Indicator: A-04 Temperature trends - annual mean temperature anomalies
Data
Annual Mean Temperature Anomalies For Australia
Source: Bureau of Meteorology 2005, Annual mean all-Australian temperature anomalies (1961-1990 normal).
Annual Maximum Temperature Anomalies For Australia
Source: Bureau of Meteorology 2005, Annual mean all-Australian temperature anomalies (1961-1990 normal).
Annual Minimum Temperature Anomalies For Australia
Source: Bureau of Meteorology 2005, Annual mean all-Australian temperature anomalies (1961-1990 normal).
What the data mean
Annual mean temperatures show an increase over the reporting period, 1910 to 2004 with the second half of the 20th century showing greater warming than the first half. This has been accompanied by an increase in both maximum and minimum temperatures.
Data Limitations
Nil
Issues for which this is an indicator and why
Atmosphere - Climate variability and change - Weather
Trends in temperatures are an indicator of climate variability and change that in turn will have an impact on our human, economic and environmental health.
Other indicators for this issue:
- A-01 Annual variation in the Southern Oscillation Index
- A-02 Rainfall trends - annual mean rainfall
- A-03 Rainfall extremes - inter-annual variations in annual extreme rainfall
- A-05 Temperature extremes - percentage area of extreme annual mean temperatures
- A-06 Extreme weather-related effects - cost of weather-related disasters
- A-36 Rainfall extremes - percentage area experiencing extreme wet and dry conditions
- A-37 Temperature trends - spatial trend in mean annual temperatures
- A-47 Rainfall deficiencies - drought
Land - Contributions and pressures between the land and the atmosphere - Climate
Trends in temperatures are an indicator of climate variability and change that in turn will have an impact on the land.
Other indicators for this issue:
- LD-05 Terrestrial carbon loss rate and rate of land carbon sequestration
- LD-24 Severe drought and wildfire correlation
- A-01 Annual variation in the Southern Oscillation Index
- A-02 Rainfall trends - annual mean rainfall
- A-03 Rainfall extremes - inter-annual variations in annual extreme rainfall
- A-05 Temperature extremes - percentage area of extreme annual mean temperatures
- A-41 Greenhouse - climate change projections
- BD-15 Examples of impacts of climate variability on selected species, habitats or ecosystems
- AAT-12 Changes in colonies of plants on Heard Island
- AAT-14 Ice sheet mass balance and sea ice extent
- AAT-15 Glacier movement
- A-45 Greenhouse - agricultural sector carbon dioxide equivalent emissions
Inland Waters - Catchment scale influences - Influence of climate variability and change
Trends in temperatures are an indicator of climate variability and change that in turn will have an impact on the inland waters.
Other indicators for this issue:
- A-01 Annual variation in the Southern Oscillation Index
- A-02 Rainfall trends - annual mean rainfall
- A-03 Rainfall extremes - inter-annual variations in annual extreme rainfall
- A-05 Temperature extremes - percentage area of extreme annual mean temperatures
- A-36 Rainfall extremes - percentage area experiencing extreme wet and dry conditions
- A-37 Temperature trends - spatial trend in mean annual temperatures
- A-41 Greenhouse - climate change projections
- A-47 Rainfall deficiencies - drought
- LD-24 Severe drought and wildfire correlation
- BD-15 Examples of impacts of climate variability on selected species, habitats or ecosystems
- AAT-12 Changes in colonies of plants on Heard Island
- AAT-14 Ice sheet mass balance and sea ice extent
- AAT-15 Glacier movement
Biodiversity - Pressures on biodiversity - Climate variability
Trends in temperatures are an indicator of climate variability and change that in turn will have an impact on biodiversity.
Other indicators for this issue:
- BD-15 Examples of impacts of climate variability on selected species, habitats or ecosystems
- LD-05 Terrestrial carbon loss rate and rate of land carbon sequestration
- LD-24 Severe drought and wildfire correlation
- CO-03 Sea level
- CO-04 Sea surface temperature variability
- CO-44 Marine chlorophyll concentration
- CO-60 Sea salinity
- CO-76 Examples of the impact of climate variability on selected coastal and marine species, habitats or ecosystems
- A-01 Annual variation in the Southern Oscillation Index
- A-02 Rainfall trends - annual mean rainfall
- A-03 Rainfall extremes - inter-annual variations in annual extreme rainfall
- A-05 Temperature extremes - percentage area of extreme annual mean temperatures
- AAT-15 Glacier movement
- A-36 Rainfall extremes - percentage area experiencing extreme wet and dry conditions
- A-37 Temperature trends - spatial trend in mean annual temperatures
- A-41 Greenhouse - climate change projections
- A-47 Rainfall deficiencies - drought
- AAT-12 Changes in colonies of plants on Heard Island
- AAT-14 Ice sheet mass balance and sea ice extent
Further Information
- Bureau of Meteorology
- CSIRO Atmospheric Research
- Global warming contributes to Australia's worst drought
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