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Daily maximum temperature extremes graph for Australia

Dataset Daily maximum temperature extremes graph for Australia

TLF ID M012699

This resource is a Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) web page providing graphs that show the percentage area of the selected state or territory, or the whole of Australia, that experienced extremely hot, cold or wet conditions on each day of the year selected. The graphs are available for the previous seven years and are based on a percentile analysis calculated using all the daily observations of temperature or rainfall on record for each month, starting in 1911 for temperature and 1900 for rainfall. For minimum, maximum and mean temperature and total rainfall there are options to display extremes above the 97th percentile, above the 99th percentile or the highest on record; with additional options to display extremes below the 1st percentile, below the 3rd percentile and the lowest on record for temperature.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This is a useful resource that supports the Water in the world unit of study in year 7 Geographical Knowledge and Understanding, particularly the content description that refers to the quantity and variability of Australia's water resources.
  • This resource would also be useful for the content descriptions in Geographical Inquiry and Skills that refer to collecting and organising geographical information from secondary sources, and evaluating the information for its reliability and usefulness; and interpreting and analysing geographical information to identify spatial associations and explain patterns, trends and relationships.
  • This resource can contribute to students attaining those elements of the achievement standard in year 7 geography referring to explaining simple spatial patterns and trends and collecting, interpreting and analysing geographical information from a range of sources.
Year level

7

Topics Rainfall Environmental management Ambient temperature Maps (Geographic location) Climate Water resources Data representation Data collection Reasoning Geographic location Observations (Data) Water use Fieldwork Geographical information systems Water treatment Extrema Causality Percentiles
Learning area
  • Geography
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Commonwealth of Australia
  • Organization: Commonwealth of Australia
  • URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: Bureau of Meteorology
  • Organization: Bureau of Meteorology
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Unknown
Learning Resource Type
  • Online
  • Text
Rights
  • © Commonwealth of Australia, 2013, except where indicated otherwise. You may use, reproduce and communicate the materials free of charge for non-commercial educational purposes, provided you retain all acknowledgements associated with the materials.