Bureau of Meteorology forecasting hot autumn nights for most of Australia

The country has at least double the chance of experiencing unusually warm weather in the months ahead

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Most of Australia has at least double the chance of experiencing unusually warm days and nights this coming autumn, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s latest long range forecast.

The bureau put the extra warmth in its forecast down to the climate crisis and the warming ocean surface that was tending to push up temperatures.

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