With a thermometer at this level, putting your nose outside is out of the question.

Mercury hit a record high of 50.7C in a remote town in Western Australia on Thursday.

“New heat record in Western Australia and national temperature record equaled!

the state Bureau of Weather announced on Twitter.

NEW Western Australian maximum temperature record and equal National temperature record*!

Onslow reached an unprecedented - 50.7°C which is a WA record and equals Australia's hottest day set 62 years ago in Oodnadatta SA.

*Data not official until quality controlled.

pic.twitter.com/VfAg0SPuez

— Bureau of Meteorology, Western Australia (@BOM_WA) January 13, 2022

The coastal town of "Onslow hit an all-time high of 50.7C, a Western Australian record and the hottest temperature on record in Australia for 62 years."

On January 2, 1960, the country recorded a temperature of 50.7°C at Oodnadatta airport in South Australia, according to the office's website.

“By 2030, we will have 50 degree summer days”

Climate Council director Martin Rice said the record is part of a long-term trend of global warming driven by the burning of coal, oil and gas.

According to him, these extreme temperatures are already having “deadly catastrophic consequences” in Australia.

“Heat waves kill silently in Australia, they cause more deaths than any other extreme weather event,” he said.

Australia experienced an austral summer marked by major forest fires in the west of the country and deadly floods on its east coast.

According to Martin Rice, without a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, these record heats could become common.

"In Sydney and Melbourne, by 2030 we will have 50 degree summer days," he said.

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