CO2 smashing extreme weather records, page-2164

Asstralia’s Bureau of Meteorology posted itts reading of the weather in July on Aug. 1 at its internet site, bom.gov.au. Excerpts are posted below and show ongoing drought across large areas of the continent.

BoM:

”In brief

“warmer than average July for Australia
“Mean maximum temperature above average for nearly all of the country
“Mean minimum temperature above average for large areas, particularly the southeast; below average for some areas of the far northJuly rainfall below to very much below average for very large areas, including most of New South Wales, southern Queensland, South Australia, and the southern half of Western Australia
“Rainfall above average for western Tasmania, parts of northern Queensland and the Gulf Coast
“It has been the second-warmest January–July on record for Australia (spanning 110 years), with rainfall also below to very much below average over most of the country, and fifth-lowest on record for Australia as a whole (spanning 120 years)

”Temperatures

”July was the fourth-warmest on record for Australia as a whole, with the national mean temperature 1.62 °C above average. The mean maximum temperature for the month was the third-highest on record for July, at 2.23 °C above average, while the mean minimum temperature was 1.01 °C above average. The Northern Territory and all States except Tasmania and Victoria placed amongst the ten warmest Julys on record for mean maximum temperature, while mean minimum temperature for the month was amongst the ten warmest on record for Victoria and Tasmania.

”The seven months of the year to date has been very warm for the country as a whole; Australia observed its second-warmest mean temperature on record for January–July. The mean maximum and mean minimum temperature have also been very warm; respectively they were the highest and fifth-highest on record for Australia over the same period.