Australia has charted its hottest day ever on Tuesday
According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), the temperature on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 – which reached 40.9 ºC (105.62 ºF) – beat the previous record of 40.3 ºC recorded on January 7, 2013 in the outback town, Oodnadatta. The ‘normal’ average temperatures during summer in Australia is