Melbourne heat to ease by New Year's Eve, BOM says, but showers for Boxing Day Test

Hundreds flocked to Melbourne's St Kilda
 beach to cool off after celebrating
Christmas Day.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is assuring Victorians their New Year's Eve celebrations will be a lot cooler after Melbourne roasted through its hottest Christmas in 18 years, but there may be some showers around for the cricket.

It reached 36 degrees Celsius in city on Sunday, and it was even hotter in the north-west, with some areas reaching 40C.

Across the border, Adelaide sweltered through its hottest Christmas Day in 70 years.

It was a hot and sticky night in the city, and the temperature was already hovering around 28C at 7:00am today.

Michael Halfpenny from the BOM said it would not heat up too much, with the mercury reaching the mid-20s in the afternoon.

Read the ABC story - “Melbourne heat to ease by New Year's Eve, BOM says, but showers for Boxing Day Test.”