Adelaide records hottest ever day

Updated January 24 2019 - 8:16pm, first published 8:13pm
Adelaide's 80-year-old record has been broken with the mercury touching 46.2C in the city.
Adelaide's 80-year-old record has been broken with the mercury touching 46.2C in the city.

Adelaide has recorded Australia's hottest ever capital city temperature - a sweltering 46.6C - during a day that toppled records across South Australia.