Last Decade Hottest On Record For Australia; Almost 1C Higher Across All States & Territories

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The last decade was the hottest on record for Australia with the temperature almost 1C above average and one third of a degree warmer than the previous decade, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. On Friday the bureau released its annual climate statement, confirming preliminary data previously reported by the Guardian revealing 2020 was the fourth warmest year on record.

Bureau climatologists said 2020 was characterised by a shift in some of the key drivers of Australia’s weather away from conditions that delivered the hottest and driest year on record the year before.

Dr Lynette Bettio, senior climatologist at the bureau, said 2020 was part of a run of especially hot years and had begun in the middle of the extreme bushfires that began in late 2019. “We know Australia is affected by climate change, so every year since 2013 has been in the top 10 warmest years on record,” said Bettio.

Maximum and minimum temperatures were above average for all states and territories, the 2020 statement shows.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/08/last-decade-hottest-on-record-for-australia-with-temperature-almost-1c-above-average

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