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"Victoria may have sweltered through its hottest temperatures on record, with
preliminary readings of 48.9C at two locations in the state’s north-west both
higher than that recorded during 2009’s Black Saturday.
According to initial data recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology, the Mallee
towns of Hopetoun and Walpeup reached 48.9C on Tuesday afternoon. This would
exceed the previous highest temperature of 48.8C, recorded at Hopetoun on 7
February 2009.
The data was to be validated by the BoM overnight.
But Dean Narramore, a senior meteorologist at the BoM, said temperatures at
some other locations – including at the Ouyen Post Office – could record even
higher temperatures, although that data would not be available until Wednesday
morning.
“There’s some other stations that have manual observations that could come in
higher,” he said.
The bureau said any state record would be confirmed when official numbers are
released after 9am."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
