The average maximum temperature was 105.6 Fahrenheit, topping the previous 2013 record of 104.5 Fahrenheit
The average maximum temperature across the country on Tuesday was 40.9 degrees Celsius , according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology -- beating the previous 2013 record of 40.3 Celsius .That's just the average nationwide figure -- the heat has spiked even higher in some places, like the town of Ceduna in South Australia, which hit 45.5 degrees Celsius .
The fires have been burning for two months now. They have destroyed more than 760 homes and damaged nearly 300 more, left four people dead, and potentially killed hundreds of koalas and other wildlife. "More country has been burned, more homes lost, three times more homes lost than our worst previous fire season in history and the fires are still burning," said Greg Mullins, former NSW Fire and Rescue commissioner, on Tuesday.
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