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Autumn lasts between March and May and experiences changeable weather, where summer weather patterns gradually take on the shape of winter patterns. [ 48 ] The highest recorded maximum temperature in Tasmania was 42.2 °C (108.0 °F) at Scamander on 30 January 2009, during the 2009 south-eastern Australia heat wave .
It caused Australia to experience its wettest September on record in 2010, and its second-wettest year on record in 2010. [51] It also led to an unusual intensification of the Leeuwin Current. [52] El Niño conditions developed in mid-2013 through much of western Queensland. [53]
According to the Bureau of Meteorology's 2011 Australian Climate Statement, Australia had lower than average temperatures in 2011 as a consequence of a La Niña weather pattern; however, "the country's 10-year average continues to demonstrate the rising trend in temperatures, with 2002–2011 likely to rank in the top two warmest 10-year ...
On 27 November 2024, after a nearly a week-long heatwave conditions in Sydney, where the City saw weather conditions more typical of January or February in November, Sydney Airport warmed to 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) at 12:15pm, which made it the hottest place in the world at that time (a few reasons being due to the foehn effect and UHI effect). [49]
The majority of Australia's weather radars are operated by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), an executive agency of the Australian Government.The radar network is continually being upgraded with new technology such as doppler and dual polarisation to provide better now-casting.
Brisbane's wettest day occurred on 21 January 1887, when 465 millimetres (18.3 in) of rain fell on the city, the highest maximum daily rainfall of Australia's capital cities. The wettest month on record was February 1893, when 1,025.9 millimetres (40.39 in) of rain fell, although in the last 30 years the record monthly rainfall has been a much ...
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The heatwave broke numerous records and affected all of south-eastern Australia, including Melbourne, where some outdoor games were cancelled during the 2009 Australian Open. The heatwave commenced in Adelaide on 26 January 2009 (Australia Day), with a temperature of 36.6 °C (98 °F).