Australia could see hottest day on record next week as Perth heatwave conditions travel east [View all]

Source: ABC Australia

Australia could experience its hottest day on record next week as a hot air mass building in Western Australia makes its way east.

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"So when you combine all of the maximum temperatures recorded on any given day, the hottest on record was on the January 7 back in 2013, when we saw an average maximum of 40.3C," she said.

"At this stage with these sorts of temperatures that we're forecasting … it looks like we could break that record over a number of consecutive days towards the end of next week.

"We will potentially see the hottest day on record across all of Australia."

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