Victoria has just experienced its wettest start to a year since records began early last century, New South Wales has been lashed by phenomenally heavy rainfall and Queensland’s rainfall average during December was 22 percent above the mean range.
The rain has been gratefully received by many farmers and graziers across the country and confidence has returned, but it was not predicted.
Rather, Bureau of Meteorology forecasts warned from as early as March that Australia was tracking towards a hotter and drier El Nino-influenced summer.
Forecast maps coloured deep brown from coast to…
