Climate outlooks released Thursday by the Bureau of Meteorology say parts of the region have a "likely" or "very likely" chance of exceeding average maximum and minimum temperatures.

The median high temperature for Wollongong between November and January is 25.1 degrees, and the median minimum temperature is 16.5 degrees.

Outlooks predict there is a "likely" chance these figures will be exceeded.

In Albion Park, there is a "very likely" chance of beating the median minimum temperature of 15.6 degrees, and a "likely" chance of exceeding the 25.2 degrees median maximum.

There is an equal likelihood of an above median rainfall in Albion Park and Wollongong.

The outlook shows more than half of the country has a less than 40 per cent chance of achieving above average rainfall.

Northwestern NSW, southern NSW and northern and western Victoria, which all have serious rainfall deficiencies, will remain dry.

Hot weather is expected over all of Australia except a band from WA’s Goldfields to the Pilbara and the northern Cape York Peninsula.

There is at least a 60 per cent chance maximum temperatures will exceed November to January averages.

Bureau of Meteorology climate prediction services manager Andrew Watkins says the analysis increases the fire risk in the east.

‘‘For eastern and northern Australia, particularly for those drought areas, the odds favour drier than average conditions,’’ Dr Watkins said on Thursday.