Heat records tumble in Perth, Sydney, Tocumwal and Echuca - Climate Council calls for action

Records tumble and Climate
Council calls for action.

Record hot spells in Australia this month blurred the line between summer and autumn in another sign of rapidly advancing global warming, a Climate Council report says.

The first four days of March saw maximum temperatures in much of the country 4C above average – and 8C to 12C above average in most of south-eastern Australia – the report said.

Despite summer being over, the New South Wales/Victorian border towns of Echuca and Tocumwal suffered the longest, hottest spell in their recorded history, with eight consecutive days of 38C or above.

It follows a summer that delivered Perth more 40C days than ever before and 39 consecutive days over 26C for Sydney, a record that more than doubled the previous high.

Read The Guardian story - “Australian Climate Council calls for urgent action as records tumble.”