Perth sees hottest Christmas Day on record
Perth has seen the hottest Christmas Day on record with a maximum temperature of 42.8°C at the official Perth Metro station beating the record of 42.0°C set in 1968. In fact, it was the hottest Christmas Day on record for any Australian capital city and possibly any major city in the world based on maximum temperatures at the official stations.
The previous hottest Christmas Day in an Australian capital city was 42.1°C in Adelaide in 1888, but then Stevenson Screen's weren't widely used yet and so such a record is not directly comparable to modern times.
The previous hottest Christmas Day in an Australian capital city was 42.1°C in Adelaide in 1888, but then Stevenson Screen's weren't widely used yet and so such a record is not directly comparable to modern times.