Hottest Day in Melbourne in 50 years - Pics
 

Today reached 43 degree?s here in Melbourne and in some parts of Victoria it reached 47 degree?s, it was that hot that I could not even touch the steering wheel in the car without burning my hands. We are having major bushfires on the outskirts of Victoria which is really sad as so much native bush land is being destroyed and houses and life?s are in danger. I am a good 300 kilometers away from the fires, but the smoke is all over Melbourne as you can see from the pictures I have taken. Normally I have a perfect view of the city from my rooftop. I have to praise the efforts of our Victorian firefighters, putting there life?s on the line for us all, we owe them big time.

It has been like this for the last three days, but as of 4:14pm this afternoon the temperature has gone down to 27 degree?s in the space of 15 minutes, that really makes me laugh about Melbourne, I don?t think I know of a place any where in the world where the temperature can change so dramatically.

The cool change is welcome though, we are expecting rain tonight which will be great for the bushfires.

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This is what my rooftop normally looks like
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/Nation...685536989.html

i love those 2 last pics :)

If the wimmins aint nekkid I don't care

Ya the fires down your way are pretty bad, It's raining here atm love to send you guys some.

fuck! I didn't see the fires part. Sorry. That happens every year now here.

Wow...so is it cloudy there and that hot?
Thats crazy. oops reread I guess thats smoke thats even worse!
looks like you have a great set up there ;)

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Snapped in my car at about 3pm...

BTW 43 degrees centigrade is about 110F.

What a wonderful day, I'm 2hrs away from Batts and we have smoke here from the fires.. My sister is nearly having a break down shes scared fires will start down in South Gippsland..

Was pretty hot on the coast as well mid 30's. Cool ocean breeze coming through now though which is rocking.

-N

That was an average day in the summer this year where I live. I'm about 30 minutes north of Hollywood, CA. :winkwink:

Fires suck, btw - we had some bad ones as well!

Stay safe and cool man - Thank god for swimming pools and air conditioners

:thumbsup :thumbsup

that's hot

man i wish its that hot here now:)

it's fucking hot today.. can't agree more

Oh shit 43 Celsium. Must be HOT

My gawd. Aren't you experiencing a heatwave there, now?

Yesterday's expected was 37, today's was 39 (it went higher)

Tomorrow's expected is 20 which is quite mild (although still warm in the sun)

So it's all over the place. :Oh crap

I remember new year's eve 2005, the temp was 47C at around 5pm, and still 30C at midnight.

edit: 47C = 117F. Freakin' hot

omg that sucks for me cuz I think of living in Australia and such temperatures scare me, I hate hot :( Are there any places in Australia with lower temperatures than Melbourne...? Is it cooler more on west for example in Perth?

fuckin deadly hot!

boyyy that's sick! What's your average temperature in summer?

real hot!!!!!!!!!!!!

Melbourne is actually cold most of the time, its only around this time of year that it is hot and will stay hot for a few more months, then the rest of the year it is very cold.

lol, I wouldn't call it "very cold" - how often has it snowed in Melbourne? Temp rarely goes below zero (freezing) in the metro area and when it does it's at like 4am

Well its not exactly the most warmest place in Aus during the year is it ?

No, but think globally... there are a shitload of places that are a LOT more "very cold" than Melbourne. :winkwink:

That is hot!

Yes, but i was talking about aus, not globally.

have the girls cool ya down

And this is while everyone on north is dieing of cold!!!!!!!

and here it is freezing.

My goodness! That temperature could kill, man! :(

And how was it when North had summer? Was it cold?

:thumbsup !!

Tassie is cold, though even we got to 32C on Saturday (unusually hot for here). I'm kinda glad I'm down here for a bit, I remember summer last year in Melbourne with no air-con and HATED it.

Geez..that's too damn hot..must be hell

Hot hot hot... here it's crazy raining!!

Where i am it is raining and thunder. And it is like that for a month already.

I'm from Brisbane and it's not even that hot up here!

I spent the weekend at the gold coast... it was sunny approx 26 degrees, the water was beautiful! :)

good lord!!!
that's a little too hot to be outside...even if its just to get in the car.

Thanks goodness, weather here is not bad at all:)

thats HOT....glad im not there.

I hope your'e paying attention to those water restrictions there, Batts.. :)

My Bro lives in that area

I think one of thoses houses is his

my family are also in Gippsland & surrounds ... poor things have to go through this almost every year.

2 words ... BACK BURNING!!!!!!!

i can't believe we learnt nothing from ash wednesday :(

temp flucts? Come to chicago!

Ya, I teach sport outdoors and had to cancel from midday onwards due to heat stroke. My car temp read 45 at 2pm...:Oh crap

wow, that's crazy man, i think that the planet is up to something, here in Europe we're missing snow, and it's really HOTTER than usual......

It has been hot up here during the day too :(

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ouch

Mr. Romance