Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoAustralia sees hottest winter temperature on record, a brutal 107 degreeswww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down111
arrow-up1169arrow-down1external-linkAustralia sees hottest winter temperature on record, a brutal 107 degreeswww.washingtonpost.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareJoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down6·3 months agoI was curious about what happens to the roads at these temperatures and turns out, they melt. Oddly, this article seems to say last December nearly tipped 50, so not really sure what to believe about record setting. Either way, it’s not good.
minus-squaredaddybutter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·3 months agoWinter in Australia is June-August, so that December temp is their summer record.
minus-squareJoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoFunny how I even typed December and it didn’t click in my head it was a different season. Writing when tired isn’t a recipe for well thought comments evidently.
minus-squarenorimee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoDecember is summer for Australia. Because they are in the southern hemisphere their winter and summer are the opposite to seasons in europe and America. So last Australian SUMMER tipped 50°C. This WINTER it’s 41°C
minus-squareWHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·3 months agoExcept they don’t “melt” when properly sealed, as the article mentions. I mean, 107 is like a cool day in Phoenix or Tuscon during the summer.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoI’m guessing that they were not properly sealed because they did not expect those temperatures when they were built.
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoIt’s Australia though. It does get pretty toasty in summer. It’s just not expected to get that toasty in winter.
I was curious about what happens to the roads at these temperatures and turns out, they melt.
Oddly, this article seems to say last December nearly tipped 50, so not really sure what to believe about record setting. Either way, it’s not good.
Winter in Australia is June-August, so that December temp is their summer record.
Funny how I even typed December and it didn’t click in my head it was a different season.
Writing when tired isn’t a recipe for well thought comments evidently.
December is summer for Australia.
Because they are in the southern hemisphere their winter and summer are the opposite to seasons in europe and America.
So last Australian SUMMER tipped 50°C.
This WINTER it’s 41°C
Except they don’t “melt” when properly sealed, as the article mentions. I mean, 107 is like a cool day in Phoenix or Tuscon during the summer.
I’m guessing that they were not properly sealed because they did not expect those temperatures when they were built.
It’s Australia though. It does get pretty toasty in summer. It’s just not expected to get that toasty in winter.