Australia ends 2021 with no region officially in drought after a year of wet weather

The Bureau of Meteorology says last year was Australia’s coolest since 2012 and wettest since 2016

Australia ended 2021 in an unusual climatic state, with no region in this famously wide, mostly brown land officially in drought for the first time since 2017.

The Bureau of Meteorology’s latest drought report, released on Friday, said the country’s record rainfall in November helped clear up remaining areas of short- to medium-term rainfall deficiencies.

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Source: The Guardian