The Bureau of Meteorology released its official record of Australia’s climate, water and notable weather events of 2024 and the results are incredible. Called the Annual Climate Statement ...

Of all earth’s continents, only Antarctica gets less precipitation than Australia. Its average annual rainfall of just 470mm is also unevenly distributed: in the Northern Territory, Darwin ...

This makes Australia the world’s driest inhabited continent—and it’s getting drier. Its average annual rainfall is around 470mm a year, well below the global average, and predictions linked ...

Regions that used to enjoy a gentler Mediterranean climate, as shown in the map below ... experiences below-average rainfall, while the western Pacific (including eastern Australia) has above ...

The surface of Australia's oceans were hotter on average last year than ever, according to a new report from the BOM, and ...