45 C in Melbourne today

[Bobby]

Our Green energy can't cope:

https://wattclarity.com.au/articles/202 ... uary-2026/

Update: As at 6:30pm NEM time (or 7:30pm Melbourne time) the ABC are reporting that the number of properties in Victoria experiencing distribution-level outages has grown to 63,000+


the Victorian region has now gone on to set a new all-time maximum demand record this evening. The previous benchmark of 10,496 MW, which had stood for 17 years, was ultimately surpassed as extreme heat across the state drove intense cooling load through the late-afternoon and evening peak.

I blame Labor.

[Bobby]

https://www.smh.com.au/national/victori ... 5nx5j.html

Several temperature records were broken in Victoria on Tuesday. The Mallee town of Walpeup recorded 48.9 degrees at 3.36pm, and Hopetoun in the southern Mallee region recorded the same at 4.04pm. Hopetoun held the previous record, which was 48.8 degrees recorded on Black Saturday in 2009.

Parts of Melbourne surpassed a forecast of 45 degrees.

More than 100,000 properties were without power across Victoria on Tuesday night, and thousands of homes in the state’s south-west may be without electricity for days after the Otway bushfire crippled one of the main power lines in the region.

A 17-year-old record for electricity demand was broken in Victoria, but Energy and Resources Minister Lily D’Ambrosio said the state had sufficient reserves to meet its needs.
A total fire ban will be in effect in the Wimmera and North East districts on Wednesday, as hot, dry and windy conditions persist, making it difficult to control bushfires.

[Bobby]

It's 20 C this morning - I survived - my power didn't go out -
like many unfortunate people.

My aircon couldn't cope by the end of the day -
it got up to 28 C inside.
At that stage it was late at night and cooler outside so
I switched the aircon off - opened the front and back door -
put a fan on to bring the cooler air inside and helped it along by putting
my bathroom ceiling fans on.
That also blew hot air out of the roof.
What a terrible day/night.
No one lives in Melbourne for the weather.

[Black Orchid]

Too hot for me! Glad you didn't lose power though.

[Bobby]

Too hot for me! Glad you didn't lose power though.

Thanks BO.

[Bobby]

Bricks & concrete in houses act as heat reservoirs, thermal mass.

I noticed it this morning.
The temperature inside was 22 C after airing the place for many hours using a fan.

Then after going out for an hour and coming back
the temp had climbed to 25 C inside.

I think we'd all be a lot cooler with weatherboard houses -
they don't hold the heat from summer heatwaves.
Other than that - shade cloths on all sun exposed bricks.
I used to do that at my former place and it worked well.
Before that the bricks would get so hot that steam
would come off them when I hosed them with water.

[Bobby]

We are in a drought right now - that explains it.


https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne ... 31209ea0dc

Severe drought, fire fears for eastern states as Australia
stares down likely El Nino in 2026,

Sky News predicts
Australia's scorched eastern states are set to fry further in 2026,
according to a Sky News analysis that puts the chance of an El Nino forming this year as high as 75 per cent.

Rob Sharpe
Sky News Australia Meteorologist
4 min read
January 28, 2026 - 5:00AM


South-eastern Australia is experiencing one of its worst heatwaves on record as drought lingers and fires burn.

And there are signs that conditions will get even worse in the next 12 months.

I can reveal that La Nina is about to end and an El Nino is on the horizon. 

Drought and fire
South Australia, Victoria and parts of New South Wales and Tasmania have endured drought for much of the past two years.

The dry landscape has played a key role in the current fire situation in Victoria – the worst since the last major drought which culminated in the Black Summer of 2019/20. 

During spring many of the hardest hit drought regions got decent rainfall, but the substantial falls hoped for didn’t materialize. 

The key was the Sudden Stratospheric Warming event from October to December. 

It brought extra cold fronts to southern Australia – particularly benefiting Tasmania. 

However, it reduced rainfall in NSW – seeing its driest spring in six years.

[Black Orchid]

Shocking! No thanks!