Warming times: How Sydney and much of Australia is caught in a hot spell

By Peter Hannam
Updated June 5 2016 - 12:13pm, first published May 27 2016 - 4:51pm
A flurry of recent cold fronts may finally have ended the Harbour City's run of balmy days. Photo: Kirk Gilmour
A flurry of recent cold fronts may finally have ended the Harbour City's run of balmy days. Photo: Kirk Gilmour

May, and autumn, will come close to setting warmth records for Sydney, the state and the rest of Australia as the giant El Nino added a hot overlay to temperatures that are rising in the background here and in most parts of the world.