Residents of Perth are sweating through another searing day with the temperature climbing past 45C in some suburbs as heatwave conditions bake much of WA.

February 1, 2024

Perth residents are enduring another day of scorching temperatures, with some eastern suburbs climbing to the mid-40s amid heatwave conditions across much of Western Australia.

The Bureau of Meteorology forecast Midland and Ellenbrook to peak at 45C on Thursday with Kalamunda and Armadale predicted to hit 44C and 43C respectively, and Perth forecast to reach a maximum of 41C.

Perth airport had climbed to 44.6C before midday and the city reached 42.6 as the Swan Valley and Pearce in the city’s northeast sizzled with 45.1C and 45.2C.

“It’s another hot day today with another hot night (forecast),” a bureau spokeswoman told AAP.

“We are expecting the trough off the coast to start making its way inland tomorrow, potentially dropping the temperatures by a degree or two (on Friday).”

The temperature reached 41.9C in Perth city on Wednesday during its hottest day since February 5, 2022 when the temperature peaked at 42.5C.

In the city’s east, the maximum climbed to 43.2C at the airport and 41.5C in the hills at Bickley.

The heatwave is covering most of WA, with Geraldton Airport recording 45.9C on Wednesday and Carnarvon climbing to 46.6C.

The hottest place in the state was Shark Bay, which sweltered in 46.8C, while closer to Perth, Gin Gin hit 44C, Northam 41.3C and York 43.6C.

Northam on Thursday is forecast to reach 44C, Geraldton 43C and Kalgoorlie 40C.

In the north, Marble Bar is expecting 46C on Thursday, with Paraburdoo forecast to hit 45C and Roebourne 42C.