Well its official. In a story in the Sydney Morning Herald by Peter Hannam,
the Bureau of Meteorology reports that on Monday a new national
average maximum of 40.33 degrees occured, beating the previous record - set
on December 21, 1972 - by what they describe as a "sizable margin" of 0.16 degrees.
The Bureau also reports six of the 20 hottest days in Australian records have been
in 2013, likely to rise to seven when yesterday's numbers are tallied.
Story here in Sydney Morning Herald -
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/we...108-2ce33.html
At 00:40 here in Sydney, it was still 36C. It rose as high as 42C here during the day.
We remained vigilant during the whole day in case there was a bush fire in the
neighboring national park.
Thanks to all the guys and girls out there, such as Ric, who are volunteers with the RFS.
