Kids play at the Nowra pool and aquatic park on a hot day in December. Picture: Rebecca Fist
This week the Bureau of Meteorology released its annual weather report, and Australians sweltered through a hotter than average year.
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NSW experienced its hottest year ever.
Nowra’s average maximum temperature was .7 degrees Celsius higher in 2017.
The hottest day was January 30, where the thermometer hit 43.2 degrees, slightly lower than Nowra’s record maximum temperature of 45.4 degrees.
In a February heatwave, 40 dairy cows died in the Shoalhaven.
Nowra was not only hotter, but drier, in 2017.
On average, 972.9mm of rain falls on Nowra each year, but last year we saw 856.8mm, with three months of significantly low rainfall – July (4.2mm), September (.2mm) and October (6mm).
Mollymook Beach, a popular destination for residents looking to escape the heat. Picture: heinn1 via Instagram
Rebecca Fist
Journalist
