Age: Australians have just lived through the warmest September since records began, according to the rebadged Climate Council.
The latest record also makes the past 12 months the warmest documented, while 2013 is set to go down as the hottest calendar year in Australia, surpassing 2005.
Australia's September temperatures were almost 3 degrees above the long-term average, according to the Climate Council's Professor Will Steffen. Photo: Ben Rushton
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