Sydney weather: City on course for hottest ever January as heat refuses to budge

By Peter Hannam
Updated February 5 2017 - 6:09pm, first published January 24 2017 - 10:49am
Another scorcher in store for Sydney makes the beach an option - but watch out for stingers. Photo: James Alcock
Another scorcher in store for Sydney makes the beach an option - but watch out for stingers. Photo: James Alcock
Swimmers rinse off at Clovelly Beach before the temperatures rise in Sydney on Tuesday morning. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Swimmers rinse off at Clovelly Beach before the temperatures rise in Sydney on Tuesday morning. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Tourist Parminder Singh from India watches the sun rise at Clovelly Beach on Tuesday morning. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Tourist Parminder Singh from India watches the sun rise at Clovelly Beach on Tuesday morning. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Swimmers take to the water at Clovelly Beach before the temperatures rise in Sydney. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Swimmers take to the water at Clovelly Beach before the temperatures rise in Sydney. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Sydney is heading for its hottest ever January for overnight temperatures with little sign the unusual warmth across eastern Australia is about to lose its grip.

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