Hottest Melbourne day since January 2023 forecast as heat spikes across central and eastern Australia

Temperatures in areas such as Wilcannia and Ivanhoe in NSW unlikely to drop below 30C overnight, BoM warns

Melbourne could experience its warmest day since January 2023 on Monday, as large swathes of the country brace for a hot few days.

Miriam Bradbury, a senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said if Melbourne hit 40C as forecast, it would be the warmest Melbourne day since January last year and the warmest December day since 2019.

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