Interesting and Typical Events
21 December, 1994
The
temperature
went over 40 degrees celsius at around
10:30 a.m. and remained above 40 degrees celsius until around 7:15 p.m.
The maximum temperture was about 45 degrees celsius at around 3 p.m.
Just after 815 p.m. the temperature dropped more than 10 degrees celsius
in less than 15 minutes.
Why?
Look at the
wind direction!
3 February, 1995
A
similar
shaped temperature curve to 21 December, 1994.
One difference between the two days is the
relative humidity.
28 February - 8 March, 1995
It rained everyday.
Have a look at the
relative humidity and
temperature over the same
period.
18 July - 1 September, 1995
No rain was recorded for 46 days. The rain that broke this dry spell fell on the 2nd September, 1995. The earlier part of July was also very dry.
During August there was a period of increasing temperature where the daily maxima went from around 15 degrees celsius to around 30 degrees celsius.
Relative Humidity - Precipitation
What do you expect the relative humidity to be at the
surface when it is raining?
Why?
Have a look at some days to see if you are right.
For example:
15 February, 1995.
Other recent events in Sydney and NSW
For other recent climatological and meteorological events in Sydney and NSW look at the Bureau of Meteorology’s archive of Media Releases.
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