Dozens of heat and rain records were broken across south-east Australia over the past two months as the nation experienced its wettest summer in a decade, and one of the hottest ever – 1.1C above the 1961-1990 average.
Some areas that recorded temperatures approaching 50C in January heatwaves received more rain in one week in February than all of last year.
We looked at the Bureau of Meteorology’s climate data and found at least six weather stations across three states that set records for their hottest January day, and then again in February for their rainiest day:
