Adelaide set an unenviable national record today when it recorded the longest-lasting heatwave - 11 days - of any Australian capital city.

The record for the longest number of days reaching 35 degrees Celsius was broken when the city's temperature reached 35.1C at 10:30am CDT.

Mika Peace from the weather bureau says Adelaide has now had 11 straight days of sweltering conditions.

"The record previously was held by Perth where there were 10 days over 35 degrees back in February 1988," she said.

"Today we've had 11th day over 35 degrees in Adelaide and we are forecasting at this stage for temperatures to stay over 35 until Tuesday next week, which in total would give us 16 days in a row."

- http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/13/2188414.htm

Yay for global warming! Man, it's hot here. Well, not here, here. The library actually very nice and cold, but outside it's... hot.

Jen