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The 2012–13 Australian bushfire season had above average fire potential for most of the southern half of the continent from the east coast to the west. This is despite having extensive fire in parts of the country over the last 12 months. The reason for this prediction is the abundant grass growth spurred by two La Niña events over the last two years. Most parts of the country experienced a heat wave at the start of 2013, with a new national average maximum being set on 7 January 2013. The new record of beat the old record of that had been set on 21 December 1972. Another record also beaten in 2013 was Australia's mean temperature climbing from set on 21 December 1972 to on 7 January 2013. Additionally, six of the 20 hottest days in Australian records (by average maximum) have been in January 2013. Australia also experienced its hottest summer on average following a particularly hot spell in January. Using average day and night temperatures the average was found to be beating the previous record set in the summer of 1997–1988. Fourteen of the weather bureau's 112 long term weather stations recorded their hottest days on record including one in Sydney that recorded a daytime record of . The daytime maximum temperatures for 2012–13 also beat the 1982–83 record and January was the hottest month since records began in 1910. == August == ;Northern Territory A bushfire burnt out a large area of pasture at Newcastle Waters Station on 20 August when a car caught fire on the Stuart Highway, the fire to the east of the highway was extinguished but the area to the west was controlled by station workers to keep it away from stock. The fire eventually came to Lake Longreach within the station where it burnt out in the damp conditions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2012–13 Australian bushfire season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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