Widespread heatwave conditions leave residents sweltering across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales
soared past 40C before 10am on Monday as widespread heatwave conditions hit Adelaide and Melbourne and had parts of New South Wales bracing to endure their hottest December day on record.had already reached its forecast maximum of 38C by 10am, after only dropping to 29.8 degrees overnight.in the Murraylands region to the east of Adelaide, reached 41.1C at 9.43am. Edinburgh, in the outer north of Adelaide, hit 41C at 9.55am. Parafield reached 40.8C at 9.48am, while Renmark airport hit 40.
In Melbourne the central business district was 30 degrees by 9am, with temperatures still rising. If the city reached 41C as forecast, it could be theMuch of state’s south-east, particularly inland areas, were already sweltering by mid morning. In the north, Mildura had clocked 33C at 9am and passed 40C by mid-morning.Ivanhoe and Wilcannia, in western NSW, were expected to be the hottest places in Australia and could experience their hottest December day on record.
Wilcannia’s previous December record was 46.4C in 2005 and Ivanhoe’s 46.2C in 2019. “We’ll be keeping an eye on the mercury through there today,” How said. “There is extreme fire danger all the way from the Mount Lofty Ranges in Adelaide through the south-east of SA, all western Victorian districts, and then central Victoria, that includesAlthough a cool change would bring relief from the heat, How said, it wasn’t expected to reach Adelaide until late afternoon or early evening and was expected to reach Melbourne about 7pm.
On Monday, across many locations, maximum temperatures could be 8C to 16C above average for this time of year, How said., according to the BoM, with the climate crisis making heatwaves longer and more intense and increasing the number of extremely hot days.
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