Temperatures more than three degrees higher than average were recorded in Cowra this month, with predictions of a scorching summer ahead.
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Figures from the Bureau of Meterology show October's mean temperature was 25.9 degrees, compared to the 45-year average of 22.7 degrees.
Last Friday was by far the hottest day of the month, tipping the mercury at 34.8 degrees.
It looks like there's no relief coming into November either, with temperatures tipped to hit 35 degrees today and 30 degrees tomorrow, with possible thunderstorms.
Sunday will be slightly cooler, with temperatures expected to peak at 23 degrees, before he mercury claims into the high 20s again mid-week.
Last Saturday produced the first 40-plus day of spring for the upper western district of NSW.
Cobar reached 40 for the first time in October since 1965.
Wilcannia and White Cliffs recorded a scorching 42 degrees, Bourke and Tibooburra reached 41.
Temperatures in Bourke, Brewarrina, Wilcannia, Cobar, White Cliffs and Tibooburra have spent at least the last six days above 35 degrees.
