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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Graham Readfearn

Bureau of Meteorology forecasting hot autumn nights for most of Australia

Sydney skyline at sunset
The forecast higher temperatures for March, April and May across the country comes after Australia experienced its third-hottest January on record. Photograph: Mark Evans/Getty Images

Most of Australia has at least double the chance of experiencing unusually warm days and nights this coming autumn, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s latest long range forecast.

The bureau put the extra warmth in its forecast down to the climate crisis and the warming ocean surface that was tending to push up temperatures.

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