S2 Climate and weather — B level

Open this Australian temperature data.

The page shows the “temperature anomaly” for all of Australia.

Temperature anomaly compares the actual average temperature for each year with the average temperature over 30 years from 1961 to 1990.

Questions

1. What do green and blue colours mean?
2. What do yellow, red and brown colours mean?
3. Which year seems to be the coolest?
4. Which year seems to be the hottest?
5. Is there a trend over time?

Open this NSW temperature data.

The page shows the “temperature anomaly” as a graph for NSW.

Questions

1. Look at the red and blue bars. Is the temperature increasing, decreasing, or staying about the same?
2. Look at the black line. It shows the 10-year average temperature. What is the change in the average temperature from about 1920 to 2020?

Open this Australian rainfall data.

The page shows the “rainfall records” for all of Australia.

The colours show how the rainfall for that year was different to the average rainfall.

Questions

1. Which colours show less rain than average?
2. Which colours show more rain than average?
3. What happened to the rainfall in 2019?
4. Which year seems to be the wettest?
5. Is there a trend over time?