Wide Bay swelters as mercury reaches new heights with hottest February day on record
By Nicole Hegarty,
Tuesday February 23, 2021 – 02:57 EDT
Temperature records have been broken in parts of the Wide Bay as heatwave conditions continue to affect the region.
The mercury rose to 38.5 degrees at the Bundaberg airport, a new record for the hottest February day on record.
Gayndah in the North Burnett exceeded 40 degrees.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Peter Clarson said the warm weather was expected to continue on Tuesday before a reprieve on Wednesday.
“It will cool down quite substantially from Wednesday so temperatures in Gayndah for example dropping by five degrees…
