The land of Western Australia is some of the oldest on Earth, and it appears it is quite used to extreme weather by now. Parts of WA are thought to date back 4.4 billion years. Over those years, the old land has endured many different temperature and weather extremes. Right now is no exception. Marble Bar is starting the summer in usual fashion. Not even three days in, temperatures are already running nearly 2 degrees above the 41.7 average for December. If Marble Bar exceeds 40 degrees today, which it is supposed to, that will make it only three days since November 9th that have stayed below 40. Albany has started December barely scraping above 20 degrees each day. Today there is a spike in the temperatures, hitting 28 degrees at 11:30am. That makes today the warmest since November 17, with eight of those days in between not even reaching 20. Thunderstorms also add to the extremes of WA. There is currently a severe thunderstorm warning issued for the Goldfields, Eucla, Southern Interior and South East Coastal areas. A regular occurrence this time of year with the formation of heat troughs and broad low pressure regions across the north. Storms often bring heavy rain, large hail, damaging winds and countless lightning strikes. Fitzroy Crossing received 16mm of rain in ten minutes yesterday as a storm passed, adding to the 41mm counted to 9am. Fires can not be forgotten either. Already this season fires have tragically taken lives and destroyed homes, stock and farmland in the Esperance region. Today there is a fire weather warning for the Gascoyne Inland, Eucla and Southern Interior. So far this year over 1000 bushfires have been reported in WA. Old WA has stood the test of time and looks like nothing is going to change in the near future.