
17 Jan Thursday, January 17th 2019 Heatwave Summary
Another day of ridiculous heat has come to a close across large parts of Inland Australia. Today was largely dominated by Northern and North East SA, South West QLD and a huge chunk of Inland NSW. Another 2 locations have tipped the 48ºc mark – both new locations for this heatwave. 14 locations have hit 47ºc today, 24 above 46ºc and 35 above 45ºc. Another new all-time record has been hit as well, bringing that total up to double digits for this event.
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Top temps:
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Tibooburra (NSW) 48.2ºc – 0.2ºc shy of the all-time record
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Noona (NSW) 48.1ºc – Hottest day recorded (short records)
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Smithville (NSW) 47.8ºc
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Wilcannia (NSW) 47.8ºc
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Marree (SA) 47.6ºc
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Delta (NSW) 47.5ºc
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Oodnadatta (SA) 47.5ºc
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Bourke (NSW) 47.4ºc – Hottest day in 5 years
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Ivanhoe (NSW) 47.4ºc – 0.6ºc shy of the January record
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Ballera (QLD) 47.3ºc
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Cobar Airport (NSW) 47.2ºc – New January record / 0.1ºc shy of the all-time record
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Moomba (SA) 47.1ºc
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Borrona Downs (NSW) 47.0ºc
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White Cliffs (NSW) 47.0ºc
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Roxby Downs (SA) 46.9ºc
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Cobar (NSW) 46.8ºc
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Mount Hope (NSW) 46.8ºc
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Condoblin (NSW) 46.7ºc – New all-time record
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Fowlers Gap (NSW) 46.6ºc – 0.2ºc shy of the all-time record
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Birdsville (QLD) 46.4ºc
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Coober Pedy (SA) 46.4ºc
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West Wyalong (NSW) 46.3ºc
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Woomera (SA) 46.3ºc
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Port Augusta (SA) 46.2ºc
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Girilambone (NSW) 45.8ºc
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Mulurulu (NSW) 45.8ºc
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Leigh Creek (SA) 45.7ºc
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Kapooka 45.5ºc
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Brewon (NSW) 45.4ºc
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Forbes (NSW) 45.4ºc
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Griffith (NSW) 45.4ºc
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Narrandera (NSW) 45.4ºc
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Yulara (NT) 45.4ºc
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Yanco (NSW) 45.3ºc – 0.3ºc shy of the January record set yesterday
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Wagga Wagga (NSW) 45.2ºc
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Notes:
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This is the fifth day in a row somewhere in Australia has exceeded 48ºc and the 11th day since Christmas
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9 seperate locations have recorded 48ºc during this heatwave, with Tarcoola managing it twice. Somewhere in the vicinity of 30+ individual locations have hit 47ºc+ in 4 days, many doing it multiple times.
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Adelaide has recorded 4 straight 40ºc days for the first time since 2014
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Canberra has recorded 3 straight 40ºc days (41.4ºc today) for potentially the first time ever – 4 straight days has never been done before for the City.
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Port Augusta has recorded 4 straight 45ºc days for the first time ever
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Birdsville has recorded 6 straight days above 45ºc for the first time since 2013
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Moomba has recorded 5 straight 46ºc days for the first time and back to back 47’s for the first time since 2013
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Marree has recorded 4 straight 47ºc days for the first time in 46 years
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Narrandera, NSW has recorded 4 straight 45ºc days for the first time ever – breaking the January record twice and all-time record once during that 4 day stretch
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Coober Pedy has recorded 4 straight 46ºc+ days for the first time ever
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Wilcannia has recorded 4 straight 46ºc+ days for the first time ever and back to back 47’s for the first time since 2013
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Ivanhoe back to back 47ºc+ and 4 straight 46ºc+ days for the first time ever,
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Fowlers Gap has now recorded 2 of its 3 hottest days ever in the past 2 days
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Condoblin has now recorded its 2 hottest January days ever in the past 2 days
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The last 4 days for Yanco, NSW have all exceeded the January record prior to 2019
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Bourke has recorded back to back 46ºc+ days for the first time in January in 5 years
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