Australian city Adelaide sets new national heat record

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The Associated Press




Adelaide sweltered through the highest temperature ever recorded by a major Australian city on Thursday, peaking at a searing 46.6 degrees Celsius (115.9 degrees Fahrenheit) as the drought-parched nation heads toward potentially the hottest January on record.

The South Australia state capital city of 1.3 million people beat its previous 80-year-old record of 46.1 C (115 F) set on Jan. 12, 1939, and records tumbled in smaller towns across the state.

Adelaide's Red Lion Hotel promised free beer if the mercury topped 45 C (113 F) but only while it exceeded that benchmark. Bar manager Stephen Firth said the pub ran dry after giving away more than 700 liters (185 gallons) of beer over more than two hours.

"We probably thought it would come around one day, but we didn't think it would be for such a prolonged period," Firth said.

Adelaide beat the heat record set by Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, of 46.4 C (115.5 F) set in 2009.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Rob Sharpe said he would not be surprised if January becomes Australia's hottest on record with heatwave conditions likely to persist.

Last year was Australia's third-warmest on record.

Heatwave conditions combined with a prolonged drought across much of Australia's southeast have led to scores of major wildfires during the southern hemisphere summer.

[Goofy]

Fuck that

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Sounds like the Phoenix of Australia.

[Hal-9000]

We set a city heat record last summer at 37.5C which is 98.6F, body temperature


Australians would probably consider that 'chilly' and put on a heavy sweater

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The all-time record for Phoenix, Arizona was 122° (50C)

[Hal-9000]

37 was too hot for me and I was happy I didn't have to work in it. There's a lot to be said about acclimating to temperature both ways. I can take cold weather if the temps gradually drop. Same with heat.

But lately we've been having 20-30 degree changes within 48 hours in between seasons and that's too abrupt.

50C would melt me into the sidewalk.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The all-time record for here in Denver is 105° (40.6C) but when you add in the altitude, it feels hotter than that. It feels like it's burning right thru your skin. I hate summer here, they just keep getting hotter.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I was reading more on that Phoenix all-time high, that isn't even the state of Arizona's record. Hottest temp ever in Arizona was 128° (53.3C) in Lake Havasu City. And that's only 6 degrees away from the all time world record of 134° (56.7C) recorded in Death Valley, CA.