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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 118162 Melbourne Gender:	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #45 - Jan 27^th, 2026 at 10:07pm Sophia wrote on Jan 27^th, 2026 at 9:55pm: Aaahh, finally on news, we surpassed a 17 year record for power demand! Hence all the outages! And they keep closing down power stations! Our Green energy can't cope. I blame Labor.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25177 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #46 - Jan 28^th, 2026 at 4:10am I have an airconditioner in this room here. But it does not do much good. I could block off the hallway with a curtain and close the door to the tv room, and that does help keep the room comfortable. But, given that the airconditioner is so ageing, it is just better to endure the weather, rather than the electricity invoice.
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Reply #47 - Jan 28^th, 2026 at 8:08am

UnSubRocky wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 4:10am:

I have an airconditioner in this room here. But it does not do much good. I could block off the hallway with a curtain and close the door to the tv room, and that does help keep the room comfortable. But, given that the airconditioner is so ageing, it is just better to endure the weather, rather than the electricity invoice.

Not only that but you also become prisoner in your aircon home and suffer more when have to work outdoors.

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Reply #48 - Jan 28^th, 2026 at 12:16pm

'42.7°C in Melbourne just before 5pm, where the hottest air arrived later in the afternoon. Earlier, Australian Open matches on outside courts were suspended under the tournament’s extreme heat policy.'

Tennis Australia noted that the event was warm last year. It was warm the year before that in the Aust Open and rumours spread that it was linked to summer. (It gets warm in summer.) (In Australia). A spokesman hinted that this may be discussed at next year's pre-match chat. Any comments on summer are welcome.

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aquascoot Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 37560 Gender:	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #49 - Jan 28^th, 2026 at 2:25pm I've worked in the territory . After learning to cope with that SEQ even at 39 is a piece of cake . I've found those Columbia quick dry shirts are fantastic. He sweat really evaporates off them well. I think they use some new polyester omni wick . Omni shade . Technology. The barra fishos in the territory all wear them
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Reply #50 - Jan 28^th, 2026 at 2:45pm

Europeans at 42d. in tennis look like drips. There are other months such as May, October or July. There are 11 months. All are cooler than January. Tennis is cool.

January is typically the hottest month in Melbourne, with average daily maximum temperatures around 27.4, often exceeding 40during summer heatwaves. February is a close second, with similar, slightly more humid, and often sunny, hot conditions. Hot people feel hot.

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Reply #51 - Jan 29^th, 2026 at 1:59am

tallowood wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 8:08am:

UnSubRocky wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 4:10am:

I have an airconditioner in this room here. But it does not do much good. I could block off the hallway with a curtain and close the door to the tv room, and that does help keep the room comfortable. But, given that the airconditioner is so ageing, it is just better to endure the weather, rather than the electricity invoice.

Not only that but you also become prisoner in your aircon home and suffer more when have to work outdoors.

I have the aircon running right now, and the day has been quite reasonable. If I had to work outside, as is the case tomorrow, I will acclimatise in a short period of time.

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Daves2017 Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 3144 Gender:	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #52 - Jan 29^th, 2026 at 9:06am I’m finding the weather warm but it’s summer. I use a fan on the sticky hot days. Mostly at night. I avoid the afternoons western sun. That’s when it gets really warm up here.
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Reply #53 - Jan 29^th, 2026 at 9:26am

aquascoot wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 2:25pm:

I've worked in the territory .

After learning to cope with that SEQ even at 39 is a piece of cake .

I've found those Columbia quick dry shirts are fantastic. He sweat really evaporates off them well.

I think they use some new polyester omni wick . Omni shade . Technology.

The barra fishos in the territory all wear them

Everything is relative.
When there is 50+ in shade go out and stand under sun for half an hour or so then come back into shade and enjoy the relative coolness.
Repeat till you become complete troppo or dead Wink

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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 9517	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #54 - Feb 11^th, 2026 at 6:32pm Finally, it’s raining and a nice constant rain. What a relief! Everything is so dry and yellow. It’s been a long time since we had a decent rain since last year at some point. Can’t even remember last time it rained, we had such oppressive heat.
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Carl D Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10757 Rivervale, Perth Gender:	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #56 - Feb 11^th, 2026 at 8:31pm Very nice here in Perth at the moment, especially for February. https://reg.bom.gov.au/wa/forecasts/perth.shtml?ref=hdr Although I do believe tropical cyclone Mitchell (now ex tropical cyclone) is responsible. I'll enjoy the "cooler" weather while it lasts.
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Reply #57 - Feb 12^th, 2026 at 9:28am

Imagine waking up on a summer's morning and it 13°C outside at 9 in the morning. Even on a winter's morning, we here in Rockhampton would expect that kind of temperature at 9 in the morning. But, Hobart has that temperature right now.
I awaited pick up for my travel down to SEQld for the Christmas break. My shirt was drenched with sweat at 7 in the morning. It was like a sauna.
My electricity bill cost me double what I usually pay, because I left the airconditioner running for 3 days straight.
It feels like we may have a very cold winter coming up.

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Reply #58 - Feb 12^th, 2026 at 9:56am

UnSubRocky wrote on Feb 12^th, 2026 at 9:28am:

Imagine waking up on a summer's morning and it 13°C outside at 9 in the morning. Even on a winter's morning, we here in Rockhampton would expect that kind of temperature at 9 in the morning. But, Hobart has that temperature right now.
I awaited pick up for my travel down to SEQld for the Christmas break. My shirt was drenched with sweat at 7 in the morning. It was like a sauna.
My electricity bill cost me double what I usually pay, because I left the airconditioner running for 3 days straight.
It feels like we may have a very cold winter coming up.

Rockhampton being in the Tropic of Capricorn, I found it so humid the times I went there.
It must be going through that intense humidity again.
Interesting to see if you have a colder winter.

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Reply #59 - Feb 13^th, 2026 at 5:04pm

Sophia wrote on Feb 12^th, 2026 at 9:56am:

UnSubRocky wrote on Feb 12^th, 2026 at 9:28am:

Imagine waking up on a summer's morning and it 13°C outside at 9 in the morning. Even on a winter's morning, we here in Rockhampton would expect that kind of temperature at 9 in the morning. But, Hobart has that temperature right now.
I awaited pick up for my travel down to SEQld for the Christmas break. My shirt was drenched with sweat at 7 in the morning. It was like a sauna.
My electricity bill cost me double what I usually pay, because I left the airconditioner running for 3 days straight.
It feels like we may have a very cold winter coming up.

Rockhampton being in the Tropic of Capricorn, I found it so humid the times I went there.
It must be going through that intense humidity again.
Interesting to see if you have a colder winter.

Last year, the winter was above average temperatures. No minimum below 5°C. And they were few and far between. I had my doona out to cope with May to August nights. But I was overusing the doona for September to October nights. I gave up using the doona after mid-October. The year 2024 winter, I think was okay. But, I have not had a cold winter since some years ago.

Just the other day, I felt that feeling of "it's gonna be a cold winter" feeling. I will wager that we will have a 1°C night (or less) for winter 2026.

We have an approaching storm right now. I will be at work in the next hour. Tonight will be interesting.

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