Extreme weather events in Melbourne

A church destroyed by the 1918 Brighton tornado
Flash flooding in the intersection of Flinders and Spencer Streets during the 2010 Melbourne thunderstorm.

Extreme weather events in Melbourne, Australia have occurred on multiple occasions. The city has experienced a number of highly unusual weather events and extremes of weather. An increase in heat waves and record breaking temperatures over the last decade has led to much discussion over the effects of climate change in the country.[1][2]

List of weather events

Highest temperatures

Candles suffering the effects of Melbourne's hottest recorded temperature of 46.4 °C (115.5 °F) on 7 February 2009

Many of the hottest days recorded in Melbourne occurred during major heatwaves which precipitated large firestorms:

Melbourne's coldest temperature ever was −2.8 °C (27.0 °F) on 21 July 1869.[33]

References

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  12. On the edge of a cyclone
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  14. LOW-LEVEL SNOW, Bureau of Meteorology, archived from the original on 17 March 2009, retrieved 2010-11-28
  15. The day it snowed in Burwood, Burwood Bulletin, retrieved 2010-11-28
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  25. Hamish Townsend (7 February 2009). "City Swelters, records tumble in heat". Melbourne: The Age. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
  26. "SEVERE STORM - MELBOURNE, VICTORIA FEB 2011". Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub.
  27. "Emergency services clean up after storms lash Victoria, South Australia". AAP. 10 November 2011.
  28. "Tornado, hail as storms lash Melbourne". The Age (Melbourne). 25 December 2011.
  29. "Melbourne faces 10-day heatwave". The Age (Melbourne). March 6, 2013.
  30. "Melbourne records heatwave not seen for 100 years". ABC. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  31. "Melbourne, Victoria January 2014 Daily Weather Observations". Bureau of Meteorology.
  32. "Black Thursday.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 17 January 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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