Australia has broken a winter temperature record, with temperatures in the Kimberley region exceeding 40 degrees Celsius.
The hottest spot was Yampi Sound, which reached 41.6°C on Monday afternoon, breaking the previous Australian winter high of 41.2°C set in August 2020 at West Roebuck.
Unseasonal heat spread across northern Australia, pushing temperatures more than 11°C above normal in some places, like Roma in southern Queensland. The heat wave also led to a new South Australian record on Saturday, with Oodnadatta hitting 39.4°C.
The hot air mass is expected to move east, with parts of the Kimberley possibly exceeding 40°C again on Tuesday and Wednesday. Cities like Alice Springs, Sydney, Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, and Brisbane are all forecasted to experience near-record temperatures later this week.
This unusual winter heat is due to fewer cold fronts from the Southern Ocean, allowing a hot air mass to build over northern Australia. Climate change is also enhancing this heat, making record temperatures more likely.
Meanwhile, southern states are bracing for strong winds. Destructive gusts over 125 kilometers per hour are expected in Tasmania and Victoria on Tuesday, with dangerous winds spreading to eastern New South Wales on Wednesday. These wild winds are caused by a significant temperature difference between the warm air mass over Australia and the cold polar air in the Southern Ocean, creating powerful gales.
very interesting
I loved reading it because, I never knew that maybe chocolate might be gone in the future!
save the chocolate…
I enjoyed this reading because
it show what climate changes does!!
they might have to move most chocolate into a colder place, since the climate clock is getting low
so temperature might get higher.
i love chocolate
I’m allergic to dairy, but this makes me sad for my best friends all around NZ (don’t think it’s weird because I actually do). And my chocolate loving cousin, her name is Dana (I’m from South Korea and she told me how to spell her name in Korean but its not pronounced like Dana).
I know that there are chocolate lovers around the world so, poor them or if you like chocolate poor you (even though I’m allergic to dairy, or to make it easy dairy products: cheese, milk, butter etc).