Australia’s climate has warmed by 1.5C since 1910, BoM temperature records show
by Graham Readfearn from Environment | The Guardian on (#6JFBM)
Warming of the land surface increased from 1.48C after another year of data was added, annual climate statement reveals
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Australia's climate has officially warmed by 1.5C since 1910, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's long-term record of temperatures.
The figure is revealed in the bureau's annual climate statement that found 2023 was Australia's joint-eighth warmest year on record, with the national temperature 0.98C above the average between 1961 and 1990.
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