The centre of our largest urban heat island reached 34.2 on 6 Apr 2016 topping 33.9 from 5 Apr 1986.
Other stations I have checked that were open in 1986 were all hotter in April 1986.
Sydney Airport 34.7 on 6 Apr 2016 but 35.7 on 4 Apr 1986
Bankstown AP 35.8 on 6 Apr 2016 but 36.9 on 4 Apr 1986
Parramatta Nth 35.2 on 6 Apr 2016 but 37 on 4 Apr 1986
Richmond RAAF(067105) 36.6 on 6 Apr 2016 but Richmond RAAF(067033) 38.2 on 4 Apr 1986
The ABC TV weather news was beating up Penrith but that station did not open until 1995 and there seems to be no other Penrith station – tough – what liars.
Looking at the state I have checked Goulburn, Condobolin, Cobar, Bourke – the first 3 were all hotter in Apr 1986. Bourke Post Office was hotter 3 times between 1906 and 1922. So just now I can not find that 6 April made a record hot day anywhere in NSW except Sydney Obs Hill – any suggestions? This would be remarkable.
Possibly too many hot caffe lattes being consumed on the lawn and in the rotonda near the Observatory in Sydney?
Warwick
The proof is here – April 4th, 1986.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=maxanom&year=1986&month=4&day=4&period=daily&area=ns
And 4 out of the top April max temps were in 1986.
www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/climate/extremes/daily_extremes.cgi?period=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fclimate%2Fextremes%2Fdaily_extremes.cgi&climtab=tmax_high&area=nsw&year=2016&mon=4&day=7
Thanks Ian – so it appears that during the scorching NW winds out of central Australia then across NSW last Wednesday 6 Apr 2016 – Observation Hill in central Sydney recorded the only hottest ever April day record across all of NSW???
What a stunning fact to digest.
Daily Extremes 6 Apr 16
www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/climate/extremes/daily_extremes.cgi?period=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fclimate%2Fextremes%2Fdaily_extremes.cgi&climtab=tmax_high&area=nsw&year=2016&mon=4&day=6
Aust map 4 Apr 86 – yes much more intense than Wednesday and much further south.
www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=maxanom&year=1986&month=4&day=4&period=daily&area=nat
Maximum “recorded” temperature.
I’m still waiting for the Global Warming extremists to tell me which race of people caused the temperature to rise so much that all the plants died and ultimately created the nasty hydrocarbons that the Global Warmers enjoy each and every day.
Can we deny these Global Warmers the benefits if fossil fuels and deny them:-
– textiles
– clean running water
– computers
– electricity (unless they generate it themselves)
– cars
– trains
– aeroplanes
– processed food
-housing
– anything that uses fossil fuel in manufacture!