Australia's 3rd warmest October, driest year to date since 1902
October 2019 was Australia's third warmest on record based on mean temperatures and the second warmest on record based on mean maximum temperatures.
Australia observed its second-warmest year to date mean temperature on record. The mean maximum temperature was highest on record over the same period
Maximum temperatures were the warmest on record for October for large areas of Western Australia and parts of the Northern Territory and southwestern South Australia. Some stations in Western Australia and the Northern Territory set records for warmest mean maximum temperature for October.
It was also a fairly dry October with southern Australia(south of 26°S) having seen their driest October on record.For Australia as a whole rainfall was 65% below the mean and the 5th driest on record, the lowest since 2002.
For Australia as a whole, it was the second-driest year to date on record slightly behind 1902(during the Federation Drought).
Read more at http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/month/aus/archive/201910.summary.shtml .
Mean temperature anomaly:
Australia observed its second-warmest year to date mean temperature on record. The mean maximum temperature was highest on record over the same period
Maximum temperatures were the warmest on record for October for large areas of Western Australia and parts of the Northern Territory and southwestern South Australia. Some stations in Western Australia and the Northern Territory set records for warmest mean maximum temperature for October.
It was also a fairly dry October with southern Australia(south of 26°S) having seen their driest October on record.For Australia as a whole rainfall was 65% below the mean and the 5th driest on record, the lowest since 2002.
For Australia as a whole, it was the second-driest year to date on record slightly behind 1902(during the Federation Drought).
Read more at http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/month/aus/archive/201910.summary.shtml .
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Images and data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology(BOM).