NSW heatwave begins as Australia heads for fifth warmest year, meteorologists say

Sydney-siders should put on their
sunglasses as the heat rolls into 2017.

This year could be Australia's fifth warmest on record, and New South Wales will feel it with a heatwave over much of the eastern coast for the final days of 2016.

"In Sydney we've seen the hottest year on record with temperatures well above average, and that is how the year is finishing as well, right across New South Wales," said Rob Sharpe, senior meteorologist from Weatherzone.

"This week will see a number of hot days and very warm nights and that constitutes a heatwave," said Andrew Haigh, spokesman for the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).

"We are expecting temperatures in the low 40s on Thursday and in the high 30s in the east of the city at this stage."

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