Year

State

Mean maximum temperature

Area burnt MHa

Median Z score

Estimated duration (days)

1851

1926

1939

1944

1951

1952

1957

1961

1968

1969

1974

1974

1974

1974

1974

1974

1976

1980

1985

2001

2002

2002

2003

2003

2007

2020

2020

2020

2020

2020

2020

VIC

NSW

VIC

VIC

QLD

VIC

NSW

WA

NSW

NT

QLD

NSW

SA

NT

WA

Nation

QLD

NSW

NSW

QLD

NT

NSW

VIC

WA

VIC

NSW

NT

VIC

WA

QLD

Nation

31.3

26.9

32.4

30.9

35.2

33.1

25.7

30.7

21.9

37.7

35.0

24.1

26.7

34.4

30.2

30.2

31.1

30.0

33.7

31.1

33.3

24.7

29.8

31.1

30.3

25.0

35.7

30.9

31.7

33.7

31.7

5.0

>2.0

1.52

1

2.83

>4.0

>2.0

1.5

>2.0

45

7.3

4.5

16

45

29

101.8

1.89

>1

3.5

1.6

38

1.46

1.1

2.1

1.1

5.4

6.8

1.5

2.2

2.5

18.4

1.63

1.33

1.81

0.88

0.17

0.82

1.53

0.90

0.84

0.83

−0.55

−0.51

−0.58

−0.76

−0.50

−0.55

0.30

0.94

0.25

−0.02

0.39

0.84

0.36

0.14

1.12

1.28

1.19

0.30

0.88

0.71

0.88

30

60

45

30

60

80

45

75

150

120

140

140

120

150

140

-

230

90

90

120

285

220

80

120

69

215

185

125

130

125

-