Sydney records its warmest winter on record
by David Atkins
Every winter the climate deniers use the fact that it’s colder outside to mock the idea of global warming. And indeed, polls show that people are predictably more concerned about global warming when it’s hot outside than when it’s not.
But a few more unseasonably warm record winters, and they may not even be able to do that much longer. It’s been a very warm winter across the globe, and the Southern Hemisphere is no exception. Consider Sydney, Australia, which just had its hottest winter in history:
So much for winter.
With only a handful of days to the end of the month, Sydney is all but certain of registering its warmest winter on record.
The outlook for the first couple of weeks of September is also for above-normal temperatures. “We’re going to blitz [the average],” Mr Sharpe said.
The Harbour City averaged daily maximums of 19.5 degrees in July and is likely to fall just short of 21 degrees for August. That compares with long-term averages of 19.4 and 20 degrees for May and September, respectively, said Rob Sharpe, a meteorologist with Weatherzone….
Australia-wide, temperatures have been considerably warmer than average since last spring. The September-August period looks likely to be Australia’s warmest 12-month period on record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
It’s getting worse, and the world is doing next to nothing about it.
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