History of national-average temperature and precipitation since 1910.
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The hot & dry weather in recent years is a major factor in making the current wildfires so severe. #AustraliaFires
New South Wales has had two scorching hot and dry years which has now made it the focus of unprecedented wildfires. #NSWfires
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