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Climate Change Impacts Explained in Real Time
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Publication Date January 5, 2017 | Australian Bureau of Meteorology Newsroom

2016 a year of extreme weather events

 Australia

Australia was warmer than average in 2016, with a national mean temperature 0.87 °C above average, and it was the fourth-warmest year on record.

Sea surface temperatures around Australia were the warmest on record in 2016, and were 0.77°C above average.

 

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