Heatwave: Perth braces for 40C day as NSW records hottest minimum on record

Will you be hitting the
 beach to stay cool
this weekend? Natalia
Sprogoe, 10, with
dog Hunter hit the
beach at Swanbourne.

While Perth temperatures have soared to 40C today, spare a thought for our NSW cousins who sweltered through a record hot night.

Residents of Noona, 162km west of Sydney, suffered through a horrendous overnight minimum of 35.9C.

It set a new Australian record for the hottest minimum temperature, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

It is the latest in a series of broken records as a heatwave sweeps the country.

Read the Perth Now story by Hayley Goddard and Trevor Paddenburg -  “Heatwave: Perth braces for 40C day as NSW records hottest minimum on record.”