Hottest Summer Ever Recorded For W. Australia; Perth Endures Driest Summer On Record - AFP

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Western Australia has sweated through its hottest ever summer, recording average temperatures just shy of 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit), officials said on Monday.

Weather officials said the giant, dusty state roasted at an average of about 29.6 Celsius during the southern hemisphere summer, 0.2 degrees over the previous high in 1997-1998.

The state capital Perth also endured its driest summer since records began in 1897, with just 0.2 millimetres (0.01 inches) of rain falling in December, January and February. State-wide information is only available since 1950.

"Certainly we had below average rain in the southwest of the state for the start of the year," Stephen McInerney, duty forecaster at the state's weather bureau, told AFP. "For the next three months we're expecting a 65 percent chance of lower than average rainfall, so we're looking at a continuation of the dry conditions."

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[thereismore]

1. Australia is not part of America, therefore it doesn't count.

:sarcasm:

[Birthmark]

2. Bah! So what?

I just heard that it was warm somewhere in Greenland, once upon a time. Therefore, CO2 isn't a GHG, and by extention, AGW can't be happening. QED :sarcasm:

[bergie321]

3. Yeah...well....

It snowed in New York and there were some emails....

[demosincebirth]

4. Why don't the pull that 48 mile long hunk of ice that broke off the Antarctic

to the continent and use the water to fill reservoirs. Sound stupid, but I read that years ago in a science book.