The Australian BOM is saying that this week is the hottest on record, unluckily they are only using corrected data going back to 1939 to obtain the Record.


According to their own original records, un-altered or modified (and also published, 1896 had the hottest days on record, with temperatures ranging between 115 to 125 degrees F across Australia (46 to 51 degree C). This data was logged in official logbooks and then telegraphed back to the BOM offices) and then published in the various newspapers of the time.