rainfall is which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its barrenness, makes it a desert climate. Rainfall varies significantly from year to year, with the town often going without rainfall for months on end, but occasional severe rainstorms can cause falls of over 100 mm in a day, the last time this happened being January 2011. Menindee is tied with Bourke in recording the hottest temperature in New South Wales, with a temperature of 49.7 °C (121.5 °F) recorded on 10 January 1939. Transport The transcontinental railway line crosses the Darling River at Menindee. The railway line is about 900 kilometres west of Sydney and about 110 km south-east of Broken Hill. Menindee is served by the NSW TrainLink Outback Xplorer service between Sydney and Broken Hill with one train in each direction per week. Trains head west (to Broken Hill) on Mondays and east on Tuesdays. A community access bus service runs to Broken Hill and return Monday to Friday (except public holidays), run by CDC Broken Hill (formerly Murton's City Bus Pty Ltd). No major highway runs through Menindee but the Barrier Highway between Adelaide and Nyngan runs nearby to the north through Broken Hill. See also List of extreme temperatures in Australia References External links Burke & Wills Web A comprehensive website containing many of the historical documents relating to the Burke & Wills Expedition. The Burke & Wills Historical Society The Burke & Wills Historical Society. Towns in New South Wales Populated places on the Darling River Far West (New South Wales)