40°C in winter? A climate expert explains why Australia is ridiculously hot right now

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1. Can confirm that it has been an extraordinarily warm winter. Our sole heating source is a wood burner, and I usually light it every night until mid September, I’ve never previously had a run of four days without it going in August.

2. In Paraguay, we swing from August high temperature records to low records like a pogo stick. When you think winter is over, it returns for more days than usual. I suspect a broken jetstream over Antarctica.

3. Look at how crazy is the weather in São Paulo this winter, we go from a 12 degree one day straight to 33 degrees the other. Those heat waves are happening constantly now.