PERTH set for a scorching Saturday maximum of 43C while parts of the Pilbara town may push past 50C tomorrow.
PERTH might be set for a scorching weekend with a Saturday maximum of 43C but spare a though for the people in the Pilbara town of Onslow.
The town has roasted through one of its hottest days on record, with temperatures soaring to an almost unbearable 48.7C.
And forecasters are warning of an even hotter day tomorrow, with the national heat record of 50.7C likely to come under threat.
The weather station at Onslow Airport, nearly 1400 kilometres north of Perth, was in danger of frying as it recorded temperatures of more than 40C at 9am local time on Wednesday.
It peaked at 48.7C at 2.12pm.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts the Pilbara region around Emu Creek will potentially reach more than 50C tomorrow afternoon.
Onslow wasn't alone, with notorious hotspot Mardie chalking up a top of 47.5C today, while Learmonth, Paraburdoo, Roebourne and Telfer all pushed past 44C.
Temperatures higher than 50C have been documented three times in Australia since records began over a century ago.
Mardie was the most recent to reach the level, in 1998, failing to beat the record set in the South Australian outback town of Oodnadatta on January 2, 1960, which reached 50.7C.
That record was threatened just last week during a heatwave in outback South Australia.
Matilda Branson and Matt Andrews being sunsmart on Perth beaches. Picture: Justin Benson-Cooper Source: News Limited
Soaring temperatures in the west follow an unprecedented new-year heatwave in which 34 locations - mostly in Queensland and NSW and with at least 40 years of data - recording their hottest-ever days between December 30 and January 4.
Queensland recorded its hottest day on January 2, with a statewide average maximum of 41.82C.
Narrabri in NSW broke the record high temperature by 3.6 degrees - the largest margin by which a long-term record has been topped.
And cities and towns including Tamworth, Gunnedah, Moree, Glen Innes and Inverell in NSW, and Toowoomba, Roma, Blackall, St George and Gympie in Queensland all experienced their hottest-ever days.
The heat in the Pilbara is caused by the super-heated air mass that hit the east coast earlier in the month, and which has circled the continent since forming over the Nullarbor in late December.
The bureau's Annual Climate Statement from 2013 confirmed last year was Australia's hottest on record.
"The year was remarkable for the large number of heat-related records that were set," said Climate Councillor Professor Will Steffen.
"The country experienced the hottest summer and warmest spring on record, the hottest January and warmest September on record and the hottest summer day and warmest winter day on record."
In Perth, the forecast has been updated and it's predicted that mercury will now reach 43C on Saturday before cooling to a relatively mild 35C on Sunday.
A cooler change is forecast for Monday with a top of 30C predicted.
This most recent spate of hot temperatures comes as a new report released today by the Climate Council confirms 2013 was Australia's hottest year ever since weather records began in 1910.
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