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Australian climate extremes - Trend maps

About the climate extremes analyses

Index Very hot days Hot days Very hot nights Hot nights Cold days Very cold days Cold nights Frost nights Warm days Warm nights Cool days Cool nights Highest maximum temperature Highest minimum temperature Lowest maximum temperature Lowest minimum temperature ------------ Wet days Heavy precipitation days Very heavy precipitation days Maximum 1-day precipitation Maximum 5-day precipitation Very wet day precipitation Extremely wet day precipitation Annual total wet day precipitation Simple daily intensity Consecutive dry days Consecutive wet days

Period 1910-present 1920-present 1930-present 1940-present 1950-present 1960-present 1970-present 1980-present

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