Fever dream: Australia swelters through one of the hottest summers on record, with little relief at night

Data shows that some locations stayed well above 30C through the night during a heatwave in late January Want to get more charts in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch here Australia’s summer was one of the hottest since measurements began , with more than 60 weather stations recording their highest ever daily maximum temperatures during a heatwave in January. But it wasn’t just the days that were sweltering – Australia experienced the fifth-warmest summertime night temperatures on record. Continue reading...