Australia headed for hot and dry spring after unseasonably warm winter

Most of the country likely to experience ‘unusually warm days’ but Bureau of Meteorology has yet to declare an El Niño

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Almost all of Australia will experience unusually warm temperatures and lower than average rainfall this spring, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

The bureau’s outlook for spring reveals that while an El Niño has not been formally declared, the climate will still be drier and hotter than usual.

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