{"id":2110,"date":"2020-02-08T20:16:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T09:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/?page_id=2110"},"modified":"2025-03-26T14:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T03:06:02","slug":"weather","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2110\" class=\"elementor elementor-2110\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33c7ca39 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33c7ca39\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ac6c20e\" data-id=\"6ac6c20e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8dce9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8dce9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/weather-icon-22.png?fit=100%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"weather-icon-22\" alt=\"weather-icon-22\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d282d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d282d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p1\">Rainfall was above average, despite very dry conditions in South Australia.<\/h3><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 6\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><h6>National average rainfall was 592 mm and 18% higher than the 2000\u20132023 average. Rainfall was average across much of Australia except for the SA coast, which experienced the driest year since at least 2000, and parts of inland Northern Territory, which experienced the wettest.\u00a0<\/h6><h6>Rainfall was also above average in other parts of northern Australia and below average along the south WA coast and southwestern Victoria. Nationally, rainfall was well above average in January and March and again in November and December, while April and May were relatively dry.<\/h6><figure id=\"attachment_3610\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone style=\"width: 1034px\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3610 size-large\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?resize=1024%2C738&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?w=2953&amp;ssl=1 2953w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?resize=1024%2C738&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?resize=1536%2C1106&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?resize=2048%2C1475&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?resize=500%2C360&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?resize=800%2C576&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?resize=1280%2C922&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?resize=1920%2C1383&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?resize=161%2C116&amp;ssl=1 161w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Rainfall.png?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Annual rainfall across Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure><h6 class=\"p1\">Annual average temperature accross Australia was the second-highest on record after 2019, continuing an increasing trend in line with global warming. The national average temperature was 0.73 \u00b0C above the 2000\u20132023 average and 1.46 \u00b0C above the 1961-1990 average. The average maximum temperature in 2024 was 42.3 \u00b0C, 0.62 \u00b0C higher than the previous year and 0.4 \u00b0C above the 2000\u20132023 average. Maximum temperatures were close to average across eastern Australia, but the highest on record along the WA coast. The number of days exceeding 35 \u00b0C was 3.6% greater than the previous year.<\/h6><h6 class=\"p1\">Nationally, there were on average 85 hot days:7.2% or 5.7 days more than the 2000\u20132023 average. Nights were cooler than the previous year. The national average was 0.60 \u00b0C below the 2000\u20132023 average. The average number of nights with frost was 5.1% more than the previous year and close (+2%) to the 2000\u20132023 average. Snow cover was 14% less than in 2023 and the lowest since 2018. Total snow occurrence was 47% below the 2000\u20132023 average.<\/h6><figure id=\"attachment_3611\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter style=\"width: 1034px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3611 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Hot-Days.png?resize=1024%2C738&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Hot-Days.png?w=2953&amp;ssl=1 2953w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Hot-Days.png?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Hot-Days.png?resize=1024%2C738&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Hot-Days.png?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Hot-Days.png?resize=1536%2C1106&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Hot-Days.png?resize=2048%2C1475&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Hot-Days.png?resize=500%2C360&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Hot-Days.png?resize=800%2C576&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Hot-Days.png?resize=1280%2C922&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Hot-Days.png?resize=1920%2C1383&amp;ssl=1 1920w, 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National average rainfall was 592 mm and 18% higher than the 2000\u20132023 average. Rainfall was average across much of Australia except for the SA coast, which experienced the driest year since at least 2000, and parts of inland Northern Territory, which experienced the wettest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"btn-filled btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/weather\/\" title=\"Weather\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3135,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PbFXqv-y2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2110"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3822,"href":"https:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2110\/revisions\/3822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}