Last updated October 15, 2021
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Australia Record Heat 2017

Australia

Australia kicked off 2017 with a series of record-breaking heat waves across many eastern parts of the country. The most notable feature of the extreme heat event was its persistence. The town of Moree near the Queensland border recorded 41 consecutive summer days, as of February 5, with high temperatures of 95°F (35°C) or more, smashing the previous record of 17 consecutive days in the summer of 1981-82.

The impact of global warming is clearly observed in a distribution shift of daily weather, as well as shifts in monthly and seasonal climate, to higher temperatures. In Australia, climate change has been shown to drive longer, hotter and more intense heat waves.

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