These graphics can be misleading, showing warm colors where temperatures are (near-)normal. Actual anomalies reported here: http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/temp/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=maxanom&year=2023&month=12&day=17&period=daily&area=nat
(Not a climate denial post, but these misleading graphs are a bugbear of mine)
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