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The month had 15 days above 30 °C (86 °F) and 11 above 33 °C (91.4 °F). It also was the warmest month of 2020 for average daily maximums, beating January by 0.1 °C. The only other warmer November was in 2009 when the official weather observation station was Adelaide (Kent Town) not West Terrace.
Drought in Australia is defined by rainfall over a three-month period being in the lowest ten per cent of amounts having been recorded for that region in the past. [137] This definition takes into account that low rainfall is a relative term and rainfall deficiencies need to be compared to typical rainfall patterns including seasonal variations.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Australia is 50.7 °C (123.3 °F), which was recorded on 2 January 1960 at Oodnadatta, South Australia, and 13 January 2022 at Onslow, Western Australia. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Australia is −23.0 °C (−9.4 °F), at Charlotte Pass, New South Wales
Australia could be heading for its third-warmest summer on record, with many places likely to experience a warmer and drier period than normal from March to May, weather authorities said on Thursday.
Snow in Australia is very rare at sea level, but is common on the highlands of the southeast, in the states of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and in the Australian Capital Territory. Snow is rare even in the southernmost capitals like Melbourne and Hobart , falling less than once every decade, and in the other capitals it is unknown.
A record-high minimum temperature was recorded at around midnight on 29 January, when the temperature dropped to only 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) at the Bureau of Meteorology weather station in Kent Town, near the Adelaide city centre. Temperatures recorded in other parts of the city and other towns throughout South Australia were even higher. [19]
Adelaide's record breaking temperatures during the heatwaves: Hottest February day – 44.7 °C (112.5 °F) on 2 February 2014. Roseworthy recorded 46 °C, the second year in which Roseworthy reached such a temperature. [4] [5] Record number of days exceeding 40 °C (104 °F) during the summer months (December, January and February) – 13.
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