• Marble Bar: Temperatures hit all-time scorching high in hottest town in Australia


The temperature has hit an all-time high in Marble Bar, with a scorching 49C recorded at the local weather station late on Saturday afternoon.

Although the Pilbara town regularly sweats through sweltering weather, the Bureau of Meteorology-managed weather station in the outback town struck a record-breaking top of 49.3C at 3.56pm on Saturday — the hottest December day in WA on record.

In town, locals posed in front of the Marble Bar RSL’s weather sign that put the temperature at a sizzling 51C.