In 2024, the mean sea surface temperature in Australia was 0.89 degrees Celsius higher than the reference value for that year, indicating a positive anomaly. Over the course of the last century, mean sea surface temperature anomaly measurements in Australia have exhibited an overall increasing trend.
Annual mean sea surface temperature deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2024
(in degrees Celsius)
Characteristic
Mean deviation in degrees Celsius
2024
0.89
2023
0.54
2022
0.8
2021
0.52
2020
0.6
2019
0.32
2018
0.45
2017
0.49
2016
0.78
2015
0.52
2014
0.51
2013
0.59
2012
0.47
2011
0.5
2010
0.66
2009
0.4
2008
0.3
2007
0.32
2006
0.15
2005
0.36
2004
0.18
2003
0.33
2002
0.35
2001
0.38
2000
0.33
1999
0.43
1998
0.6
1997
0.07
1996
0.26
1995
0.19
1994
-0.02
1993
-0.09
1992
0.05
1991
0.03
1990
0.29
1989
0.39
1988
0.46
1987
0.03
1986
0.02
1985
0.22
1984
0.16
1983
0.2
1982
-0.15
1981
0.09
1980
0.01
1979
0.04
1978
0.12
1977
-0.08
1976
-0.07
1975
0.08
1974
0.02
1973
0.21
1972
-0.13
1971
-0.05
1970
0.09
1969
-0.07
1968
-0.35
1967
-0.26
1966
-0.37
1965
-0.5
1964
-0.19
1963
-0.14
1962
0.04
1961
-0.12
1960
-0.16
1959
-0.05
1958
-0.07
1957
-0.3
1956
-0.15
1955
-0.25
1954
-0.37
1953
-0.41
1952
-0.34
1951
-0.4
1950
-0.09
1949
-0.45
1948
-0.43
1947
-0.46
1946
-0.31
1945
0.05
1944
-0.11
1943
-0.08
1942
0.01
1941
-0.08
1940
-0.34
1939
-0.42
1938
-0.13
1937
-0.44
1936
-0.39
1935
-0.46
1934
-0.37
1933
-0.38
1932
-0.45
1931
-0.39
1930
-0.58
1929
-0.68
1928
-0.3
1927
-0.47
1926
-0.46
1925
-0.59
1924
-0.28
1923
-0.49
1922
-0.28
1921
-0.08
1920
-0.29
1919
-0.48
1918
-0.28
1917
-0.3
1916
-0.2
1915
-0.18
1914
-0.4
1913
-0.59
1912
-0.43
1911
-0.49
1910
-0.34
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Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). (February 6, 2025). Annual mean sea surface temperature deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2024 (in degrees Celsius) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406028/australia-annual-sea-surface-temperature-anomaly/
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). "Annual mean sea surface temperature deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2024 (in degrees Celsius)." Chart. February 6, 2025. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406028/australia-annual-sea-surface-temperature-anomaly/
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). (2025). Annual mean sea surface temperature deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2024 (in degrees Celsius). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406028/australia-annual-sea-surface-temperature-anomaly/
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). "Annual Mean Sea Surface Temperature Deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2024 (in Degrees Celsius)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Feb 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406028/australia-annual-sea-surface-temperature-anomaly/
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia), Annual mean sea surface temperature deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2024 (in degrees Celsius) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406028/australia-annual-sea-surface-temperature-anomaly/ (last visited April 19, 2025)
Annual mean sea surface temperature deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2024 (in degrees Celsius) [Graph], Bureau of Meteorology (Australia), February 6, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406028/australia-annual-sea-surface-temperature-anomaly/
