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WA weather: Marble Bar set for hottest month ever with 48C day forecast for weekend - PerthNow

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WA weather: Marble Bar set for hottest month ever with 48C day forecast for weekend | PerthNow

Western Australia’s home of heat is living up to its name, with Marble Bar in for a scorching run of maximum temperatures in its hottest month ever.

Across December, Marble Bar has recorded just three days with a maximum temperature below 40C.

With just two days to go, the town is set to beat its record of the highest average maximum temperature, which for the first 29 days of December sat at 43.2C.

The mercury has hit above 45C every day since Christmas and the forecast over the coming week shows little sign of easing up, with a maximum of 48C on Saturday.

Marble Bar forecast

- Saturday, December 30 - 48C maximum
- Sunday, December 31 - 47C maximum
- Monday, January 1 - 47C maximum
- Tuesday, January 2 - 45C maximum
- Wednesday, January 3 - 46C maximum
- Thursday, January 4 - 45C maximum

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