Weatherzone, By: Gail Liston, 05/08/2013

The weather bureau is predicting the record for the hottest start to a year in Alice Springs will be broken this week.

Climatologist Joel Lisonbee says the average temperature is only 0.1 of a degree below the record of 35.6.

He says it has been a record breaking period for central Australia

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