If you thought this month was one of the hottest Januaries in recent memory, you would be right.
Record after record tumbled as Shepparton sweltered through unusually high temperatures.
‘‘We’ve seen extremely warm temperatures across large parts of the country in January and the region around Shepparton was no exception,’’ Bureau of Meteorology climatologist David Martin said.
‘‘The mean temperatures at both our Shepparton airport site and our main site in Tatura are tracking to be the warmest on record for January.’
The mean maximum temperature at Shepparton aerodrome observation station was tracking more than 4°C hotter than the 22-year average for January, up to 36.6°C from the long-term average of 31.8°C.
The previous hottest January average was 34.4°C, recorded in 1999.
The maximum temperature record for January was broken not once, but twice, first on Friday, January 4, when the mercury hit 44.6°C and again on Friday when it climbed to 46.2°.
The previous high of 44.3°C was recorded on January 31, 2009.
Friday also had an overnight minimum of 27.8°C, 2.5°C hotter than the maximum experienced the following Sunday.
January was also unusually dry, with rainfall to date just 5.6 mm, well down on the 28.2 mm average and 100.8 mm maximum of 1999.
Most of this month’s rain — 4 mm — fell in yesterday’s morning storm.
Without the sudden downfall, the month would have not only been the hottest on record but the also the driest.
Story from The Shepparton News by Myles Peterson - “Hottest ever”.
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