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Australia's spring was the warmest on record, climate records show
2013-12-04 02:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The spring of 2013 has been Australia's warmest on record. Mean temperatures for the season were 1.57C above the 1961-1990 average, surpassing the previous record of 1.43C (set in 2006) by 0.14C. Daytime maximum temperatures were also the highest on record, coming in 2.07C above average and 0.24C above the previous record (also set in 2006), while overnight minimum temperatures were the fourth-warmest on record. The warmth was most dramatic in September, which saw a mean temperature anomaly of...
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UN: 2013 is seventh warmest year on record
2013-11-13 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: This year is the seventh warmest since records began in 1850, with a trend of extreme weather events and the impact of storms such as Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines aggravated by rising sea levels, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Wednesday. A build-up of manmade greenhouse gases in the atmosphere meant a warmer future was now inevitable, WMO secretary general Michel Jarraud said in a statement at the UN climate talks in Warsaw. The WMO, giving a provisional overview,...
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Australia on track for warmest ever year
2013-11-10 22:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia is "on track" for its warmest ever calendar year, temperatures in October 1.43C above the long-term average and more than 100 heat-related records broken in the past 12 months, according to a new report. The Climate Council study, called Off the Charts, says that the country has just had its warmest ever 12-month period, from 1 November 2012 to 31 October 2013. This is the third month in a row that this 12-month temperature record has been broken. The report, drawn from Bureau of...
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Australia: Climate Council reports warmest September on record
2013-10-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
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 ''We've got high sea surface temperatures around...
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New Zealand has warmest winter on record
2013-09-03 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Winter lacked an Antarctic chill this year in New Zealand, to record effect. Scientists said on Tuesday that the South Pacific nation had its warmest winter since record-keeping began more than a century ago. The average nationwide temperature was 9.5C (49.1F) for June, July and August, about 1.2C above average and 0.3C above the previous record set in 1984, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research said. Record-keeping began in 1909. This year's unusually balmy winter was...
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