The RFS is warning of potentially 'catastrophic' bushfire conditions as temperatures soar. Source: AAP
SYDNEY has fallen short of recording its hottest ever October day but emergency services were still busy around the state.
The temperature in Sydney reached 37.3C just after 3pm (AEDT) on Thursday for the city's third hottest October day since records began 154 years ago.
Temperatures had been forecast to reach an October-record 39C.
The hottest temperature in NSW was recorded at Wilcannia in the northwest, where it reached 42C.
NSW Ambulance responded to 20 heat-related cases including two people who passed out and suffered heat exposure after walking.
Gusty winds coupled with hot conditions created extreme fire danger for southern parts of the state, including Sydney, the Hunter and Illawarra and Shoalhaven, and forced a total fire ban in most of NSW.
There were thousands of fire fighters and volunteers crews on stand-by, along with 80 rural fire service aircraft.
RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said fire crews were dealing with as many as 60 blazes at a time across the state, including 30 that were uncontained.
But only a handful of fires reached the "watch and act" fire alert level.
"I think we have a lot of fire fighters and community ... that would be very pleased with the results this afternoon," he told AAP.
"To be where we are at this time of the day is a wonderful result."
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Julie Evans said a southerly change was making its way up NSW and temperatures would start to drop overnight.
By 6pm, the change had hit Merimbula on the south coast where the temperature dropped from 33 degrees to 19 degrees in 30 minutes, Ms Evans said.
The bureau said some temperature records were likely broken on Thursday, but it would not be clear until Friday.
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