Weather record falls as Orange swelters through hottest December day in a decade

Updated December 10 2019 - 5:11pm, first published 4:13pm
TOTAL FIRE BAN: There's a total fire ban in place across Orange for Wednesday, with grass fires like this one in East Orange on Monday posing a serious risk to near-by communities. Photo: CARLA FREEDMAN
TOTAL FIRE BAN: There's a total fire ban in place across Orange for Wednesday, with grass fires like this one in East Orange on Monday posing a serious risk to near-by communities. Photo: CARLA FREEDMAN

Orange has sweltered through its hottest December day in nearly a decade, with Tuesday's top of 35 degrees Celcius a new record for the first month of summer.

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