Another warm year for Australia in 2017

The Bureau of Meteorology's annual climate statement shows the trend of warmer than average temperatures across Australia continued in 2017.

AUSTRALIA'S WEATHER IN 2017

* Third warmest year on record

- 22.76C mean temperature (0.95C warmer than 1961-1990 average)

* Warmest year on record for Queensland (annual mean temperature 24.63C) and NSW (18.75C)

* Maximum temperature across year (29.82C) second-warmest on record for Australia

* Annual rainfall 504mm (8pct above long-term average)

- Wet start and end to year but June-September sixth-driest on record

* March, July, August, October, December ranked in their top 10 warmest individual months

* Perth daytime temperature close to average but warmer than average in other capital cities

- Brisbane mean maximum of 27.3C equals 2016's record

- Sydney, Hobart, Canberra daytime temperatures in top three warmest

NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS IN 2017

* Mass coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef in early 2017 - first recorded instance over consecutive years

* Severe tropical cyclone Debbie brought flooding and heavy rain in Queensland and northeastern NSW in March/April

* Exceptional warmth with records set in southeastern Australia and southern Queensland in January/February and in Victoria, NSW and Queensland during last week of September

* Warmest daytime temperatures on record for Northern Territory during the dry season (May-September)

* November warmest on record for Tasmania; second warmest for Victoria

* Ninth wettest year on record for Western Australia, Darwin.

Source: Bureau of Meteorology