01 January, 2019

Hot start to 2019 after Australia ends its third-warmest year

The searing end to 2018 for much of Australia will likely make it the third-hottest on record for maximum temperatures with little early relief in sight in the new year, preliminary data from the Bureau of Meteorology shows.
Less heat and more rain: what many Australians will be hoping 2019 brings.CREDIT:
For mean temperatures, 2018 will also come in among the top five, according to bureau meteorologist Skye Tobin. The year was also "very much drier" than average for Australia, particularly in the south-east.


Read the story from The Age by Peter Hannam - “Hot start to 2019 after Australia ends its third-warmest year.”

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