Stretch of hot weather enters fourth day as temperatures climb significantly above average in NSW, Victoria and South Australia
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A vast swathe of Australia entered its fourth consecutive day of well above average heat on Monday, delivering elevated fire dangers and an early start to an unusually hot and dry warm season.
Northern Victoria, inland New South Wales and inland South Australia were all forecast to record temperatures from 10C to 16C above average on Monday. Port Augusta in SA was predicted to reach 39C, Penrith in NSW was set to reach 37C and Sydney was forecast to hit 31C.
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