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Annual climate statement 2018
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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.
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Copyright:
Commonwealth of Australia 2019
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CC BY
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
25 Jan 2019