Don't be fooled by cold winters, study warns – Australia's still getting warmer

An analysis of 100 years of temperature data shows that records for warmer weather outnumber those for colder ones by 12 to one

Australians who have just experienced their coldest winters in decades shouldn't be fooled, scientists say, with new research showing that new heat records are outnumbering new cold records at an accelerating rate.

An analysis of 100 years of Australian temperature data has found that in the past 15 years, new records for heat outnumber those for cold by 12 to one, with human-induced climate change the primary factor.