IT was one of those days where you had to eat your Zooper Dooper in record-time before it melted, moments after you took it out of the freezer.
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Air-conditioners worked overtime and it was too hot to venture to the beach.
February 12, 2017 will forever linger in the memories as a bloody hot day in Bellingen.
Temperatures soared into the 40s as Bellingen went past its previous best to a top of 48.9 degrees just after 5pm according to Bellingen Weather’s station.
Though it’s not an official station for recording weather, looking at previous data, in 60 years it has never been that hot.
Weatherzone meteorologist Rob Sharpe said the temperature steadily climbed throughout the late morning and into the afternoon.
“You had a sea breeze in the morning, but that was pushed out by strong westerly winds,” he said.
Residents in the Shire said outdoor thermometers indicated the temperature was nudging the 50-degree mark.
Elsewhere on the Mid-North Coast, Kempsey also rewrote the record books with a high of 46.4 degrees while Taree wasn’t far behind at 45.7 degrees.
Temperatures soared into the 40s as Port Macquarie went past its previous best of 43.3 degrees on the way to a top of 46.5 degrees just after 3.30pm.
Thankfully, a repeat of the catastrophic fire conditions on Sunday are unlikely to be repeated any time soon.
“It’s very unusual to see those extreme temperatures,” Mr Sharpe said.
“Because it was such a strong front, westerly winds are generally a lot stronger ahead of it and that was what we saw. They pushed out the morning sea breeze.”
Mr Sharpe said it was “very rare to break records and nothing will come close” in the near future.
“The warmth will return again next weekend, but it will only be 33 degrees on Saturday and inland areas might make it to 40 degrees.”
