THE FIRST week of October will bring no relief for farmers, with no rain forecast.
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Wagga Meterological Office technical officer Nigel Smedley said we would have to wait until October 6 for any chance of much-needed rain.
"There's a medium chance of rain from the week starting October 6," he said.
Day temperatures were above average throughout the month of September, while night temperatures were chillier than usual.
Weather officers are predicting a hot end to the year, with night and day temperatures estimated to be higher than average across eastern NSW during October, November and December.
Lower than average rainfall has also been predicted.
The end of September saw the hottest days of the month. The warmest day was recorded on September 30 with temperatures reaching (XXX SUBS TO UPDATE)
"There was a daily maximum average of 19.2 degrees, that's 1.6 degrees above average," Mr Smedley said.
While the days were hotter the nights were milder.
"The minimum average was 4.6 degrees, that's 0.5 degrees below average.
"So we had a warmer month that was colder at night time."
September recorded below average rainfall.
"The monthly rainfall was 36.8mm, that is 12mm lower than average," Mr Smedley said.
"That's not too bad, we can pick that up quite easily."
Hay and oat famer based just outside of Wagga, Allan Jeffree, said strong rains were needed to boost crops.
"The rain on September 24, was 19 millimetres, that's the biggest rain since April or May," Mr Jeffree said.
"We could take another inch or two really easily."
Mr Jeffree was not concerned about temperatures.
"We have seen much warmer Septembers than this before," he said.
"We mainly do hay and we need temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees."
He said while the crops looked good farmers were nervous they were getting dry.
"A lot of people are pretty concerned."