Where's all that global warming gone?



Melbourne faces longest cold snap in 14 years. How come it got left out of "global" warming?

If you thought it was colder than normal, you're right: Melbourne is within reach of its longest cold snap in 14 years. If the temperature stays below 13 degrees today, Victoria's capital will mark its longest cold stretch since 1996. Back then, Melburnians shivered through seven days below 13 degrees.

If the temperature stays around the forecast 12 today, the city will mark six days under 13 degrees. But if you think that's bad, spare a thought for the Melbourne of 1894, whose residents suffered a freezing 21 consecutive days under 13 degrees - without central heating.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Stephen King said a high-pressure system had been hanging over the state for much of the week. The bureau has forecast a top of 14 tomorrow, but Mr King said there was still a chance Melbourne would equal the 1996 record.

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Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).

1 comment:

  1. That's a nice spring day here, or an "Indian Summer" warm snap.

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