"The update comes as Sydney recorded its hottest December day on record – with records going back to 1929 – with the mercury at Sydney Airport peaking at 43.5C just after 1pm. The old record was 43.2C, which stood since 1994."
https://www.news.com.au/national/weather/australia-weekend-weather-heatwave-set-to-roast-countrys-east-with-sydney-topping-44c/news-story/d7449e756c2e1246574c798566606355
Thank goodness that Sydney airport doesn't have any black runways nor a load of heat absorbing buildings.
Records go back to 1929. How convenient. Hilarious the things that the BOM people get up to. Luckily the BOM does not doctor temperatures ....
uh oh, hold the presses ..... . ....... yet
The planet is 4.5 billion years old and has had many days a lot hotter than this day.
