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The worst bushfires in Australian history occurred during the 2019–2020 Australian bushfire season, also known as the "Black Summer", which lasted for 6 months and burnt 140,000 km 2 (55,000 mi 2) of land primarily in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. By the end of the season there had been 14-34 ...
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Highest average monthly maximum temperature [7] 41.5 °C (106.7 °F) Western Australia: Marble Bar: December Longest hot spell [7] 160 days above 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924 Greatest diurnal temperature range [7] 6.8 °C (44.2 °F) to 44.2 °C (111.6 °F) Eyre Bird Observatory: 5 March 2008 Greatest overall temperature ...
Brisbane's wettest day occurred on 21 January 1887, when 465 millimetres (18.3 in) of rain fell on the city, the highest maximum daily rainfall of Australia's capital cities. The wettest month on record was February 1893, when 1,025.9 millimetres (40.39 in) of rain fell, although in the last 30 years the record monthly rainfall has been a much ...
July 2017 to June 2018 in southeastern Australia proved to be the hottest financial year on record with maximum temperatures being the warmest on record and minimums above average. [68] The warmest year on record was 2016, with a mean temperature of 19.6 °C (67.3 °F) degrees. [ 69 ]
The coldest month is July, with an average temperature range of 2.2 °C (36 °F) to 12.5 °C (55 °F). The lowest recorded minimum at Launceston's current weather station, Ti Tree Bend, was −5.2 °C (22.6 °F), and unlike many other areas of Tasmania, Launceston rarely receives snowfall.
Australia experienced its eighth-warmest year in 2023, with the influence of climate change pushing average temperatures almost 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 1961-1990 ...
Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Year Average Ultraviolet index: 11 10 7 4 2 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 5.8 Source: Bureau of Meteorology (UV index) [26]