February 26, 2010
Sydney sweats through hottest night in 13 years
February 23, 2010 Sweaty. Sticky. Uneasy. These are all words that could easily be applied to the temperatures endured by Sydneysiders overnight, before a morning change injected some cool relief. The city stayed above 26 degrees for most of the night, even increasing to 29 degrees just before 9am, Sam Terry Meteorologist with The Weather Company, a Fairfax Media company, said. This allowed Sydney to have its warmest minimum in 13 years; the sixth warmest on record (150 years). If the air-conditioning had failed at Sydney Airport, travellers would have experienced similar conditions to the city. The airport dropped to only 25 degrees, making it the warmest morning in 69 years. …
