Australian temperature records in 2014

2014 CLIMATE BY THE NUMBERS

MEAN TEMPERATURE (MIN AND MAX COMBINED) AVERAGE, 2014

Aust - +0.91C against long-term average (third warmest on record)

ACT - +1.8C (third warmest)

NSW - +1.41C (record)

NT - +0.29C

Qld - +0.96C (equal third warmest)

SA - +1.37C (second warmest)

Tas - +0.8C (second warmest)

Vic - +1.15C (second warmest)

WA - +1.43C (fourth warmest)

SIGNIFICANT RECORDS

Southern Australia (the area south of the NT border) - second-warmest year in 2014

NSW - equal warmest year for mean maximum

VIC - warmest mean maximum on record

WA - warmest mean maximum temperature on record

Sydney - warmest mean maximum and second-warmest mean minimum on record

Melbourne - equal warmest year on record, warmest mean minimum on record