QUEENSLAND is about to swelter through a heatwave, with the mercury tipped to reach close to 50C this week.
But South Australians are already sweating through 2014, with some northern centres posting temperatures in the high 40s.
In the western Queensland town of Birdsville, the mercury could soar as high as 48C on Thursday, while in Brisbane temperatures are predicted to hit a sultry 39C on Saturday.
Temperatures are expected to be five degrees to 10 degrees above the average across the state in the next few days, the Bureau of Meteorology said on Wednesday.
Diamantina Shire Mayor Geoff Morton, who lives in Birdsville, said it would be business as usual in the town despite the forecast 48C heat, 1.5 degrees shy of the 1972 record.
"Once it gets over 45 (degrees) it doesn't matter whether it's 45 or 55, it's still bloody hot," Mr Morton said on Wednesday.
"Everything's hot, everything's hot to touch, the ground is hot ... a few more degrees is not going to make much of a difference."
He said melted tar stuck to the tyres of passing freight trucks and locals would spend the day in air-conditioning or start work early to avoid the midday heat.
"If you walk down the street from 12 o'clock on you won't see anybody. They're hibernating," he said.
"They've got a pretty simple choice. Inside the pub is 23 degrees and outside is 53."
Gordon Banks from the Bureau of Meteorology said a large, dry, hot mass of air stagnating in the nation's interior was the cause.
"We do get these bursts of several days where we're seeing high 30s to low 40s through the (state's) interior," he said.
"But what we're seeing at the moment is that we're having this run of days where we're seeing mid to high 40s through the interior and that certainly is much more unusual."
In Alice Springs the heat is predicted to reach 43C on Thursday.
But the heat is already being felt further south.
In SA on Wednesday, Tarcoola recorded a maximum of 48.2C, with Oodnadatta not far behind on 47.7C, three degrees short of the town's record high of 50.7C in 1960.
The temperature in Oodnadatta had been forecast to go as high as 49C.
Other centres to go above 47C included Roxby Downs and Coober Pedy, with the scorching conditions extending as far south as Port Augusta, which had 46.2C.
The bureau said the hot conditions would continue on Thursday with Moomba and Marree expecting tops of 49C, Oodnadatta 48C, Marla 47C and Leigh Creek 46C.
Conditions were cooler in SA's south as a change moved through, with milder conditions forecast for the next 24 hours.
The bureau said Adelaide's top temperature on Thursday would be 23C with rain likely, while at Stirling, in the Adelaide Hills, a top of 19C was likely.
A slightly cooler change is expected to move through the state from Friday.
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