April 2024 was Australia’s coolest in decade – but world’s warmest ever

The mean Australian temperature was 0.51C below the 1961-1990 average but should be above-average for April to June

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While Australia had its coldest April in nearly a decade, the rest of the world experienced monthly average temperatures that were the hottest on record, marking eleven straight months of record monthly highs.

Mean temperatures across Australia were 0.51C below the 1961-1990 average, the lowest since 2015, thanks to a high pressure system that arose off Australia's south-west coast in the middle of the month.