Australia’s hottest winter on record, max temp up nearly 2C on the long-term average

Australia hits a record winter average maximum daily temperature.

Winter in Australia this year was hot and dry with the average maximum temperature up nearly 2 degrees Celsius above the long-term trend.

Key points

• Hottest winter since records began in 1910
• Ninth driest winter on record
• More high pressure systems prevented rain

The 2017 winter was the hottest since 1910 when national records began, according to Bureau of Meteorology figures released today.

The average maximum daily temperature recorded across all Australian recording locations for June, July and August 2017 was 23.7C.

That is a whopping 1.9C degrees above the baseline 1961 to 1990 average of 21.8C and smashes the previous record of 23.4C set in 2009.

Source: BOM: Australia’s hottest winter on record, maximum temperatures up nearly 2C on the long-term average – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)