Large areas of Australia experience the threat of bushfires. The Australian climate is usually hot and dry. In the south-east of Australia, occasional strong winds regularly linked with summertime cold fronts can lead to tremendous fire danger. The amount of rain in previous months affects the quantity of dry grasses. Late summer bushfires can be intense if Spring’s weather was rainy, resulting in a large amount of grass growth.
Different weather patterns are revealed for different fire seasons. For New South Wales and southern Queensland, the peak risk usually occurs in spring and early summer. Northern Australia experiences most of its fires in winter and spring. For most of southern Australia, the danger period is Summer and Autumn. |