Hottest March Night On Record In Melbourne - Guardian

Melbourne sweltered through its hottest March night on record on Tuesday, hovering around 30C after reaching a peak of 38.6C in the city at 5pm. The temperature dropped to an overnight minimum of 27.7C at 8.45am Wednesday, just before the 6am cut-off for overnight temperatures.

It broke a previous record for the warmest overnight minimum of 26.5C, which was set on March 13, 2013. However the daytime maximum of 38.9C fell short of the March record of 41.5C, set in 1940. Sydney has also been unseasonably warm, with a record-breaking 31 days in a row above 26C. Canberra has had a daily maximum temperature of more than 30C for every day of March so far.

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Professor Will Steffan, from the Climate Council, said the heatwaves seen in south-eastern Australia “have the fingerprints of climate change all over them”.

“Without serious action on climate change, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra could all experience a doubling or tripling of days over 35C by 2070,” Steffan said. “But Australia’s emissions continue to go up in the absence of a credible plan to meet Australia’s commitments in Paris.

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http://www.theguardian.com/weather/2016/mar/09/melbourne-records-its-hottest-march-night-since-records-began