Victoria’s daily maximum temperatures were 3.37 degrees higher than the September average, monthly data from the Bureau of Meteorology shows.
The state also had its driest September since records began, with rainfall 67.1 per cent below average.
Nationally, Australia received only 4.83 mm of rain - the least amount of rain on record and 70.8 per cent below the 1961–1990 average.The national average-mean temperature of 2.43 degrees warmer than the 1961–1990 average, making September the third-warmest on record. Firefighters are battling several out-of-control bushfires in Gippsland, with one of the main areas of concern north of the town of Briagolong. Campers in the region have beenMelbourne recorded 28 degrees on Monday, well above the monthly average of 19.7 degrees.
On Wednesday and Thursday, the cold front is likely to bring 100 mm of rainfall in 24 hours in parts of eastern Victoria and southeast NSW.Dr Simon Bradshaw, research director at the Climate Council, said the heat records were being broken every week, and would likely continue to tumble for the rest of the year.
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