Mount Isa residents should prepare for a run of 40 or more degree days over the next week.

Daily maximum temperatures during the week are expected to hit – 40,40, 39, 39, 38, 38. 

Minimum temperatures will sit in the low 20s. 

The highest October temperature was recorded on October 28 2003 at 42.5 degrees.

There is a slim chance of a shower or two during the weekend. 

Mount Isa got its first taste of the upcoming wet season with a few showers last fortnight. 

Our total rain for the month so far sits at 8mm – which is pretty inadequate compared with the monthly average of 18.7mm.

Residents without swimming pools will have to get creative with ways to cool down with the public pool still closed for repairs. 

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