TABLE 1.

Victorian climate descriptions for the four seasons of the study from the Bureau of Meteorology.

	Spring (Sept–Nov)	Summer (Dec–Feb)	Autumn (Mar–May)
2015–16	Rainfall 47% below average of 181 mm	Rainfall near average of 120 mm	Rainfall near average of 156.8 mm
	Mean temp 2.05 °C above long-term average	Mean temp +1.73 °C above long-term average	Mean temp 1.88 °C above long-term average, highest on record
2016–17	Rainfall 42% above average of 181 mm	Rainfall 7% below average of 120 mm	Rainfall near average of 156.8 mm
	Mean temp 0.10 °C below long-term average	Mean temp 0.87 °C above long-term average	Mean temp 1.08 °C above long-term average.4th warmest autumn on record
2017–18	Rainfall slightly below average of 181 mm	Rainfall 6 % above average of 120 mm	Rainfall 39.2% below average of 156.8 mm
	Mean temp 1.64 °C above long-term average	Mean temp above average in top 10% of all summers on record.	Mean temp 1.17 °C above long-term average
2018–19	Rainfall 42.7% below average of 181 mm	Rainfall 12% below average of 120 mm	Rainfall 21% below average of 156.8 mm
	Mean temp 0.86 °C above long-term average	Mean temp 2.54 °C above average, highest on record	Mean temp 1.04 °C above long-term average