Michaelangelica Posted January 5, 2010 Report Posted January 5, 2010 Australian Government - Bureau of Meteorology Annual Australian Climate Statement 2009Issued 5th January 2010 2009 will be remembered for extreme bushfires, dust-storms, lingering rainfall deficiencies, areas of flooding and record-breaking heatwaves Second warmest year for Australia Data collected by the Bureau of Meteorology indicate that Australia’s annual mean temperature for 2009 was 0.90°C above the 1961-90 average, making it the nation’s second warmest year since high-quality records began in 1910. High temperatures were especially notable in the southeast during the second half of the year, with Australia, Victoria, South Australia and NSW all recording their warmest July-December periods on record.annual australian mean temperature timeseries(Above) Annual and decadal mean temperature anomalies for Australia (compared with 1961-90 average) and (below) 2009 mean temperatures compared against historical temperature records. Record-breaking heatwaves and high temperatures Extreme heatwaves occurred across much of southern Australia during late January/early February resulting in a new Melbourne maximum temperature record of 46.4°C, new State maximum temperature records for Victoria (48.8°C at Hopetoun) and Tasmania (42.2°C at Scamander), and contributing to the Black Saturday bushfires. more atAnnual Australian Climate Statement 2009It is amazing that one of our most southerly cities/capitals--Melbourne -had the highest temperature of any capital city.The last ten years were the hottest on record; 2009 was the second hottest year on record, at the end of the hottest decade. Quote
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