Sydney's "big sweat" sets heatwave record

So why do you only post stories that show warming, and even then only with the assumed link to some sort of mythical man-made global warming? Look at the image I posted below showing temperature anomalies below normal. If that image had been red, would that have been more relevant? Cooling doesn't fit in with your religion, does it!
Well, I must say I don't find you boring - far from it!

Maree and Oodnadatta are not Sydney.

I live in Portland OR, but with less than a one hour drive I can be in places where the climate is dramatically different----and still be within the same state.

Come to think of it----I don't even need to drive, I can step out on my balcony and SEE them from here.

What I have shown is that prolonged heatwaves do happen in Australia, and the six-day heatwave experienced in Sydney was nothing new. South Australia has experienced hotter and longer heatwaves and therefore the six-day heatwave in Sydney cannot be viewed as anything untoward.

What you are doing is making a conclusion about the weather in Sydney based on readings taken somewhere else.

I can be in Pacific Coastal, Montane, Arctic Tundra, and High Desert environments and all of them are in the same state and within 60 miles of where I am at right now.

So you're saying that the fact that the heatwave was in Sydney is the important thing here? The fact that there have been hotter and more prolonged heatwaves in that country are irrelevant?

I don't know----I've never been to Sydney. But if you want to deny that Sydney is having a heat wave---use weather observations taken in Sydney---not somewhere else.

No-one is denying Sydney had a heatwave. The implication was that Sydney had a heatwave lasting six days, and that was unusual, unprecedented or whatever other term you want to apply to it. But the fact is Sydney's recent heatwave is nothing new - my point being Sydney's heatwave was less severe and of shorter duration than previous heatwaves and therefore should not be viewed as unusual.

Basing your assumption on weather observations from somewhere else is totally absurd. I have no idea where Maree or Oodnadatta are---or even how big the state Sydney is located in is----however, I do know that the states in Australia are VERY large indeed.

At any rate, it is the local topograpy that determines weather, You can find places right here that have as much as 20" per year rainfall difference and are less than 1/2 hour drive from each other. The difference is which side of the mountains they are on.

And yeah, it is hotter and drier in the desert than it is on the coast. That is why it is a desert.

Duhhhhhhhh.........................

What exactly is your point?
Yes, Australia is big.
Yes, there was a heatwave in Sydney.
Yes, South Australia is not Sydney.

Are you trying to tell me the heatwave in Sydney was something special, a product of man-made Global Warming? And what's all this about deserts? Who mentioned deserts?

You are the one who took weather observations from other places and said that a heat wave in Sydney is not unusual because other places have had more heat for longer duration. Apples and oranges.

I never said a word about global warming----you are the one trying to make that connection.

"I never said a word about global warming----you are the one trying to make that connection."
Only because the tags associated with this post include, "extreme weather", "climate trends" and "Endangered Earth".
I didn't take a weather observation from another place and attribute it to somewhere else, I merely pointed out that heatwaves have occurred in Australia that have been worse than the one in Sydney.

-----" I didn't take a weather observation from another place and attribute it to somewhere else,"-------

You don't huh?

--------" If you look at Australia's Bureau of Meteorology site you'll find a heatwave that was hotter, more widespread and more prolonged than this current one.
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Temperatures above 40°C are common in the north of South Australia in summer, but rarely for such a prolonged period as in the first half of January 1979.
The heatwave began on 31 December, and up until 15 January, maximum temperatures of at least 45°C were a daily occurrence in the north of the state, at places such as Marree and Oodnadatta.
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It sure looks to me like that is what you do.

I pointed out another heatwave that was both warmer and more prolonged than the one in Sydney.
That showed that the heatwave in Sydney was not unusual.

-------" That showed that the heatwave in Sydney was not unusual."--------

Then it wouldn't be a record if it was not unusual.

A record only as far as accurate records were kept. How sure are you that there wasn't a similar heatwave in the 1700s? As you have seen, heatwaves have been longer and warmer in Australia. Did you look into how temperatures were taken? Was UHI taken into account? Were the sensors placed in positions where accurate temperature readings would have been achieved?

Whatever.

Party on, dude.

Thanks, you too ;)