A refreshing cool front is sweeping across southeastern Australia, offering relief after a spell of record-breaking heat.

Over the past week, an intense heatwave shattered numerous long-standing records, with temperatures soaring to 50 degrees Celsius in two South Australian towns, as reported by Weatherzone.

In the northwestern regions of the state, temperatures approached the 50-degree mark, while Melbourne experienced a sweltering peak of 45.6 degrees in its suburbs.

The small towns of Hopetoun and Walpeup recorded a scorching 48.9 degrees, surpassing their previous heat records of 48.8 degrees set during the notorious 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires.

In South Australia, Weatherzone highlighted that Woomera experienced an average maximum temperature of 46.7 degrees over seven days, marking its hottest week in 76 years of recorded history.

This week, Sydney and New South Wales can expect some relief with showers and thunderstorms forecasted for Monday, and temperatures anticipated to reach up to 24 degrees.

It will then warm up to 29 degrees again by mid-week.

Melbourne dropped to an almost chilly 19 degrees, with showers also forecast today.

It’ll warm up again to 31 degrees on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Adelaide will drop to 23 degrees today before temperatures back in the low 30s this week, which is still much cooler than recently.

Hobart will be a chilly 15 degrees this week with showers on the way.

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