This WA town just topped 50℃ – a dangerous temperature many Australians will have to get used to
- Written by Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
ShutterstockWhile Australians are used to summer heat, most of us only have to endure the occasional day over 40℃.
Yesterday though, the temperature peaked at 50.7℃ in Onslow, a small Western Australian town around 100km from Exmouth.
Remarkably, the town sits right next to the ocean, which usually provides cooling. By contrast, the...

















