It's now 9:15pm and still 25°C outside (76F). Tomorrow is meant to be much cooler at 26°C instead of the 38°C (102F) it peaked at today.
There's even the threat of rain on the horizon for this coming week. Yippee. We badly need it. Since the 1st January, we've had 87.1mm of rain in TOTAL. Yep, that's all and most of that fell in the first few days of the new year. 87mm is 3½inches btw.
This picture shows our rainfall at our house. We have an online weather station. 3.8mm of rain so far this month is all condensation on foggy mornings! No rain so far this month.
This is why fish are dying in vast numbers.
caseydog the big rivers are not getting fresh water into them because it hasn't rained here. No fresh water means they are running dry and low, and heating up very easily in this heatwave. The rivers in the news are wide estuary rivers that would usually be topped up with rain water frequently. Right now it simply isn't raining and to top it off, the humidity is very low as well. Today saw 17% humidity at 38°C (102F). No rain in this part of Australia but other areas are flooded that shouldn't be.
My pears and apple are around a quarter to a third of their size in previous years due to lack of water.
My flowering plants are only alive because I recycle almost all grey water. Very little goes into the septic tank, mostly only the toilet on the rare occasion it gets flushed. Even the dirtiest of grey water can be allowed to settle overnight and then used to water roses/flowers or the lawn (keeping the lawn alive & green is a tried and tested fire hazard reduction in rural areas).
Right now fish don't stand a chance.
