2020: a year of drought, fire and flood
Rainfall across NSW was above average for most of the state in 2020, a stark contrast to the extreme dryness which parched most of the land in 2019 and crippled the livelihoods of many agricultural producers and rural communities. NSW also recorded the warmest spring on record in over 100 years in 2020, with temperatures more than 2C above average. After 2020 began with record-breaking heatwaves and devastating bush fires which burned close to 25 million hectares of land ...
Weipa the wettest place on the Cape
There's still two months of wet season to run and Weipa is out to an early lead in the rainfall stakes.
The three rain gauges...
Wetter than average weather tipped
A month ago, the BoM declared a La Nina event, which means wetter than average conditions expected in the next few months. How does that work? It all depends on the Walker circulation.
