Rarely was it so hot in Australia

In Australia it has rarely been so hot.

In Australia it is currently summer, but such high temperatures are unusual for Australians too. The limit of 50 degrees was last exceeded in 1998: In Mardie in western Australia it was then 50.5 degrees. In January 1960, 50.7 degrees was reached at the airport of Oodnadatta in the south of the continent.