Articles of category "Australian Climate"

As a result of a large size, the Australian continent experience a great variety of weather patterns on its vast territory. Seasonal fluctuations of average temperatures range from fifty degrees Celsius above zero to well below zero. The lack of mountains and the influence of surrounding oceans have a paramount effect on typical Australian weather conditions.

Eighty percent of Australia continent annually receives less than six hundred milimeters of precipitation. A low rainfall together with a very high evaporation (predominantly in inland Australia) results in seasonal river systems and low surface water flows. Scientists are likely to consider that irregular and insufficient rainfall patterns in Australia are the consequences of the high pressure belt and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation.