When I experienced the 40++C temperature last year (2007/2008), I was glad that it only lasted for a day or two then followed by a cool change.

When the start of summer in Australia in 2008/2009 is cool, I was quite concerned that something BIG will happen. And it did! Melbourne is experiencing a very hot summer 4 days in a row!

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Started on Tue (27 Jan 09) with high of 36 C, then followed by 43 C on Wed (28 Jan 09), 44 C on Thu (29 Jan 09) and today (30 Jan 09), it’s expected to hit 43 C. In fact, it’s almost there as of the time I’m writing this post. The temperature is already reaching 41 C, 2 C shy of today’s maximum.

It’s so hard to sleep at night. The fan is pretty much useless as it’s blowing hot air. The air con is a great help but with it making so much noise at night, a good night sleep is almost unachievable. I woke up at 2am this morning to eat ice cream just to cool myself. That’s how hot it is…

Forecast for tomorrow (31 Jan 09) is expected to be less hot with maximum of 35 C. Man…. this is a very hot hot hot summer indeed.