Although it is currently winter in Australia, heat records are being broken. The weather station in Yampi Sound measured 41.5 degrees on Monday afternoon (local time). This is the highest value ever recorded for this time of year.
Several other places in the Western Australian region also saw temperatures exceed 40 degrees. The neighbouring Northern Territory is also being hit by the unusual heat. For the small town of Alice Springs, meteorologists predicted that temperatures of 37 degrees, which could be reached by the end of the week, were far too high.
Air mass reaches east coast
Hot air masses are responsible for the records. This week, they are driving inland to the east coast. This would probably also break winter records in the Australian states of New South Wales with the metropolis of Sydney and in Queensland, it was said.
Here you see a tweet about the record temperature in Yampi Sound.
Current temperatures in some places are more than ten degrees above the usual August average.
The previous Australian winter record was 41.2 degrees in 2020. Australia is particularly affected by climate change and often experiences extreme weather.
Source: Krone
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