Temps mean for Baw Baw
 Baw Baw News   By // 13:38, Friday 18 July 2014

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DATA from the Bureau of Meteorology shows the last six months in Baw Baw have been the hottest on record.

Map: six month mean temperature deciles map from the Bureau of Meteorology. Dark orange areas indicate highest average temperatures on record, lighter orange areas are “very much above average”. 


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The mean temperature deciles map printed above plots the temperature ranges for the 1 January to 30 June 2014 period, with Baw Baw clearly in the highest on record range.

But it’s not just the last six months that have broken records – data for the 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 period shows most of Baw Baw in the record-breaking range.

The mean maximum temperature for the region over the same one year period was 21 degrees celsius, while the mean minimum was between 12 and 9 degrees.

The mean temperature was 15 degrees.


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This article was first published in the 11 July 2014 edition of the Warragul & Baw Baw Citizen.

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