Sydney Morning Herald 06-02-2011
Sydney's record heatwave has continued for a seventh day but the city can breathe a sigh of relief as a break is set to come.
A new overnight record was set with temperatures only lowering to 27.6C at Sydney's Observatory Hill by 6.10am (AEDT) on Sunday - one degree higher than the previous record set in 1973.
Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) senior forecaster Neale Fraser said the heat record had extended into the seventh straight day that the Sydney area experienced 30C-plus temperatures.