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Thursday 3 February 2000 |
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Today's weather extremes |
Hot in SA, Vic, western NSW | |||||
Highest rainfall, 24 hours to 9am |
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Heatwave conditions continued in most of SA and Victoria today, bringing electricity problems to both states. Maximum temperatures were 8 to 18° above normal across most of Victoria, central and southeastern SA, and northern Tasmania (red area above left). Much of SA and western Victoria exceeded 42° (brown area, above right), with parts of northeastern SA exceeding 45 -- Marree recorded the highest temperature in the area with 45.6°. The heat was most felt in Victoria's Gippsland, where Bairnsdale and the Latrobe Valley Airport both set new records for top temperatures. A cool change swept around the Victorian coast during the afternoon, dropping temperatures in parts of Melbourne by 13° in as many minutes around 4pm. The heat exacerbated electricity problems in Vic and SA, where industrial action and breakdowns already restricted supply. Load shedding was necessary as air conditioners drained supplies, with over 100,000 Victorian consumers without power for up to 2 hours, and rotating blackouts in Adelaide.
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Highest & Lowest Temps |
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Maximum | Minimum | |||||
46.0
Pannawonica WA 45.6 Marree PO SA 45.3 Oodnadatta AP SA 45.0 Woomera AP SA |
29.4 Tibooburra PO NSW | |||||
17.0 Maatsuyker Is Tas | 5.6 Guyra NSW | |||||
Greatest variations from normal |
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Maximum | Minimum | |||||
+18.3 43.0 Bairnsdale Vic +17.1 40.8 Lakes Entrance Vic +15.7 41.0 Laverton AP Vic |
+13.3 27.3 Moorabbin AP Vic +13.1 26.7 Scoresby Vic +12.0 26.0 Laverton AP Vic |
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-5.5 28.0 Pearce AP WA |
-6.0 9.0 Murrurundi NSW |
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Other extreme readings | ||||||
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Records set this day | ||||||
Hawker
SA: Highest February max temp in 33 years record, 43.5 breaking previous
record of 42.7 Bairnsdale AP Vic: All time highest max temp in 20 years record, 43.0 breaking previous record of 42.5 Latrobe Valley AP Vic: Highest February max temp in 16 years record, 40.0 breaking previous record of 38.6 Wynyard AP Tas: All time highest max temp in 14 years record, 33.0 breaking previous record of 31.5 |
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