While roughing it in a motel in the wilds of central NSW I heard the ABC weather lady say that Adelaide was enjoying a record cold August morning – a record since 1888 I think.
Yesterday was a pretty hard frost here so I have quickly checked a few records and it looks to me as though Hay, Hillston and Lake Victoria have had record cold mornings. Can anybody add to this list ? Or have additional info re Adelaide – South Australian cold.
It will be easier to check when the Sunday contoured map of minimum anomalies comes available.
Hay – yesterday -3.8 prev coldest -2.5 on 2 Aug 1997
Hillston yesterday -4.6 prev cold -3.3 on 7 Aug 1963
Lake Victoria yesterday -2.5 prev cold -1.4 on 16 Aug 1967
I just checked Google which finds no news on this – what would we hear if it was a record hot day?
Cobar Airport shows a -4.6C for 3rd Aug which is the lowest Aug on record.
www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN60801/IDN60801.94710.shtml
However the DWO shows only -0.8C.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/IDCJDW2029.latest.shtml
This is probably taken from the the other Cobar station at
www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN60801/IDN60801.94711.shtml
which appears to have missing data for that period.
Both these stations at LWO will disappear soon.
According to BOM extremes data. 16.25% !! of NSW had a minimum cold record
picasaweb.google.com/110600540172511797362/TEMPERATURE2014#6043593362762036722
Now the media wouldn’t want to advertise that in case we misinterpreted/abandoned the AGW theory.
The BOM would not want that advertised
The link to those extreme min records is found here
www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/climate/extremes/extreme_graphs.cgi?graph=tmin&year=2014&mon=8&area=nsw&percent=LOR
Record minimum for Adelaide west terrace which is now closed is 0.9 deg c 7th August 1888
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=123&p_display_type=dailyDataFile&p_startYear=1979&p_c=-105877574&p_stn_num=023000
that record (0.9 degC)was equalled on the 4th August 2014 at new Kent town station which smashed that station record since 1977 which was 1.6 deg C since 1994..WOW
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=123&p_display_type=dailyDataFile&p_startYear=2014&p_c=-106707194&p_stn_num=023090
Thanks for your update Warwick. Good someone sees this as news worthy!!
Here is the minimum anomaly map for Sunday 3rd August 2014
– peak cold anomaly in South Australia north of Renmark. Apart from Yunta which only has data from 1998 – are there any stations with record cold on the 3rd?
Yes
Renmark – -5.2C compared to -1.0C (2 Aug 99/ records back to 1957)
+ Port Augusta and Hawker seem to have their lowest minimums.
so because there was a few cold days in one location in the world, the science of climate change is therefore complete crap eh?
Some more cold minimums today. Livinia has been mentioning the records. but not the run of them
Mildura has equalled or broken the min record over the past 4 days
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5th August 2014
MILDURA Airport (Victoria/ NSW border Australia)weather station opened in 1946
Number: 76031 Opened: 1946 Now: Open Lat: 34.24° S Lon: 142.09° E Elevation: 50 m
THe lowest minimum temp’ recorded since 1946 was minus- 2.3 on 1st August 1997
August 2014 MILDURA
the 2nd, 3rd and 4th ALL equalled the record at -2.3 deg C
and then , the 5th August 2014 broke the record at minus-3.1 deg c
Mildura has an older closed station
Station: Mildura Post Office Number: 76077 Opened: 1889 Now: Closed 31 Dec 1949 Lat: 34.18° S Lon: 142.20° E Elevation: 54 m
The lowest minimum at this site was minus – 4.4 deg c on 4th August 1904
source
www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/
CANBERRA 5th August 2014
min minus 7.6 deg C
Station: Canberra Airport Number: 70351 Opened: 2008 Elevation 577m
The record minimum is at the old Canberra airport station which was minus- 8.5 deg C in 1994
The news said the coldest minimum in 20 yrs
The magnitude of this cold event is seen clearly here
picasaweb.google.com/110600540172511797362/TEMPERATURE2014#6044000227171790130
For those who are expecting global cooling/cyclic downturn.. This data is encouraging
This downturn should continue until at least 2030 and some cycle researchers even suggest the next 100 yrs
The global warming cycle will never get any higher in the next 30 yrs for sure.
Less crops means less food and higher prices as the years kick on
Anthony Watts reports a record low max in Death Valley beating the previous record by an astonishing 15F.
Also, snowstorms in southern Urals cities in mid-July, the first in 100 years.
And George Bailey’s Super El Nino prediction was a complete bust, and per usual, all the models were wrong.
Finally, note in Warwick’s graphic the East and West were cold at the same time. A fairly rare occurence in winter.
Just imagine how cold these last few mornings down south in Aus would have been if it were not for global warming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Livinia on weather news said Adelaide had a record string of cold minima for August.
Can’t find this in the Adelaide news?… Nothing on weatherzone news?
Smog is apparently very bad in Sydney with this strong inversion.
The forecast is for the high pressure belt to remain strong 1032-1035 hpa for the remainder of the week. So could be more to talk about here.
Does the -7C for Canberra I heard on last night’s ABC news count? Oh, just noted Weathercycles note above. Anyway plenty of evidence of cold. However, the ABC and SBS are still promoting an El Nino and drought to cover the news about cold.
Here is some BOM data for you to monitor Warwick.
I noticed this minimum recored for Port Augusta is italicized suggesting it is up for review/scrutiny and the chop
Port Augusta Equal minimum record 1st Aug. 2014 beating 2013 record since records in 1958 and on the 2nd a whopping 1.8 deg c off the record ! on the 2nd August
picasaweb.google.com/110600540172511797362/BOMWeatherObs#6046584610952320354