The hottest day record in Australia is set at 50 degrees

Before today, this temperature (50 degrees Celsius) had reached only three times, including successive days, early 1960.

The 50.7 degrees Celsius recorded on January 2, 1960, remained Australia's record temperature for 61 years, followed by tomorrow's day, which had almost so intense temperatures (50.3 degrees Celsius) (6) according to data from the Bureau of Meteorology.

During Thursday, Onslow joined two other Western Australian countries that have reached 50 degrees Fahrenheit [50 ° C]. One of these three countries, Mardie, had broken the record of temperatures even on February 19, 1998, one of the four days when temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius had reached Australia.

These extreme temperatures came after a hot wave that has engulfed Australia northwest in recent days.