Millions of people in southeastern Australia are sweating through a record-breaking heat wave. The heat this week is likely to be one for the history books. The heat began on Saturday January 24th. On Australia Day, three sites in South Australia and two in New South Wales broke their all-time temperature records. Ceduna reached a whopping 49.5°C in the shade—just 1.2°C off the highest temperature ever recorded in Australia.
Where did southern Australia’s record-breaking heat wave come from?
