Australia -= extreme temperatures

Graph of the Day: Record-breaking temperatures across Australia, 31 October 2013

Australian Climate Council,

17 November, 2013

10 November 2013 (Climate Council) – Between November 2012 and October 2013, the overall average temperature across Australia was 0.22°C higher than for any 12-month period prior to 2013.

The latest report from the Bureau of Meteorology highlights the large number of temperature records that have fallen across Australia in the last year, including (BoM, 2013a):

• Australia’s warmest summer on record (December 2012 to February 2013).
• Australia’s warmest January and September on record.
• Australia’s warmest 12-month period on record (now broken three times, for the periods ending August, September, and October). 15 months in a row of above average temperatures.

Resources:

Read our report on the October heat to learn more about the link between climate change and heat.

Read our report on the September heat to learn more about the hottest September on record and the link to climate change.

Read the Climate Commission’s report on Extreme Weather published earlier this year.