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1829 Major drought in Western Australia with very little water available. [7] 1835 and 1838 Sydney and NSW receive 25% less rain than usual. Severe drought in Northam and York areas of Western Australia. 1838–39 Droughts in South Australia and Western Australia; 1839 Severe drought in the west and north of Spencer Gulf, South Australia.
The 2000s drought in Australia, also known as the millennium drought, [1] is said by some to be the worst drought recorded since European settlement. [2] The drought affected most of southern Australia, including its largest cities and largest agricultural region (the Murray–Darling basin). It commenced with low rainfall conditions in late ...
1990 UK Drought and Heatwave; 1995 UK Drought and Heatwave (The drought generally lasted until Summer 1997) 2003 UK Drought and Heatwave; 2006 UK Drought and Heatwave; 2011 UK Drought and March–April Heatwave (The drought continued from 2010 and lasted through until March 2012) Part of the 2010-2012 UK Drought. 2011 UK September–October ...
The 1970s had been an exceptionally wet decade over eastern Australia, [1] despite short-term droughts from April to August 1976 and June to December 1977. 1978 was especially wet in the southern coast districts of New South Wales and East Gippsland because southern low pressure systems consistently redeveloped over the east coast.
Drought in Australia; 0–9. 1911–1916 Australian drought; 1979–1983 Eastern Australian drought; 2000s Australian drought; F. Federation Drought This page was ...
In Australia, the Federation Drought is the name given to a prolonged period of drought that occurred around the time of Federation in 1901.. Though often thought of as a long drought, until the record dry year of 1902 the period was actually one of a number of very dry spells interspersed with wetter weather.
The 1911–16 Australian drought consisted of a series of droughts that affected various regions of Australia between the years of 1911 and 1916. Most of the dry spells during this period can be related to three El Niño events in 1911, 1913 and 1914, though rainfall deficiencies actually began in northern Australia before the first of these El Niños set in and did not ease in coastal ...
The cyclone is considered the worst cyclone to strike the Northern Territory of Australia prior to Cyclone Tracy in 1974. [9] [10] Prior to contemporary naming conventions, the storm became known as the "Great Hurricane". [11] 1898 Bushfire: Red Tuesday bushfires: 12 Two thousand buildings 1899 Cyclone: Cyclone Mahina: 300–410 1903 Cyclone ...