The remote outback town of Birdsville in Australia hit a scorching 47.2 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest place in the country on Thursday. While widespread heatwaves affected several states, Birdsville edged out the competition with its extreme temperatures. Locals are accustomed to the intense heat and have strategies to cope with it, such as staying indoors with air conditioning. Although the heatwave is expected to ease with a cool change, it will likely return across the country in the coming days.
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.
HEATWAVE AUSTRALIA BIRDSVILLE CLIMATE CHANGE TEMPERATURE
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Australia Experiences Hottest Spring on Record, Predicted to Lead to Hottest YearAustralia is set to face another heatwave this week after recording its hottest spring on record. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed temperatures were 2.08 degrees Celsius above the 1961–1990 average, with all months contributing to the record. Spring was not only exceptionally warm but also saw above-average rainfall.
Read more »
Australia's Hottest Towns: Oodnadatta and Onslow Compete for the TitleEven in the context of Australia's extreme heat, Oodnadatta stands out as the town with the highest reliably measured temperature, reaching 50.7 degrees Celsius in 1960. Recently, Onslow in Western Australia challenged this record with a temperature of 49.1 degrees Celsius, leading to a fierce competition for the title of the hottest place in Australia.
Read more »
Australia weather: after hottest spring on record, a very warm and humid start to summer forecastBoM says rainfall to bring brief respite from temperatures in 30s for parts of Victoria, NSW, Tasmania and Queensland
Read more »
Heatwaves across Australia delivers sweltering conditions as Victoria prepares for hottest day in years7NEWS brings you the latest local news from Australia and around the world. Stay up to date with all of the breaking sport, politics, entertainment, finance, weather and business headlines. Today's news, live updates & all the latest breaking stories from 7NEWS.
Read more »
Hottest summer weather in five years predicted for coming days as heatwave engulfs half of AustraliaAn oppressive heatwave stretching from Darwin to Victoria will send temperatures soaring up to 15 degrees Celsius above average during the coming days.
Read more »
Hottest Melbourne day since January 2023 forecast as heat spikes across central and eastern AustraliaTemperatures in areas such as Wilcannia and Ivanhoe in NSW unlikely to drop below 30C overnight, BoM warns
Read more »