Week of extreme heat

Temperatures
Matt Coughlan
41.2 41.8 40.7
THE Wimmera has sizzled through 39.2 40.8
this week’s heatwave with maximum
30.0 31.1 31.2 29.8 28.2 28.1
temperatures in the low to mid 40s 28.3 27.8
prevalent throughout the district.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and WEDNESDAY noon 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm midnight
yesterday all topped 40 in Horsham,
Longerenong, Nhill, Edenhope and
Kanagulk, and with 44 forecast for
Horsham for today, highs for the entire
week are set to top 40 degrees.
Horsham has sweated through the
working week with temperatures of 41,
45, 42 and 43 degrees.
The highest reported temperature in
the Wimmera throughout the week was
46 degrees at Longerenong – the second
hottest January day on record.
Weather observer Brett Allender
said the hottest on record was 46.5 on
January 31, 1968.
Minor rainfall accompanied
Wednesday night’s storms with the
highest fall, 4.2mm, recorded at Stawell.
Elsewhere ‘dry lightning’, with
rain evaporating before reaching the
ground, was responsible for many fires
throughout the region. Some continue
to burn out of control.
Today is set to be another scorcher
with 44 degrees forecast for Horsham, 39.6
Warracknabeal and Nhill, and 43
38.4
36.1
degrees forecast for Edenhope and
Stawell. 27.1 32.6 31.9 29.0 32.9
26.6 26.0 25.8 24.9
Relief from the heat is on the way in
the late afternoon, with a cool change
expected to sweep through the region THURSDAY 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am noon
about 5pm.
The cool change will bring with it Temperatures in degrees Celsius.
storm activity and winds, which will Lexie Heard, 5, of Wonwondah
cause extreme fire danger.

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