‘Take what it feels like today then add about 4°C’: Heatwave to worsen

“For a lot of locations, we are forecasting either the hottest December day or within one degree of the record.

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“Places such as Stanthorpe, Warwick, Toowoomba, Gatton and further west at Cunnamulla and Goondiwindi all have chances of breaking record temperatures.”

Brisbane was expected to reach 34 degrees on Wednesday, but Mr Claassen said humidity would make it feel “more like 36 or 37”.

“Ipswich looks like it will get up to 42 degrees on Wednesday, which for them will be 11 degrees above their average. Their average is 30.9 [degrees] in December.”

Birdsville reached 46.4 degrees during the day on Saturday then sweated through what meteorologists believe was the hottest November night ever, with the mercury only falling to 33.2…