Remember when the the Bureau of Meteorology predicted Wagga was going to have an autumn that was warmer and drier than average?
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They were not kidding.
The city is heading for a hot weekend, with a predicted top of 35 degrees on Saturday and a sweltering 37 degrees on Sunday.
If Sunday hits that peak, it will be almost a full 10 degrees above the usual March average maximum of 27.7 degrees.
But, says, Nigel Smedley from the bureau’s Wagga office, 37 degrees might be hot, but it won't be a March record-breaker.
Back in 1983 – on March 7 – Wagga recorded a top of 39.5 degrees.
Mr Smedley said the higher-than-average temperatures were due to a combination of stable weather and north-westerly winds pulling air from central Australia.
That prediction for warmer and drier weather will also see less-than-average rainfalls between March and May, Mr Smedley said.