The BoM's Spring Outlook, issued on Thursday, forecasts another "warmer and drier than average" spring for the region but does open a window of hope that weather patterns may "ease back to normal" come December.

Head of long-range forecasting, Andrew Watkins, said the record hot and dry conditions were being driven by a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD).

That has resulted in cooler waters between Australia and Indonesia, and less cloud forming over inland Australia; however, that positive IOD won't continue past December.

"We know that driver of a warmer and drier climate will end in December. The positive IOD will break down because of the Asian monsoon - it can't persist," he said.

"Then we would start to hope that things ease back a little towards normal. It is not definitive, but there are good signs ahead."

That was the only positive news from the Spring Outlook, with senior meteorologist Dean Narramore confirming the first week of spring would likely be a preview of things to come.

"It is going to be a very warm and very dry first week of spring, with temperatures reaching into the 30s," he said.

Tamworth is facing a particularly grim spring off the back of what will be one of the hottest and driest winters on record.

The months of June, July and August recorded a combined 37.6mm of rain, less than one average month's worth, and temperatures are forecast to reach 29 next Wednesday and Thursday.