A record spell of September heat is baking southern states, with temperatures as much as 18 degrees Celsius above average.
in temperatures as much as 18 degrees Celsius above average, prompting a rare cool-season heatwave warning and an early end to the snow season.
While a cool change is now gradually moving through South Australia and Victoria, for parts of NSW and southern Queensland the hottest weather will hit during the coming days. About a dozen towns have already broken longstanding September records, including alpine resorts last Thursday, Ceduna and Wudinna on Sunday, followed by Port Augusta, Moruya, Ulladulla and Forbes on Monday.
Sydney has daily weather data dating back to 1859 and the greatest number of 30C days in any previous September is three.
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