Prepared: Ron Edwards cleans the gutters at his Jamberoo home ahead of today's extreme weather. Picture: GREG TOTMAN
Prepared: Ron Edwards cleans the gutters at his Jamberoo home ahead of today's extreme weather. Picture: GREG TOTMAN
TODAY'S forecast top of 43 degrees is near the record high registered on New Year's Day 2006 when the region sweltered in up to 45-degree heat.
Another scorcher was on February 5, 2011, with the Bureau of Meteorology weather station at Albion Park recording a top of 41 degrees. Below are some of the highest temperatures recorded at weather stations across the region.