Australia records hottest ever winter temperature with some areas set to be 10C above average
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What's really interesting about this warm stretch of weather, is it is going to last for a long time,' BoM says
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Australia has recorded its hottest ever winter temperature, with Yampi Sound in the Kimberley region of Western Australia reaching 41.6C on Tuesday.
The record, which has been provisionally confirmed by the Bureau of Meteorology, and will be officially confirmed by the organisation on Tuesday, exceeds the old national record of 41.2C which was reached at West Roebuck on 23 August 2020.
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