(New from me):’Significant record': Australia's fourth hottest year despite La Nina https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/significant-record-australia-s-fourth-hottest-year-despite-la-nina-20210106-p56s70.html @BOM_au #climate
Here's a series of previous @BOM_au annual climate reports by me, including 2019's, Australia's hottest and driest years: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/year-of-extremes-as-record-heat-fire-danger-and-dismal-rainfall-dominate-20200108-p53psq.html
And how 2018 looked: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/hot-start-to-2019-after-australia-ends-its-third-warmest-year-20181231-p50oyq.html
2017, too, was perhaps not surprisingly, another hot year: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/record-warmth-in-the-east-made-2017-australias-thirdhottest-year-on-record-20180109-h0ffli.html
And 2016 was - at the time - Australia's fourth warmest year (now a bit lower down the ranking): https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/australia-notches-fourthwarmest-year-amid-frequent-extreme-events-weather-bureau-20170104-gtm2e0.html
2015, meanwhile, ended with big heat as El Nino took hold: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/record-hot-end-to-2015-for-australia-as-giant-el-nino-dominates-20160106-gm02c7.html
While 2014 was Australia's third warmest year at the time too (since beaten several times) https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/weather-2014-australias-third-hottest-year-on-record-20150106-12ignf.html
And 2013, of course, was the hottest year on record (until pipped by 2019) https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/2013-confirmed-as-australias-hottest-year-on-record-20140103-308ek.html
(January 2013 was also about when I started paying close attention to Australia's weather, prompted in part by this article: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/temperatures-off-the-charts-as-australia-turns-deep-purple-20130108-2ce33.html