The most stormy regions in Australia in comparison with long-term averages were populated southeast, desert central Australia and Perth region, while dry tropical air have persisted over northern Australia, where precipitation anomalies from long-term average were negative.
Temperature anomaly from 30-years average valid for all continet was very close to 0. Last summer with negative continantal temperature anomaly was summer 2012 (note: in 2012, similar rounds of coldwaves appeared in Northern Hemisphere, too, again thanks to extremely strong La nina).
Last days, New South Wales and Northern Territory again reported areas with floods. Regional floods and tropical cyclones are from Australia reported all summer and are expected during the Spring 2021, too /https://mkweather.com/autumn-2021-forecast-for-australia-2021//.
BREAKING: Australia just had its coolest summer in 9 years, with a mean temperature 0.06ºC above the 1961-1990 average. It was also Australia's wettest summer in 4 years, underpinned by #LaNiña
#Australia's had the coolest summer since 2011/2012. And it'll be wetter and warmer than usual across large parts of the country in autumn https://t.co/Bp39izjCwb
What was summer like at your place? When averaged across the country, Australia just had its coolest summer in 9 years and its wettest summer in 4 years!
There's been a flood emergency in New South Wales, with dozens of homes inundated and a train derailed. It hit the North Coast hard with a massive clean-up underway. https://t.co/vcyXz8wCAn#7NEWSpic.twitter.com/8bHTaVe8Xj
It's been a decent #NorthernTerritory wet season this year with enough #rain around #AliceSprings to get the Todd flowing and flood the Daly River, with the region's Upper 17 Mile Creek reaching 608.6mm in February🌧️A number of other areas pushed past 500mm across the #TopEndpic.twitter.com/zSJktc7owU
— Bureau of Meteorology, Northern Territory (@BOM_NT) March 1, 2021
💧 FLOOD WARNING: Northern Territory DALY RIVER ⚠️
"Crocodile traps had been set around Daly River as rising floodwaters led to concerns that crocodiles may encroach into the community" @ntpfes 📷 Parks NT 🐊 Always #becrocwise ☔ Never drive ride or walk through floodwater pic.twitter.com/SDd8fxdtjL
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