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La Niña drives cool temperatures, high rainfall during Australian summer – ABC News
Australia experienced almost a third more rain than average this summer, driving temperatures down to levels not seen for almost a decade — but La Niña’s ability…
Australia recorded its wettest summer in half a decade and its coolest in nine years as La Niña snapped an eight-year hot streak in 2020/21.
Key points:
- Australia’s mean summer temperature was 0.6 degrees Celsius above the average the coolest in nine years
- La Niña drove the cooler, wetter conditions, but experts say its influence is waning as climate change takes hold
- Globally, 2021 saw the sixth hottest January since records began
Rainfall across the country was 29 per cent above the long-term average,…
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