A heatwave occurred in South Australia in January 1960 which saw temperatures exceeding 45 °C in the north of the State from 31 December to 3 January. On 2 January, Oodnadatta reached a state record - and arguably an Australian record of 50.7 °C. The minimum that day was 34.6 °C. The temperature again reached the low 40s on 6-8 and 10 January. There were several deaths in the 1960 heat wave: five infants and eight adults died. Other people were admitted to hospital with heat exhaustion, including 18 in Broken Hill.