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Warm weather with cool breaks forecast for Canada this summer

The Canadian PressMay 20, 2013 04:30
Get ready to break out the sunscreen Canada, but don't worry about sizzling all season. Meteorologists at AccuWeather.com say the majority of Canadians can look forward to a more "typical" summer this year, when hot spells will be interspersed with cooler periods. "The biggest takeaway from this forecast is it's not going to resemble last year's summer, which was the warmest summer on record for Canada," Brett Anderson, lead forecaster for Canada, told The Canadian Press.

January hottest month on record in Australia

February 2, 2013 01:45
Australia experienced its hottest month on record in January, despite floods and storms that devastated parts of the country's east, officials said. The Bureau of Meteorology said both the average mean temperature of 29.68 degrees Celsius (85.42 degrees Fahrenheit) and the average mean maximum temperature of 36.92 Celsius surpassed previous records set in January 1932. The nation's central outback sweltered under a "dome" of heat for much of the month, with the Northern Territory posting its hottest mean temperature on record for January of 31.93 Celsius, the bureau said.

REFILE-Australian heat wave sears new colours onto maps

January 9, 2013 02:45
(Removes extraneous word from headline) SYDNEY, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Australia's record-breaking heatwave has sent temperatures soaring, melting road tar and setting off hundreds of wildfires - as well as searing new colours onto weather maps. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has added dark purple and magenta to its colour-coded weather forecasting map to represent temperatures of 51 to 54 degrees Celsius (123.8 to 129.2 Fahrenheit), officials said.

UPDATE 1-Australia battles hundreds of wildfires, fanned by outback winds

January 8, 2013 10:01
* Thousands of firefighters battle hundreds of blazes * Residents evacuate homes in face of out-of-control fires * Record temperatures bake Sydney * Cooler change hoped to end incendiary conditions (Updates with latest on fires, fresh quotes) By Rob Taylor
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