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The severe heatwave gripping South Australia and Victoria has brought record-breaking conditions today. Melbourne almost set a new minimum temperature as overnight, it failed to cool below 27.1°C, which is 0.6°C warmer than the March record set in 2013, with 168 years of records. However, since the official minimum temperature is defined as the coolest temperature in the 24 hours from 9am to 9am, 21.2°C is the official minimum for Sunday (being recorded at 9am on Saturday morning). While this is significantly cooler than the overnight temperature, its still the city's hottest March night in 5 years. Melbourne wasn’t the only location to sweat through a very hot March night. Locations throughout Victoria recorded some impressive minimums, including:  Essendon (26.1°C) – hottest March minimum in 53 years of records Sheoaks (26.9°C) – hottest March minimum in 32 years of records (also the hottest minimum of any month in 10 years)  Charlton (25.3°C) an

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