Cool change sweeps SA after Adelaide reaches 43.3C on Wednesday
A much-needed cool change has swept SA after Adelaide became the hottest city on the planet on Wednesday.
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It’s official, Adelaide was the hottest city in the world on Wednesday.
At 1:00pm it hit 40.8C, making the SA capital the hottest city across the globe – but the temperature kept rising to its predicted top of 43.3C – the city’s hottest day on record since 2017.
At Roseworthy it hit 44.7C, while the hottest place was Oodnadata where it reached a record 48.7C.
It will be much more pleasant on Thursday with a top of 27C forecast in Adelaide after a cool change hit South Australa late on Wednesday, almost halving the temperature to a low of 22.4C just after 5am.
There’s even the possibility of some wet stuff on Thursday morning.
It will be even cooler on Friday, dropping to 25C, then down to 23C on Saturday and 25C on Sunday.
The severe heat on Wednesday wilted the public transport network, with peak-hour tram services reduced between 4:30pm and 6:30pm.
There were no disruptions to train services but some services operated slower than usual.
Schools across the state remained open, and only closed if they encountered infrastructure problems or power outages.
The change will help firefighters who have been battling a fire at Wilmington – which started last Monday.
The fire is impacting the Mount Remarkable National Park with more than 4,600ha burned.
Journalist’s boiling point
After a long day of setting the keyboard alight, Advertiser journalist Aden Hill was heading home, but got a first hand feel of today’s scorching weather.
“My bus broke down on the freeway due to heat,” Aden said.
“The engine couldn’t cool itself properly and there was apparently a flame coming out the back which and the bus broke down on the Stirling off ramp.
“A lot of white smoke came billowing out the back too.”
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