South-eastern states sweltering in a heatwave may be waiting until late Tuesday or Wednesday for a cool change to bring some relief. On Monday, temperatures in Melbourne peaked at 37.8C just before 4pm, after a high of 38C on Sunday. Victoria's emergency authorities have warned that the state's fire season could extend until early March, with dry lighting overnight sparking new fires.
In Adelaide, temperatures reached a high of 41.2C just before 5pm, after a top of 39C on Sunday. Senior BoM meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said the capital cities' three-day run of "intensely hot" weather was remarkable, especially because the last time Melbourne had three days in a row over 37C was in 2014.
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Victoria's state emergency management commissioner, Rick Nugent, on Monday afternoon said there was one fire in the Little Desert national park and two in the Grampians national park. The Little Desert fire covers 84,000 hectares, while those burning in the Grampians total 46,000 hectares.
Crews battling the Little Desert fire faced a hard slog on Monday, when the fire broke containment lines and moved rapidly into agricultural land. There were four new fires in the Great Otway national park, Nugent said. "In terms of the high risk season, it is far from over," he said.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/03/intensely-hot-weather-to-continue-in-south-eastern-australia