Australia is likely to face a hotter-than-normal summer, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's (BOM) weather modelling, as parts of Australia brace for what could be record-level October heat over the coming days .

The long-range forecast, which now goes up to the end of February, is the first glimpse of what the season is shaping up to look like.

It is still early days.

But at this stage the forecast is tipping warmer-than-normal temperatures for most of Australia, except for coastal parts of New South Wales.

It is the nights that are looking the most dramatic, with the initial forecast showing a greater than 80 per cent chance of minimum temperatures being "unusually high".

"Because we are seeing increased chances of it being unusually warm for both overnight and daytime temper

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