The heat is on for parts of southeastern Australia with an extended hot spell affecting South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. To make matters worse, parts of Western Australia have recently seen temperatures soar into the mid-40s. That heat is expected to move east next week, pushing those temperatures up even higher for the already sweltering cities of Adelaide and Melbourne.
Over each the last six days (since the 4th of March) the temperature in Melbourne has exceeded 30 Celsius. We are likely to see that trend continue for the next five days too, making it the longest run of March days over 30 degrees on record. The March average day time high here is 23 Celsius.
In the case of Adelaide, which averages 24 Celsius in March, that run is likely to extend to 12 days in a row. This has only happened three times before in recorded history.
http://www.aljazeera.com/weather/2013/03/20133910155201793.html
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