La Niña drives cool temperatures, high rainfall during Australian summer
La Niña drives cooler temperatures, high rainfall during Australian summer TueTuesday 2 updated WedWednesday 3 Australia experienced almost a third more rain than average this summer, driving temperatures down. ( Share Print text only Cancel Australia recorded its wettest summer in half a decade and its coolest in nine years as La Niña snapped an eight-year hot streak in 2020-21. Key points: Australia's mean summer temperature was 0.06C above average â the coolest in nine years La Niña drove the cooler, wetter conditions, but experts say its ability to counteract the warming cli...