Eyes on the Prize
Today on Earthbeat - The politician who really coined the phrase "Drill baby Drill" becomes head Republican and the Senate slips nuclear power provisions into the stimulus package. Host Mike Tidwell discusses the latest climate news with Joe Romm, the author of Climate Progress.
Then, we hear Al Gore's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on climate change.
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Hi, I just listened to your program from 6/2/09.
You mentioned the Melbourne's recent record of 3 days in a row over 110degF as if it was an Australian record. I've noticed this meme being repeated in various places. It was a record for Melbourne only - a coastal city. In other places it gets a lot hotter for a lot longer. A series of records are being set across southern Australia at the moment (the heat wave continues). And a bunch were set during the height of last summer also (including 15 days in a row above 100degF in Adelaide the capital of South Australia).
Also, the State of Tasmania recorded it's highest temperature ever last Thursday - 40.6 deg C
There is a handy summary of the current heatwave from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology here http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/statements/scs17.pdf
Australia's most consistently hot place is Port Hedland in Western Australia - http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/port_hedland/climate.shtml
But having a tropical influence on its climate it has not been setting records recently.
Regards
Craig Allen
Posted by: Craig Allen | February 6, 2009 10:00 PM
7th Feb 09 - Melbourne has just recorded it's hottest day ever. 46.4 degrees C (115.5 deg F). The previous record was 45.6 deg C (114 deg F), set on January 13, 1939 - a day otherwise known as Black Thursday.
See http://www.theage.com.au/national/city-swelters-records-tumble-in-heat-20090207-80ai.html
Posted by: Craig Allen | February 7, 2009 12:14 AM