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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam

Century-old Sydney weather record broken with 184 days of 20C or higher

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According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia’s temperatures have risen on average 1.47C over the period since 1910. Photograph: Sean Gladwell/Getty Images

Sydney broke a century-old temperature record this week with little fanfare, and almost completely without weather-watchers noticing.

From 18 October until 19 April, temperature readings at Sydney’s Observatory Hill reached or exceeded 20C. That 184-day run was snapped by Thursday’s meagre 19.8C reading, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

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