It has been an interesting summer here in Melbourne. We spent most of the summer trying to keep out of the oven hot temperatures with the hair dryer winds, including three consecutive days in the mid 40s (that's around 110F) with high winds. In the months of January and February we received only a few mm of rain in Melbourne (normal is about 80-90mm for that period). At the start of February there was a further windy 40+ day followed by a windy cool change that resulted in the deadliest and most destructive forest fires in Australia's history...
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