2013 hottest year on record in Australia

[Jessica Berry]

The Bureau of Meteorology's annual climate statement shows that 2013 was Australia's hottest year since records began in 1910, with the hottest spring and summer, the hottest January and September, the hottest summer day and the warmest winter day.

 

 

...and 2014 weather has already started off weird in South Australia! In outback SA a bloke was on tv frying an egg on a shovel in nearly 50 degrees heat and at the same time in Adelaide we were dodging the rain, due to the flow on effects of Cyclone Christine.

[snifter]

I was reading about this earlier over on the BBC news site. Interesting re the last 9 from 10 years also.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25573712

[Jessica Berry]

Just goes to show how strong the sun is over here, this is the cover on our outside table, the exposed part has totally been stripped of colour! You can see the colour it once was from the part that is tucked underneath!