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Cooler end to summer predicted
The overnight minimum in Mount Gambier was five degrees. That’s the usual winter average minimum and six degrees lower than the January average. For the period from February to April, the Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting cooler than average daytime temperatures in the southeast of the country. After last year’s…
January 24 2010, 1:33am | Comments »
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There are two amazing stories coming out of Britain at the moment. The affair between the First Minister of Northern Ireland’s wife, Iris Robinson, and Kirk McCambley is extraordinary. She was 59 and he was 19. According to The Guardian: “Mrs Robinson’s transgression was the more astonishing given the controversy…
January 8 2010, 5:51pm | Comments »
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According to the Weather Channel, a warm end to 2009 has seen it become the third hottest year on record for Australia. The winter of 2009 was the country’?s hottest on record, with the average winter maximum temperature 1.6° above average. The July to December period was also the warmest…
December 30 2009, 11:12pm | Comments »
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Mount Gambier had a very wet August. Many long-term locals tell me it’s like the winters they used to have. Total rainfall for the month was 137mm on 26 days (statistic here). That’s more than five inches on the old scale. The average August rainfall is 94mm and the wettest…
September 4 2009, 2:00am | Comments »
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The first sign of a premature end to winter was the sneezing. My allergies flared up earlier than usual this year. Confirmation came this weekend with the balmy weather. The maximum temperature on Saturday was 22 degrees! That’s extraordinary for this time of the year. A similar day in January…
August 16 2009, 1:49am | Comments »
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July 13 2009, 4:49am | Comments »
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Autumn is my favourite season. It didn’t mean much at Kalgoorlie because of the arid climate, just shorter days and a lessening of the heat. We sort of missed autumn at Mount Gambier this year. March was fairly warm and we were out of town for most of April. When…
April 25 2009, 11:41pm | Comments »
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I’ve posted at various times about hot and cold weather by southern Australian standards. Whenever I feel cold or write about cold weather I’m conscious of my own experiences in both the Victorian Alps and Europe, also the readers of this blog from North America. A day of 10 degrees…
April 18 2009, 5:54am | Comments »
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Extreme climate events are definitely becoming more common. Nobody can argue sensibly to the contrary.Whatever the cause of climate change, it is impossible to deny.Mount Gambier normally has one day above 40 degrees each year. That record appears likely to be smashed in 2009.While the region swelters through record-high temperatures…
January 29 2009, 5:16am | Comments »
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