Adelaide sweats in landmark heatwave
Adelaide’s extreme hot weather is now officially in the record books as the city’s first heatwave for November.There have been five days in a row above 35 degrees Celsius.Simon Timcke from the weather bureau says history was made before lunchtime today Nov 12″Shortly before 11 this morning we clicked over 35 degrees which makes it the first official heatwave in November in Adelaide,” he said.The previous hottest run was four consecutive days above 35 degrees in 1894.On Wednesday 26th November 1997 heatwave conditions prevailed in Victoria and South Australia when hot desert winds moved south to blow away all previous November records. The hottest place at that time was Ceduna in SA with 46ºC, a November record. Likewise, Canberra was another record breaker with 38.9ºC. This heatwave was caused by a high pressure system in the Tasman Sea and a low pressure system to the west. Winds from both systems combined to bring a vortex of hot air drawn down from the north.