BOM drops a special climate statement explaining why it was so hot in September

Locations with 50 or more years
of observations where the highest
daily maximum temperature
record was broken.

We all lived through it, but the Bureau of Meteorology has made it official that September 2017 had some significantly hot days.

It was so significant that BOM released a Special Climate Statement for only the fourth time this year.

These in-depth documents are designed to give more information when unusual weather events occur in Australia.

"We broke quite a number of September temperature records," said Agata Imielska, a senior BOM climatologist and one of the key contributors behind the statement.

Read Kate Doyle’s ABC News story -“BOM drops a special climate statement explaining why it was so hot in September.”