Temperatures in Australia have warmed by a degree since 1910.
Extreme heat events increasing in duration, frequency and intensity
State of the Climate report 2016
The duration, frequency and intensity of extreme heat events have increased across large parts of Australia, a climate report has found.
The Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO’s biennial State of the Climate report also found May-July rainfall had reduced by around 19 per cent since 1970 in the south-west of Australia.
The report offers a snapshot of how Australia’s weather has changed over the last two years.
Annual mean temperature changes across Australia since 1910.
According the latest report, there has been an increase in extreme fire weather days, and a longer fire season, across large parts of Australia since the 1970s.
Temperatures in Australia — both in the air and on the sea surface — have warmed by a degree since 1910, the report said.
It may not sound like much, but according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s Karl Braganza, it is a big deal.
“It’s not significant when you think about the shift from night to day, but we’re talking about a shift in the actual climatology of Australia,” Dr Braganza said.
“If you move from one climate zone to another in Australia — where there’s only a degree or two of difference — you’ll notice quite a different environment.”
Source
ABC News
- Australia has warmed by around 1 degree Celsius since 1910
- There has been an increase in extreme fire weather, and a longer fire season, across large parts of Australia since the 1970s
- May–July rainfall has reduced by around 19 per cent since 1970 in the south-west of Australia
- April–October growing season rainfall has reduced by around 11 per cent since the mid-1990s in the continental south-east of Australia
- Rainfall has increased across parts of northern Australia since the 1970s
Source: State of the Climate report
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