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A record-high minimum temperature was recorded at around midnight on 29 January, when the temperature dropped to only 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) at the Bureau of Meteorology weather station in Kent Town, near the Adelaide city centre. Temperatures recorded in other parts of the city and other towns throughout South Australia were even higher.
The heatwave commenced in Adelaide on 26 January 2009 (Australia Day), with a temperature of 36.6 °C (98 °F). ... On 24 January 2019 the official Adelaide weather ...
The dust storm coincided with other extreme weather conditions which affected the cities of Adelaide and Melbourne. The dust is believed to have originated from far-western New South Wales and north-east South Australia. This includes an area known as the 'Corner Country', [16] a dry, remote area of far-western New South Wales.
A nine-day heat wave in early 2009 in which Adelaide recorded six consecutive days over 40 °C (104 °F), a high of 45.7 °C (114.3 °F) and a record overnight minimum of 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) on 28 January. [60] [61] Sparked the Black Saturday bushfires (see below). Health authorities attribute 374 deaths to the heat wave. [62] 2009 Bushfire
Victoria, the scene of horrific bushfires the year before, had a far colder summer, with hot weather arriving more than a month later than usual in 2009. [ citation needed ] August 17 saw a dust storm at Laguna Mar Chiquita as a major drought hit Argentina , [ 1 ] and flooding and hailstorms hit southeastern Australia and Queensland in March 2010.
ADELAIDE, Australia - Trouble struck paradise this week when a British man who has the "Best Job in the World" as the caretaker of a tropical Australian island was stung by a potentially lethal ...
Temperature graph for Melbourne during the peak of the heatwave. A week before the fires, a significant heatwave affected southeastern Australia. From 28 to 30 January, Melbourne broke temperature records by experiencing three consecutive days above 43 °C (109 °F), with the temperature peaking at 45.1 °C (113.2 °F) on 30 January, the third hottest day in the city's history.
Ever since the invention of the tumble dryer, it's been a mark of status to show the world that you don't have to air-dry your clothes anymore. Housing developments and apartment buildings around ...