Heat records smashed across Australia

Beach goers cart their inflatable boats to West Beach during a hot day in Adelaide, Thursday, January 3, 2019. Source: (AAP Image/Kelly Barnes)

Scorching summer temperatures have seen some regions reaching close to 50C with records crumbling as the week long heatwave continues.

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Summer heat records have been smashed with South Australia's Port Augusta hitting a scorching 48.9C, as the rest of the country sweltered though a heatwave.

The Bureau of Meteorology forecast daytime temperatures of up to 12C above average and 10C higher than usual at night from Monday to Friday.

The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast daytime temperatures of up to 12C above average and 10C higher than usual at night from Monday to Friday.

Giovanni Liguori, from the School of Earth, Atmosphere & Environment at Monash University (Melbourne) helped us read the numbers.

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