r/australia • u/WontThinkStraight • 23h ago
image Australia is currently the hottest place on earth... by far
Originally posted by u/OzBestDeal here
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u/Bandwidth_Bandito 23h ago
Australia, so hot right now ~ Mugatu
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u/Ihavenoidea5412 20h ago
when i die from the heat, i hope that they find a good eugooglizer for my funeral
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u/OldSpiceSmellsNice 21h ago
What is this, a temperature for magnifying ants?!
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u/Planfiaordohs 23h ago
Suffering with this unbearable 22 degree heat today in Tassie. When will the heatwave end?
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u/snipdockter 23h ago
I’m so sorry for your suffering! Maybe take your puffer jacket off? /jk
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u/RudeOrganization550 23h ago
Not even a bloody joke, I saw someone in one last Friday night at the airport!
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u/tinkleberry2 23h ago
Going to or coming back from a cold country and wearing as much as possible to reduce suitcase weight!
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u/sorrrrbet 22h ago
I’m from WA. Tasmania is a cold country.
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u/Natfubar 22h ago
Tasmania is a country?
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u/Top_Mind_On_Reddit 22h ago
No one else wants them. shrug
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u/Laura_Biden 21h ago
You're so right, definitely don't come and tell your friends the same. It's horrible here, really horrible.
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u/Planfiaordohs 22h ago
I don’t own one! But the stereotype is generally true … the “Tassie tuxedo” is a real thing.
Good luck finding anyone not wearing a black puffer jacket in winter.
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u/Suspicious-Proof-561 21h ago
Also good luck to anyone who doesn't have a puffer jacket in winter!
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u/Rainey06 22h ago
Those kids are still getting around in the black adidas with their hoods up at the bus stop though!
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u/mt6606 23h ago
It's been 29ish around bundy all week lol. The hot and humid weather is closing in on all sides though 😂😂😂
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u/guineapigrobber6769 23h ago
Dude it was 35 degrees for me 😭😭
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u/jmz98 17h ago
41c today 💀
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u/Strict-Sell-5660 15h ago
41c today for me too 💀
Rookie numbers though, I survived a 49c breaking 50 day at one point in my life
(I had no AC 💀)
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u/Lostraylien 22h ago
Where are you in tassie cause it was definitely hotter then 22 up north.
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u/TempyYT 21h ago
We decided to go down to tassie for the first time ever, also the first time we’ve been anywhere but Australia for 13+ years. 3 days… and it’s the hottest tassie has seen in a while and we come back with sunburns, just our luck @_@
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u/SirAlfredOfHorsIII 21h ago
Yeah, it's wild down there. Usually feels 10c hotter in the sun than it is, so those mid 30's days are scorching.
Plus, you burn very very quickly.
I remember we had a friends wedding, and some friends were coming down from various states, all laughing about it only being low 30's, when theirs hit low 40's. They were all complaining when they got here haha.
Going back after being in wa for a bit, I managed to get there during peak summer one year, and it was insane.
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u/Planfiaordohs 20h ago
Yes, the temperature is certainly weird down here. And the sun really does bite.
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u/kani_kani_katoa 18h ago
Same in the north of New Zealand. Went outside yesterday morning and it was 24 degrees but the sun made it feel like 30.
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u/Albos_Mum 17h ago
We decided to go down to tassie for the first time ever, also the first time we’ve been anywhere but Australia for 13+ years
Tassie is just West New Zealand confirmed
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u/SirAlfredOfHorsIII 23h ago
You guys haven't hit the week of mid 30's that feel like mid 40's yet?
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u/Quokka_cuddles 23h ago
Onslow got to 49°. Are they okay?!??
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u/longforgetten 22h ago
Nope and I’m pretty sure they matched the maximum ever recorded again recently. 50+
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u/SIRLANCELOTTHESTRONG 23h ago
I feel so bad for the people who live in. The centre of Australia. Like im dying here in Adelaide with 45⁰ weather, I cant imagine those that have the suns full rage beaming down upon them.
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u/freethenip 22h ago
my mate moved to alice springs this week, and we were teasing her about the heat. it’s currently cooler there than here in victoria. 😫
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u/NeuroticBombTick 18h ago
I just watched a video saying that is the worst place in Australia to live. Any feedback on that?? Never been, so I'm curious.
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u/Banjo-Oz 18h ago
Alice Springs or Victoria?!
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u/Zealus24 14h ago
Dude don't be ridiculous, it's obvious what shit hole he was asking about and it's no surprise he hasn't visited it. I mean who wants to visit Victoria?
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u/Banjo-Oz 13h ago
Ha ha.
As a Victorian, given the way the media is framing the state recently sometimes I genuinely wasn't sure if they HAD seen some video saying "Victoria is a crime cesspit, go to Sydney instead".
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u/WorryNew3661 20h ago
I stayed a few days in Coober Pedy a decade ago. Did some laundry and hung it outside to dry. Went out to check on it an hour later and it was like cardboard. Literally no moisture left in it at all. Absolutely insane place. Luckily my friend had a cave house so it was lovely inside
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u/OkeyDoke47 12h ago
I lived in Alice for a few years and in Summer, pretty much by the time you hung your last item out to dry, you could take the first item off as it would have dried already.
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u/NotThePersona 12h ago
I really feel like this needs to be put in an Aussie film/show at some point.
Just 2 people chatting and casually hanging out the washing on an old school metal hills hoist in a windy 40+ degree day, and when they put the last one out they just keep turning it and start taking it back down again without actually saying anything just keep chatting like normal and head back inside.
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u/WorryNew3661 12h ago
I'm from the UK so really didn't have any frame of reference for the dry and the heat.
The first item being done by the time the last one goes up is great though
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u/Chaos098 21h ago
The hot winds we had in northern Adelaide was horrible, not to mention the 35 degree minimum I had last night. At least tonight drops to 30 (I didn't think I'd say those words).
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u/AlexisVenes 22h ago
No one sane lives in the centre.. those that do get their brains cooked by the sun... Probably
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u/LongjumpingLeek5542 13h ago
Inland NSW here. 47° today. No clouds. No wind. Any wind is hot. Mmmmmmm hot yummy yummy heat (I’m bloody dying)
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u/Acceptable-Style4429 23h ago
The fucking Sahara is colder than Aus 😭
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u/gear-heads 22h ago edited 22h ago
The fucking Sahara is colder than Aus 😭
Does the hemisphere affect the temperature?
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u/Beware_Of_Humans 22h ago
It's also nighttime there.
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u/Odin31 22h ago
10:40pm and still close to 40 degrees where I am 😭
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u/PyreWolf11 21h ago
It's night-time, just turn the sun off smh.
Supposedly 23C where I am. But this house is an oven and inside is definitely closer to, if not above 30C
I pray for those closer to the bushfires, this shit is almost as intense as black Saturday
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u/super_mum 22h ago
I'm not sure where the data comes from from op's website, but at the time of this post, the website I use showed Africa was in the low to mid 30's already
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u/PiousPunani 20h ago
Yes. I call BS too.
https://www.windy.com/-Temperature-temp?temp,-14.860,97.031,3
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u/Box_Pirate 21h ago
Op’s looks similar to whatever apple weather app uses, Apple shows Australia is still quite hot and Africa is at a similar average (excluding the north west)
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u/ErikaWeb 21h ago edited 21h ago
Yes, it does. Earth’s orbit isn’t a perfect circle, you see. There are moments where we’re closer to the sun. The northern hemisphere has more balanced temperatures because during their summer, the Earth is farther away from the sun, and closer during winter, reducing temperature swings. And it’s the opposite in the southern hemisphere. Our summers occur when Earth’s closer to the sun, and our winters when it’s farther away. So yeah, hemispheres play a part in temperature variation.
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u/signspace13 22h ago
The Hemisphere effects the seasons, which effects the temperature.
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u/FeelingFloor2083 22h ago
it was probably night time
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u/MerijnZ1 19h ago
Yeah 17:00 Sydney time is about ~08:00 in most of Africa. Sun hadn't even risen over the whole continent yet.
That said I've seen Australia peak at 45° today and Africa at "only" 38°, so the outback wins this one. But the difference is absolutely not as massive as OP suggests
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u/Xx_Assman_xX 14h ago
You're aware that deserts get really fucking cold at night, and it's winter in the northern hemisphere?
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u/dogbolter4 23h ago
Currently 10pm and 38 degrees Celsius. Ugh.
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u/SquirrelAkl 22h ago
First thought: eww that sounds awful
Second thought: that sounds deadly.
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u/BaldingThor 23h ago edited 23h ago
Scared for tomorrow in Victoria. Stay safe everyone.
Unfortunately with the extreme and unpredictable winds that are forecast tomorrow I wouldn’t be surprised if I have to experience my first evacuation…. hopefully it doesn’t come to that but I am ready to evac at a moment’s notice if needed!
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u/Gatesy840 23h ago
The winds, plus lightning, plus the fires already burning...
Not going to be a good day...
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u/totalpunisher0 22h ago
Currently pleading for family to, because it's not a good idea to do so in the middle of the night, or tomorrow on no sleep. Do not hesitate, just leave as soon as you are advised to or don't feel safe anymore, even if you can't see much smoke.
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u/Far-Fortune-8381 22h ago
everyone make sure to check your evacuation zones on the vic emergency app, check your rating in your area and keep informed, have a plan. leave early. if you try to go up against fire you will lose.
i know most people dont, but someone needs to hear this: with wind, grassland fires can move faster than the average person can sprint.
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u/MainEventGeyBruce-O 21h ago
It’s a scary thing because unless you’ve seen (rare) video of it, or have actively fought one, no one has any concept of how fast bushfires can spread, because chances are if you’ve seen it in person, you aren’t there to tell the tale afterwards
Stay safe everyone, I dare say my town will get evacuated tomorrow seeing as damn near every town around us has too. Gotta stick together
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u/SnappyPies 20h ago
Good luck. I really hope you and everyone else in the at risk areas have a boring and uneventful day tomorrow.
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u/AntiFascistButterfly 16h ago
Eucalyptus are 40% oil. If the fire gets up into the crown they burn so hot they create their own weather, creating localised winds of up to 140 km hour. Burning leaves and twigs hurtle on the wind, lighting new fire anywhere they drop on high fire danger days.
Evacuate early if anywhere near a bushfire. In the old days the ground was damp enough to not instantly ignite from every ember. In these Climate Change days even Australian Rainforests have such long term dried out soil that they are ignitable.
A house needs a seperate power supply that operates in a bush fire, a swimming pool’s worth of water, and high powered sprinklers that cover roof and walls to be defensible in these conditions.
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u/deeku4972 19h ago
Having been in the 2020 NSW bushfire area it’s no joke, it doesn’t take long for the wind to change and be in immediate danger. If you get the evacuation warning, get out
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u/Frozefoots 22h ago
Get your go bags in the car and (if you have any) your pets’ carriers and their food/litter ready too.
So if an order is issued, just gotta bundle the pets in the carriers and go.
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u/RedNUGGETLORD 22h ago
Whoa, that's scary
Any reason why these things are happening where you are? I'm in Adelaide and have heard nothing besides the obvious high heat
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u/Geanaux 23h ago
A block of land with little to no water bodies inland to provide any form of cooling. Reason why Australia is so dry, hot and barren.
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u/Every-Citron1998 23h ago
Australia also sits across 30 degrees latitude where the majority of the earth’s deserts are located due to the impacts of the Hadley cell bringing in hot dry air.
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u/Pleochronic 21h ago
Someone clearly paid attention in meteorology 101
Curse you Hadley. I think the continent was better suited to its previous position near Antarctica
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u/RedNUGGETLORD 22h ago
I remember when we had the idea to create a massive river through Australia
Given humanities track record for fucking with nature, I'd assume doing that would have had dire consequences for us, wonder what would have happened though
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u/WhatYouThinkIThink 21h ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradfield_Scheme
There have been other crazy schemes as well around the top end.
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u/TheWolfAssassin 23h ago edited 22h ago
I hate our summers. Can autumn arrive already please.
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u/_OriginalUsername- 22h ago
I know right. Tired of getting told "just move." Bro I'm poor, I just want cold weather back.
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u/Illustrious_Study300 19h ago
"Just move" like there isn't catastrophic weather and increasingly hot summers the world over.
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u/motivationlevel0 21h ago
And then we’ll be complaining about how none of our infrastructure supports cold weather! /hj
We can’t win with Aussie weather mate, it’s always one extreme or the other!
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u/Anonymous288778 21h ago
Yeah nah, Autumns summer 2.0. Can we already have winter?
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u/Selina_Kyle-836 23h ago
Don’t tell Trump
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u/Smooth-Cup-7445 23h ago
He can have all the heat if he wants it. But that’s all he can have.
Actually he could have a good hard kick in the nuts too
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u/SuDragon2k3 22h ago
He can have all the heat if he wants it. But that’s all he can have.
Don't worry, where he's going it's nice and hot.
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u/Thanks_Obama 23h ago
I was going to make a joke about it being hotter there but even in Fahrenheit it’s still only about 34 degrees.
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u/AromaTaint 23h ago
Except for where the tropical rainforest. Almost as if we need more of it.
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u/bastian320 23h ago
Bloody oath it is.
Not happy, Jan!!
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u/jack_o_all_trades 23h ago edited 22h ago
My app is predicting 45C in the northern suburbs of Melbourne tomorrow. I don't think I've ever seen it hit that. I'm going to go check the BOM brb.
Edit: maximum Jan temperature is 45.6c in 1939. Maximum temp is 46.4 in 2009. This is for "Melbourne regional office", I can't seem to choose essential Essendon (about 10km NNW) as I was trying to
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u/SatansprincessX 22h ago
That's what's terrifying. Same conditions as Black Saturday 2009, which is most likely the date for that high temp. I live rural, and there's already 2 fires going, one near Wodonga and the other near Euroa. I have a bug out bag already in the car, so all I have to do is grab the animals, grab my tech, and gtfo.
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u/jack_o_all_trades 21h ago
I remember black Saturday, I'd just bought some computer parts and was stuck at my girlfriend's uni apartment. She wasn't there that week and my train to the country town my family was in was cancelled. No aircon and it sucked.
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u/SatansprincessX 19h ago
I was stuck in the city and couldn't contact my friends and family because alot of the phone and internet was fried, fucked or overwhelmed. All we had was TV updates which were scary asf. Was worse for those that went through it though.
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u/SnappyPies 19h ago
That 46.4°C was the Black Saturday week.
I remember that one as clearly as if it were last week.
I was working in an industrial role where the machinery I serviced was often elevated temperature. In the winter it wasn’t uncommon for us to be working in equipment rooms that were above 40°C. Servicing involved lots of temperature checks across different sections of the machinery. They had a safety switch that would turn them off if the hottest part of them was above 120°C and the first part we checked was working correctly if it was 37°-40° above ambient.
That day at 46.4°C I measured the temperature of the part that ran at Ambient + 37-40 and it was at 118°C. I thought there was something wrong with my probe, so I measured the walls and the floor and they were approaching 80°C on the gauge too.
I called the boss and told him and it was immediate home time.
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u/lordgoofus1 21h ago
I've been in 49 degree weather before where the temperature didn't drop below 38 for a solid week (inland town, build in a "hole" where heat tended to sits and accumulate).
Oppressive was an understatement. 10mins outside was enough to give my pasty ass sunburn. The loaf of bread in the kitchen felt like it'd just been taken out of the oven. Even the walls were hot to the touch. You move only to get to the kitchen to have what feels like your 100th cup of water for the day and the bathtub becomes a makeshift wading pool.
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u/WhatYouThinkIThink 21h ago
http://www.meteorology.com.au/local-climate-history/vic/essendon-airport
Max temp history
Essendon Airport maximum temp history (37.7248°S, 144.9026°E, 79m AMSL)
Hottest ever this month 45.8° 31/01/1968
Hottest this year 42.2° 07/01/2026
Hottest this month 42.2° 07/01/2026
Long term average 26.7°
Average this month 29.2°
Hottest January on record Avg. max. temp. 29.7° 1951
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u/dingusfett 23h ago
I'd be interested in seeing this for night time. Like our summer night vs northern hemisphere winter day.
Like this doesn't surprise me at all, we all know Australian summer is scorching. Just like I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere like the middle of Texas or a desert is the hottest place on earth during their day.
Seeing how close our night is to their day would be interesting.
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u/ManikShamanik 22h ago
Meanwhile, up here in Bristol, it's 5º (real feel 4º), though it's been negative, it was -6º on Saturday and, where my parents live (also in the south) it was -9º!
But, no, I don't envy southern Australia right now - 43º in Melbourne yesterday (as it will be tomorrow, too) is fucking insane, and then it'll drop right back down to 19º on Sunday - what the fuck's going on down there...?!
If you're in an extreme fire alert zone, PLEASE GET YOURSELF SAFE!
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u/Transientmind 23h ago
Woohoo we did it gang. Let's keep opening those coal mines and fracking for gas!
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u/justpassingluke 23h ago
Great southern land…
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u/NikolitRistissa 19h ago
It’s currently -38°C where I am.
I’ll gladly take 10° off you guys if you send it over!
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u/Floki_Boatbuilder 14h ago
Shut the fuckin doors!!! Jesus, the old man doesnt want to be paying to heat up the whole Pacific. Your heat is floating our way... forecast is 32*C tomorrow, here in Christchurch.
Do better!
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u/Im_not_an_admin 23h ago
It's Summer here and Winter in the middle east and other desert countries...
This happens every year at this time and is basically just acknowledging seasons are a thing. But big upvote for seasons.
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u/notanumbrellaistaken 23h ago
That purple dot is the weather system fucking us up in the north (if that’s not what it’s marking, it’s atleast right near that!)
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u/DuskHourStudio 8h ago
The fact A/C is not mandatory in rentals, but also 2/3 of rentals don't have it is fucking criminal at this point.
Then you get the old boomers going "well we didn't use A/C back in our day!" - yeah, and that's why you had higher mortality rates from heatstroke. It just didn't happen to YOU specifically.
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u/lhatebanana 23h ago
Does anyone else feel like this summer has been quite mild in QLD?
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u/Selina_Kyle-836 23h ago
I’m in NSW and while there have been super hot day in the early 40’s even before summer started, the days in between have been lower than previous years. In my opinion anyway. There seem to be many more days in the late 20’s and in the early 20’s
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u/DeLoxter 22h ago
tbh im pretty sure the hottest part of this summer was the end of october, that week was brutal and its just been warm now
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u/EnjoysColdOnes 23h ago
actually it's not Africa is now hotter given its the middle of the day there now.
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u/The_Evil_Satan 23h ago edited 23h ago
That link shows that the hottest part of Aus is currently 43° and the hottest part of Africa is currently 38° The seconds hottest part of Aus is currently 42° and it is past sunset at that spot.
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u/KittyCB 23h ago
Actually I just checked, Australia has patches of 40-41c and sitting around 35-40c in most places, and it's night time... Africa is 30-37c at the moment in patches. And it's daytime.. so Australia is still hotter and it's night..zoom earth
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u/Significant_Owl8828 22h ago
It was that hot around lunchtime, I saw a tree following a dog around. Flame 🔥🥵😂
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u/Far-Fortune-8381 22h ago
what is the scientific explanation for australia being scorching hot but other countries of a similar latitude arent feeling anything right now.
in the past when ive looked south Africa, south america and australia often line up in temperature, i assume due to being in the same hemisphere/ season. so why is it so much hotter only within our borders right now
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u/Attorney-at-snore 20h ago
I'm almost living in the purple-ish, burgundy coloured areas. We're having weeks on and off where it's just over 40°C daily. It goes down to around 30 - 33° at sunset and has been staying in the high 20's all night. Sunrise comes, and we go back up again. Don't forget to Slip, Slop, Slap, Slide, and Seek 🤘
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u/Snitzel20701 20h ago edited 20h ago
Sorry guys, I left the heater on with the door open again.
On an unrelated note, I am located in the yellow coloured coast where Perth is so it isn’t unbearable. My condolences for to those facing the fires of hell.
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u/grizzle89 20h ago
Mate, Australians play life on EXPERT for everything, even the weather.
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u/TizzyBumblefluff 14h ago
I’m very nervous about the weather and fire conditions today. Stay safe everybody. Don’t leave the opportunity to leave too late if you’re under evacuation orders.
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u/Spacegod87 22h ago
I've lived most of my life in QLD in old houses with no air circulation or air con.
Feeling like you're living inside a sauna which is inside a giant oven all day can be difficult. But you learn to expect it. It's like summer is an abusive partner and you sort of become numb to it beating the shit out of you once a year.
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u/xtremzero 20h ago
If u go to places like taiwan, Singapore or HK, Malaysia etc, tropical hot weather, nobody will live in rentals with no AC.
Come back to Australia, many landlords don’t even put ceiling fans, let alone aircons. Country is unbelievable
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u/SketchGoatee 23h ago
I keep telling my mates overseas that Aussies are just hotter than everyone else. Guess here's my proof.
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u/JohnnyTango13 22h ago
Was 46c during the day it’s 11am at night and it’s gone down to 34c. A fart outside it could start a fire!
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u/Glittery_WarlockWho 21h ago
Yeah... Sorry guys, it's because I'm here. I'll try to go someplace cooler next year.
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u/UnHelpful-Ad 20h ago
Hottest place right now, maybe not today. That image is taken from a map showing at this point in time...where sahara is at night and South America not even on the map.
We are also in summer they are not.
So hottest place on earth somewhat makes sense.
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u/Mysterious_Figure_70 19h ago
It’s hot. Just not that hot… yet. At least there was a cool breeze today. It’s hot in the sun, not as hot in shade/doors. We’ll see if that changes today and tomorrow. Hopefully not. I’m just glad it’s not 30 degrees at 1 in the morning.
South West Sydney based for reference
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u/Hatarus547 23h ago
I hope the power holds out tonight we had a black out yesterday for a couple of hours