Ecological Issues April 2014 | Page 14

Catastrophies in the world

High temperatures in Australia

2013 was the hottest year in Australia since 1910. The hottest day in 2013 was 7 January, January being the month with the highest temperatures in the all year. Between 2 and 8 of January another record was broken: the number of consecutive days with temperatures over 39 ºC. The highest temperature was 49,6 ºC, registered on 12 January 2013, in the south Australian city, Moomba.

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