THE first day of extreme heat and fire danger arrived on Wednesday, when the Gannawarra Shire sweltered.

The Bureau of Meteorology recorded a maximum temperature of 37.4 degrees at 3pm.

A cool change then swept through, with the temperature dropping to 24 degrees by 9.30pm.

The highest November daily maximum temperature on record was 44 degrees in 2012, and it was the warmest November day since...