The town hit 47.2C by mid afternoon, but locals are already well-versed in the art of staying cool
Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist, Dean Narramore, said Birdsville was “looking like it’s going to be the hottest in the country,” even though places across the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales had reached the mid 40s.bordering both SA and the NT, recorded a maximum of 47.
“Everybody gets their air conditioners pumping along and just stays inside and comfortable,” he said.The 20 to 30 people still in town on Boxing Day would most likely be spending the day relaxing after family lunches for Christmas on Wednesday, he said. Although things were even quieter than usual thanks to a Telstra outage.
“There’s a bit of a local beach, as we call it, there at Pelican point. So, people will head down there and cool off.”Birdsville has always been hot in December, with average temperatures in the mid to high 30s. But climate change had raised surface temperatures across the countrySome relief was expected, with a cool change across much of the country, Narramore said. Birdsville’s forecast maximum on Friday was a full 10 degrees lower, at 37C.
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