Sweltering September smashes Australia's temperature records

Climate change blamed as continent logs hottest September day on record, with average maximum temperature of 33.47C

Australian temperature records tumbled again in September this year, with the country experiencing the hottest day since records began, and New South Wales breaking that record twice within a few days.

As always, particular weather events caused the records to be broken. But in a special climate statement, the Bureau of Meteorology said climate change also played a role, and earlier research has shown global warming has massively increased the chance of these records being broken.

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