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Hamilton's recent run of hot days likely beats anything the city has experienced at least since the latest temperature records began in the 1990s, says a climate scientist.
The place once dubbed the City of the Future by a marketing campaign is experiencing a taste of its own climate future with a run of hot days, which senior climate scientist Luke Harrington says is probably unprecedented.
"The last 10 days, actually now 11, have been the hottest continuous 10 or 11 days stretch certainly of the records that
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