Thousands of Victorian homes were without power as the state sweltered through its hottest night of the summer.
Temperatures didn't drop below 30 degrees Celsius in Melbourne until 4:00am, and remained above 30C in Mildura and the north-west.
More than 50,000 homes across the state lost power, and many were still blacked out this morning.
Senior forecaster Richard Carlyon from the Bureau of Meteorology said the high humidity in Melbourne would stick around until Tuesday morning.
"It was a hot and humid night in Melbourne," he said.
"The temperature dropped to 28.4 degrees at 5:30am — not quite a record. The all-time record for January is 30.6C."
The BOM has forecast a sultry top of 35C for Melbourne today with an afternoon change, but relief will not come until tomorrow.
"We'll probably have to wait until the early hours of Tuesday before that tropical moisture starts to move away, and by later tomorrow morning we should have cool and much less humid conditions throughout Melbourne."
Temperatures in Melbourne reached 37.8C at about 3:40pm on Sunday and in many regional areas it reached well into the 40s.
Surf Lifesaving Victoria said 80 people were rescued at the state's beaches on the weekend.
Authorities urged people to take care of vulnerable members of the community, such as the elderly and the ill.
They also told pet owners to make sure animals had plenty of water and access to shade.
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