Summer will sound its early arrival next Monday with Parramatta expected to close in on 40 degrees.
It’ll follow a warm weekend with temperatures to top 26 degrees on Sunday and 29 on Sunday.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts a hot and mostly sunny day on Monday with a minimum temperature of 16 degrees and maximum of 39 degrees.
Next Monday’s scorcher is unlikely to break any records – the hottest November day in Parramatta remains 42.7 degrees, set in 1982.
Experts are predicting a hot and stormy summer ahead.
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