The heat here reminded me of working towards the conference papers in 2010 which was also a very hot summer. This year however is even worse. Sweltering heat plus higher than normal humidity make the evaporated air-conditioning not working well at all. The following image is a snapshot of forecast from 25th to 31st January.
Perth residents are expected to experience the city's hottest consecutive number of days of high temperatures since 1965, with the mercury forecast to hover around 40 degrees for the next seven days.(news copied from http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8408203/perth-heatwave-and-storms-in-wa-northwest)
