"Same Shit, Different Year" - Australia Records Hottest 12 Months (Again) And Hottest March On Record
Australia has experienced its hottest 12-month period on record, ending with its hottest March on record, with last month seeing temperatures 2.41C above average, the Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed. The bureau said its data going back to 1910 showed the 12 months ending in March 2025 averaged 1.61C above average – the hottest of any 12-month period, beating the previous 1.51C mark set from January to December 2019.
The 2.41C record for March easily beat the previous 2.03C mark set in 2019. March also had the hottest overnight temperatures for that month, at 2.53C above the 30-year average between 1961 and 1990. March 2025 beat the previous 2.11C mark set in 2016. Australia just had its warmest spring-summer on record in 2024-25, with the six months from September to February 1.98C above average. The previous record was 1.68C set in 2019-2020.
“It’s the same shit, different year,” ANU climate scientist Prof Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick said. “I am sure everyone is now getting fatigued that these records keep falling. It’s now incredibly predictable.”
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Western Australia had a clean sweep, recording its hottest March for average temperatures, minimum temperatures and maximum temperatures. Records for hottest overnight temperatures across March were broken in all states and territories except Tasmania and Victoria. Australia has not had a March cooler than average since 2012.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/australia-records-hottest-12-months-and-warmest-march-weather-on-record