Australia:
WA records hottest temperature...on earth!
The
hottest temperature on earth yesterday occurred at Onslow Airport,
Western Australia at a steamy 47 degrees.
19
February, 2016
Australia
has an extreme climate, and many world weather records are set in the
Land Down Under.
The
highest temperature in the southern hemisphere ever recorded was in
the South Australian town of Oodnadatta in 1960, at a whopping 50.7
degrees.
James McHale
Onslow Airport was the hottest place IN THE WORLD during the last 24 hours. Well done, you! Treat yourselves to an icy pole & a saline drip.
Australia
may get heat awards, but it won't win any southern hemisphere records
for cold, especially since we are neighbours with Antarctica.
Nevertheless, the lowest temperature recorded in Australia was at
Charlotte's pass in 1994 was still a teeth-chattering -23 degrees.
The
honour of the highest wind gust ever recorded on earth was at Barrow
Island off the northern WA coast when Severe Tropical Cyclone Olivia
barred down on the region in April 1996. Wind gusts of 369km/h,
374km/h and 408 km/h were recorded, the latter being the world
record. These speeds are comparable to that of F1 cars.
Tropical
cyclones can also be attributed to breaking other records in
Australia. When the deadliest cyclone ever to hit Australia, Tropical
Cyclone Mahina, neared Bathurst Bay in 1899, a surge of 13 metres was
recorded. The water level rose so much that dolphins were reported on
top of 15 metre cliffs!
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Weatherzone.com.au
Image
shows a 5-day forecast average beginning February 20, 2016.
Temperatures over the Arctic Ocean are forecast to remain extremely
high over these days, with anomalies in a large part of the Arctic
Ocean at the top end of the scale, i.e. 20°C or 36°F.
Arctic sea ice extent hasn't grown since February 9, in fact it has decreased. Last year (2015), maximum sea ice extent was reached on February 25. Could it be that this year's maximum extent already passed us by (i.e. on February 9)?
From the post 'Has maximum sea ice extent already been reached this year?', at: http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2016/02/has-maximum-sea-ice-extent-already-been-reached-this-year.html
Arctic sea ice extent hasn't grown since February 9, in fact it has decreased. Last year (2015), maximum sea ice extent was reached on February 25. Could it be that this year's maximum extent already passed us by (i.e. on February 9)?
From the post 'Has maximum sea ice extent already been reached this year?', at: http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2016/02/has-maximum-sea-ice-extent-already-been-reached-this-year.html
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