But remember, climate change doesn't exist. Better still, let's play the denier game and talk about the weather being cold on a particular day instead of throughout the year and laugh about how crazy the climate change people are. Should we be surprised that the deniers are more often coming from areas where News Corp is popular?
The Bureau of Meteorology also said 2009 was the second warmest year since detailed records began in 1910, with an annual mean temperature almost one degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) above average.
Senior climatologist Dean Collins said the average for the decade -- about 22.3 degrees Celsius (72.1 Fahrenheit) -- was 0.48 degrees Celsius (0.89 F) above Australia's 1961-1990 benchmark average and an indication of man-made global warming.
