Temperatures are soaring across the region, and you can expect them to stick around, as experts caution locals to stay safe and beat the heat.
Summer is coming thick and fast, as towns across the Western Plains are seeing temperatures arrive over 40 degrees, which is expected to last for the rest of the week and into the weekend.
Wednesday 6 December saw Bourke’s official temperature reach 41.8 degrees at 5.30pm, with a 44 degree peak forecast for today. In the hills, Coonabarabran airport recorded 35degrees yesterday with an expected 38 degree top today, while Condobolin registered a maximum of 40.2 degrees on Wednesday and is actually expecting temperatures to remain steady today due to possible showers…