No warming in Australia for decades: In 2022 Sydney didn’t even reach 32 degrees. By Joanne Nova.

For the first time in 163 years of records at Sydney Observatory the temperature didn’t even crack 32 degrees C (or 90F) for the whole year of 2022. Despite CO2 being at higher levels than ever, Sydney has never had temperatures that were so un-extreme.

The hottest day all year at this historic site was just 31.9 C. …

In 2022 2,530 mm of water fell on Sydney, breaking the previous rainfall record of 2,194mm set in 1950. When soils are wet, sunlight must evaporate the moisture before the soil and air above it, can start to heat up …

Which is even more significant, because the Sydney Observatory site has warmed considerably since 1859 due to the urban heat island effect (and no, the BOM doesn’t meaningfully correct for that).

Meanwhile, satellites monitor the temperature of the air over us 24/7 and in an unbiased fashion. Here’s the latest for the air over Australia. (from UAH):

See any warming trend? (Red line best, as it is smoothed data.)

Global warming is mostly a northern hemispheric phenomenon. The SH is mostly ocean, the NH has a lot more land, and their weather systems are mostly separate.

David Archibald and I predicted global cooling starting around 2017. Too early to judge yet.