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It's been spring for a month and a half where I live. Jasmin started flowering in July lol
It got to 29 yesterday! Last day of winter!
The days have been so weird here, start the day freezing, not wanting to leave the warmth of the bed. Car AC on max heat, heavy jacket. End of day get in the car AC is on max heat "What the f*CK!" Put it to max cold, jacket off, nearly sweating.
It rained a few times though.
But seriously it just gets worse and worse
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Queensland, Tasmania and New South Wales all experienced their hottest winters on record, with all other states and territories seeing temperatures in the top 10 years for heat.
Scientists are concerned an expected El Nińo climate pattern that increases the chances of hotter and drier conditions could bring a dangerous summer of bushfires.
Dr Andrew King, a climate scientist at the University of Melbourne, said the winter warmth was “pretty consistent with the trend towards warming that we have already seen and expect to continue as we keep emitting greenhouse gases”.
King said the high-pressure systems that brought the extra warmth were “part of the story”, adding “we would not get the temperatures that we have seen this winter really happening without human-caused climate change”.
Australia’s weather bureau has stopped short of declaring an El Nińo, despite the World Meteorlogical Organization and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration both stating the system is in place.
El Nińos are linked to higher than average sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific but while those conditions are present, the bureau has said it has not yet seen a consistent weakening of the east-to-west trade winds that are also typical of the climate pattern.
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