Australia emerging from strongest La Nina on record . The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the country had experienced its warmest year since records began in 1910, with temperatures reaching a peak of 45.5C The weather patterns create warm seas that lead to heavy rains . Long-term weather patterns across the Australia are notoriously difficult to forecast and meteorologists are collecting oral evidence from Aboriginal people to get a handle on the continent 's weather cycles . Scientists have been compiling data from Aborigines to get a grip on long-term patterns .
Australia emerging from strongest La Nina on record . The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the country had experienced its warmest year since records began in 1910, with temperatures reaching a peak of 45.5C The weather patterns create warm seas that lead to heavy rains . Scientists have been compiling data from Aborigines to get a grip on long-term patterns .