Article 6K0PY Australia sweats through third-hottest summer on record with hot and dry autumn predicted

Australia sweats through third-hottest summer on record with hot and dry autumn predicted

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Bureau of Meteorology says only 2018-19 and 2019-20 summers were warmer, meaning Australia's three hottest seasons have occurred in the past six years

Australians endured the country's third-hottest summer on record, while odds strongly favour a hotter and drier than usual autumn, the Bureau of Meteorology has said.

The top-three ranking applied for each of the maximum, mean and minimum temperatures. All states and territories bar Victoria reported one of their 10 warmest summers.

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