Revolutionary Weather Reporting

Weather-nerds take note. I've created a new measurement of heat discomfort called the Luigi-hour. Take a reasonably comfortable temperature of 25 degrees Celsius as a baseline and for each hour during the day, sum the number of degrees above this base. This gives you a cumulative measure of the heat energy hitting you over the day and is more representative than the simplistic measure of a daily maximum and a daily minimum.

The rationale is obvious from today's 24 hour chart above. Although the maximum of 35 degrees was unpleasantly high, it only stayed there momentarily before the sea-breeze saved the day and blew away the heat. This gives today a discomfort rating of 54 Luigi-hours.

Compare that with a sultry day with a low maximum of 30 degrees but with low clouds holding the heat high late into the night. With eleven hours around 30 degrees, that could give you 55 Luigi-hours.

Take note, Bureau of Meteorology.