It was a year of lots of weather!
Lots of contrasts and extremes. Including tropical cyclones Andrew, Carlos and remember that huge one, Yasi.
Being a La Nina year (twice) there was a lot of rain, flash floods and record intense precipitation. Extreme rain and flood events all over, extreme even by La Nina standards.
It was colder than average up north with some cold records being broken. Down south it was warmer than average, with south western Western Australia being the hottest year on record. Lots of heat records set around the country during the year as well, including the memorable heat wave in Sydney and new heat records in WA.
Australia as a whole was colder than than the 1961-90 average in 2011, but the year was still warmer than all but one La Nina year on record.
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