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Where in Australia did you live? No where I can find “regularly” hits above 48.9 degrees Celsius. The reference, the hottest recorded temperature in Australia
by layoric 4y ago
Where in Australia did you live? No where I can find “regularly” hits above 48.9 degrees Celsius.
The reference, the hottest recorded temperature in Australia is 123.2F (50.7c).
Yes it gets into the 40s pretty regularly in a lot of places in Australia. But even 45c in a heatwave is very different to “regularly” living with temperatures close to 50c.
- nmfisher 4y agoYeah, I grew up in Adelaide where low 40s were regular occurrences throughout summer, and that's damn hot. I don't think I've ever experienced 120F (~49c). I guess I wouldn't be worried about dying personally, but I definitely wouldn't want to be outside for too long. Older people though? That probably is potentially fatal.
- prawn 4y agoI'm in Adelaide and high 40s is approaching a record. Think we had the record or close to it a few years ago at around 47C. As you said, heatwaves of 40-45 happen now and then but that's generally the peak of it, for now. I'm guessing @grecy is rounding up.
- defrost 4y agoYeah, he's BS'ing about Australian temps - I grew up in the northern hottest parts of Australia and worked the Western Deserts in the Pilbarra near Marble Bar .. "120F all the time" is bollocks. As noted, the occasional 45 C heatwave for a few days is pretty much peak heat so far with anything approaching 48 C | 120 F being a rare event.