01/01/2012: At 12:55pm today, Adelaide hit 40.7 degrees, making it their hottest New Years Day in 112 years, according to weatherzone.com.au.

This makes it hotter than New Years Day in 2008, when it reached 39.9, but is well short of the record of 43.1, set in 1900.

Adelaide's 41 degrees is 13 above the average for this time of year and also the hottest day since last summer.

The nearby areas north and east of Adelaide have also gone past 40 degrees today. Roseworthy has exceeded 42 degrees and Pallamana past 41 degrees.

Much further north and west in SA it has been even hotter. By 12:30pm, Ceduna had become the states hottest, reaching 44.7 degrees, 16 above the January average.

"Adelaide residents can expect another very warm night, much warmer than New Years Eve, when it had only cooled to 29 degrees at midnight. Tonight is likely to stay above 30 degrees past midnight, only cooling to about 27 degrees at about sunrise," Weatherzone meteorologist Brett Dutschke said.

"Tomorrow will heat up quite rapidly, reaching 35 degrees by about 9am and the high 30s by lunchtime. A cooler change is not due to arrive until the middle of Tuesday, so Monday night will also be uncomfortable for sleeping. From Wednesday cooler southerly winds will drag maximum temperatures to about average for a few days, the high 20s. Then we can all get some sleep," Dutschke said.

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