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Friday 7 January 2000 |
Near record-length heatwave in Perth | ||
Highest rainfall, 24 hours to 9am |
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Perth today came to the end of one of its longest heatwaves on record. The city's weather station has recorded a top temperature of over 32° for each of the 15 days from 24 December up to today. The maximum on Saturday 8 January of 30.6 brought that run to an end. The record is 16 consecutive days in February 1996. The hot weather began on 17 December, and since then only 2 days have had maxima below 32 -- 20 and 23 December. The thermometer exceeded 35° on 13 occasions, and the highest readings were 39.6 on 22 December and 39.3 on 27 December. | |
Highest & Lowest Temps |
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Maximum | Minimum | |
39.5 Nyang WA | 30.0 Barrow Is AP | |
8.0 Mt Wellington Tas | -2.7 Charlotte Pass NSW | |
Greatest variations from normal |
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Maximum | Minimum | |
+5.5 31.5 Pemberton WA |
+3.9 15.9 Bridgetown WA |
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-8.0 12.8 Thredbo Village NSW |
-9.5 4.1 Rutherglen Vic |
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Other extreme readings | ||
Flood
peaks: South Esk at Perth Tas about 5.5m around 5am with minor flooding South Esk at Longford Tas 2.65m at 1.15pm with minor flooding |
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Records set this day | ||
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