The Guardian reported that yesterday, March 9, was the hottest March day ever recorded in the town of Edithburgh on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia (41.7 degrees Celsius) and in the Kanagulk area (40.6 degrees Celsius) in western Victoria.
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the overnight low temperature in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, was 24.3C - the hottest night there since 1912.
Hobart records hottest March day since records began
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The overnight heat was "really unusual" for Hobart, where the average March nighttime low is 11C, according to agency meteorologist Sarah Scully. She said the maximum temperatures were between 10C and 16C above the March average in areas affected by the heatwave.
"Temperatures in Melbourne have been and will be above 37C over the long weekend. The extreme heat began on 9 March and is expected to continue until the early morning of 12 March," she said.
Temperatures will ease as a cold front from the south moves into Melbourne and southern Victoria on March 12, but the state's north and parts of South Australia will remain sweltering until March 14 as the high pressure system moves away.
“It's unusual for such intense heatwaves to occur at this time of year, but not unprecedented,” said Scully.
Event organisers across south-east Australia are worried about safety and cancelling events amid the ongoing heatwave.
One of the stages at the WOMADelaide music and arts festival in Adelaide, South Australia, had to close on March 10 due to the heat, while several other events were postponed until late at night or cancelled as temperatures reached nearly 40 degrees Celsius.
While the southeast swelters, people on the other side of the country are facing a completely different kind of extreme weather. In Western Australia, some areas have been warned of the possibility of flash flooding due to days of heavy rain.
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