There is never a bigger hint that spring is just around the corner that spotting hectare after hectare of vivid yellow canola flowers.
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Gregadoo farmer Andrew Dumaresq has about 600 hectares of canola planted this year, along with about 1000 hectares of lupins and wheat.
Mr Dumaresq said the canola was currently "looking pretty good", but said like other farmers he was hoping for favourable conditions in the lead-up to harvest.
"If anyone can tell me what spring is going to do, that would be great," he said.
"But we have been pretty lucky in this area."
Nigel Smedley from the Bureau of Meteorology said the latest predictions should see Wagga having a drier-than-average spring with higher-than-normal temperatures.
But, the bureau has warned, with more cloud-free days and nights expected, there remains an increased risk of spring frost in susceptible areas.
Saturday, the last day of winter, should bring a top temperature of 18 degrees, after an overnight low of four.
The first day of spring on Sunday is heading for an even warmer maximum of 19 degrees, from an overnight minimum of three.
By Tuesday, those spring conditions are going to see Wagga expecting a maximum of 21 degrees.
While there are still a few days of August left, the lowest temperature for the month so far was the -2.8 degrees recorded on the 26th.
At the other end of the scale, the mercury peaked at 21 degrees on the 18th, well below the record of 26.6 that was recorded on August 30, 1982.
