Marble Bar locals lap up the heat with 26 consecutive days over 43 degrees Celsius
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Highs above 45C are forecast for the town for later in the week. (ABC News: Cason Ho)
A remote town in northern WA billed as "Australia's hottest town" has just sweltered its way through almost a month of temperatures above 43 degrees Celsius.
Marble Bar earned the title of Australia's hottest town when it recorded the longest heatwave ā 160 days over 37.7 degrees ā in 1923 and 1924.
Some locals 'love it'
While many residents look to escape the January heat, some remain content in the sweltering town.
Lifelong Marble Bar resident, affectionately known as Chops, said this year's summer had been "quite pleasant actually".
"I live in a house with no air-conditioning," he laughed.
"I put up with it."
But he said for those not used to the heat, it could be a difficult transition.
"It's a real different sort of heat ā not for the faint-hearted.
"[The heat] slaps them in the face."
Margaret Kiernan from Marble Bar Visitor Centre came to the town from Albany two decades ago, making the move from one of the state's coldest areas to its hottest.
"People think we're mad," she said.
"But we love it."
I'm moving!
