Tennant Creek breekt hitte record
Tennant Creek breaks heat record
The Northern Territory outback town of Tennant Creek has had its longest heatwave on record, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees for the 19th day in a row.
The Bureau of Meteorology says the mercury reached 41.2 degrees just after 3pm yesterday afternoon.
The bureau's climate services manager Sam Cleland says Tennant Creek has also had its second-longest summer dry period.
"There was actually a little bit of a sprinkle last night at least over the rain guage - a grand total of about 0.2millimetres fell.
"They had 30 consecutive days without rain, which is close to their record. Back in January-February 1972 they actually went 31 days at that point."
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The Northern Territory outback town of Tennant Creek has had its longest heatwave on record, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees for the 19th day in a row.
The Bureau of Meteorology says the mercury reached 41.2 degrees just after 3pm yesterday afternoon.
The bureau's climate services manager Sam Cleland says Tennant Creek has also had its second-longest summer dry period.
"There was actually a little bit of a sprinkle last night at least over the rain guage - a grand total of about 0.2millimetres fell.
"They had 30 consecutive days without rain, which is close to their record. Back in January-February 1972 they actually went 31 days at that point."
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