Australia has just sweltered through its hottest year on record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

Average temperatures were 1.20 degrees Celsius above the long-term average of 21.8C, breaking the previous record set in 2005 by 0.17C, the bureau said in its Annual Climate Statement.

All states and territories recorded above average temperatures in 2013, with Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia all breaking annual average temperature records.

The country recorded its hottest day on January 7, as well as the hottest week and hottest month on record.

Meanwhile, extreme conditions have persisted into the first days of 2014, with soaring temperatures in areas extending from Queensland's interior to Central Australia, northern South Australia and north-western New South Wales.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/#state=nsw


So come all you d!ckheads explain how you think it isn't getting warmer and wasn't the 2012 the hottest on record back then

This proves the we are in a global cooling cycle.

Since January 2013, Australia's temperatures has cooled.

We are saved, and we have Tony Abbott and his removal of the evil carbon tax to thank.

Congratulations to all the deniers who for year valiantly exposed the biggest conspiracy the world has ever seen. Your faith, and belief in God, won over those dirty communists.

Better links:

2013 was hottest year on record in Australia, Bureau of Meteorology says (ABC Online)
Annual climate statement 2013 (Bureau of Meteorology)

Amazing how many “hottest ever. . .” records continue to be broken.

Imagine what it’d be like if we had global warming!

I'd like to know where all of these record high temperatures were because they were certainly weren't in my area and I live in part of Australia...

over the past 6 months (Victoria) I'd have to say its been below average as far as temperatures go... and a bit higher in rain fall compared to recent years...

I thought the anti science mob were saying we were not heating.

Time for nuclear power … although this technology is not suited to a global heating world unless we ignore the environmental damage it causes.

St George of the Garden wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 9:18am:

True Blue... wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 9:18am:



Ah yes, your victorian beach side town, the last standout to global warming and rising sea levels.