Central Brisbane apparent temperature exceeds 41degC on Mon 22nd Jan 2024

Posted by Paul McArdle Monday, January 22 2024 Topic: 2024-01-22 QLD (massively higher!) all time max demand, Summer 2023-24 in the NEM

Went for a short walk to pick up the first printed drafts of the GSD2023 just before … and wow it was hot!

One of the team members was looking at our history of BOM weather observations (which we have for ~1000 measurement points around the NEM back to mid 2016, and supply to clients in tools like NEMreview and ez2view) and noted something of particular interest…

 

Long-range trend of daily maximum Apparent Temperature

Charging up NEMreview, here’s a quick trend of daily maximum Apparent Temperature for the ‘Brisbane’ measurement station … which happens to be located in Kangaroo Point close to the Pineapple Hotel, for those who know where it is.

2024-01-22-NEMreview-BrisbaneTemperature-LongTrend

There’s obviously a few spikes in there over a >7 year history … but the highest was 41.1 degC on 12th February 2017.

 

Recent range of Apparent Temperature

Here’s the same data, but raw over the past couple weeks (and adding in ‘Market Demand’ for comparison purposes):

2024-01-22-NEMreview-BrisbaneTemperature-Recent

Coincidentally, Apparent Temperature hit 41.1 degC at 11:30 (NEM time) this morning … so for the first time since February 2017 (and the day is only half done).

 

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Paul McArdle
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients. Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.

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