Fourteen extreme national high temperature records have been set in 2010

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http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/06/30/record-cold-down-under/

Record cold down under

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Anthony Watts

I swear, I had nothing to do with this. Speaking tonight in Canberra, details here. Weather records for Sydney here.

From the “weather is not climate department”:

Sydney recorded its coldest June morning today since 1949, with temperatures diving to 4.3 degrees just before 6:00am (AEST).

Cold snap set to stay By Amy Simmons

Experts say it is unusual to see such widespread cold weather in June. (User submitted photo: Rick Box)

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People across south-east Australia are complaining about unusually chilly temperatures and experts say there will be no relief from the cold until Sunday at the earliest.

From Brisbane this morning, Miss7t7 wrote on Twitter “Still in bed, so dam cold.. What’s going on Brisbane !!!!”. While in Melbourne, lexandraKR tweeted “Waiting for frostbite to set in… Sooo cold in Melbourne! Too scared to get out of bed incase I get hypothermia”.

Others are embracing the weather and urging those who are complaining to toughen up.

“I am in love with this cold weather. Melbourne reminds me of Paris at the moment. How can that be a bad thing?” wrote hannahjtoy. “Is it seriuosly newsworthy that sydney temps are in the low single digits? seriuosly? it not cold! suck it up!” FilthiAssistant tweeted.

But ABC weather specialist Graham Creed says people’s complaints are justified.

“It’s definitely quite unusual to see such widespread cold weather in June, it would be more typical in July and August,” he said.

“So people are complaining about the cold for a good reason.”

Mr Creed says most areas across the south-east are experiencing temperatures well below average.

“Last weekend a cool change moved through and that introduced some significantly colder air across most of south-east Australia,” he said.

“Quickly in behind that we had a high pressure ridge move through, producing clear skies during both the day and the night, but it’s also helping to trap that cold air in.

“The clear skies mean we are losing what little daytime heating there is and overnight temperatures are dropping into the minuses through many of those states, producing widespread frosts.

“On top of that we’ve got quite a breeze in certain areas and the air is very dry so that’s producing very low wind chill, so not only is the sun not providing much warmth, you’ve also got the assistance of the wind making it feel colder than it actually is.”

He says Queensland is in for a particularly rough few days, as widespread rainfall will see the conditions change from cold and sunny to cold, cloudy and wet.

Yesterday, an icy blast through Adelaide brought enough rain to supply the city for a month, with a hail storm capping off the exceptionally wintry day.

Yesterday was also the coldest day in Melbourne in nearly two years, with the city not reaching its maximum temperature of 10.8 degrees Celsius until 7:55pm (AEST).

If the temperature in Melbourne fails to hit its forecast maximum today, it will be the first time in 14 years the city has recorded three consecutive days of temperatures below 12 degrees.

Last night Brisbane was coldest at 9:00pm (AEST), when the mercury dropped to below 8 degrees, but experts say it will be even cooler tonight.

Sydney recorded its coldest June morning today since 1949, with temperatures diving to 4.3 degrees just before 6:00am (AEST).

more at ABC Radio

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God dam hippies is okay? Sheesh!

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God dam hippies is okay? Sheesh!

Most right thinking people hate hippies, so I guess it is okay.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Most right thinking people hate hippies, so I guess it is okay.

Just another drop of the selective bias hammer! The desperation for Mods is obvious.

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Who Cares?

Really Who Gives a **?

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noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :crying:

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I was just told that the projected high this week in San Francisco's east bay is mid 60's F. According to at least one source, this is the coldest summer in this area in more than 40 years. I think we had two brief days in the 90's so far this year. The rest of the summer has been 60's and 70's.

The doomsayers are blaming the heat to the east on climate change, and the cold in the west on El Nino. The more rational meteorologists are saying that if we actually understood the weather we'd be able to make accurate forecasts more than a day or two in advance.

I'm no expert on this stuff, but there's a lot I'm still trying to wrap my head around. Like why do the long term charts Al Gore paraded in front of frequently show the increase in CO2 coming after the increase in global temperature, sometimes by hundreds of years? Yeah, I've heard the "isotope is an imperfect proxy for temperature" before. If it's imperfect then it might indicate the wrong temperature for a given period, but it wouldn't shift the trend in one direction or the other by hundreds of years. Shouldn't it be impossible for the cause to come after the effect?

I'm also trying to figure out how taking hundreds of billions of dollars from rich countries and giving them to poor countries, without actually requiring anyone to reduce CO2 emissions, is going to fix anything.

Don't get me wrong - I think reducing carbon emissions is a great idea. In fact, while we're at it, why don't we reduce emissions of gasses that are actually pollutants. But can't we do it because it's the right thing to do, and not use it a means to a political end, like the redistribution of wealth?

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I was just told that the projected high this week in San Francisco's east bay is mid 60's F.

right and i'm feeling it. nearly every morning i feel like switching on the heat to get the chill out of here.

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This is why Houston TX rocks. There are no zoning bylaws. It comes up for vote every so often. But the people don't want them. The result is a nice variety of everything everywhere. Cheaper real estate too.

So that explains why Texas is the way it is...

Rocks?? Ahh Texans, just too funny.

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OMG the sky is falling !!!!!

The records .... they were started when ?????

a record < 50 years means sh!t .... give us some sort of standard you Global Warming Preacher ....

Ya, it sure is. Al Gore must have recruited Steve to help get Global Warming a relevant issue and believable science again.

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OMG the sky is falling !!!!!

The records .... they were started when ?????

a record < 50 years means sh!t .... give us some sort of standard you Global Warming Preacher ....

Exactly what I was thinking.

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God dam hippies is okay? Sheesh!

This post and the post immediately preceding it were not meant seriously - they were posted with the intent to make a light-hearted comment that was obviously ridiculous and not aimed at any one individual or person.

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This post and the post immediately preceding it were not meant seriously - they were posted with the intent to make a light-hearted comment that was obviously ridiculous and not aimed at anyone individual or person.

So if it's light-hearted and not meant at anyone individually, it's OK?