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Australia is enjoying a super warm start to winter 2017, with temperatures well above average in all capital cities except Darwin.
The good news? It'll be a gorgeous sunny weekend ahead in 90 percent of the country. So get out there and enjoy yourself -- especially if you live in Sydney, where a shower or two may fall but sea temps are still a balmy 20 degrees.
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Tasmania has been having some super warm nights.
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Sydney June average max: 17
Sydney June average max so far: 18.4
1.4 degrees warmer than usual
Melbourne June average max: 14.1
Melbourne June average max so far: 15.3
1.2 degrees warmer than usual
Brisbane June average max: 21.9
Brisbane June average max so far: 22.1
0.2 degrees warmer than usual
Adelaide June average max: 15.8
Adelaide June average max so far: 16.8
1 degree warmer than usual
Perth June average max: 19.4
Perth June average max so far: 23.3
3.9 degrees warmer than usual
Hobart June average max: 12.0
Hobart June average max so far: 14.7
2.7 degrees warmer than usual
Canberra June average max: 12.3
Canberra June average max so far: 14.0
1.7 degrees warmer than usual
Darwin June average max: 30.7
Darwin June average max so far: 30.6
0.1 degrees cooler than usual
So is this a climate change thing?
You can never infer long term trends from a small sample of data: That's like confusing the difference between the outfit you're wearing today and your entire wardrobe.
Having said that, experts like David Karoly have found that winter weather patterns do appear to be changing in southern Australia because of the complicated effects of global warming.
One such effect is that cold Southern Ocean storms (which we call cold fronts) are veering north over the Australian mainland less often in winter -- and that's certainly how this winter has started off.
Those cold fronts in the South Ocean aren't getting anywhere near us... yet. |
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