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We’ve got our November rainfall all in by the 10th with quite a bit more to come. My back lawn is under water again in places.

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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6 hours ago, Tyrone said:

We’ve got our November rainfall all in by the 10th with quite a bit more to come. My back lawn is under water again in places.

And only 12.6c at 1.30pm WA time !.... that's just about colder than any mid winters day ?
As an aside, way back in Nov 1992 there was a widespread light snowfall to low elevations across the Great Southern of WA, so cold spring weather is not unprecedented.

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Well, seems we topped out at 36.4c, the 5th day ( out of 10 this Nov above 36c ). Seems as if every 'build up' in recent years has managed to top previous ones for 'filthyness' !
Was 33.1c at 10.00am, hazy and humid, no wind....very uncomfortable.

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2 hours ago, greysrigging said:

And only 12.6c at 1.30pm WA time !.... that's just about colder than any mid winters day ?
As an aside, way back in Nov 1992 there was a widespread light snowfall to low elevations across the Great Southern of WA, so cold spring weather is not unprecedented.

It was 11.9C at lunch and blowing a horrendous gale too. I was doing work in a farm shed and it was blowing side ways rain all the way to the back of the shed. Was wondering if the shed was going to break stumps and blow away with it. Not nice. Blimmin cold. I hope the fire is still going at home.

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Been a brutal hot November across the Tropical North of Australia.... not record breaking per say ( apart from a few daily ones which don't really get publicised in Australia ).
But well above running monthly means, humidity and DP's have made it very uncomfortable in the Top End.
Katherine 300klm south of Darwin suffering too. So consider this.....
Nov 2019 was the hottest Nov by mean average maximums ( and not just Tindal, all the other Katherine sites where BOM data is available historically )
2019 - 40.4c
2020 - 41.0c ( so far ).
Now this is a full 3.5c above the long term average, a huge departure from the norm, especially for a site deep in the tropics where large departures are rare.
Here's another way to look at it ( the first 12 days of November )
2019 - averaged 39.9c by 12/11
2020 - averaging 41.0c by 12/11 !
A quite remarkable run of heat !
 

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Averaging 41C in the true tropics (ie with serious humidity) is unbelievably hot. 

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Well this is Katherine....a fellow storm chaser based in Katherine  and I had a conversation today re Katherine....
"Doug Grey
 Tropics in latitude but Katherine has a semi-arid component to the climate which makes these heatwaves do what they do. It's not a "full on tropical" place like Darwin. "
My reply...
"Jacci Ingham.
 Well in all honesty I don't really see a semi arid component at 14.5*S and a mean rainfall of a 1000mm. To me Katherine and surrounds is a classic dryish tropical savanna type climate ( Koppen AW ).
Even the driest years at Tindal are over 500mm ( 2019 was still 602mm. )
The place looks semi arid at the end of the dry, but then again so does all the Top End.
The hotter years by stats are generally drier ( less cloud cover ).
I like to suss out the %ile stats....ie 10% of seasons get less than 700mm per annum.
But then 10% of seasons get over 1480mm !
Lets hope this year is in the 90th or better still 95th %ile or +1650mm."

Did you notice today Fitzroy Crossing equalled last years record November maximum ? 46.5c !

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Well after a damp and windy weekend ( yesterday’s wind was just terrible) we are forecast to have nothing below 20C as a max for the next week with a 23C sunny day today. We are entering the time of year when the southern coastal areas of WA are at their best. Happy days.

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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We've just finished an official 'heatwave' here.

Note, heatwave meaning 5 or more days with max temps 5 degrees or more above average.

Friday 25 / Saturday 27 / Sunday 26 / Monday 27 / Today 26. 

Currently a balmy 23 degrees at 9.10pm.

The cabbage trees are flowering like crazy... Supposedly, this means we're in for a warm summer.

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Perth already has recorded the wettest november on record and we're only half way through the month. I'm happy to have the rain and I've been enjoying the cooler than average temperatures but I'm sure it won't last. 

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15 hours ago, sipalms said:

We've just finished an official 'heatwave' here.

Note, heatwave meaning 5 or more days with max temps 5 degrees or more above average.

Friday 25 / Saturday 27 / Sunday 26 / Monday 27 / Today 26. 

Currently a balmy 23 degrees at 9.10pm.

The cabbage trees are flowering like crazy... Supposedly, this means we're in for a warm summer.

You have had it warm. My cabbage trees are flowering like mad too. 

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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11 hours ago, sandgroper said:

Perth already has recorded the wettest november on record and we're only half way through the month. I'm happy to have the rain and I've been enjoying the cooler than average temperatures but I'm sure it won't last. 

We’ve had a wetter than average one too and this morning we are in the clouds with thick drizzle. But we are entering a drier more normal stretch from here on. Not much rain on the immediate horizon. We are still behind for the year but we’ve received about 860mm this calendar year. 

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/what-happened-to-la-nina/532909

 

Weird that SW WA has had the maximum effect from the La Niña so far. We normally miss out. The long range forecast puts the first 4 days of summer with thunderstorms every day. Wow. 

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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I like to call the weather here "rainbow weather". The bureau keeps predicting cooler days and rain. But, like a rainbow, the closer we get to the predicted rain the further the weather bureau pushes the dates back. So the heat and the dry just keep extending. Average maximum temperature so far this month is sitting at 37.1. Rainfall is running at about 50% of average, and the rain that we did get came early in the month. Humidity is still fairly high, which is a bit of a saving grace for plants, not so much for people. At this stage La Nina is just a distant dream.

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There might well be a record breaking ( for November ) heatwave in southern WA and South Australia towards the end of the month. Some models are predicting 850mb temps of 33c ! Translated that is a possibility of temps in the high 40's ( +115f ) at lower altitude sites along the Nullarbor and around Lake Eyre.
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1 hour ago, greysrigging said:

There might well be a record breaking ( for November ) heatwave in southern WA and South Australia towards the end of the month. Some models are predicting 850mb temps of 33c ! Translated that is a possibility of temps in the high 40's ( +115f ) at lower altitude sites along the Nullarbor and around Lake Eyre.
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Send it over here if possible! Would be great to kick start what is looking like a good Palmy season.

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And this was Sydney today...
"16-degree temperature difference in Sydney suburbs on Friday: Why?

At 2 pm on Friday, most parts of western Sydney were baking in temperatures of 36 or 37 degrees.

By contrast, it was 25 degrees in coastal suburbs like Bondi, and as cool as 21 degrees at the Bureau of Meteorology's "Sydney Harbour" weather station, located off Georges Head near Mosman.

Why the 16-degree disparity? The sea breeze, right. OK so you knew that.

But how exactly does the sea-breeze effect work to cool down Sydney's eastern fringe, and why is it so common at this time of year?

"Sea breezes occur when the sun heats the ground faster than the nearby ocean. As the air over land warms up, it starts to rise. This causes cooler air from the ocean to rush in and take its place," Weatherzone meteorologist Ben Domensino explains.

"The boundary between this cool sea breeze and the much warmer inland air is called a sea breeze front. In late spring, when the western Pacific Ocean is still quite cool, temperatures can range by around 20 degrees on either side of this boundary. Penrith might be close to 40 degrees while Sydney's eastern suburbs are near 20.
Image: A mixture of storm cloud and hazard reduction burn smoke in northern Sydney. Source: weather guru Tim Bailey (@dailybaileylive) on Twitter.
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You can feel the effect of the sea breeze front as you travel west in Sydney.

On a day like this when it's 25 degrees at Bondi, it'll typically be around 30 as soon as you're west of the Harbour Bridge. It then quickly rises to 35 and beyond from about Parramatta onwards as you travel west towards the Blue Mountains.

Spare a thought for forecasters on days like today. Even the best of them sometimes find things tricky when a sea breeze has kicked in.

That's because temperatures can fluctuate wildly when the sea breeze is negated by strong offshore winds (wind coming from the land).

Just this week we saw an example of this. As we wrote on Monday, temperatures rose to 41 in Penrith in Sydney's west, but remained only moderately hot for most of the day at the city's Observatory Hill
weather station due to the sea breeze, hovering around 29 or 30.

But later in the afternoon, the temperature jumped by seven degrees in half an hour as the sea breeze weakened, peaking at 36.5. So a very smart forecaster correctly anticipated the late gusty northwesterlies when they predicted a maximum of 36.

Image: There's really only one place to be on a day like this in Sydney. Source: @lacon_z ImgInn.
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Source Weatherzone 20-11-20.

 

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10 hours ago, greysrigging said:

There might well be a record breaking ( for November ) heatwave in southern WA and South Australia towards the end of the month. Some models are predicting 850mb temps of 33c ! Translated that is a possibility of temps in the high 40's ( +115f ) at lower altitude sites along the Nullarbor and around Lake Eyre.
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That heat will likely miss my area thank goodness. Too far south and west. 

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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7 hours ago, Tyrone said:

That heat will likely miss my area thank goodness. Too far south and west. 

Yeah mate ....it will be Autumn, Winter and Spring for you mob, all in the one 24 hour period.....haha

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Heading towards the late side of November and the Nullarbor plains in SA are to crank with some areas pegged at 49. Models hinting next weekend will be a scorcher on Adelaide with low to possibly mid 40s.
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It got to 30C down here today. Low humidity as well. I’m working in Broomehill tomorrow. 38C forecast. I’m not looking forward too it as I’ll be climbing inside a roof. 25C forecast in Albany tomorrow. 

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Yesterday it actually reached 31.1C after a forecast 25C. Only going for 19C today and cloudy. 

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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We had a cracker of a storm through Darwin last night !
A pic out at Harrison Dam from a local storm chaser..
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And a couple from outside my son's house in Palmerston earlier in the evening..
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Just had a rippa of a storm through the Northern Suburbs. 'Twas the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse this one .....wind, rain, thunder and lightning !
I knew something big was about to brew up....temps in the mid 30c's and DP's between 25c and 28c over the Top End.
The most oppressive readings came from Point Stuart to the east of Darwin.....34.7c ( 95f ) and a DP of 30.2c ( 86f ) ! That is about as bad as it gets on the northern coasts.
Some pics stolen from the local weather FB page, and some from my front verandah.


 

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10 minutes ago, greysrigging said:

Just had a rippa of a storm through the Northern Suburbs. 'Twas the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse this one .....wind, rain, thunder and lightning !
I knew something big was about to brew up....temps in the mid 30c's and DP's between 25c and 28c over the Top End.
The most oppressive readings came from Point Stuart to the east of Darwin.....34.7c ( 95f ) and a DP of 30.2c ( 86f ) ! That is about as bad as it gets on the northern coasts.
Some pics stolen from the local weather FB page, and some from my front verandah.


 

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That's epic. Love that kind of storm. 

What temp did it drop to during/afterwards? And how long does the cooling effect last?

I spent some time in northern Argentina, these types of Storms would clear the air and be extremely refreshing, then the next day clear skies and dry and hot temps.

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1 hour ago, sipalms said:

That's epic. Love that kind of storm. 

What temp did it drop to during/afterwards? And how long does the cooling effect last?

I spent some time in northern Argentina, these types of Storms would clear the air and be extremely refreshing, then the next day clear skies and dry and hot temps.

Temps today....
Noon - 32.5c
12.30 - 33.2c
1.00 - 33.0c
1.30 - 33.6c
2.00 - 32.1c
2.15 - 27.1c
2.30 - 23.0c
3.00 - 25.8c
3.30 - 25.9c
4.00 - 27.7c
4.30 - 28.3c
5.00 - 28.7c
Nothing better than natures own air conditioning ! But it'll be the same tomorrow after an oppressive night. Forecast top tomorrow is 35c. ( 95f )
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Well, that's interesting. I didn't even know it rained anywhere near here today. We got the same as we've had for a while ...... NOTHING! Running at a bit above half of average rainfall to this point in November. La Nina hasn't done us any favours so far this year. Just very hot and very humid.

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8 hours ago, tropicbreeze said:

Well, that's interesting. I didn't even know it rained anywhere near here today. We got the same as we've had for a while ...... NOTHING! Running at a bit above half of average rainfall to this point in November. La Nina hasn't done us any favours so far this year. Just very hot and very humid.

It has the 'feel' about it that the season has 'broken' for the better. I'm now just over 100mm for the month, still below average.
1.00am this morning a massive storm passed over the Northern Suburbs with winds gusting to 90klm/h. Strangely enough little rain , thunder or lightning, but damaging winds for about half an hour.
 

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From 'Weatherzone', Australia.
"Spring ending with a dangerous heatwave.
A large pool of extremely hot air is about to sweep across Australia, challenging records and lifting fire danger ratings in a number of states and territories.

Two broad and slow-moving low pressure troughs will drag a mass of hot air over southern and eastern Australia during the coming week. This prolonged spell of abnormally hot weather will cause severe to extreme heatwave conditions as temperatures soar more than 15ºC above average in some areas.

The hottest air will target the outback, where temperatures should hit 45-46ºC in parts of SA, NSW and Queensland on multiple days, possibly higher in some places.
Image: Saturday will be one of the hottest days of this heatwave, with temperatures likely to reach 46ºC in some parts of the country.
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In SA, Oodnadatta is forecast to reach a scorching 47ºC on Saturday. This is less than half a degree off its spring record of 47.3ºC from 2006.

Further south, Renmark is one of several SA locations that are forecast to reach 46ºC on Saturday. This would be a new spring record for Renmark, beating 45.3ºC from 2012.

Over the border in NSW, Brewarrina has an unfortunate forecast of three consecutive 45ºC days between Sunday and Tuesday, bookended by 42ºC days on Saturday and Wednesday. In records dating back to 1911, Brewarrina has never registered three 45ºC days in a row at any time of year.

In Queensland, the heat will initially target the southwest before creeping into the southeast early next week.

Birdsville is tipped to reach 45ºC to 46ºC for five consecutive days starting on Friday. This would be Birdsville’s earliest five-day spell at or above 45ºC on record, with data going back to 1954.

Victoria will escape the most intense heat, although temperatures could still rise to the mid-forties in the northwest by the weekend. Mildura, Swan Hill and Ouyen are all forecast to reach 44ºC on Saturday.
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The impending heat will help cause Very High to Extreme fire danger ratings in parts of southern and eastern Australia during the coming week.
Be sure to avoid the heat where possible and keep an eye on the latest bush and grass fire information in your state or territory."

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We’ve had about 10mm of rain today. We were forecast to get about 1mm. November has been real wet this year.

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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A real stinker of a day in Darwin....35.3c and DP's in the mid 20c's. That's 15 days above 35c ( 95f ) this month and the running average of 35.0c ( 95f ) is a new all time November record.
A nice cooling storm over the City area and Fannie Bay produced these colours....
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It’s raining again here. I wonder if we will double our normal November rainfall.

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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19 hours ago, Tyrone said:

It’s raining again here. I wonder if we will double our normal November rainfall.

Raining here in Perth today too mate, it's been quite heavy at times. It's been a much cooler and wetter November than usual, I'm loving it.

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It's 15.1C here at 1.15pm. It rained all night and this morning. Sometimes heavy with some small hail at one point. Now up to 85mm for November. But, I'd rather be here all cool with the heater on than over in QLD NSW where they are expecting mid to high 40's. Too hot.

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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From a local Meterologist ( WeatherWatch )
"Parts of Queensland & N NSW Record Their Hottest November Day in 100+ Years as La Nina Easterlies Fail!
When you think of heat records, a La Nina year is not the year you normally associate with them in Queensland but that's exactly what's happened! It's not just QLD either, there's been many records that have occurred through NSW and South Australia too as this intense burst of heat spreads across. Given some of these records have been around since the 1800s, that's very impressive!
La Nina years are normally characterised by dominant, easterly winds across the Pacific Ocean. These winds push moisture into eastern Australia, and normally they help block the westerly flow that can occur across the country. Unfortunately for most of November, the traditional ridging through the western Pacific has been largely non-existent and that's meant we've been seeing these hotter, westerly winds pushing in from central to northern Australia, eastwards.
Of course it's not just this that's contributed to it. Large areas of northern Australia were already building up heat even months ago, and this was because of the limited amount of moisture and cloud coming across from the Indian Ocean. The lower amounts of cloud can help contributed to higher levels of heat over these areas (which is often touted as the "heat engine of the country" as this is where most of the heatwaves stem from).
The good news is that the patterns should be changing to be more typical of a La Nina in December and we should begin to see increasing easterly winds. But it's important to remember that a La Nina isn't a guarantee of a cool, wet summer - only that more often than not, these summers are a little cooler and wetter than normal. The term La Nina only refers to the oceanic temperature patterns in the Pacific Ocean. Sometimes the atmosphere 'decouples' from this pattern (which is what has happened now), but there are definitely some strong hints that this should change and we'll see more moisture push back into eastern Australia which will hopefully bring some much needed rainfall to parts of Queensland and northern NSW."
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From Weatherzone...
"Bureau of Meteorology says the NT experienced its hottest November in 100 years.
The Northern Territory has sweltered through record-breaking November heat, recording daytime temperatures roughly 3.1 degrees Celsius above average.
New figures from the Bureau of Metrology (BOM) show that in November 2020, most places in Central Australia saw their average jump by 3C during the day and in the Top End, daytime temperatures were between 2C and 3C above average.
It's the highest Northern Territory November average since records began in 1910.
In November 2019, the NT's monthly temperature was 2C above average ? the fifth hottest and the third-driest on record.
This November, the hot air was dragged into the Territory by two high-pressure systems, which stayed consistent for most of the month.
"Basically the cause of the warm conditions right around the Territory has been twofold, one in the north which has been a ridge on the Queensland coast which has extended into the Top End and suppressed the showers and storm activity," said BOM senior forecaster Sally Cutter.
"Down through Central Australia, there's been troughs continually forming over WA and that's turned the winds northerly, it's just dragged that really hot air down through Central Australia."
Apart from small clusters in east and coastal parts of Arnhem Land, the entire Northern Territory also experienced above-average overnight temperatures.
Rainfall was also below average throughout the NT, except for a few regions south of the Top End and around Alice Springs, with November 2020 the eighth-lowest since records began.
"It sort of goes hand in hand, if you get those really hot temperatures, you need lack of cloud cover and therefore you get reduced amounts of rainfall," Ms Cutter said.

The lowest maximum temperature recorded at Darwin Airport was 31.9C on November 24 and its hottest was 37C on the 17th.

While in Alice Springs, the warmest daytime temperature came in at 43.5C on the 14th of November while its coolest was on the 16th when it was 28.9C."

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From 'Weatherzone'
"Weekend heatwave sent records tumbling in SA and NSW and it isn't over yet.
Well, it's officially summer, although I'm sure many of you will contend that it arrived a few days ago.

The numbers back you up, with records tumbling over the weekend, most notably in South Australia and New South Wales, which registered their hottest November days since records began.

And it's not over yet ? this week may see more records broken in southern Queensland and northern NSW, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).

BOM senior meteorologist Dean Narramore said Andamooka in outback South Australia reached 48 degrees Celsius on Saturday, surpassing the 47.9C recorded at Tarcoola on November 30, 1993.
In New South Wales, 46.9C was recorded at the relatively new weather station at Smithville near the SA border, topping the 46.8C at Wanaaring on November 20, 2009.

The Ouyen weather station south of Mildura, with 64 years of data, equalled its own Victorian record of 45.8C.

"We saw 20 sites across NSW, Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory break maximum temperature records with over 30 years of data," Mr Narramore said.

"For those sites it is probably once-in-a-generation kind of heat for November."

Saturday maximums
Here are some of the locations that broke their November station records on Saturday:

Location Temperature
Andamooka, South Australia ** 48.0C
Marree Airport, South Australia 47.5C
Roxby Downs, South Australia 47.4C
Smithville, New South Wales ** 46.9C
Ouyen, Victoria * 45.8C
Mildura, Victoria 45.7C
Hay, New South Wales 45.5C
Sydney Airport, New South Wales 43.0C
Rutherglen, Victoria 42.6C


** state November record

* equal to state November record

The national record for the hottest November day still holds ? 48.7C at Birdsville in 1990.
Some of these stations only have relatively short records like Smithville, which opened in 2017, while those like Andamooka (opened in 1965) are far more long-running.

Saturday minimums
Here are a few of the locations that broke their overnight November station records on Saturday:

Location Temperature
Birdsville Airport, Queensland 33.2C
Tibooburra, New South Wales 31.3C
Cobar, New South Wales 30.1C
Sydney Airport 26.0C
Newcastle Nobbys, New South Wales 23.7C

According to Mr Narramore, at least 13 sites with at least 30 years of records broke November overnight temperature records.

The warmest overnight temperature ever recorded in Australia in November was 35.0C in 1965 at the Cunnamulla Post Office in Queensland.

Warm overnight temperatures are a key element of a heatwave, as they make it difficult to recover from the heat of the day and make it easier for temperatures to climb the following day.

Sunday maximums
Some of the locations that broke station records on Sunday:

Location Temperature
Walgett, New South Wales 45.0C
Maitland, New South Wales 41.6C
Kempsey, New South Wales 40.1C

Kempsey is right on the coast of northern New South Wales with more than 20 years of data, so 40 degrees there is pretty hot, Mr Narramore said.

It is not just single-day records

Sydney broke 40C on back-to-back days ? 40.8C on Saturday and 40.5C on Sunday.

"This is only the second time in 162 years of records that Sydney Observation Hill has recorded back-to-back 40-degree temperatures," Mr Narramore said.

And that's for any month, not just in November; the previous time was in January 1960.

"It looks like Australia is most possibly on track to have its warmest November on record after a hot month right across the country."

Mr Narramore said spring could also have been one of the warmest on record, but we will have to wait for the numbers to be crunched before we know for sure.

If you thought it was bad in Sydney, spare a thought for Birdsville which has now had four days over 46C, with 47C forecast today.

Monday maximums
Here are some of the locations that broke November station records on Monday:

Location Temperature
Ballera, Queensland 47.0C
Thargomindah, Queensland 46.2C
Roma, Queensland 43.7C
Moree, New South Wales 44.3C
St George, Queensland 45.1C
Dalby, Queensland 41.3C
Inverell, New South Wales 38.6C

It's not over yet

Today will be particularly hot across much of northern and inland New South Wales, and Mr Narramore said we're now likely to see record temperatures for December.

"We're looking to break more records across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales on Tuesday and Wednesday with the next burst of heat, with temperatures up to 48C forecast for places like Bourke and 47C at Birdsville, Walgett and a few others."

Brisbane is forecast to remain in the low to mid 30s for the rest of the week, while Ipswich is expected to reach 36C today before peaking at 41C on Wednesday.

Mr Narramore said numerous locations on the Darling Down could approach or exceed December records.

The heat is expected to peak on Wednesday for many locations in southern Queensland, reaching 43C in Dalby, 38C in Toowoomba, 43C in Chinchilla and 46C in Goondiwindi ? even Texas on the border with NSW is looking at around 44C.

"That's pretty hot air for that part of the world," Mr Narramore said.

These record temperatures also raise the fire danger, so keep up to date with the latest warmings and follow the advice of your local emergency services.

Take it easy in the sun and check in with those more vulnerable around you.

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