The temperature was close to 50 degrees \u2013 in the shade. In the sun, 15 degrees warmer, according to Australian meteorologists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The heatwave has been gripping southeastern Australia for the past week. For eight consecutive days, large parts of the interior have averaged temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius \u2013 the longest period since the 1930s in the state of New South Wales, writes the Australian ABC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ongoing extreme heat has driven up the temperature \u2013 up to 21 degrees above average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceduna in South Australia recorded a record high of 49.5 degrees Celsius on Monday. In Wudinna, in the state's interior, the record temperature was 48.6 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trangie in New South Wales had its hottest day since 1932 with 47.2 degrees. A little further south in the same state, 46.1 was measured in Dubbo \u2013 a new heat record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, Australians can breathe a sigh of relief, it is around 20 degrees cooler in the country after the long heat wave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Aftonbladet.se<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Temperaturen var n\u00e4ra 50 grader \u2013 i skuggan. I solen 15 grader varmare, enligt australiska meteorologer. V\u00e4rmekupolen har legat som klistrad \u00f6ver syd\u00f6stra Australien den senaste veckan. I \u00e5tta dagar i rad har stora delar av inlandet haft i genomsnitt \u00f6ver 40 grader varmt \u2013 l\u00e4ngst period sedan 1930-talet i delstaten New South Wales, skriver […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":263173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[491,6741,2739,119,6739,6740],"class_list":["post-302476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turism","tag-australien","tag-dubbo","tag-klimat","tag-sol","tag-vatme","tag-vatmerekord"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n