Hot as today !!!!

[Cargo]

Hot as the proverbial in FNQ today ... feathers looks like we are level pegging with the temps
Its hotter elsewhere, some places are recording 42 - 43 temps ....
Aircon for me and the dog today

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[Gazza]

Ouch!

[nardes]

Phew - I hope the 26% humidity makes it a little more bearable.

Take care and keep hydrated.

Cheers

Dennis

[Cargo]

Ouch!

Yep !!! It got up to 41.6 !!!

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Phew - I hope the 26% humidity makes it a little more bearable.

Take care and keep hydrated.

Thanks .... It did I think and now we are getting a bit of a storm .... No rain as yet
Cheers

Dennis

[Oakley]

Lols Cargo … I went to work today and of course left the Aircon on for my dogs and my fish tanks hopefully we will get rain soon

[Cargo]

Lols Cargo … I went to work today and of course left the Aircon on for my dogs and my fish tanks hopefully we will get rain soon

We ended up getting a bit of rain down here (Gordonvale area) and its still rumbling but the rain has stopped
One blessing though the temps have plummeted

[Tannin]

I'll take 40 degrees and 26% all day long. It's the typical (for this time of year in FNQ) 35 degrees and 95% than knocks me round. Very hard to take.

But I suppose it's what you get used to: here in the south we mostly get a dry heat and are accustomed to it. Mind you, low humidity or not, 40 degrees is still bloody hot!

[Mark L]

It's simple really. I think you should pull up stumps and move to Mudgee.

[Tannin]

Plenty of 40 degree days in Mudgee, unless I moss my guess.

[Geoff79]

I'll take 40 degrees and 26% all day long. It's the typical (for this time of year in FNQ) 35 degrees and 95% than knocks me round. Very hard to take.

But I suppose it's what you get used to: here in the south we mostly get a dry heat and are accustomed to it. Mind you, low humidity or not, 40 degrees is still bloody hot!

Wasn’t sure enough to comment as I know heaps about nothing, but I also thought the humidity was very appealing.

I remember visiting Port Douglas /Cairns region in February and as hot as the air temp was, the humidity must have been knocking on one hundred percent’s door, and that was just lethal. Not felt anything like that, including Thailand, which would rate a sweaty second.

[Dan05]

Wow that will melt your icecream! I’ll be fine down here in Sydney with the dust and wind.


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[Cargo]

I'll take 40 degrees and 26% all day long. It's the typical (for this time of year in FNQ) 35 degrees and 95% than knocks me round. Very hard to take.

But I suppose it's what you get used to: here in the south we mostly get a dry heat and are accustomed to it. Mind you, low humidity or not, 40 degrees is still bloody hot!

I prefer the humidity I think ... The dry heat is life sapping

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It's simple really. I think you should pull up stumps and move to Mudgee.

Sorry Mark Ain't gonna happen ... way to dry for me

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Wasn’t sure enough to comment as I know heaps about nothing, but I also thought the humidity was very appealing.

I remember visiting Port Douglas /Cairns region in February and as hot as the air temp was, the humidity must have been knocking on one hundred percent’s door, and that was just lethal. Not felt anything like that, including Thailand, which would rate a sweaty second.

You love it or hate it .... I'm a lover of it

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Wow that will melt your icecream! I’ll be fine down here in Sydney with the dust and wind.


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I'll be testing that out today

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And we are in for round 2 today ..... Predicted to be hotter than yesterday !!!!
One of my neighbours lost a heaps of chooks yesterday and the flying foxes that roost in the city are falling from the trees dead
Also one of the vets reported losing 4 dogs to heat stress ....
Its pretty full on .... Stay cool and hydrated all you North Queenslanders

[Ionica]

Recently visited our younger daughter in Darwin, and found it more than hot enough ( c. 35 , and hot nights ) . Decided going there for Christmas there would not be happening. Much prefer cooler weather.

[Mark L]

Plenty of 40 degree days in Mudgee, unless I moss my guess.

It is not overly common here and less humidity compared to Queensland helps also. Maybe 5 or six days over summer hit 40 degrees. As things heat up it is becoming more common though.

[Glenda]

Indoor and air-con is definitely the way to go Cargo. Hot here also and combined with the hazy, smoky skies from the nearby fires it feels even hotter and like you are breathing through a piece of muslin. Our humidity is about 88% and that's the killer for me.

[Tannin]

I think of Mudgee, probably rather unfairly, as a hot place simply because of the first time I visited. It was early summer and very hot n inland NSW. I'd driven a long way and stopped in Mudgee for lunch. Hot, hot, hot. I went down to the river and slept badly and uncomfortably under a tree for a little while, then staggered into action and had a bit of a go at photographing your friendly local kingfisher. Eventually, rested but not much refreshed, I drove on. I don't think it would have been 40 that day, probably 37 or 38.

Two or three degrees doesn't sound much, but there is quite a difference between 37 and 40. And going from 40 to 42 hits you like a hammer.

One of these days - it could be this year - you'll get a bad heat wave like the one we had on Black Saturday when Melbourne hit 46 and even notoriously cold Ballarat went over 44, and it will be seriously nasty. 46 degrees? 48? God help the wildlife in the nearby forests when that happens. And I do mean "when", not "if". Only a matter of time now.

Yet we still have a disgraceful do-nothing government desperately pretending that climate change doesn't exist. Fondling lumps of coal and and finding every excuse imaginable to delay, avoid, and downright cheat, and pointing at everyone but themselves.

[Cargo]

Indoor and air-con is definitely the way to go Cargo. Hot here also and combined with the hazy, smoky skies from the nearby fires it feels even hotter and like you are breathing through a piece of muslin. Our humidity is about 88% and that's the killer for me.

Its cooled a little now although the humidity is much higher .... I hope you and yours are all safe from the fires ravaging you part of the world Glenda.
Its been a week of extremes country wide ... Sydney flooding this morning !!

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Two or three degrees doesn't sound much, but there is quite a difference between 37 and 40. And going from 40 to 42 hits you like a hammer.

One of these days - it could be this year - you'll get a bad heat wave like the one we had on Black Saturday when Melbourne hit 46 and even notoriously cold Ballarat went over 44, and it will be seriously nasty. 46 degrees? 48? God help the wildlife in the nearby forests when that happens. And I do mean "when", not "if". Only a matter of time now.

Yet we still have a disgraceful do-nothing government desperately pretending that climate change doesn't exist. Fondling lumps of coal and and finding every excuse imaginable to delay, avoid, and downright cheat, and pointing at everyone but themselves.

[Geoff79]

Pretty much every time I’ve been to Mudgee it’s been on the verge of snow! Not sure I ever went there or Hill End any time near summer...

Good story.

[Cargo]

Pretty much every time I’ve been to Mudgee it’s been on the verge of snow! Not sure I ever went there or Hill End any time near summer...

Good story.

Snow and dry heat !!!! My worst nightmare

[Liney]

I was driving into Longreach on the day, 40+ and a strong wind. The weather could be described as "fan oven"