'There's definitely a warming trend. You can't not see it': Our year of wild weather p_hannam
Dust storms, diving dam levels, heatwaves and fish kills marked both the start and finish of 2019 for NSW, with the eruption of mega bushfires and incessant smoke haze adding to the year-end's woes.
Tn the road from Louth to Bourke in northern NSW in January, 2019. The state broke the previous record for average January maximums - set in 1939 - by more than two degrees, the Bureau of Meteorology said."December alone was not a standout month but it came at the end of a very hot year," Mr Domensino said. He estimates Sydney averaged 24-degree maximums this year topping 2016's 23.8C record.
Last January delivered more than a few harbingers of what was to come. Mass fish kills near Menindee in far western NSW hinted at the stresses to come for wildlife and humans alike as rivers turned to puddles, towns began trucking in water and heat sowed misery on farms across the state. NSW's summer rainfall was just half the long-run average, exacerbating soil moisture deficits and leading to dust storms that became a regular feature for much of the year.
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