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David Karoly: Sydney was Hot in 1791

July 27, 2009 By jennifer

Watkin Tench of the Royal Marines detailed a heatwave powered by north-westerly winds that howled for three days… “an immense flight of bats, driven before the wind … dropped dead or in a dying state, unable longer to endure the burning state of the atmosphere”…  temperature was 101 degrees Fahrenheit, or 38.3 Celsius.  Read more here.

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  1. Tim Curtin says

    July 28, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    David Karoly seems to have had a damascene conversion, else how could it have been that hot in Sydney in 1790 without much CO2 aloft? Well done anyway, great story.

  2. janama says

    July 29, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    Karoly has a special interest in heat – he’s on Fletcher Insulation’s payroll 😉

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