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Aaron Bunch and Neve Brissenden

MYSTERIOUS: Global warming fuels dangerous aussie summer - What They Never Told You

Australia's mean temperature in 2023 was almost one degree warmer than average, the BoM says. (Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia had its eighth-warmest year in 2023, marked by an unusually hot winter, three record-breaking dry months and excess rainfall and flooding.

The national mean temperature was almost one degree warmer than average, with the 2023 winter months the warmest on record or 1.53 degrees warmer than average, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

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