It might be hard to recall after the past few days of torrential rain, but December has been hot – the records don't lie. The extreme heat prompted the Bureau of Meteorology to issue a , confirming record temperatures across South Australia, NSW, Tasmania and Victoria, where the highest daily minimum temperature ever recorded was reached (31.9 degrees in Mildura). "The most intense phase of the heatwave began on December 16 as high pressure became established in the Tasman Sea and directed hot, north-easterly...
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