Ohhhh I didnt realise 
So youāre calling 30 degrees a heatwave?
You sound like a Pom 
Meanwhile, I see in Adelaide, the overnight temp didnāt dip below 30 degrees until 4am for the last two nights.
I agree itās not a heatwave now with the minimums weāre getting. 8C this morning with NZ tropo in progress, it was weird. I associate NZ tropo with hot and humid conditions.
A cool change is due Friday though.
It is forecast to warm up again next week, but not as warm as this week.
Those record hot SSTs are likely to make most days warmer than average along the coast though, the exception being when there is a stronger southerly push or a sustained SSE airstream (which will occur on Friday).
The diurnal range was quite remarkable here yesterday: a minimum of 6C and a maximum of 32C. It was literally sweater weather to sweating in a matter of a few hours.
That smoke even made it down to Bungendore early on Thursday morning. The AQI spiked at 100 around 9 AM; the baseline AQI is usually in single figures here. We are now entering the āsmoke seasonā in Sydney when autumn burns produce regular bouts of woeful air quality.
Brisbane has finally dropped below 20C for the first time in 2024:
Get out the thermals.
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I only need my ceiling fan on at night nowšair con is finally getting a rest
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I donāt get out my thermals until mid -July,donāt feel cold until then
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Well looks like tomorrow is the last of the warmth for Melbourne, now cold and miserable for the next half. One low 20 day next week to sign off. Hopefully we get that crazy hot spell in September so we only have to wait 6 months!
I have actually enjoyed the last half in Melbourne, nothing too extreme and very little volatility. Was very stable compared to the rest of the nation, we pretty much got spared. How good would it be if it was like this year round.
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Youād probably like the Canberra region. Apart from the odd bad thunderstorm in summer***, extreme weather is fairly rare here. Thatās because weāre in a weather shadow from most directions. Despite our high altitude, daytime temperatures most of the year feel warmer than in Melbourne and are absolutely warmer for a decent part of the year (again, due to the weather shadow which tends to produce abundant sunshine and light winds).
Overnights are a different kettle of fish, but a warmer daytime and a cooler nighttime better suits the human body imo. Stinking hot nights in summer are, thankfully, rare.
***And these storms tend to hit the same places time and again. Generally, the western suburbs of Canberra are more susceptible to extreme storms than the eastern suburbs.
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I definitely need to pack thermals if ever I decide to visit my Canberra relatives in the middle of winter.
One year I did in July and it was below zero every morningš„¶
Such a contrast in weather conditions and temperatures if I visit my other relatives up north near Cairns
Canberraās winter is a doddle these days to be honest, unless you have to be outdoors in the early mornings for an extended period. Iām a loony and love our frosty mornings; definitely preferable to sweltering in Brisbaneās heat and humidity.
Summer is the worst season for comfort in Canberra imo, as it is in the rest of Australia. The weather shadow works in summer too, blocking most cooler air from the coast and itās worse the further inland you go of course. Thatās why Bungendore and especially Braidwood are much more comfortable in summer; we get the cooler easterlies much sooner than in Canberra. Being 100 m higher than Canberra also helps in mollifying summer heat.
Even in the absence of a summer easterly, Bungendore cools down much faster than the Canberra suburbs due to the absence of the urban heat island effect. The difference in temp at say 9 PM after a hot summerās day can be quite dramatic at times.
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Bungy sounds like it has the most idyllic weather in the country. Just a tad on the cool side, but Iād prefer that to it being too hot.
Itās one of the best places on the mainland for sure, though most places in Tassie beat it easily if youāre just looking at temps - particularly on the NW coast. The NW coast of Tassie is both cooler in summer and milder in winterā¦hardly any frost in a place like Devonport. The frosts and regular sub zero mornings donāt bother me though, but would for some (and anyhow, you usually get a stunning day after a winter frost).
Mild summer places have the problem of being too wet and windy in winter: exhibit A, Portland Victoria. I dislike regular bouts of gale force wind, which is why coastal Tassie is out for me. The towns just inland on the NW-N coast of Tassie such as Sheffield and Deloraine are where Iād go, to escape the worst of the āRoaring Fortiesā.
The main problem with Bungendore is its dryness and susceptibility to drought, with an annual average of only about 600 mm, though weāve comfortably exceeded that every year from 2020 onward. Going east to Braidwood bumps up the annual total to around 800 mm, a better amount imo. Braidwood is more susceptible to damaging storms and bushfire though, so nowhere is perfect.
In a perfect world Iād do April to October/November here and the warm season in Tasmania or SW Victoria.
Yeah those cool, crisp winter days are just delightful. With a bit of sun even 10 degrees feels lovely if thereās no wind chill.
And Iāve talked about it before, but Iād happily return to my old home for the daylight saving months (I miss both the milder summers and the long evenings), but spend April through to October here in Brisbane for much the same reasons.
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Late burst of summer here overnight with a minimum of 19C in Canberra. Bloody humid as well and heavy rain early this morning. It stayed above 20 most of the night in the city, but it was 17-18 in Bungendore with an absolute min of 16C. So a decent illustration of what I was talking about before.
Tomorrow morning? Between 4 and 7 depending on how windy it is.
So today is the autumn equinox, itās a lovely autumn afternoon here in Newcastle, 22 degrees and sunny, dew point of 12 degrees and a nice fresh nip on the air. Love it!
0.5 here this morning with a light frost on the grass. Yes, Iād say itās autumn. We went from a downright tropical morning (rain with dewpoints in the high teens) to frost less than 24 hours later, and I did feel the cold early this morning because of that. Such dramatic changes are rare in autumn (more a spring thing).
A bit of a one off though but nights look to stay in single figures over the next week despite the warm days.