# What a lovely balmy day to start the New Year **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918 "2006-01-01T02:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/1 "2006-01-01T02:34:34Z")
Check out the [NSW weather observations](http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN65188.shtml#SM) for today. 42.3C (108F) where I am and it’s only 1:30, so should get even hotter before 5:00. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/2 "2006-01-01T03:53:08Z")
Bankstown Airport 43.1 And I need to go shopping. Hmm… ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/3 "2006-01-01T06:40:33Z")
It was so “balmy” here in Las Vegas, on New Year’s Eve day, that half of our Christmas decorations came flying down and crashing. We’re hoping the winds die down in the next hour and a half to allow for the fireworks - they won’t happen if the winds are over 10 mph, and today they reached over 40 mph! It is nice and warm for the season…mid 60’s…so quite happy about that…will be better weather to walk a few blocks tomorrow to try to find the rest of my Christmas decorations. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/4 "2006-01-01T08:27:19Z")
7.30pm and it’s still 41 at my place. Please, please let the cool change arrive soon. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/5 "2006-01-01T08:41:30Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > 7.30pm and it’s still 41 at my place. Please, please let the cool change arrive soon. It went through [Nowra](http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN65092/IDN65092.94750.shtml) at 7:00. From 38.2 to 26.5 in 7 minutes. It’s coming. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/6 "2006-01-01T08:53:16Z")
Last reading from my local Automatic Weather Station (Canterbury) is still 40.3C (at nearly 8pm!!), but I think I can feel a bit of cool wind coming up as I type this. Gawd, I hope so. Might be able to get some sleep tonight… ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/7 "2006-01-01T11:43:40Z")
The winds have come to the Central Coast! Just in time to fan the bushfires! We can see them from our house and I feel like I live in a bar because of the smoke. There’s enough stuff between us and them, though, that we’re safe. Oh, but the cool winds…aaaaaaaaahhhhhh. Six months pregnant, no air conditioning, and the hottest New Years on record was not a good combo. I think I ate about 20 gallons of ice today. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/8 "2006-01-01T12:03:58Z")
The mid-Atlantic coast is quite mild for this time of year - our low right now is considerably higher than the normal low. By next weekend. we’ll be below average again, but we’ve got 2 or 3 days above freezing. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/9 "2006-01-01T12:38:24Z")
I have never seen weather like this. Have a look at the [Sydney Harbour](http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN65092/IDN65092.95766.shtml) readings (in reverse): 23:00 23.3 22:30 24.0 22:00 24.6 21:30 25.2 21:15 27.5 21:13 28.8 21:10 31.4 21:09 33.5 21:00 38.9 20:36 36.0 20:30 30.1 20:00 26.9 19:30 26.8 19:00 26.9 18:30 27.8 18:00 27.2 17:30 29.0 17:00 31.1 16:30 30.3 16:17 31.3 16:02 36.3 16:00 42.1 In Melbourne yesterday they changed the forecast maximum down to 33C when the Southerly hit early but later revised it up to 42C when afternoon temperatures rose. ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/10 "2006-01-01T13:29:35Z")
Melbourne was sweltering yesterday - over 42 deg C (108 deg F) where I am for the second day in a row, and still 30 something at midnight. Sleep was very hard! Then today the cool change came through with rain. Does anything smell as good as rain on parched soil? We garden 2 acres, surrounded by 16 acres of bush, so we live for rain. The new year started with heaven! Happy new year to all! Lynne ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/11 "2006-01-01T13:37:19Z")
> [@lynne-42](#): > > Melbourne was sweltering yesterday - over 42 deg C (108 deg F) where I am for the second day in a row, and still 30 something at midnight. Sleep was very hard! > > Then today the cool change came through with rain. Does anything smell as good as rain on parched soil? We garden 2 acres, surrounded by 16 acres of bush, so we live for rain. The new year started with heaven! > > Happy new year to all! > > Lynne And it waited until the Fall’s Festival was over. I know so many people who went it is hard to believe that it is an interstate event. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/12 "2006-01-01T13:49:09Z")
Not to derail all you Aussies, but it’s supposed to be 80 F in Dallas today. And that’s 2 weeks after the start of “winter.” ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/13 "2006-01-01T14:35:17Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > Not to derail all you Aussies, but it’s supposed to be 80 F in Dallas today. And that’s 2 weeks after the start of “winter.” In the early 70s, the town of Lithgow, 100 miles west of Sydney, had a white Christmas. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/14 "2006-01-01T18:58:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Not to derail all you Aussies, but it’s supposed to be 80 F in Dallas today. And that’s 2 weeks after the start of “winter.” 80 F in Houston, too, and muggy as all heck. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/15 "2006-01-01T19:19:54Z")
Can we trade weather for a while? Here’s my 7-day forecast: > [@The National Weather Service](#): > > Today: Rain then rain showers. Probability of measurable precipitation 90 percent. Southeast wind 24 mph. High 48. > > Tonight: Rain showers. Probability of measurable precipitation 90 percent. Southeast wind 21 gusting to 24 mph. Low 41. > > Monday: Rain showers. Probability of measurable precipitation 70 percent. South wind 12 mph. High 48. > > Monday Night: Rain showers. Probability of measurable precipitation 70 percent. South wind 8 mph. Low 38. > > Tuesday: Rain. Probability of measurable precipitation 60 percent. Southeast wind 9 mph. High 48. > > Tuesday Night: Rain. Probability of measurable precipitation 80 percent. Low 38. > > Wednesday: Rain. Probability of measurable precipitation 60 percent. High 48. > > Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Probability of measurable precipitation 50 percent. Low 38. > > Thursday: Cloudy. Chance of rain. Probability of measurable precipitation 50 percent. High 48. > > Thursday Night: Rain. Probability of measurable precipitation 60 percent. Low 39. > > Friday: Rain. Probability of measurable precipitation 60 percent. High 47. > > Friday Night: Rain. Probability of measurable precipitation 60 percent. Low 39. > > Saturday: Cloudy. Chance of rain. Probability of measurable precipitation 40 percent. High 47. > > Saturday Night: Cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Probability of measurable precipitation 50 percent. Low 39. > > Sunday: Cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Probability of measurable precipitation 50 percent. High 47. Feel free to copy and paste that list a few times if you want the forecast for the next couple of months. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-balmy-day-to-start-the-new-year/337918/16 "2006-01-01T21:43:49Z")
> [@Hunter Hawk](#): > > Can we trade weather for a while? Given our long running drought, I’d gladly trade weather with anyone who’s expecting constant rain for weeks on end.