Climate Central: Australia: It's so hot right now.
Or rather, it was so hot this summer, that the country set a record for its hottest summer since recordkeeping began there in 1910, the country's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) announced Friday. For a country that has an arid climate and is prone to heat waves, that might not seem unusual.
But the summer was remarkable in almost every respect, as the Australian continent smashed records for heat intensity, geographic scope, and duration. Moreover, the heat continued...