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cmndstab said:
Not the most reliable source ever, but wiki places the average summer temperature between 27 and 43, so it sounds a lot like Adelaide. That said, their hottest day is over 50 celcius. **** me.
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the sun in Southern Australia is much abrasive, and oppressive than in many other parts of the world with similar temperatures.

for example, it regularly hits mid high 40's in summer in some parts of Greece; which is far more pleasant.


might be the ozone layer thing?
 

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Crow-mo said:
the sun in Southern Australia is much abrasive, and oppressive than in many other parts of the world with similar temperatures.

for example, it regularly hits mid high 40's in summer in some parts of Greece; which is far more pleasant.


might be the ozone layer thing?
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nah we whinge more
 
Getting sick of people saying its still a heatwave in Adelaide, it isn't. It was a heatwave last week because the highs were in the 40s and the lows were in the low to mid 30s, this week the highs are in the high 30s and the lows are in the low to mid 20s, which is just normal summer days.

It is 33-34 where I am right now, it was predicted 38 today, it got to 36 very briefly around 2:30. It was 32 at 12:30, the main difference between this week and last was that it was 40 degrees at 10am last week, being really hot most of the day, this week it is only moderately hot for an hour or so before dropping again.
 
StuPendus said:
Unless you are extremely obese, bald, a grin that only a mother would love, and face east, then not really.
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Well, he's three out of four of those, which is pretty good. ;)
 
Crow-mo said:
the sun in Southern Australia is much abrasive, and oppressive than in many other parts of the world with similar temperatures.

for example, it regularly hits mid high 40's in summer in some parts of Greece; which is far more pleasant.

might be the ozone layer thing?
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There are also places where similar temperatures feel a lot worse - I actually think the dry heat of Southern Australian is fine, compared to the sweltering humidity of closer to the equator.

That being said, driving through Adelaide recently after not having been there for a few years, that place is DRY. The streets just seems browner than Melbourne or Sydney.
 
Kristof said:
There are also places where similar temperatures feel a lot worse - I actually think the dry heat of Southern Australian is fine, compared to the sweltering humidity of closer to the equator.

That being said, driving through Adelaide recently after not having been there for a few years, that place is DRY. The streets just seems browner than Melbourne or Sydney.
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That is because we actually practice water conservation unlike Victoria and New South Wales.
 

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fryingpan said:
Weather forecast is now saying 43 tomorrow and 41 saturday :thumbsdown:
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That's ridiculous! Thankfully I don't have to go anywhere on those days so I can sit at home under the air-con or go for a swim. :)

Today feels pretty hot, not sure what it got up to. Was meant to be 37 I believe, that would be about right. How many days in a row have we gone above 35? Are we a chance of beating last years heat wave?
 
Drummond said:
That's ridiculous! Thankfully I don't have to go anywhere on those days so I can sit at home under the air-con or go for a swim. :)

Today feels pretty hot, not sure what it got up to. Was meant to be 37 I believe, that would be about right. How many days in a row have we gone above 35? Are we a chance of beating last years heat wave?
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The heatwave was broken yesterday when it only reached 33 degrees (35 is the minimum for the heatwave to continue). Now this will probably be considered a separate hot spell.

Bring on Sunday!
 
Vince Van Mackay said:
That is because we actually practice water conservation unlike Victoria and New South Wales.
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That's probably true. Though I guess it would actually also be partly due to the fact that both of these cities, even in droughts, get more yearly rain than Adelaide.

I just find the dryness whenever I come back to SA to be kinda sad.
 
every lawn on my street is officially dead. A few more years and we will all have just dirt.


Its terrible going to the Muarry these days. Its literally just a creek.

then you go an watch ABC and they show these huge reserivors they build in QLD...for single farms, owned by multi national companies.

Its ****ed.
 
Vince Van Mackay said:
Getting sick of people saying its still a heatwave in Adelaide, it isn't. It was a heatwave last week because the highs were in the 40s and the lows were in the low to mid 30s, this week the highs are in the high 30s and the lows are in the low to mid 20s, which is just normal summer days.

It is 33-34 where I am right now, it was predicted 38 today, it got to 36 very briefly around 2:30. It was 32 at 12:30, the main difference between this week and last was that it was 40 degrees at 10am last week, being really hot most of the day, this week it is only moderately hot for an hour or so before dropping again.
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There is no universal definition for a heat wave, but I am pretty sure that in Australia provided that the temperature stays on or above a maximum of 35 degrees for more than 5 days it's referred to as a heatwave.
 

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KingsCrow said:
Its terrible going to the Muarry these days. Its literally just a creek.
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:( I'm going there today for the weekend for drinking & water sports. Apparently we have to launch the boat hundreds and hundreds of metres down the river from where we are situated because the water level has dropped so dramatically where we will be :(
 
Crow-mo said:
the sun in Southern Australia is much abrasive, and oppressive than in many other parts of the world with similar temperatures.

for example, it regularly hits mid high 40's in summer in some parts of Greece; which is far more pleasant.


might be the ozone layer thing?
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Agree, I think it has to do with the very low level of humidity in SA as it is essentially a desert. To people around the world I have described 40+ degree heat in Adelaide as being similar to standing too close to an open fire.

Even Melbourne where there is a slightly higher humidity level, the heat doesnt feel quite as harsh.
 
cmndstab said:
That being said I just spent a week in Caloundra in Queensland and while I'm told the humidity was actually not bad compared to normal it slayed me. I sweated a bucket a day and it really knocked me around. I was actually glad to get back to the dry heat of Adelaide yesterday.
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Which begs the question whether the IA players may have given themselves an advantage over the Crows, by giving themselves a week to aclimatise to the conditions in Darwin. Then again, Adelaide players might be less "wiped out" having NOT spent an entire week in the humid conditions. Could go either way.
 
Don't know about any heat wave any more but **** it's hot today. Had to go into uni at about 10:30 this morning to do some enrolment crap and it was hot already.
 
I was driving home from work today, and the tunnel was closed, cars banked up to the Devils elbow. So went the back way, the old freeway. was snail pace cause of all the trucks, when we neared the top of hill the car two spots in front of me stalled.


ahhh hell. Could here her trying to kick it back to life, just kept ticking over. Trucks were pileing back.


So about 10 of us had to push this ladies car up the hill, cause its only one lane! So the freeway would have been completely blocked for about 5 minutes haha.
 

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