How Has Australia Changed Since The 1950's
Since national records started in 1910 Australia’s climate has heated up, especially since 1950. Since 1910 the surface air temperature has increased by 0.9°C . Over the same period the daytime maximum temperature has increased by 0.8°C and heated up by 1.1 °C over night. During the period of 1951 to 1980 very warm months occurred just over 2 per cent over that period of time, nearly 7 per cent of the time during 1981 to 2010. Over the past 15 years it has increased by 10 per cent