https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Meteorological-Organization/71741701887

Southern coastal parts of Australia just experienced the driest
non-El Nino August on record!

In contrast, heavy rain along the east coast saw the wettest August for Sydney
since 1998 and Brisbane since 2010: http://bom.ws/AVj6t

Never in the historical record have such large areas of the country experienced
such radically different temperature extremes as they have so far in 2014. See
it for yourself and get the full rundown at
http://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/2014-temperature-extremes-us-runs-hot-and-cold.

The map shows minimum temperature ranks for January-July 2014 within the
historical record (1895-2014), from record coldest (darkest blue) to record
warmest (darkest red). The white areas represent places where the minimum temp
for the period was near average. Map adapted from analysis by NOAA's National
Climatic Data Center.