In Spite Of La Nina, 2020 Was Australia's Fourth-Hottest Year On Record - 2019 Remains Hottest
Last year was the fourth warmest on record for Australia, continuing a run of record warm years over the past decade, according to provisional data released by the Bureau of Meteorology. Across the country, temperatures in 2020 were 1.15C higher than average, putting the year behind 2005, 2013 and 2019, which remains the hottest year on record.
The data is gathered from the bureau’s ACORN-SAT dataset that takes readings from 112 weather stations across the country and goes back to 1910.
Eight of the 10 hottest years on record for Australia have occurred since 2013, the data shows. Climate scientists said the heat was driven by human-caused climate change.
Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, a climate scientist at the University of New South Wales specialising in extreme events, said human-caused climate change had reliably delivered another top 10 year. “It’s a ‘no shit, Sherlock’ moment really,” she told Guardian Australia.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/01/australia-records-fourth-warmest-year-in-2020-despite-la-nina