Weatherzone-Ben McBurney, Saturday March 9, 2013
Launceston is having its hottest March spell on record as northern parts of Tasmania continue to swelter under near-constant heat, with hot days and very warm nights.
Parts of the Northwest Coast, Northeast and Central North have seen daytime temperatures of up to 10 degrees above average in the last few days. Launceston has already seen four days above 30 degrees, the first time this has occured during March in 82 years of records. On Thursday, it soared to 33 degrees during the hottest March day on record. With the town forecast to reach at least 30 degrees for the next four days, this will go down as the longest run of days over 30 degrees for any month, which currently stands at five.
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