Why has this autumn been so hot and dry?
- Written by Kimberley Reid, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
We’re less than a month away from the southern hemisphere winter. But you’d be forgiven for thinking summer was only last week.
April was unseasonably warm and dry across Australia. Temperatures were above average or very much above average for most of the country.
New South Wales had its second-driest April on record, while Bairnsdale...





