2024-25 summer at 1.89C above long-term average ‘will be one of the coolest in the 21st century’, according to one expert

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Last summer was Australia’s second-hottest on a record going back to 1910, at 1.89C above the long-term average, according to data from the Bureau of Meteorology.

The second-hottest summer – coming after the second-hottest winter and the hottest spring on record – included the second-hottest January and the third-hottest December.

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