The high pressure meant rain bearing cold fronts from the Southern Ocean couldnвЂ™t push up into southern Australia. One of reasons for the warm and dry autumn in the south was higher than average pressure over southern Australia. However, farmers in northwest Victoria, inland New South Wales, eastern South Australia and much of inland Western Australia didnвЂ™t receive an autumn break this year. The autumn break arrived by mid-May across southern Victoria, eastern New South Wales and southwest coastal Western Australia. Many farmers in southern Australia look to the autumn break-the first significant rain event (25 mm or more) after summer-to kick off the crop and pasture growing season. New South Wales, Victoria, southwest Western Australia and South Australia all had one of their driest autumns on record. Very dry autumn for the southern mainlandДЇor many southern areas autumn wasnвЂ™t just warm, it was also extremely dry. Overnight temperatures have also been warmer than average in most parts. New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria all experienced one of their warmest autumns since at least 1900. Temperatures in autumn were warmer than average across much of the continent. Summer-like conditions continued into early autumn for much of southern Australia, including an exceptional heatwave in early April. While some will relish the prospect of a mild winter, the dry isnвЂ™t necessarily good news for everyone. Our climate outlook for winter, issued today, shows above-average temperatures and below-average rainfall are likely across southern Australia. You can contact us at | Disclaimer | PrivacyДЄfter an exceptionally warm and dry autumn, itвЂ™s time to look ahead to see whatвЂ™s in store for winter. Users are fully responsible for the content they submit.Д¬ommenting is available via a Facebook plugin, which can only be accessed by those with Facebook accounts. There is no endorsement, implied or otherwise, by the Bureau of any material in the comments section. Blocking/removal of content or banning of users is at our discretion. We wonвЂ™t publish comments that are not in line with these standards.

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