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Tuesday 18 January 2000 |
Today's weather extremes |
SA
Heatwave enters 9th day SA bushfire burns over 20,000ha ![]() SW Vic bushfire causes evacuations |
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Highest rainfall, 24 hours to 9am |
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Relief
of sorts came to Adelaide today after the capital's hottest night
in 5 years. A sluggish trough moved through the city during the morning,
capping the temperature at around 30°, while cooler SW winds arrived early
evening dropping the mercury to around 20 by 9pm. Overnight, the temperature
stayed above 30° until 5.30am, when it dropped to a minimum of 28.9. The
3am temperature was 33.2. Most locations within 200km of Adelaide recorded
minimum temperatures 10 to 14 above average. The cooler change had little
effect away from the coast, with locations in northeast SA reporting
top temperatures of 45 to 46°, the highest so far this summer. Kulgera,
on the NT/SA border, recorded its hottest January day on record in nearly
20 years. See details at left.
The bushfire which has burnt in the Hambridge Conservation Park on Eyre Peninsula of SA since 11 January had destroyed two-thirds of the park's 40,000 hectares of bushland by yesterday. A bushfire NW of Portland in SW Victoria forced 200 campers from their campsites in Lower Glenelg National Park this afternoon. The fire was started by lightning hitting a windmill, sending hot metal into grass, and was brought under control early Thursday. It burnt through around 1,700 hectares of the national park and adjacent land, including 300 hectares of pine plantation. Etceteras Cooktown Qld reported a storm with hail just before midday today. Hail is unusual in thunderstorms so far into the tropics. |
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Highest & Lowest Temps |
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Maximum | Minimum | |
46.5
Andamooka SA 46.2 Mt Dare SA 46.0 Roxby Downs SA 45.9 Oodnadatta AP SA |
32.0
Oodnadatta AP SA 31.8 Port Pirie BHAS SA 30.6 Arid Lands Port Augusta SA |
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17.5 =Erriba Tas, Mt Read Tas | 0.7 Charlotte Pass NSW | |
Greatest variations from normal |
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Maximum | Minimum | |
+17.5 38.8 Cashmere AP Portland Vic +16.6 =38.2 C Northumberland SA =38.8 Warrnambool Vic |
+14.5 31.8 Port Pirie BHAS SA +14.3 28.0 Caliph CSIRO SA +13.4 28.0 Snowtown SA +13.1 28.6 Adelaide AP SA |
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-5.1 28.0 Musgrave Qld |
-5.4 =12.2 Merredin WA =17.1 Yeelirrie WA |
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Other extreme readings | ||
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Records set this day | ||
Kulgera NT: Maximum temp of 44.8 exceeds previous record of 44.5 in 19 years record. |
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