Australia has just had the wettest autumn since 2012, and it was the third warmest autumn in history, with the second hottest nights.
Key points:
- It was especially wet for NSW and Murray Darling Basin, both of which had the wettest autumns since 1990.
- It was also warm, with the national average temperatures being the third highest recorded and the second highest recorded during the night.
- The Northern Territory had below-average rainfall this fall, and some of the southern crop regions were also lost.
It’s the first day of winter, and the fall data from the Meteorological Office is ready.
Not only was it humid, but it was the first time Australia had recorded above-average fall rainfall in a decade since 2012.
Fall rains were only 4% above the average for the whole of Australia.
But it was especially wet in New South Wales and the Murray-Darling Basin, which recorded the wettest autumn since 1990.
Rainfall in New South Wales was 60% higher than the average from 1961 to 1990 and the seventh highest recorded, while the Murray-Darling Basin was 40% above average.
This will come as no surprise to those in Sydney who are currently having the wettest year to date. It includes its rainiest fall.
Much of eastern and western Australia recorded above-average rainfall, with parts of the middle coast of New South Wales including Sydney and parts of the Gold Coast Hinterland on the New Frontier border. South Wales in Queensland, recording its wettest autumns.
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The temperature stays warm
Maybe it was damp, but it was still hot.
Nighttime temperatures were the second highest recorded for the nation as a whole after 2016 and well above average from 1961 to 1990.
The days were less impressive, but still well above average, and in terms of average temperatures, this was the third warmest autumn in history.
It was especially hot in the north, where the Northern Territory recorded its highest daytime fall temperatures ever recorded, with relatively cooler nights averaging the second warmest on record.
Although it was humid, temperatures were still above average this fall, with especially hot days in the north. (Supplied by: Meteorological Office)
Queensland recorded its second warmest autumn nights and the third highest average temperature recorded.
A dry autumn for some
It may have been wet for many, but it was definitely another story in the NT.
Darwin may have managed to reduce rainfall in the near-average wet season, thanks to late last year’s fall, but most of the Northern Territory had below-average rainfall this fall.
Autumn was wetter than usual in much of the east and west, but rainfall was lower than usual in most of the Northern Territory. (Supplied by: Meteorological Office)
Similarly, parts of southwestern Western Australia and western Tasmania had relatively dry autumns.
Although Hobart suffered heavy rainfall in May, Tasmania also saw below-average rainfall this fall.
Meanwhile, even the cold front of the last few days could not drag the south-east of South Australia and the south-west of Victoria above average.
So what’s up?
With the persistence of La Niña and a negative dipole of the Indian Ocean over the Indian Ocean is expected to form, it is very likely that most of the country will have above average rainfall this winter.
But it is not expected to be wet everywhere.
Southwestern Western Australia and western Tasmania are expected to rain below average over the next few months, while cloud cover is expected to cause low temperatures during the day in the center of the coast. the coast.
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Posted 8 hours 8 hours agoWednesday 1 June 2022 at 07:10, updated 7 hours agoWednesday 1 June 2022 at 08:30