Australia’s Inland Towns Bake in Near 50C Heatwave Temps

Published on January 24, 2024

A heatwave persists for large swathes of the nation with a cool change not expected to bring relief until later in the week. Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions extend through northern parts of South Australia, much of southwest Queensland and into northern and eastern New South Wales (NSW). A wave of hot air swept across inland Australia, southeast and southwest Queensland and most parts of NSW. Queensland’s Birdsville on the SA border hit a sweltering 47.9C on Jan. 24 and Smithville in NSW clocked up 46.4C. The remote outback town of Oodnadatta, home of Australia’s equal hottest temperature at 50.7C recorded in January 1960, climbed to 47.5C just after 2.30pm....

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