Surprisingly hot temperatures
This month has been quite hot in many parts of Australia. It’s not been too bad here where temperatures usually did not go over 34°C (93°F), but in other parts of Australia it has been quite unbearable. Sydney got to a maximum of 45.8°C (114.4) on 18 January. One night there it was still 35°C (95°) at midnight and hundreds crowded Bondi beach at night to stay cool.
Even though temperatures were much lower here I was surprised at how hot some things outside got that were in direct sunlight. All the photos below where taken using my infrared thermometer that I used in the previous post about interesting temperatures.

The temperature of the concrete path at the back of our house was around 60°C (140°F). I didn’t expect it to be warmer than the road as it is not as dark and I expected that it would reflect more heat, but perhaps it gets some reflected heat of the rear of the house.

The bark on this tree was 42°C (107°F). Not that much higher than the surrounding air. I assume the dark bark absorbed the heat .

The temperature of the bottom of our wheelbarrow was very hot at 66°C (151°F). I expected the water in the corner may have kept the temperature lower, but not so.

And finally a reading straight up. Just as in previous times that I have done this there is very little heat to be measured. This time it was only -21°C (-6°F)
Posted on January 28, 2013, in Science and tagged Australia, hot, Infrared thermometer, Temperature, Thermometer, weather. Bookmark the permalink. Comments Off on Surprisingly hot temperatures.