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Hottest Day of December on Record in Australia - Most of It Over 42C

posted by martyb on Wednesday December 18 2019, @04:20PM   
from the let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow dept.

c0lo writes:

Only 6 years after the weathermen needed a new color for just one spot of extreme temperatures on the map, this is how it looks when that color needs to be used for over 30% of the Australia's area. And that for 3 days in a row, starting today, Dec 18 2019 (like, meh, just a balmy 40C in Melbourne at 18:30, she'll be apples).

[40C is 104F and 50C is 122F --ed.]

Coverage:
BBC - Australia heatwave: Nation endures hottest day on record

Guardian Australia heatwave: records forecast to be broken as temperatures surge past 40C

Severe-weather.eu An extreme heatwave is about to swipe across Australia, raising maximum temperatures up to near 50°C (122°F) in S/SE parts of the continent, breaking many all-time records!

AFP Australia has its hottest day on record, more to come

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Original Submission

• Cole Porter Would Like a Word Cole Porter Would Like a Word (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 18 2019, @07:12PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 18 2019, @07:12PM (#933858)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhs3Qklz5a0 [youtube.com]

• Re:Cole Porter Would Like a Word (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 18 2019, @07:38PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 18 2019, @07:38PM (#933870)

  A G.I for his cutie-pie is Not

  Parent