperatureMaxLast24Hrs float 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 degre...
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. ...
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 ...
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. ...