The
Sydney Morning Herald,
22 August 2018:
Australia's evaporation
levels are running at record rates, especially across eastern states,
increasing the misery for drought-hit
farmers and raising bushfire risks as the mercury starts to climb.
While rainfall
deficiencies have drawn much attention, stronger-than-usual winds, abnormally
sunny days and low humidity have combined to push up evaporation levels, Bureau
of Meteorology data shows.
Across the nation,
evaporation last month averaged 145.21 millimetres, well above the 128.6 mm
typical for July, and the most on record for data going back to 1975, said Karl
Braganza, head of climate monitoring at the bureau.
The national tally beat
the previous record in 2002. On a regional level, the evaporation rate was the
highest on record for Victoria, and also smashed previous records for eastern
Australia as a whole.
July
pan evaporation for Eastern Australia
1975-2018
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