Forbes has been feeling the heat with temperatures in the high 30s through a busy weekend of festive fun and activity.
Although the temperature hadn't officially hit 40 degrees at time of preparing for press, the mercury was pretty close with some windy conditions as well.
Forbes airport recorded a peak of 34.7 on Friday afternoon, 36.7 degrees on Saturday and 37.5 degrees Sunday and Monday.
Tuesday had peaked at 35.9 degrees as the Advocate prepared the final edition for press, but with conditions expected to ease today with a top of 32 degrees.
The forecast for the week ahead, including Christmas Day, is still quite mixed.
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This weekend is again forecast to be a scorcher with the Bureau predicting top temperatures of 39 (Saturday) and 38 (Sunday) but Monday is forecast to be an entirely more tolerable top of 26 degrees.
The nights are expected to be balmy with morning lows of 16 (Saturday) and 18 (Sunday).
At time of preparing for press, Weatherzone had its Christmas Day forecast up and was predicting 36 degrees with the mercury on the climb again.
