To my friends in Sydney, my heartfelt condolences. You’ve just suffered through the second-hottest day on record.
Yep, the mercury got almost all the way to fucken 50C in parts of the city today, with Penrith clocking a whopping 47.3C at the worst part of the day. Richmond and Campbelltown clocked 46.3C and 44.6C respectively, and Observatory Hill in Sydney recorded 43.4C.
The only hotter day on record was in 1939, when Richmond reached the shocking high of 47.8C – at least we’ve got air-conditioned malls these days. Pray for our 1930s ancestors who had to suffer through this bullshit in neck-to-knee swimsuits.
#SydneyHeat: Sorry, in our earlier checks we missed a 47.8 degrees C temperature recorded at an old #Richmond station (now closed) in 1939. 47.3 today still beats the previous #Penrith record.
— Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales (@BOM_NSW) January 7, 2018
Still, approximately no-one is stoked about the near-record breaking heat ruining everyone’s weekends.
Hello everyone, I am pleased to report the city is on fire and the planet is boiling. pic.twitter.com/eqiCJE7vnh
— Benjamin Law 羅旭能 (@mrbenjaminlaw) January 7, 2018
very truthful and accurate location of #Sydney during this heat wave #sydneyweather #SydneyHeatWave pic.twitter.com/0Lr9bDTpwi
— Clem Hall (@channelclem) January 7, 2018
Remember the simpsons heatwave episode? That’s Sydney right now. 43.6 degrees. #SydneyHeatWave pic.twitter.com/flkiAHkuX6
— alysha (@intoghostin) January 7, 2018
It’s currently 42 degrees celcius outside and this is how it feels #SydneyHeatwave pic.twitter.com/2g6Xw7rcFR
— Rachel (@klootzakkeh) January 7, 2018
From this… to this. The phone overheated and needed to cool off. #SydneyHeatWave pic.twitter.com/e67ge5h9UI
— Taraustralis (@Taraustralis) January 7, 2018
Sydney right now #Sydney #hot #heatwave pic.twitter.com/xKCaUGzw3f
— Charles F Purcell (@CharlesFPurcell) January 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/anusha_srini/status/949836306363764736
Actually what it feels like when you go outside 🔥🔥🔥 #SydneyHeatwave pic.twitter.com/h5zXrjzx3x
— Steph Cowling (@stephcowling) January 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/JamColley/status/949874671083708416
At least we got some cute animal content out of it.
BABY IT’S HOT OUTSIDE: Animals at @tarongazoo beat the Sydney heat with ice blocks and mud baths. #TenNews pic.twitter.com/Q2Br3I9cW9
— 10 News First (@10NewsFirst) January 7, 2018
Even the otters at Taronga Zoo were feeling hotter … they were fed some prawn ice blocks while 8yo Fergus the hippo preferred a carrot confection. Pics: ABC News / Emily Laurence #SydneyHeatwave pic.twitter.com/Lh1Wt5hZ1m
— ABC Sydney (@abcsydney) January 7, 2018
One downside of living in the air-conditioned future: an over-demand on the power grid meant that 3000 homes throughout Sydney lost power, meaning that a bunch of people were slumming it ’30s style through a day that’d make Satan’s ballsack look like a pair of red, wrinkly ice cubes. Sorry, guys.
