BOM has just released its monthly weather review and it was officially Australia's hottest March on record.
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Blair Trewin, senior climatologist at the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), said March was a continuation of what we saw over summer in a lot of ways.
Not only was it the hottest March, but it has also been the hottest start to the year on record. By a lot.
"It's come in about 2.2 degrees above the long term for the first quarter of the year," Dr Trewin said.
"That's nearly a degree hotter than the previous hottest first quarter of the year.
Read the ABC News story by Kate Doyle - “Australia swelters through the warmest March on record.”
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