Australia Swelters as Heat Records Tumble

December 28, 2018 0:41 AM
Reuters

SYDNEY —
Australia looks set to sweat through one of its hottest Decembers ever, the national weather bureau said Friday, prompting fire bans, health warnings and big crowds trying to cool off at beaches.

As the country’s hottest town, Marble Bar in the remote northwest, endured its warmest day ever, forecasters said the heat would spread southeast where the big cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide would endure monthly average temperatures up to 16 degrees Celsius higher than usual.

The capital, Canberra, was bracing for its hottest December day on record — 39C (102F) — Saturday.

“We’re going to see December records tumbling,” said Diana Eadie, a meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology. “We’re definitely not out of it yet, in fact I would say it’s going to be peaking over more populated areas this weekend.”

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