Australian fires seasons are dominated by periods of benign weather followed by years with extreme fire weather conditions. (nature.com)
The Bureau of Meteorology has observed that since the 1970s, northern Australia has become wetter, southern Australia has become drier, the number of extreme fire weather days has increased in many places, and heavy rainfall has accounted for an increasing proportion of annual - total rainfall. (reneweconomy.com.au)
Changes in the Forest Fire Danger Index have already shown that many regions have had an increase in extreme fire weather, partly due to the increasing intensity and duration of hot days - January this year was the hottest month on record. (smh.com.au)