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Sydney Shivers Coldest June Day Since 1899 After Coldest Run of May Nights In 54 Years!

Written by on June 15, 2021 in Australasia, Rest of World with 0 Comments
Sydney Shivers Coldest June Day Since 1899 After Coldest Run of May Nights In 54 Years!

Antarctica is a typically cold place but the past couple of weeks has seen the entire continent shiver at 6 and 8C below average. This has offset building heat elsewhere across the planet and held the global temperature to average, even slightly below average. I agree with @peikko763 this is a wild pattern down there.According […]

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March 2019 sees 121C temperature difference and only separated by the Southern Ocean

Written by on April 5, 2019 in Australasia, Rest of World with 0 Comments
March 2019 sees 121C temperature difference and only separated by the Southern Ocean

You often expect the Northern Hemisphere to deliver the biggest temperature extremes between hot and cold given most of earth’s land masses are north of the equator. The general rule of thumb is that the further you are away from a sea or ocean, the greater the swing in temperature between summer and winter with […]

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Northern Queensland communities receive a YEAR’S WORTH of rain in 7 DAYS!

Written by on February 6, 2019 in Australasia, Rest of World with 0 Comments
Northern Queensland communities receive a YEAR’S WORTH of rain in 7 DAYS!

It’s been a tough summer across Australia but the extremes have turned from intense heat to intense rainfall. An unprecedented rainfall event has caused extreme flooding to coastal communities some 840 miles north of Brisbane. Townsville and others along Queensland’s north coast have endured their greatest 10-day rainfall on record. It’s all down to the […]

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Brutal late winter Antarctic chill (-82.4C) brings SE Australia’s coldest air in 30-60 years!

Written by on September 2, 2018 in Australasia, Rest of World with 0 Comments
Brutal late winter Antarctic chill (-82.4C) brings SE Australia’s coldest air in 30-60 years!

Following a fairly warm winter across much of Antarctica and indeed large swathes of interior Australia, it’s turned brutally cold just when you’d expect temperatures to begin rising as spring approaches. The build-up of deep cold over Antarctica has spilled out over the Southern Ocean lately. Just how cold has it gotten in Antarctica? Today […]

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BBC: Massive wave is southern hemisphere record, scientists believe

Written by on May 16, 2018 in Australasia, Rest of World with 0 Comments
BBC: Massive wave is southern hemisphere record, scientists believe

11 May 2018 Scientists in New Zealand have documented what they believe is the largest wave ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. The 23.8m (78ft) wave was measured by a buoy on New Zealand’s Campbell Island in the Southern Ocean on Tuesday, the country’s weather authority said. It eclipses a 22.03m wave that was identified […]

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Sydney swelters through hottest day since 1939

Sydney swelters through hottest day since 1939

It seems like the heat bar continues to rise with each passing summer Down Under. Heatwaves certainly appear to be becoming longer lasting but interestingly, the long standing Sydney and Australia heat benchmark holds to this day. However back last Sunday 8 January, the ongoing Southeast heat wave of 2018 set a new level by […]

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TWC: Monster 64-Foot Wave Measured by New Buoy in Southern Ocean

Written by on May 26, 2017 in Australasia, Rest of World, Spring 2017 with 0 Comments
TWC: Monster 64-Foot Wave Measured by New Buoy in Southern Ocean

By Jonathan Belles May 23 2017 02:30 PM EDT weather.com A monster 64-foot wave was measured last weekend following an exceptionally strong storm that barreled through the Southern Ocean. “This is one of the largest waves recorded in the Southern Hemisphere,” said MetOcean senior oceanographer Dr. Tom Durrant.  The wave was measured roughly 400 miles south of […]

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Cyclone Debbie Rakes Queenland Coast With 163 mph Gusts

Written by on March 29, 2017 in Australasia, Rest of World, Spring 2017 with 0 Comments
Cyclone Debbie Rakes Queenland Coast With 163 mph Gusts

Debbie formed in the Coral Sea late last week and slammed into the Whitsunday Islands (just off Airlie, Queensland) Tuesday. Wind gusts of up to 163 mph were recorded on Hamilton Island with a 10-minute sustained wind of 119 mph. The system was equivalent to a Category 4 when it made landfall. An unofficial mainland wind gust of 153 mph was […]

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Australia Heatwave 2017: February & All-Time Records Fall From Queensland To NSW

Written by on February 11, 2017 in Australasia, Rest of World, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Australia Heatwave 2017: February & All-Time Records Fall From Queensland To NSW

It’s been a tail of two halves during January with cool and wet conditions for northern parts of Western Australia while it’s been record hot for Sydney. February has opened where January left off with the opening 11 days witnessing monthly or even all-time records from Queensland to South Australia thanks to a persistent clear skies beneath a powerful […]

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GLOBAL: Australian Snowstorm, Antarctic Ice Nears All-Time Record, Arctic Holding It’s Own!

Written by on June 26, 2014 in Australasia, Rest of World with 0 Comments
GLOBAL: Australian Snowstorm, Antarctic Ice Nears All-Time Record, Arctic Holding It’s Own!

A lot of attention is drawn these days to global warming and the earth heating up, bringing greater floods, heat waves and droughts than ‘ever before’, yet the media and governments bypass what’s happening down under where the Antarctic is breaking records for GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE ICE EXTENT while SE Australia get’s smacked by a major […]

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