Those in the southern part of WA are sweltering through a severe heatwave expected to last most of the week. Residents across the state were trying to stay cool with some areas reaching record-temperatures.
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00:00At work or the beach, across the southern part of the state, there was one word on everyone's
00:08lips.
00:09Hot, hot and hot.
00:10I wish it would stop.
00:11I wish it was winter.
00:12It's hot.
00:13Very hot.
00:14Yeah.
00:15We're not used to this.
00:16In the UK, all we have is cold and rain.
00:17We're all used to living in a hot environment here in Perth, but today is particularly hot
00:23and it will continue to be hot over the course of the week.
00:26In Geraldton, recording its equal hottest day on record, the mercury reached 49.3 degrees
00:33shortly after two o'clock, wind taking the beach out of the equation.
00:39That wind's pretty relentless, so we're just about to pack up and go home.
00:42Parts of Perth's outer suburbs reached 45 degrees, with a low of 29 expected overnight.
00:50Our minimum temperature is usually achieved between five and six o'clock in the morning,
00:54so it's going to be a long, hot night with temperatures mostly above 30 degrees.
01:00Athletes visiting for this weekend's Rugby Sevens tournament, grappling with the extreme
01:05conditions.
01:06I thought Dubai is hot, but this time it's hot.
01:10It's around 40, 43 degrees.
01:13It's pretty hot and it will be hard to play this weather.
01:17It's the third heatwave in Perth this summer and likely won't be the last.
01:22Usually across summer we do see about five heatwaves, with about two of them to be severe.
01:28Conditions are expected to ease over the weekend.