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The New "Normal"

More Crazy Weather! I wonder where the climate change deniers have been living? Today we had a very humid 34oC earlier in the day, followed by a hail storm which did little to relieve the heat. Just now though at 1 a.m. we have had what amounts to a tropical thunderstorm.  Here’s what we are supposed to be having at this time of year. It comes from a website entitled    “The facts about Tasmania’s weather. " The data, extracted from the web pages of the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology , is based on Hobart. The Tasmanian East Coast is milder, the West Coast wetter and the NW Coast windier. Yearly Mean Rainfall (mm) Highest total first Mean Daily Minimum Temperature °C Month of July Coldest city first Mean Daily Maximum Temperature °C Month of January Warmest city first Cairns 2,007 Canberra 0.0 Alice Springs 35.5 Darwin 1,666 Katoomba 2.5 Darwin ...

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