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Extreme Weather
Australia vs UK
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Temperature
Australia is warmer than the
UK
< as it has hotter summers and milder winters
the average summer temperature in Australia in 33C
Average summer temperature in the UK is
23˚C
temperature
Australian summers are about
10 degrees
warmer than Uk summers
precipitation
Australia has much
lower
precipitation than the
UK
, as it is the worlds driest
inhabited
continent
average rainfall in Australia is
465mm
but in UK its
1150mm
wind
Australia has stronger extreme winds than the UK
Australia is affected by
tropical cyclones
(wind around
120km
/h)
in the UK, winds for a prolonged time of over
60km/h
are rare
wind
strongest wind in Australia is
400km/h
+ whereas in UK its just under
230km/h