Originally posted on 01/14/2014:

Quote Originally Posted by shari91 View Post
Yeah it gets hotter in the summer but this is the first time I remember these temperatures lasting this long during the Aussie Open. Usually it's a day or two during the fortnight and even then players are complaining. This time it's a minimum of 5 days.
They mentioned yesterday that it was the 4th day in a row over 40, which was the longest stretch of such high temps in Melbourne since 1908. Today is day 5.