Considering the vast middle of the country is a desert...
I wonder if Siberia ever suffers from record low temperatures?
It is said that if you like cold weather, don’t go to Australia.
Send Al Jazeeragore down there, he’ll have it hailing iceballs within hours of his arrival.
"On record" is key. An onion skin sliver of time compared to the whole of history.
But Liberals think only the era they inhabit is worthy of consideration.
On the other hand, Russia is experiencing the coldest winter in decades. Likely the world average hasn’t changed much or is slightly cooler.
"(The record-setting temperature of 50.7 set in 1960 has, thankfully, still not been broken.)"
The scare stuff is based on the usual AGW culprit, computer modeling.
I almost went to the currently hottest area in the early 1960s to mine for gem opal. One of the major reasons I didn't was because of temperature reports in the area of around 120F. and higher. There's a reason the opal diggers at Coober Pedy (Aboriginal for "white man in a hole") live in cool underground houses.
(The record-setting temperature of 50.7 set in 1960 has, thankfully, still not been broken.)
So... what's the problem again?
{Yawn}
I live in Phoenix. It’s hotter in Iraq.
Temps in Celsius of course. The song “Beds are Burning” by Australia’s Midnight Oil has the lyrics:
>>Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees
and later:
>>Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees
Huh, 45 doesn’t sound all that hot! (Yeah, if it
were Fahrenheit...)
Well, 45C = 113 F :)
What records are spoken of in the article - people here keep talking about record breaking temperatures and maximum records. I haven’t seen any records broken - I have seen speculation and lots of if this happens or if that happens. We haven’t had a good old fashioned summer like this for a few years but we have not even officially had a heatwave in South Australia - yes it’s hot - damn hot but people need to get a grip.
I think it was back in the late sixties - I remember about 10 days straight of over 100F some days as high as 110F - we didn’t even have air-conditioning then.
We have all become climate wimps!
Mel
Ooh! Ah, that’s it. I’m going to report this to me member of parliament.
[yells out window]
Hey, Gus! I got something to report to you.
But forecasts are predicting off-the-charts weather. As a result, pink and purple will now cover temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius—should it climb that high.
It should warm Kevin Costner's heart to know that liberals have fully subscribed to the "if you build it, they will come" theory of meteorological science.