Australia Heats up With Eighth-Warmest Year on Record

Surf rescue workers instruct swimmers to move away from the northern end of the beach at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on January 16, 2022. Jenny Evans/Getty Images

Australia’s average temperature rose by almost 1 degrees Celcius in 2023, matching a global pattern of extreme weather and the earth’s hottest year on record.

The national mean temperature came in 0.98 degrees Celcius warmer than the 1961-1990 average to mark the nation’s eighth-warmest year on record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.