Summary of overview

2018 was Australia's third-warmest year on record (the national temperature dataset commences in 1910). 2018 was Australia's third-warmest year on record (the national temperature dataset commences in 1910). Australia's area-averaged mean temperature for 2018 was 1.14 °C above the 1961–1990 average. Maximum temperatures were the second-warmest on record at 1.55 °C above average, coming in behind +1.59 °C in 2013. Minimum temperatures were 0.73 °C above average, the 11th-warmest on record.