Selective response sailorgirl.
"The Bureau of Meteorology recorded a 42.6-degree temperature at Cairns Airport at 12.24pm, blowing previous records out of the steaming water.
BOM forecaster Harry Clark said it had been hotter at the Cairns Post Office with a 43.2-degree reading in 1923, but it had never been so scorching at the airport."
https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/heatwave-cairns-records-hottest-temperature-in-history/news-story/87138adf892afa9c5bb189d608d8a284
Nevertheless, these extremes are occurring more regularly.
