The Guardian reported that yesterday March 9.3 was the hottest March day ever recorded in the town of Edithburgh on the Yorke Peninsula in the state of South Australia (3 degrees Celsius) and in the Kanagulk area (41,7 degrees Celsius) in the west Victoria state.
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the overnight low temperature in Hobart, Tasmania's capital, was 24,3 degrees Celsius - the hottest night there since 1912.
Hobart recorded its hottest day in March since data were recorded
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According to meteorologist Sarah Scully at the agency, hot nights are "really unusual" for Hobart, where the average March lowest night temperature is 3 degrees Celsius. She said the temperature The highest was about 11 to 3 degrees Celsius higher than the March average in areas affected by the heat wave.
“Temperatures in Melbourne have been and will be above 37C throughout the long weekend. The extreme heat started on March 9.3 and is expected to continue until the early morning of March 12.3," she said.
Temperatures will ease as a cold front from the south reaches Melbourne and southern Victoria on March 12.3, but the state's north and parts of South Australia will continue to be sweltering until March 14.3 when high pressure moves in. move to other place.
"It's unusual for such intense heat waves to occur at this time of year, but not unprecedented," Scully said.
Event organizers across southeastern Australia are worried about safety issues and the cancellation of events amid prolonged heat.
One of the stages of the WOMADelaide music and arts festival in Adelaide (South Australia) had to close on March 10.3 due to heat, while a number of other events were postponed until late at night. or destroyed due to temperatures reaching nearly 40 degrees Celsius.
While the southeast is hot, people on the other side of Australia face completely different extreme weather conditions. In Western Australia, some areas have been warned of the possibility of flash floods due to heavy rain lasting many days.
