... She said the way WA was tracking, by the end of the month the record for the highest number of 40 degree-plus days in February could be doubled.

“At the moment, we’ve had four days above 40C in February, that is the record,” Lingard said.

“And we’ve got another three on the current forecast.”

The Perth metropolitan area has recorded six days above 40 degrees so far this summer, all in 2024.

So far, one-third of the days this year – 15 out of 42 – have recorded temperatures of 35 degrees or above.

The average number of days of 40 degrees or above is 3.3 in summer, while the summer with the most number of days of 40 degrees or above took place in 2021-22, where the benchmark was passed on 13 days.

Well they don't have many trees over there for starters. What do you expect?

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Carl D wrote on Feb 14^th, 2024 at 11:10pm:


Yep, Albany is the place to be   

43 degrees in Perth today, and two more over 40 degree days coming up on the weekend.

Carl D wrote on Feb 14^th, 2024 at 11:10pm:


Yep, Albany is the place to be   

43 degrees in Perth today, and two more over 40 degree days coming up on the weekend.