'Unprecedented': Australia Just Recorded Its Hottest Month on Record in January
At a Glance Australia's scorching start to 2019 has been confirmed as the country's hottest month on record.January was Australia's first month on record with a mean temperature in excess of 86 degrees.The record comes on the heels of the country's third-hottest year on record in 2018. As the Midwestern U.S. shivers in the coldest Arctic air the region has seen in decades, Australia just sweat through its hottest month on record and saw wildfires continually scorch the drought-stricken south...