After a summer of extremes, here's what to expect this autumn
- Written by Catherine Ganter, Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
The past Australian summer was a season of two contrasting halves. So did the midsummer weather change make a dent in the drought, and is it likely to continue through autumn?
The first half of summer was exceptionally hot, dry and dusty. Parts of eastern and southern Australia were engulfed by significant bushfires, and smoke haze covered large...