WA just sweltered through its second hottest year on record, according to BOM figures
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Perth posted higher-than-average mean maximum and minimum temperatures in 2020.
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The Bureau of Meteorology has revealed 2020 was Western Australia s second-hottest year on record, trailing behind only 2019, and the fourth-hottest for the country as a whole.
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The state s rainfall was also slightly below normal, despite some good falls
This year is set to begin wetter-than average for much of the country
Daytime temperatures in WA were 1.54 degrees Celsius above average and night-time temperatures were 0.95C above average.
Australia recorded its fourth-warmest year since records began in 1910, at 1.15C above average, but rainfall was 4 per cent higher than the norm.