1 Month+ Before Summer, Australia Breaks All-Time October Heat Record Going Back To 1910

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Australia's first major heatwave of the warming season has broken temperature records across the nation, more than a month before the official start to summer.

On Saturday, the country set its warmest October day in records going back to 1910, with average maximums across the nation reaching 36.39 degrees, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. The previous record for October was set on the 31st of the month in 1988, at 36.31 degrees.

Sunday's heat was almost as fierce as Saturday's, according to preliminary figures.

The heatwave set October daily maximum temperature records at more than 20 stations but the duration of the warmth was also exceptional, a bureau spokesman said. "These are all occurring generally about a week early and the extent is longer than observed before," the spokesman said.

NSW has experienced some of the most unusual heat, with 10 per cent of the state already reporting the most number of October days above 35 degrees.

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http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/first-big-heat-event-melts-australian-temperature-records-20141027-11cczf.html

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1. Oh, tut tut...nothing to see here. Move along! It's an outlier! Pay no attention to the

weatherman behind the curtain....!!!!!

and extreme