It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again

Re:It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again by ehnto on Saturday February 11, 2017 @04:38AM (#13621921)

In Adelaode we tapped 38c, then had 3 days of record breaking rain which plonked it down to below 20c, which we followed up with four days at about 40c.

It's hard to dress correctly.

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Re:It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again by TheSpiceIsLife on Saturday February 11, 2017 @06:04AM (#13622120)

I used to live in Adelaide. Seriously f that place.

I recall one summer, maybe 5 years ago, ten days straight above 35 with day time temps in the 40s. Trees were dying from heat stress after a ten year draught.

Ah, this is it, from 2009:

Adelaide, South Australia Edit Average daily maximum 27 January – 7 February: 40.5 °C (104.9 °F) – (11.1 °C (20.0 °F) above average)[9] 13 Consecutive days over 33 °C (91 °F) 6 Consecutive days over 40 °C (104 °F) 4 Consecutive days over 43 °C (109 °F)

That's right, 13! consecutive days above 33!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_2009_southeastern_Aust...

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Re:It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again by whatusername on Saturday February 11, 2017 @05:18AM (#13622024)

And yet in Melbourne we're possibly going all summer without hitting over 40 degrees.

(Lots of high 30's, but no 40+)

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