Australia sweated through its third-warmest year on record in 2018, as disturbing Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) figures point to a trend of soaring temperatures and diminishing rainfall.
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| Climate experts say the rising temperatures are the 'new normal' |
Every state and territory recorded above average temperatures last year, eclipsing the sweltering conditions of 2017, our previous third hottest year.
The nation’s average temperature in 20-18 was 1.14C above the average for 1961-1990, the BoM said in its annual climate statement.
“When we look across all of Australia in 2018, we can see that every single state and territory had above average day and night-time temperatures,” BoM senior climatologist Lynette Bettio said in a statement Thursday.
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