A new set of official maps shows in stark detail how Australia is growing dramatically hotter and drier
As severe bushfires raged in NSW and Victorians baked under Friday's brutal sun, a new set of official maps shows in stark detail how Australia is growing dramatically hotter and drier.
Australia has already had its hottest December day on record this week. Victoria will swelter under more record-breaking heat on Friday. Terrible But the scientist said the separate rainfall charts show that rainfall is likely to bounce back, when the conditions in the Pacific and Indian oceans are right.The 109-year sweep shows the extremes in Australia's weather.In 1974 much of Australia is shaded blue, reflecting the cool and very wet year. January that year was the wettest month in 70 years. Fourteen lives were lost in Brisbane floods after record summer rains.
A heatwave in south-eastern Australia in 2013 resulted in several bushfires in Tasmania, while a monsoon trough over parts of Queensland and New South Wales caused severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes.from the Agriculture Victoria website to gain a better understanding of climate trends in their particular region.
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