Weather: Mildura facing five successive days of 40C temperatures

Temperatures are set to climb even higher from Saturday. See where some of the hottest places will be.

Farmers say the upcoming warmer run of temperatures could signal a return to the traditional summers they are accustomed to.

The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting another run of hotter days from Sunday through to Monday before a cool change on Thursday.

Echuca is set to reach 38C on Saturday and Sunday before hitting 40C on Monday. Mortlake has a forecast top of 38C on Sunday and 40C on Monday.

Warragul also has a forecast temperature of 38C on Sunday and 39C on Monday before cooler conditions of 29C arrive on Wednesday.

Mildura will be even hotter with five successive days of 40C and 41C from Saturday.

Roy Hamilton at his farm at Rand in southern NSW. Picture: Zoe Phillips

In the southern Riverina, Albury is forecast to reach 37C on Saturday before climbing to 40C on Wednesday.

Albury has not had a day of 40C since January 25, 2021.

Roy Hamilton at nearby Rand in southern NSW said the current warm temperatures were what he considered a return to more traditional weather patterns.

“I have been to a few rodeos in terms of weather in the past 20 years and it has been out of the ordinary at times, but this is what we expect at this time of the year,” he said.

Earlier this week, the mercury hit 40C at his place, and he expects it to get into that range on Sunday and Monday again.

However, he conceded it was drying out, and farmers certainly wouldn’t knock back rain.

The dry conditions had allowed him to complete up to 90 per cent of the spraying of summer weeds that needed to be done post harvest.

Gre Gre farmer Greg Baldwin runs livestock and grows crops in the Wimmera and said while temperatures weren’t too bad at the moment, he was expecting it to get hot again on Saturday.

“It is very dry; I know it is the middle of summer, but it is powdery dry,” he said.

“Any stock paddocks are starting to look like drought paddocks.”

Sheep enjoying a drink in the hot weather at Hamilton, in Tasmania's Derwent Valley. Picture: Linda Smith

Victorian Farmers Federation livestock director Scott Young said the No. 1 issue for producers was ensuring stock had access to “good fresh water” for the hot spell.

“Obviously there are few hot days coming up,” he said.

“We’re all hoping the wind doesn’t get up on us.

“It’s all about ensuring our stock have got water and shade where possible.”

Mr Young is based at Ballan where he said conditions had been dry for a “long time”.