Australia registered a record-high winter temperature Monday( 26 August 2024), with the mercury hitting 41.6 degrees Celsius in part of its rugged and remote northwest coast.

The Bureau of Meteorology said it logged the scorching reading from a military training facility at Yampi Sound at 3:37 pm local time apparently smashing the previous record by 0.4 C.

Official data shows average temperatures for Australia steadily rising, with climate change fuelling more intense bushfires, floods, drought and heatwaves.