A quick list of long term records across Vic from yesterday. Also not on this list are early season records at plenty of sites including Scoresby, Melbourne and Moorabbin. It looks like about 80% of NSW also saw a new record
My gut feeling is that makes it one of the most extreme heat events to impact Australia (and of course as you get longer records it should get harder to break records).
· Mildura Airport 37.7 (previous 37.4 on 22 Sep 2003)
· Kyabram 32.4 (previous was 32.2 on 12 Sep 2009)
· Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag 32.4 (previous was 31.7 on 27 Sep 2008)
· Morwell 31.4 (previous was 31.0 on 27 Sep 1987)
· East Sale 33.9 (previous was 33.0 on 30 Sep 1980)
· Bairnsdale Airport 35.4 (previous was 32.6 on 26 Sep 1987)
· Gabo Island Lighthouse 31.2 (previous was 31.0 on 30 Sep 1973)
Vic is so lucky we've had good rainfall. There is a couple of bushfires out east, but they appear to be caused little harm
We maxed out at 25.8C yesterday. Probably and early season record, but my records too short to know. Quite amazing that Saturday a week before we woke to snow showers, and yesterday the kids we're in the pool
Much cooler now and back to a more normal sort of week. Does look showery, and thinking most 2-5mm or so in the north and 5-25mm south. Synoptics look quite good, but there continues to be pretty poor feed of moisture. The Indian Ocean is warming up to our northwest so hoping to see moisture in feeds pick up soon.