Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAustralia sees hottest winter temperature on record, a brutal 107 degreeswww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down18
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkAustralia sees hottest winter temperature on record, a brutal 107 degreeswww.washingtonpost.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarespartanatreyu@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up111arrow-down6·1 month agoThat’s 41 degrees for everyone who doesn’t measure things in bird per gun.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoWell that’s a relief; I thought we were having boiled Australia.
minus-squareJimmyMcGill@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI was like ok that’s hot but for a record?? Then I realize that it says winter. We’re so fucked
minus-squareJoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 month agoI was curious about what happens to the roads at these temperatures and turns out, they melt. Oddly, this article seems to say last December nearly tipped 50, so not really sure what to believe about record setting. Either way, it’s not good.
minus-squaredaddybutter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 month agoWinter in Australia is June-August, so that December temp is their summer record.
minus-squareWHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoExcept they don’t “melt” when properly sealed, as the article mentions. I mean, 107 is like a cool day in Phoenix or Tuscon during the summer.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoI’m guessing that they were not properly sealed because they did not expect those temperatures when they were built.
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoIt’s Australia though. It does get pretty toasty in summer. It’s just not expected to get that toasty in winter.
minus-squarenorimee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoDecember is summer for Australia. Because they are in the southern hemisphere their winter and summer are the opposite to seasons in europe and America. So last Australian SUMMER tipped 50°C. This WINTER it’s 41°C
That’s 41 degrees for everyone who doesn’t measure things in bird per gun.
Well that’s a relief; I thought we were having boiled Australia.
I was like ok that’s hot but for a record?? Then I realize that it says winter.
We’re so fucked
I was curious about what happens to the roads at these temperatures and turns out, they melt.
Oddly, this article seems to say last December nearly tipped 50, so not really sure what to believe about record setting. Either way, it’s not good.
Winter in Australia is June-August, so that December temp is their summer record.
Except they don’t “melt” when properly sealed, as the article mentions. I mean, 107 is like a cool day in Phoenix or Tuscon during the summer.
I’m guessing that they were not properly sealed because they did not expect those temperatures when they were built.
It’s Australia though. It does get pretty toasty in summer. It’s just not expected to get that toasty in winter.
December is summer for Australia.
Because they are in the southern hemisphere their winter and summer are the opposite to seasons in europe and America.
So last Australian SUMMER tipped 50°C.
This WINTER it’s 41°C