Warmth is spreading across Australia's centre and southeast while cold fronts slip away, allowing heat to build into near-record highs for this early in the season.
Many places across South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, the ACT and New South Wales have already experienced their warmest spells for this early in the season in 10-20 years.
It has been the warmest September spell in:
79 years in Victoria's Essendon (averaging a maximum of 24.2 degrees in the five days to Saturday 16th)
36 years in Victoria's Tullamarine and SA's Mt Gambier (averaging a maximum of 24.2 degrees in the five days to Saturday 16th, and 23.8 degrees in the three days to Thursday 14th respectively)
27 years in NSW's Bombala (averaging a maximum of 23.0 degrees in the four days to Saturday 16th)
24 years in Tasmania's Smithton (averaging a maximum of 18.1 degrees in the four days to Friday 15th)
22 years in Victoria's Falls Creek and Mt Buller (both aver
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