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Sydney swelters through hottest March night in 149 years
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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3/16/2025
Sydney has recorded its hottest March night in 149 years after a day of scorching heat across the city yesterday.
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A Sunday splash.
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Yeah, it's a hot day and we're just getting amongst it.
00:07
With temperatures reaching 38 degrees in the west,
00:10
Sydney's scorching start to autumn has its perks.
00:14
We knew it was going to be hot.
00:16
It's almost too hot to be in a place like this.
00:18
But, yeah, we've got a way of pulling ourselves down.
00:21
It's a scorcher from yesterday and then today it's just
00:25
I had to take the kids somewhere.
00:27
As the mercury soared, a record that stood for almost 150 years
00:32
was broken.
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Sydney did record its warmest March night on record yesterday.
00:37
It only got to 25.9 degrees early this morning and that is
00:41
basically we've been keeping records since the 1800s.
00:44
The sweltering heatwave has put authorities on alert.
00:48
Heatwave is actually the biggest natural disaster killer.
00:51
It kills more people than fire and flood.
00:53
And with hot, windy conditions, total fire bans are in place
00:57
across large parts of the state.
01:00
In Bondi, thousands flocked to the shore.
01:03
Temperatures in their high 30s, no barrier for beachgoers.
01:07
Because there hasn't really been any weather systems coming through
01:10
to push that heat out.
01:11
So today we have those very hot northwesterly winds coming through
01:14
and that's dragging all that heat all the way to the coast.
01:16
For those who couldn't get to the beach today,
01:19
Pemrith's answer to Bondi was a hit.
01:22
Kids love it.
01:23
Main thing is kids love it and there is not much waves here.
01:26
So yeah, it's beautiful.
01:28
The heat is expected to linger into the evening
01:31
until a cool change brings some relief overnight.
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