The Guardian: Sydney smashes 1 October heat record as Victoria fights bushfires

[OKIsItJustMe]

Sydney smashes 1 October heat record as Victoria fights bushfires

The previous hottest start to October in Sydney was 33.1C but Sunday’s mercury peaked at 35.6C

Royce Kurmelovs and Cait Kelly
Sun 1 Oct 2023 02.52 EDT

Sydney has endured its hottest ever start to October on record as fire danger warnings were issued across NSW – and as two bushfires threatened campers and towns in eastern Victoria.

According to data from the Bureau of Meteorology, two years had tied for Sydney’s hottest 1 October on record: 33.1C was recorded at Observatory Hill weather station in both 1961 and 2009.

However, the station recorded 35.6C at 3.02pm, smashing the previous record. Sydney Airport’s mercury got up to 36.9C and Penrith’s peaked at 37.3C at 3.07pm.

The hottest temperature on record for all of October in Sydney was 38.2C, recorded on 13 October 2004.

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[hatrack]

1. And it's barely spring down there . . .

A 2.5C break is huge.

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. Yeah...

33.1°C ? 91.6°F
35.6°C ? 96.1°F

🌡️😓

[captain queeg]

4. Thanks. I was just going to run the calc myself.

[OKIsItJustMe]

5. Holy crap...

https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/?dm_id=world
https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/?dm_id=nh
https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/?dm_id=sh

[2naSalit]

3. And it remains to be seen...

As to whether there will be an actual winter on this hemisphere this time around.

[OKIsItJustMe]

6. We didn't have one last year, and, judging by this, I would say we won't this year either

https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/?dm_id=nh