18 Jan 2019; DW: Temperatures are set to climb next week as heatwave conditions persist in parts of the country. The searing heat has had a particular impact on the Australian Open tennis tournament and a cycling event.
Australians have been offered a little reprieve this weekend before sweltering conditions to return to the southeast.
This week temperatures soared to as much as 15 degrees Celsius above the average, with 14 temperature records broken in the populous state of New South Wales (NSW) alone.
In NSW, the small town of Noona broke a different type of record — the highest minimum temperature recorded on any given day, after the mercury failed to fall any lower than 35.9 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Although the weather event has since been downgraded from "extreme," low-intensity heatwave conditions will persist across much of the country this weekend.
Sydney and Canberra will see "severe" conditions, with temperatures forecast at almost 40 degrees C on Thursday and Friday.
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