Australia’s warmest spring on record
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Special Climate Statement.
Key points:
- Spring 2014 was Australia’s warmest on record
- Mean temperatures were 1.67 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the largest such departure from the long-term average since national records began in 1910
- Numerous records were approached or set. For example:
- Australia’s warmest October day on record, 36.39 °C national mean maximum temperature on 25 October
- Australia’s warmest maximum temperature anomaly on record for any season
(+2.33 °C), surpassing +2.17 °C set in autumn 2005
|
Australian mean temperature deciles for spring 2014 (1 September to 30 November).
Warmest on record areas are shown in dark orange. |
Info courtesy of the Bureau of Meteorology. Issued 3rd Dec 2014.
