Australia notches fourth-warmest year amid frequent extreme events: weather bureau

By Peter Hannam
Updated January 5 2017 - 10:52am, first published 10:50am
Australia has just finished its fourth-hottest year since records began in 1910. Photo: Peter Rae
Australia has just finished its fourth-hottest year since records began in 1910. Photo: Peter Rae

Australia posted its fourth-hottest year in 2016, driven by record sea-surface temperatures around the nation, in a period marked by frequent extreme events, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

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