Once, in Sydney, in mid-summer, about New Year's Day, the mercury went up to 106 deg.

in the shade, and that is Sydney's memorable hot day.

That would about tally with Little Rock's hottest day also, I imagine.

My Sydney figures are taken from a government report, and are trustworthy.

In the matter of summer weather Arkansas has no advantage over Sydney, perhaps, but when it comes to winter weather, that is another affair.