Perth is set to swelter in its hottest start to summer in nearly a decade, and it comes hot on the heels of what may have been WA's hottest November on record.
Perth is set to swelter in its hottest start to summer in nearly a decade with high temperatures forecast for much of the coming week.Weather forecasters say Perth has not seen such a hot start to summer in yearsThe mercury is tipped to reach 35 degrees Celsius tomorrow before climbing to 39C on Tuesday with a slight drop to 37C on Wednesday and 35C on Thursday.
Wednesday could reach up to 40C if an expected wind change does not occur until later in the afternoon."It's certainly a very hot start to summer," he said. "Certainly not something that we've seen at least sort of in the order of eight or nine years — that we've had the three or four days of 35-plus in December.
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