As this blog is a weather-loving gardener's journal of record, and it being the official, history-of-the-universe hottest day ever recorded in Sydney of 45.8°C, which is 114.44°F on the other scale, I just have to tell the world how hot it was today. It was hot, hot, hot. Blast furnace hot. Weak at the knees after 10 steps hot. I've never felt anything like it before, hope I won't again, but suspect I will if I make it to next summer.
And, please let me also take this chance to record the much less newsworthy fact that here in Marrickville, our humble little thermometer made it all the way to 45.0, which is easily the hottest day since we moved in here back in 1991.
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| Here's the proof. That's as high as the temperatures rose here. My biggest worry was Pammy who was 'out there' in the city, seeing a client, then doing some shopping. When she arrived home after her bus trip and short trudge up the hill she looked utterly spent. "Just sitting in the bus, which had air-con on (and it wasn't making any difference) the sweat was dripping off me. I have never been so hot," she said. |
I hope all my Sydney gardening friends end up with a similar 'slightly scorched here and there but most things survived' story to tell.
4 comments:
Yep, sure was a hot one today - even worse in Western Sydney. Most of my balcony garden plants look OK...I gave everytyhing a water this morning and they'll get a dousing later tonight too.
That's good news Missy Piggy. Balconies can be really hot spots, so if they're looking good now, you've made it!
Envious of that late afternoon rain you got there in Marrickville Jamie. We didn't get any here in Ingleburn, so I was out there reviving all the plants late last night after the cool change whipped through. A good downpour might be just what we need. We've had a few of those scorcher days here in the outer suburbs, so the plants although crisped up in places are just hanging in there, but I do wonder how much more of thIs heat they can take!
I dont envy you that heat at all. I do hope it passes for you soon. Here we have snow and more forecast for the following week. Somewhere between us someone must have jut perfect glorious weather
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