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Explainer: Australia wet and warm in 2016

Australia recorded its fourth-warmest year on record during a wetter-than-average 2016.

Cars and trams drive through floodwaters in the suburb of Prahran in Melbourne, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016.

Cars and trams drive through floodwaters in the suburb of Prahran in Melbourne, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. Source: AAP

Australia's 2016 weather by the numbers:

  • Australia's national mean temperature was 0.87C above average - its fourth-warmest year on record
  • Annual rainfall was 17 per cent above average
  • Sea surface temperatures around Australia were the warmest on record in 2016 and were 0.77C above average
  • The World Meteorological Organisation has announced 2016 is very likely to have been the warmest year on record for global mean temperatures
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology's Annual Climate Statement 2016
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Published 5 January 2017 9:56am
Updated 5 January 2017 10:09am
Source: AAP

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