Australia experienced its hottest August on record for any country

Australia experienced its hottest August on record, the country’s weather service announced today, with the temperature last month more than three degrees above the normal average. Australia’s Met Office figures show last August was the warmest since records began in 1910. In many parts of the country the maximum minimum and maximum temperatures were the highest ever recorded. The average temperature across Australia was 3.03°C above the normal average, the agency said. Record temperatures were recorded from the east to the west coasts of the country. The thermometer at a military base on the northwest coast of Australia reached 41.6 °C, the highest temperature ever recorded in the winter season. Overall this winter – which in Australia starts in June and ends in August – was the second warmest on record […]
Source: News Beast

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