Thursday 12th of December 8.50a.m. Sunny, blue and cool. Ive had the flanny pjs back on at nite and even wore a wool jumper to walk the dogs yesterday. 9.3 / 9.3kph ESE, Hg 42%, dew point is 15.3C / 68.5F, 20.3C / 68.9F top of 26C / 79F. Sunny.
Moon is 84.7%
Using airports to measure temperature is silly and manipulative IMO.
Perth is experiencing its first heatwave of the summer, as the city surpassed 40 degrees Celsius for the first time since February.
A low to severe intensity heatwave has been dominating large parts of the state's central and southern regions since Sunday, slowly expanding further south.
Perth hit a top of 40.4C on Wednesday afternoon, making it the hottest day since since last summer, while the warm low overnight of 21.7C was about five degrees above the December average minimum.
The hottest temperatures in WA were from south of Geraldton to the Central West, Central Wheatbelt and the northern and eastern parts of Perth.
Gingin Airport has recorded the state's highest maximum with 43.1C just before 2pm.
Pearce airstrip clocked 43C / 109F, the Swan Valley reached 42C and Perth Airport 41.9C.
It's still a few degrees off the December record, which was recorded at 44.2C on Boxing Day in 2007.